Riviera Travel has added to its European 2025 programme with seven new tours for Irish guests, departing from April to October 2025.
Following guest feedback, Riviera has also lowered its maximum group size to 36 people on its 2025 Classic tours.
Tours go on sale on March 13, with a pre-sale open today. The new itineraries, ranging from four to eight days, comprise:
* Sicily – eight days, with a guided tour of Greek ruins in the Valley of the Temples, and visits to Taormina and Mount Etna. Prices from €1929pp.
* Krakow – four days, with a guided walking tour of Krakow, and Wawel Royal Castle District, and optional tours of Auschwitz-Birkenau and salt mines. Prices from €839pp.
* Classical Italy – eight days, with guided tours of Rome, Siena and Florence, and a guided walking tour of Arezzo. Prices from €1819pp.
* Classic Greece – eight days, with walking tours of the Parthenon and the Acropolis Museum, as well as Olympia, Delphi, and visits to Athens and Nafplion. Prices from €2129pp.
* Austrian Tyrol & Innsbruck – eight days, with a sightseeing tour of Innsbruck, the Achensee Cog Railway, and a choice of a guided walking tour of Bolzano or visit to see Oetzi at the Museum of Archaeology. Prices from €2109pp.
* Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast – eight days, with a guided tour of Dubrovnik, a visit to Krka National Park, a tour of Split, and a visit to Trogir and the Dalmatian Coast. Prices from €1979pp.
* Florence & Tuscany – eight days, with sightseeing tours of Florence and Siena, reserved timed visit to the Uffizi art gallery, visits to Lucca and Pisa, and tour of the Tuscan countryside. Prices from €1839pp.
A series of existing tours are also on sale for 2025:
* Puglia, Lecce & Vieste – Undiscovered Italy
* Lake Como, St Moritz & the Bernina Express
* Classical Spain
* Pompeii, Capri & the Bay of Naples
* Lake Maggiore, Orta & the Matterhorn
* Lake Garda, Venice & Verona
* Spain’s Basque Country, La Rioja & Burgos
Guests who book by 30 April 2024 can save €100 on all 2025 Classic tours of six nights or longer.
All departures include return flights and transfers, accommodation, tours and visits, select meals and an expert tour manager throughout.
Joanne Lynn, Head of Product Short Haul at Riviera, said: “We are thrilled to unveil these exciting additions to our European programme. They showcase some of the continent’s finest destinations, with exclusive visits to historic sites such as the Acropolis Museum on the Classic Greece tour and the Uffizi art gallery in Florence, and include guided tours of cities bursting with culture and things to do.”
