Founded by Mary Ann Zimmerman, Senior Women's Travel focuses on tours for women over the age of 50.
The company offers an eight-day tour of Venice and Florence. The itinerary includes five days in Venice, where you get to take walking tours of Venice's renaissance art and architecture, glide on a gondola through the glorious Grand Canal, visit the Rialto market and the islands of Burano and Murano, leaving the fifth day open to go shopping or visit museums. The last three days are spent in Florence, and on day nine you depart for home, unless you plan to extend your trip and remain in Italy on your own.
The tours include hotels for seven nights, two meals per day, private tours with guides, train ride to Florence, vaporetto (water bus) tickets in Venice and all entrance fees to the museums listed in the itinerary.
Senior Women's Travel Tours
20 Van Winkle Road
Hudson, NY 12534
917-880-6732
poshnosh.com
Founded by Jacqueline Grandchamps and Valerie Sans, French Escapade offers unique and authentic vacations that encompass Tuscany's local art scene, history, folklore and gourmet cuisine.
All tours are limited to eight guests, staying in the same accommodations for the entire duration of the trip in order to minimize stress and promote relaxation. This also helps travelers with meeting local people and immersing in their culture. Nearby excursions are listed in the itinerary and the whole setup is geared to generate a one-of-a-kind experience.
The Enchanted Tuscany tour itinerary cover seven days, and visitors get to stay in a family-owned Renaissance villa-hotel dating from the 18th century, near Florence. Some of the amazing activities prepared for the tour's guests are cooking sessions, learning the secrets of the making of terra cotta, wine tasting in the vineyards of the Chianti region, and visiting nearby Sienna, the Fortress of Montalcino and the Da Vinci Village.
The tour includes Florence airport pick up and drop off, accommodations, two meals per day, private bilingual guide for the week, and all entrance fees to museums and sites on the itinerary.
French Escapade
2389 Blackpool Place
San Leandro, CA 94577
888-483-5713
frenchescapade.com
Grand Travel offers a tour of Italy unlike any other. Their unique program was developed by a team of psychologists, teachers, and leisure counselors for grandparents and their grandchildren to experience traveling together, creating lasting memories.
Italy's Splendor tour lasts 10 days, not including two days of travel to and from Italy. Beginning in Venice, grandparents and their grandchildren get to explore the city and nearby islands together before heading to Florence for two days. The last three days of the tour are spent in Tuscany, ending in Rome.
The tour rates include hotel accommodations, meals, an activity director and tour guide, motor-coach transportation and all sightseeing and admissions to museums on the itinerary.
Grand Travel
1920 N Street, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
800-247-7651
grandtrvl.com
