Review: Luxury Italy Family Vacation, Venice, Florence, Tuscany, Umbria, Siena, San Gimignano, Assisi, Leaning Tower of Pisa

1) Just walking around in Venice

2) St. Mark's Cathedral, and boat trip to Murano and Burano/ hearing interesting Venetian history from Francesca.

3) Florence's central market

4) gelato:) and my 5year old's chocolate gelato smiles!

5) Uffizi Gallery and Gustav's insights on the different works of art.

6)Drive thru Tuscan and Umbrian countryside

7) quaintness of Siena and San gimignano, and Assisi

8) Assisi Cathedral!!! Inspiring, reverential, beautiful views! (My favorite)

9) St Catherine of Siena Basilica

10) Cathedral of Siena

11) Vatican museum, Sistine chapel, and St Peters, pantheon, Colosseum with Simona teaching and quizzing us on historical information in a fun and competitive way:), Roman Forum, St. John Lateran cathedral (my second favorite)

12) catacomb tour:  fascinating!!! With our tour guide excitedly taking my 5year old's hand to show her everything at her level and helping her learn about mosaics and columns

13) the leaning tower of Pisa and the Cathedral there and how our driver rescued us from the rain!

(14) snacking on prosciutto and tart cherries.

15) family time together eating, exploring, learning, and laughing!

you get the idea...the whole trip!