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aChurch4Me MCC GOES TO ITALY

15 DAYS FROM $1799

Join Us for 2 Weeks in Beautiful Italy!

Join aChurch4Me and the Travel Club for our very first organized trip together in the sun, departing October 8, 2024. You’ll spend an incredible 14 days and 15 nights soaking up the sights of Rome and Tuscany as you make new friends and memories on this LGBTQI+ and faith inclusive trip we’re calling the “Italy Hub and Spoke Tour”.  You’ll meet your LGBTQIA guide in Rome, where you’ll spend  3 nights before departing for  11 days in the heart of Tuscany and the beautiful Montecatini Terme. Known as the Travel Club’s LandCRUISE because of the limited packing and unpacking, you’ll have day trips, most meals, first class (4 star) hotels, and all transportation including airport transfers, all included in the price of $1,799. Also included are UNIQUE EXPERIENCES just for aChurch4Me MCC members such as an invitation to join a special service at the Vatican catacombs.

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DEPARTURE DATE: October 8, 2024

Overview

Experience Rome ~ Assisi ~ Montecatini Terme, Tuscany ~ Venice ~ Florence ~ Villages of Cinque Terre ~ Lucca ~ Pisa ~ Tuscan Farms ~  Chianti ~ Siena ~ San Gimignano ~ medieval villages of Val d’Orcia, Montalcino Pienza and Montepulciano ~ Cortona

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The Non-Profit (501c3) Travel Club does not provide airfare for any trip.  However, Air for this trip is easy and air for this special trip can be as low as $700

HOW CAN THE TRAVEL CLUB PROVIDE THIS TRIP?

This travel experience is completely unique because we are NOT a travel agency and we only provide specific educational travel experiences.  Our non-profit (501c3) trip is provided by vendors at a substantial discount because of the charity fundraising educational mission of our Travel Television Show.

Trip Features

  • Escorted by Italian English Speaking Gay Guide upon arrival in Rome until departure. The guide will stay with YOU throughout Italy.
  • First Class (4 Star) Hotels in Rome & Tuscany including 3 nights in Rome and 10 nights in Tuscany
  • Most Meals ALREADY INCLUDED including breakfast EVERY day and dinner nearly EVERY night
  • Special events in Italy
  • Personal LGBTQIA integration with LGBTQIA community in Italy, Rome and Florence
  • Comprehensive Sightseeing Included
  • All private first class transportation throughout Italy is included including airport transfers in Rome

Unique Hub & Spoke itinerary. Think of this as a LandCRUISE. It’s leisurely paced with 3 nights in Rome and then 10 nights in the heart of Tuscany.  You unpack ONCE in Tuscany and enjoy day trips across the country.

Stay in the HEART of Tuscany. Your 10 night stay is in Montecatini Terme, the most popular spa town in Europe in the heart of Tuscany.  Your hotel is in the heart of town with more than 50 thermal spas. All major attractions, spas, town square are all within walking distance of the hotel.

Itinerary

Overnight Flight From USA to Rome

Overnight Flight From USA to Rome

Day 1
Day 2
Arrival Rome, The Eternal City

Arrival Rome, The Eternal City

  • This morning you arrive in one of the world’s great cities… Rome. You will be met at Rome airport and TRANSFERS ARE INCLUDED from the Rome Airport to the first class (4 star) Papillo Hotel (or similar). Enjoy a welcome reception tonight at the hotel and meet your fellow travel companions.
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Rome Sightseeing

Rome Sightseeing

Breakfast is included this morning. Today enjoy sightseeing in Rome. Enjoy sightseeing of Italy’s capital and the cradle of the world’s most important sights including the Roman forum, many famous squares and of course Vatican City.
Day 3
Day 4
Rome to Assisi to Tuscany

Rome to Assisi to Tuscany

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Today we leave the Italian capital for our northbound journey to Tuscany. We literally reenact the scene from ‘Under The Tuscan Sun’ so pay attention to which Italian Villa you are planning to purchase. We visit the famous religious city of Assisi. Assisi is a hill town in central Italy’s Umbria region. It was the birthplace of St. Francis (1181–1226), one of Italy’s patron saints. The Basilica of St. Francis is a massive, 2-level church, consecrated in 1253. Its 13th-century frescoes portraying the life of St. Francis have been attributed to Giotto and Cimabue, among others. The crypt houses the saint’s stone sarcophagus. Next we continue to the heart of Tuscany and the Montecatini Terme. Check into the first class (4 star) Hotel Biondi (or similar). Tonight you enjoy a festival welcome Tuscany dinner.
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Montecatini Terme Sightseeing

Montecatini Terme Sightseeing

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Today’s sightseeing is dedicated to Montecatini Terme. The town in Tuscany, Italy, known for the art nouveau Parco delle Terme spa complex. Works by Joan Miró and Claes Oldenburg hang in the M.O.C.A. (Montecatini Contemporary Art), located on the first floor of the Town Hall. A funicular climbs to Montecatini Alto village, home to the Torre dell’Orologio, a medieval clock tower, plus the Romanesque church of Santa Maria a Ripa and sweeping views. This is a quaint and picturesque small town that is perfect to start our sightseeing. Dinner is included tonight.
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Day 6
Venice Sightseeing

Venice Sightseeing

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Today you have a choice of a day at leisure, create your own sightseeing plans or take an optional tour to Venice. Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs. Return to Montecatini and enjoy dinner tonight.
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Florence Sightseeing

Florence Sightseeing

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Sightseeing today is to Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, and home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. The Galleria dell’Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The Uffizi Gallery exhibits Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and da Vinci’s “Annunciation.” Return to Montecatini and enjoy dinner tonight..
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Day 7
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Villages of Cinque Terre Sightseeing

Villages of Cinque Terre Sightseeing

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Today you have a choice of a day at leisure, create your own sightseeing plans or take an optional tour to the Villages of Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre means “The Five Lands” is a coastal area in the northwest of Italy. There are no roads to the five villages of Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. The dramatic coastline is one of the most beautiful in the world and can only be reached by walking, boat or train. The entire region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Return to Montecatini and enjoy dinner tonight.
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Pisa & Lucca Sightseeing

Pisa & Lucca Sightseeing

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Sightseeing today is in the world famous town of Pisa. Home to the amazing Leaning Tower, one of the most famous buildings in the world. Pisa is Italy’s largest university city. Continue to Lucca. Lucca is home to the best walled defenses of any city in Italy. Right out of the medieval ages you will love Lucca. Return to Montecatini and enjoy dinner tonight.
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Day 9
Day 10
Tuscan Farms Sightseeing with Lunch

Tuscan Farms Sightseeing with Lunch

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Today you have a choice of a day at leisure, create your own sightseeing plans or take an optional tour of Tuscany farms. You visit Olives, grapes and other native farms. Learn about the #1 industry of Tuscany. A highlight will be an authentic home cooked Tuscan lunch while at one of the farms. Return to Montecatini and enjoy dinner tonight.
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Chianti Sightseeing

Chianti Sightseeing

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Tuscany is famous for its wine. And today you visit the most important city in the wine region of Chianti. See the classic rolling hills and learn about this dream of a region. Return to Montecatini and enjoy dinner tonight.
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Day 12
Siena and San Gimignano Sightseeing

Siena and San Gimignano Sightseeing

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Today you have a choice of a day at leisure, create your own sightseeing plans or take an optional tour to the spectacular towns of Siena and San Gimignano. Famous for the towers of Tuscany. Siena, a city in central Italy’s Tuscany region, is distinguished by its medieval brick buildings including Torre del Mangia, a slender 14th-century tower with sweeping views from its distinctive white crown. Next to San Gimignano which is Encircled by 13th-century walls, its old town centers on Piazza della Cisterna, a triangular square lined with medieval houses. It has a skyline of medieval towers, including the stone Torre Grossa. Return to Montecatini Terme and enjoy dinner tonight.
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Medieval Villages of Italy Sightseeing

Medieval Villages of Italy Sightseeing

Breakfast is included this morning. Sightseeing today to Medieval Villages of Tuscany. Some of the greatest 14th century architecture in Europe exists in Tuscany and will be part of today’s sightseeing. Return to Montecatini Terme and enjoy dinner tonight.
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Day 14
Cortona “Under The Tuscan” Sun to Rome

Cortona “Under The Tuscan” Sun to Rome

  • Breakfast is included this morning. Today we leave Tuscany and head south. You will visit Cortona, made famous as the locations for the famous movie “Under The Tuscan Sun”. Cortona is a hilltop town in Tuscany, Italy. The Etruscan Academy Museum displays a vast collection of bronze, ceramic and funerary items reflecting the town’s Etruscan past. Continue to Rome and check into the first class (4 star) Papillo Hotel.
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Rome to USA

Rome to USA

Breakfast is included this morning. You have included Transfers from the Hotel to the Airport. You will fly home today with wonderful memories of our ITALY HUB & SPOKE experience.
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