10 Days Italy Family Bar Bat Mitzvah Tour

Tour operates with a Minimum of 4 passengers

DAY 1 - Sunday

FLIGHT TO ITALY

Overnight flight to an exciting trip to Rome for a Bar Mitzvah celebration! Rome is a city rich in history, culture, and stunning architecture. While Rome is not traditionally known for its large Jewish community compared to some other cities, it does have a Jewish quarter, known as the Roman Ghetto, with several synagogues and kosher restaurants. Meals on board your flight.
 

DAY 2 - Monday

DAY 2 - Monday

BENVENUTI A TUTTI! WELCOME TO BELLA ROMA!

Land of love, art, and good food...and much more. On arrival at Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino airport, you will be warmly greeted by your English-speaking tour representative who will escort you to your hotel. Your personal driver will pick you up at Rome airport for your transfer and check into your hotel. Overnight Rome. Dinner on your own.

Note: Check-in begins at 2 p.m. Depending on your arrival time, you may have some time to familiarize yourself with some of its highlights.

DAY 3 - Tuesday

ROME – COLOSSEUM

Morning: After breakfast, drive to the Colosseum to meet your private guide. Introduction. Meet your guide outside the Colosseum for an overview of its history and significance. Learn about its construction, the events that took place there, and its importance in Roman society. Exploration of the Colosseum. Enter and explore the Colosseum with skip-the-line tickets. Your guide will take you through the different levels, explaining how the arena was used for gladiatorial contests, animal hunts, and other spectacles. You can wear Samsung Gear glasses to uncover the history and culture of Ancient Rome, experiencing the Colosseum like never before. Relive the history of the ancient world while a multilingual narrative voice coupled with epic background music brings it all to life. Return to Hotel: After the tour, return to your hotel to relax for the rest of the day. Evening: The evening is free for leisure activities or dining in Rome. Overnight: Overnight stay at your hotel in Rome.

DAY 4 - Wednesday

ROME – VATICAN PRIVATE TOUR - HALF DAY AT LEISURE

After a sumptuous buffet breakfast visit the Vatican Museums, one of the cornerstones of Rome. After a special Jewish reading in the Sistine Chapel take a few minutes to look for the seven Hebrew prophets in Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes. Following lunch on your own in a local restaurant, visit one of the best, yet least-known attractions in the city, the walled and crowded Ghetto of Rome. Moving along we arrive at the ornate and massive Tempio Maggiore di Roma, the principal synagogue of Rome, one of the largest synagogues in Europe built between 1901 and 1904. Beneath the Great Synagogue is the Museo Hebraic di Roma, the Jewish Museum of Rome, host to several exhibits highlighting the connection between the Jewish people and Rome. Their history is depicted in its magnificent collection of silverware and precious textiles from all over Europe, marble carvings that once decorated the Cinque Scole, the five synagogues of the Ghetto demolished in the 19th century as well as miniature parchments. Return to your hotel. Overnight in Rome. (Meals: Breakfast)

DAY 5 - Thursday

DAY 5 - Thursday

ROME | DAY OF BAR MITZVAH

TODAY IS YOUR BAR/BAT MITZVAH DAY.

This morning you will meet your Rabbi for your child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony at Chabad Rome’s synagogue. Today your child becomes Bar / Bat Mitzvah which is every parent excitement seeing their child becomes an adult. 
We are inviting you to a lunch celebration of your child’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah at a restaurant nearby. 

Around 2:00 pm Begins your Gelato & Italian biscotti cooking class. Gelato and Biscotti making class offers an exciting and engaging way for kids with a sweet tooth to experience Rome. After having explored the sites of Rome it is time for kids to explore another Italian wonder: gelato! Gelato and Italian biscotti class is an authentic Italian experience taking place in either one of our cooking schools found at the center of Rome. The kids will learn to make classic Italian gelato and biscotti from our chef who will show to them the making of these sweet delights. Kids love choosing their own flavors...we have had a lot of requests for personalized Nutella gelato! This experience provides a more engaging activity for kids than simply buying them gelato! It is also the perfect opportunity for them to make friends and learn a new skill during their visit to Rome. We will send you the recipes afterwards so that the kids can continue to make gelato at home. We returned to our hotel in Rome for an overnight. (Breakfast) 

DAY 6 - Friday

DAY 6 - Friday

ROME | FLORENCE

Morning transfer to the Rome Railway Station to board the fast train to Florence (about 2h). On arrival meet your local concierge and driver and transfer to the hotel. Your luggage will arrive at your hotel in a minivan. Reception will notify you and bring your luggage to your assigned room at the hotel. Meet your English-speaking guide Ilaria at hotel lobby and discover Florence city center. Your 3hrs visit proceed with Gallery Accademia Museum where you could admire the real David’s statue of Michelangelo! The gallery displays the largest number of Michelangelo's sculptures in the world (as many as seven). Your guide will have your tickets. Please do not forget your passport, museum staff could ask for it to enter. Enjoy your dinner on your own. Overnight Florence.

DAY 7 - Saturday

FLORENCE | MARANELLO FERRARI MUSEUM AND FACTORY | VENICE

8.30 am Meet your private driver in the hotel lobby and transfer to your Venetian hotel. 
10.30 am Stop in Maranello for your visit to Ferrari Museum, enjoy the Maranello Simulator F1, and finish your tour with the Fiorano Panoramic tour by bus. Your visit begins with the Ferrari Museum, a true guardian of myth, founded in Maranello in 1990 under the name Galleria Ferrari and has always collected inside the cars, images and trophies that have written the history of the brand. 11.35 am and 11.45 am Reach semi-professional simulators to experience the thrill of driving a Ferrari Formula 1 single-seater in Maranello. Simulators of F1 are outside the exhibition area. In this 2 of you begin at 11.35 am and 2 of you at 11.45 am.  The simulator is in the final part of the museum, near the shop. Please be there 10 minutes before departure time. Please don’t forget your voucher, and don't forget your passport museum staff could ask for it to enter. 12.30 am The Ferrari Museum in Maranello reserves for its visitors the opportunity to take an exclusive panoramic shuttle tour inside the Fiorano Racetrack and along Enzo Ferrari Avenue in the Factory. Your guide from the Museum will explain, in Italian and English, the features and contents of the Ferrari circuit, where tests of racing and road cars have been held since 1972, and of the Ferrari Citadel, the heart of the Factories where all the Prancing Horse cars are produced. Of particular interest are the architectural structures built by famous architects such as Renzo Piano, Massimiliano Fuksas, Jean Nouvel, Marco Visconti, and Luigi Sturchio. Equally interesting is the carefully preserved historical part, starting with the entrance hall, which has been the same since 1947. Please don’t forget your voucher, and don't forget your passport museum staff could ask for it to enter. The program may be subject to changes and cancellations, depending on Fiorano Track and Factory commitments, which can be announced up to the last moment.

After your visit, enjoy a lunch on your own. 
2.00 pm Meet your private driver and transfer to Piazzale Roma in Venice. 
5.00 pm At Venice, meet your assistant and transfer by water taxi to your hotel. 
Enjoy your dinner on your own. Overnight Venice. 

DAY 8 - Sunday

EXPLORE VENICE BY A GAME

Breakfast at the hotel. The best way to explore Venice is to play a family game through the streets of the historic center, discovering hidden gems, amazing monuments, breathtaking sites, and interesting secrets Venice Highlights Tour will introduce you and your family to one of the most interesting cities in the world. Venice is the perfect place for kids of all ages and with our tours they are the center of activity. Our walking tour starts from Rialto's Bridge and then you will see

Marco Polo's House, beautiful churches, magnificent works of art and in the end, you will reach the heart of Venice visiting the Bridge of Sights and Saint Mark's Square.

Interactive visual learning tools, trivia and treasure games will help children to imagine how was life in Venice in ancient times. Thrill your family with new colors, sights, and sound. Free time for lunch on your own. One of the things to do at least once in your life is for sure the Gondola ride in Venice. Not to be missed if you really want to visit Venice: in the past, in fact, the canals were the main streets of the patricians and their rich palaces overlook their most beautiful facades right on the water After the departure from the Gondola Station, along the Gondola route you can admire the Mozart’s House, the Palace of Count Marcello Principe di Venezia, the Palazzo del Bovolo, the Fenice, the House of Desdemona, the Basin of San Marco with the Basilica of Madonna della Salute, and the Island of San Giorgio . Overnight in hotel (Meals: Breakfast)  NOTE Kids under 18 must be accompanied by adults!

DAY 9 - Monday

VENICE - ROME

Breakfast at the hotel and private transfer to the airport for your domestic flight to Rome (flight additional cost) once arrived in Rome airport, you will be transferred to your hotel for check in at the Rome Airport.
(Meals: Breakfast)

DAY 10 - Tuesday

DEPARTURE

Breakfast at the hotel, check out and private transfer to the airport for departure.
End of our services. (Meals: Breakfast)

Price Includes

  •  Welcome meet & assist upon arrival by IBMT representative.
  •  Transfer upon arrival and departure
  •  English-speaking guide throughout the tour
  •  10 nights hotel accommodation in 4 – 4½ star hotels
  •  Daily breakfast
  •  All site entrance fees and program fees as per itinerary.
  •  Bar Mitzvah ceremony & lunch
  •  Portage at the hotels

Not Included

  • Airfare and departure taxes
  • Rabbi service and ceremony
  • Travel insurance (highly recommended)
  • Early check-in or late check-out
  • Meals & Beverages not mentioned
  • Entrance fees not mentioned
  • Expenses of a personal nature
  • Any tips to guide / driver and restaurant staff