ROME - PARIS - LONDON

KONOS History of the World Tour 2005 13 days for $2995 INCLUDES: Round trip air flights Overnight train from Rome to Paris Eurostar from Paris to London All ground transportation including buses, metro, and tube All airport fees and taxes All breakfasts and dinners Full service of experienced multi-lingual Tour Manager 11 nights triple or quad room accomodation in 3 or 4 star hotels (twin for adults) Fully paid entrances to Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, Colosseum, Capitoline Museum, Versailles palace, Eiffel Tower, Seine River Cruise, Louvre, Opera House, Fragonard Parfumerie, Hampton Court, Tower of London, Globe Theatre Globe Theater workshop City tour led by London local guide One theater ticket to a top show in London Farewell Medieval Banquet at Hatfield PREREQUISITE: Students must be high school students who are taking or have taken KONOS History of the World I or II and must be cleared by Jessica to register for the trip. We hope you can join us!!!!

• DAY 1     Depart US on your overnight transatlantic flight to Europe.
  
  
• DAY 2     Touchdown in Rome and be met by your More Time Travel Tour Manager who will be with you for the duration of the tour. After transfering to your hotel for check-in, enjoy an orientation of Rome including the Pantheon, Piazza Navona with its great gelatta and shopping, dinner, the famous Spanish Steps and end up tossing a coin in the Trevi Fountain ensuring your return to Rome.
  
  
• DAY 3     It's an early start today as you head to the Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, for a tour of the Vatican Museum, home of the world renowned Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo as well as the Academey painted by Raphael. Then enter St. Peter's, the largest cathedral in the world on the site where Peter was said to have been crucified, to see the Pieta by Michelangelo as well as the gorgeous baldichinno by Bernini. After lunch, we have a free hours to shop before dinner.
  
  
• DAY 4     Start with a tour of the Colosseum where gladiators fought and Christians were martyred over 2,000 years ago. Continue through the remains of the Roman Forum where we will dramatize Julius Caesar's death and Antony'sfuneral speech. After lunch at and a tour of the Capitoline Museum where the Head of Constantine and the famous bronze of Romulus and Remus with the Wolf are on display, you are off to the famous church of San Pietro in Vincoli to see Michaelangelo's acclaimed statue of Moses with Horns on the tomb of Pope Julius II. Time permitting visit the Mammertine Prison where St. Peter was held in chains. After grabbing a quick dinner, we take the overnight train to Paris, France!
  
  
• DAY 5     Following breakfast in Paris, you travel by coach out to Versailles, the magnificent Palace of the sun king Louis XIV, a genuine tribute to the luxurious and extravagant lifestyle of the French kings. Visit the Palace interior and relax in the fabulous gardens. Walk to Marie-Antoinette's hamlet, a beautiful recreation of an idyllic French hamlet. Return to Paris in the afternoon for a general highlights tour including the Arc de Triophe, Champ-Elysees, and the Place de la Concorde. After dinner, assend the Eiffel Tower to watch the sunset over Paris.
  
  
• DAY 6     This morning visit the impressive Notre Dame Cathedral before heading to see the wonderful medieval artifacts displayed in the Cluny Museum. After lunch enjoy some free time to shop or relax in this lovely area of Paris. This evening test your culinary skills as you take part in French cooking. Wind up the day with a night cruise down the Seine River, viewing the lights of Paris.
  
  
• DAY 7     Today visit the Louve Museum where you will see an incredible collection of art including the famed Mona Lisa. Later these afternoon visit the Garnier opera House, setting for the Phantom of the Opera, and afterwards visit the Musee de la Parfumerie, Fragonard. Tonight visit the quaint artist quarter of Montmartre and marvel at the beautiful Sacre-Coeur cathedral which enjoys a superb view over Paris.
  
  
• DAY 8     Today is free for you to visit Napoleon's tomb or perhaps the Prison of Marie Antionette before shopping or exploring the West Bank or Rue Cler. This evening you will catch the super fast Eurostar train that takes you from Paris to London under the English Channel in 3 hours!!
  
  
• DAY 9     This morning enjoy an introduction to London on your guided sightseeing tour. Drive along the Thames River which flows through London, pass Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and marvel at the glorious London Eye!! Following lunch in the cryt of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, spend the afternoon in the National Gallery of Art viewing the most fabulous collection of art. After a quick visit to Covent Gardens and dinner, enjoy a London theater show.
  
  
• DAY 10     Today attend Palm Sunday morning service at Westminster Cathedral, the place where Kings and Queens of Britain have been crowned for a 1,000 years. In the afternoon take a train to the masterpiece of tudor architecture, Hampton Court Palace. Today a High Tea replaces dinner and after dinner, it is your option to take in another theater performance.
  
  
• DAY 11     This morning visit the Tower of London, the 1,000 year old castle in the heart of old London, once the highest building in the capital. See the glittering and priceless Crown Jewels, the famous Beefeaters and their ravens, along with Traitor's Gate and the site of Anne Bolyn's beheading. Later, a Shakespearean actor conducts you through a newly restored Globe Theatre. Enjoy a few hours of shopping and free time before dinner.
  
  
• DAY 12     The last day in London begins with at tour of the British Museum which houses the Elgin Marbles, the Rosetta Stone, the Standard of Ur and many more fabulous artifacts. An afternoon tour of Parliment is planned, security permitting, before some last minute souvenir shopping. Tonight enjoy a Medieval Feast farewell banquet complete with Henry VIII at Hatfield House, the house Elizabeth I lived when she became Queen of England.
  
  
• DAY 13     Say farewell to Europe and transfer to the airport for you flight home.

  REGISTRATION

  $2995 cost for early registration by September 30, 2004 saves $200. There are two payments. The 1st payment is 25% which is $750 due September 30. This includes the registration fee of $95. I know this is such short notice on the actual registration, but through protracted negotiation, we have significantly reduced the price from the original quote by getting bids from several travel companies. 2nd payment is the balance due January 7, 2005.