Itinerary

• Sydney to Rome via Bangkok. Thai Airlines
• Arriveam

• Transfer to Rome via Ostia Antica- archealogical site. Guided Tour

• Roman Walls, Palatine Hills and Palaces, Roman Forum, Colosseum.
• Famous Sites of Rome – Piazza Venezia, Victor Emmanuel Monument, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Novona.

• Independent Itineraries.)

• St. Peters Basilica via Castel St. Angelo, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums.
• Independent Itineraries Suggestions - Spanish Steps, Galleria Borghese & Gardens, Campo dei Fiori Markets, via del Corso Shopping.

• Independent Itineraries.

• Coach Transfer. To Florence via San Gimigniano & Siena.
  
  

• Local Guided Tour Siena –Piazza del Campo & Gothic Cathedral
• Local Guided Tour San Gimigniano – Piazza della Cisterna.
  

• Adriatico. 2 Nights
  
  

• Independent Itineraries.

Tours in Florence.
Guided Half Day Tour. 2 Groups.

• Includes: Giotti’s Duomo, Church of Santa Croce (Fee), Piazza Signoria, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti (exterior), Church of Santo Spirito.

Tour Options – After Lunch.

• Visit & Admission to the Academy of Fine Arts (Michaelangelos “David”).   Fee/40 reserved places.

• Market Places/Shopping.
• Independent Sightseeing.

Evening: Independent Itineraries.

• 9.00.a.m. Coach Transfer. Florence to Mestre & Venice.

• Hotel Bologna. Arrive for Lunch at Hotel.
  
  p.m. Sightseeing.
• Rail Fee Transfer to Venice. (Station outside Hotel Bologna)
• Guided Tour of Venice. Grand Canal by “vaporetto”. Fee. Includes Rialto, Doges Palace, Chiesa San Maria Glorioso, Piazza & Basilica San Marco, Bridge of Sighs. Some sights may be part of guided tour on 2nd January.
  
  Evening: Dinner in Venice.
  • Rail Transfer to Hotel Bologna/Mestre

Sightseeing in Venice
Guided Tours – Schedule TBA

• Venice Districts.
• Venice Islands Tour. Pre-paid Group.
• Venice Canals by Gondola. Pre-paid Group.
  
  Evening:
• Independent Itineraries. Choice of Dinner in Venice or Mestre.

• 7.30.a.m. Coach Transfer to Marco Polo Int. Airport.
  10.40.a.m. Lufthansa Flight to Paris via Frankfurt.
  Arrive 4.50.p.m.

• Monmartrois/Montmatre.

• Independent Itinerary for Montmatre District & Dinner.

Sightseeing
Guided Paris Orientation Tour. Includes – Champs Elysee, Arc d’Triomphe, Place de la Concorde, Place Madeleine, Paris Opera, Place Vendome, Rue de Rivoli, Jardin des Tuileries, Palais Royale, Palais de Louvre, Les Halles, Centre Georges Pompidou, Ile de la Cite/Notre Dame Cathedral (visit), Latin Quarter/Sorbonne, Pantheon (visit), Place de Vosges/Victor Hugo House.

Lunch: Forum des Halles or St. Germaine des Pres District.

Cultural Historic Tours

• p.m. Guided Tour Palace of  Versailles.
• Independent Tour Option/Suggestions include Museum of the Revolution, Musee d’Orsay Galleries of Art, Georges Pompidou Museum of Modern Art.

Shopping Options

• Les Halles, Bon Marche, La Fayette

Evening: Independent Itineraries.

Sightseeing in Paris

• Guided Tour Pere La Chaise Cemetery.
• Left Bank Tour. Includes Jardin de Luxembourg (& Palace), St. Sulphice Cathedral, Ecole Militaire, Hotel d’Invalides ( Napoleons Tomb)

Lunch in the Rivoli.

• Guided Tour of the Louvre Galleries.

p.m./Evening: Eiffel Tower Observation Decks.
Evening: Independent Itineraries and Dining

• 11.00.p.m. Bal Moulin Rouge Option. Pre-paid Only.

Travel
8.00.a.m. Depart Paris for Picardie & Pas de Calais.
Somme/ Australian World War 1 Historic Sites Tour

• Paris to Peronne via Chantilly (Stop).
• Corbie, Albert (Shelter Museum Option) Pozieres, Thiepval ( Stops except Corbie)
• Villers-Bretonneux( Museum/Victoria School & Adelaide Memorial Cemetery). Visit.
• Amiens.

Hotel Check-In: Holiday Inn- Amiens.
Evening:

• Circus/St. Leu District/Notre Dame Cathedral, Town Hall & Pedestrian Square
• Independent Dining/ Restaurants by the Somme Recommended.

Travel
To London via Calais/Channel Crossing, Canterbury & Battle.
Sightseeeing

• Canterbury- Westgate Tower & Canterbury Cathedral

Lunch in Canterbury

• Battle – Historic Village/Site of the Battle of Hastings.

Dinner – En route to London.
Hotel Check In: Holiday Inn-London City.

Sightseeing - including the London Sites of Shakespeare & Dickens.

• London Wall, St. Pauls Cathedral, Bank of England, Mansion House, Great Fire Monument, Tower Hill, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, Southwark, The Rose & New Globe Theatre (stop), Blackfriars, Temple Hall, Inns of Court, The Strand, Whitehall, House of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace (Stop), Trafalgar Square, Theatre District Covent Garden (Lunch).

Afternoon in London.
(From Covent Garden)

• London History Tour – British Museum, Westminster Abbey/Poets Corner, London Dungeon, London Tower.
• Shopping – Covent Garden, Oxford Street, Regent Street, Picadilly Circus Options.
• Independent Sightseeing – Selfridges/Oxford Street , National Gallery & London Eye Pick Up Points.

Evening: Dinner – Bankside Restaurants/Southwark.

Travel
By Coach to Stratford On Avon via Cotswold Village & Oxford.

Tours & Sightseeing
In Stratford on Avon –

• Shakespeares Trust Houses –Birthplace, Hathaway Cottage, New Place House.
• Hertitage Trail – Swan Theatre, High & Chapel Sts, Rother Market, White Swan Inn, Holy Trinity Church and Shakespeares Tomb.

In Oxford –

• Christchurch College.
• City Trail.

Afternoon/Evening: Return to London. Dinner, en route.

Travel

• London to New York/JFK Depart 1.20.p.m. Arrive 4.15.p.m.
• Coach Transfer to New York, NY.

Hotel Check – In: Milford Plaza, Theatre District/Manhattan.

Evening: Dinner/Times Square Options.

Manhattan Sightseeing

• Orientation Tour – Broadway, Central Park West/Strawberry Fields, Cathedral of St. John Divine, East Harlem, Museum Row, 5th Ave, Rockerfeller Centre, Grand Central Station, Empire State Building. Greenwich Village, Chinatown, World Trade Centre, Battery Park (for Statue of Liberty).
• Sites of New York Movies and Television Shows.

Lunch: Manhattan Mall or South Street Seaport.

Independent Itinerary Options.

• Macy’s/Manhattan Mall Shopping
• Museum Options Museum of the City of NY, Guggenheim Museum, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History.
• Independent Walking Itineraries. Bus pick up points: Empire State Building, Rockerfeller Centre & NY Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dinner: Ellens Stardust Dinner & Edison Café Recommendations.

Evening: Broadway Theatre Options. “The Producers” Pre paid group.

New York – Morning At Leisure

• Museum Options.
• Shopping Options – Times Square, Midtown, Garment District, Greenwich Village.
• Walk the Avenues.

Bus pick up points: Empire State Building, Rockerfeller Centre & NY Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Travel
12.00 Noon. Coach Transfer to Dumfries, Virginia via Washington D.C.

Sightseeing

In Washington D.C.- Capitol Building, National Mall, White House (from La Fayette Park), Fords Theatre, Lincoln (stop), Washington and Jefferson Memorials. Korean Vets & Vietnam Vets Memorials/Reflecting Pool. Pentagon.

Dinner Options: Pentagon City Mall or Cracker Barrell/Dumfries.

Hotel Check-In: Quality Inn – Dumfries.

Travel
7.30.a.m. Coach Transfer from Dumfries to Jefferson County, Tennessee via Newmarket, Lexington & Johnson City.

Lunch: En route

Mid Afternoon Arrival - Jefferson County High School.
Host Stay Commences.

Host Stay
Independent Host Family Options/ Local Tours & Sightseeing.

Host Stay
a.m. Independent Host Family Options.

Travel

• 12.00 Noon-Coach Transfer from Jefferson County High School to Charlotte, North Carolina.
• 5.05.p.m. Flight to Miami Int. Airport. Arrive 7.02.p.m.
• Coach Transfer to Holiday Inn-Downtown/Port of Miami.
  

Tours and Sightseeing Options.

• Miccosukee Indian Cultural Centre & Everglades Jet Boat Experience (Admission) & Miami South Beach.
• Bayside Market Place.
• Hotel At Leisure.

Cruise Embarkation
1.00.p.m. Embark “Majesty of the Seas”. Port of Miami

Lunch: On Board

Sail - 5.00pm

• Entertainment and Integrated Shipboard Activities

Port of Call.

• Group Meeting- 9.00.a.m.
• Nassau - Grand Bahama 9.00am
• Shore Excursion Options
• Straw Market
• Resort Hotel - Las Vegas Style Show Option

Ship Sails – 11.59.p.m.

Port of Call

• Group Meeting – 9.00.a.m.
• Coco Cay- Bahamas
• Shore Excursion via Tender
• Formal Evening

Ship Sails 5.00pm

Port of Call

• Group Meeting- 9.00a.m.
• Key West - USA

Shore Excursion Options

• Earnest Hemingway Home/Museum
• Key West Shipwreck Historeum
• Key West Trolley Tour
• Independent Walking Tours

Ship Sails 6.00pm

Port of Call

• Miami – Disembark 8.30.a.m.

Travel
Coach Transfer to Orlando, Florida.
Lunch: En Route.

Travel

• Flight to Los Angeles 6.05 p.m. Arrives 10.20.p.m.
• Connecting Flight to Las Vegas 10.55.p.m. Arrives 12.06.a.m.
• Coach Transfer to Flamingo Hotel , Las Vegas,

Sightseeing

• Las Vegas at Leisure – Visit themed hotels.
• Shopping Options. Boulevarde Mall, The Forum at Ceasars Palace, Belz Factory Outlets.

Grand Canyon Tours. Pre-Booked/Pre-Paid

• Grand Canyon Flyover.
• Grand Canyon – West Rim Ground Tour/Hualapai Indian Reservation & Lunch at the Canyon.

Dinner: Hotel of your choice.

Evening: Las Vegas Show Options. “Cirque de Soleil” Recommended.

Travel

Flight to Los Angeles. Depart 10.25.a.m. Arrive 11.30.a.m.

Sightseeing

Rodeo Drive, Farmers Market (Lunch), Venice Beach, Santa Monica Pier.
Hotel Check-In: Holiday Inn – Hollywood (Walk of Fame).

Dinner: Hollywood Boulevarde Options.

Evening:
Independent Activities. Manns Chinese Theatre, Walk of Fame, Highland Centre Kodak Theatre, Hollywood Museum Suggestions.

Sightseeing & Tours.

• Old Pasadena/Paseo Colorado
• Disneyland & California Adventure Park Hopper.

Dinner: At The Park.

Tours

• Universal City Walk
• Universal Film Studios.

Last Chance Shopping – Century City.

Travel

• Arrives 8.00.a.m. Day 31. Thu. 26th January 2006.