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About the tour: Christmas in Sorrento & New Year on Lake Como
‘Buon Natale’ that’s merry Christmas in Italian, and that’s exactly what you can expect on this delightful tour to Italy, a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year! Discover the charm of Sorrento and enjoy the option of visiting the stunning Amalfi coast. Join our sightseeing tour to the historic city of Rome where you’ll see famous landmarks, including the Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum. You can even visit Pompeii and witness breath-taking views from the top of Mount Vesuvius on this unforgettable holiday by coach, and takes all before we head to Lake Como and Milan to see in the New Year. So, what are you waiting for? It’s the most wonderful time of the year after all!
Tour Includes
- 14 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- 12 evening meals & lunch on Christmas Day
15 days from £1699 pp
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your tour either online, or by telephone ( 01709 787 463 ), you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can:
- Use our balance payment facility online to make and track your card payments. You can pay as much as you want up until your final due date or pay it all, the choice is yours.
- Send payments via online banking.
- Send payments via cheque.
- Call us and make a card payment, either a small amount or as lump sum until your final due date.
Our contact and online banking payment details will be on your confirmation invoice to remind you of your choices.
Tour Itinerary
Certain excursions are included in the price of your holiday. If you choose not to go on an included excursion, for whatever reason, no refunds will be made.
Yes, you will receive one with your Travel Documents, which are sent 7-10 days before departure.
We believe that our holidays may not be suitable for children under 8 years old (except for Disneyland Paris bookings) however, we will
consider individual requests on application. Customers aged 18 and under at the time of travel must be accompanied by an adult, parent or
guardian aged over 18 years old.
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Dec 21
Local departure by coach, then to northern France for an overnight stay.
Dec 22
Continue to the Parma area for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Dec 23
We continue to Vico Equense on the Sorrento Peninsula area, where we stay for five nights.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Christmas Eve - Pompeii and Vesuvius
Discover the history and life of the great Roman city of Pompeii, on our optional excursion. We also drive to the top of Mount Vesuvius, which commands spectacular views. Walk the final thousand metres to the summit to view inside the crater (local charge of approx €10.00).
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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£74.00 | £77.00 |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Christmas Day - Sorrento
Happy Christmas! Join our included excursion, as we drive through valleys, mountains and terraces lined with orange and lemon trees, olive groves and vineyards, all descending to the sea. Free time in the town of Sorrento to enjoy the Christmas atmosphere. We return to the hotel and enjoy an included gala lunch.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Highlights
- Sorrento
Boxing Day - Isle of Capri
Today, join an optional excursion, as we sail across the Bay of Naples to magnificent Capri, a popular home of the rich and famous. Explore the island’s cliff-top panoramas, with views of Vesuvius.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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£99.00 | £102.00 |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Dec 27 - Amalfi Coast
Join our optional ‘Amalfi Drive’, said to be the most spectacular road in Europe. From Sorrento, the winding cliff-top road offers panoramic views at every bend. We visit Amalfi, which gives its name to this whole beautiful coast. From Amalfi we visit Ravello, which nestles in the hillside above the sea. Tonight we enjoy the festivities and the hotel provides a superb gala dinner.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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£36.00 | £38.00 |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Dec 28 - Rome
We leave Vico Equense and head to Rome on our included excursion. Also, known as the ‘Eternal City’ and the famed city of the Roman Empire, it has been a millennium long centre of power, culture and religion. The Historic Centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with wonderful palaces, churches, basilicas, Roman ruins, monuments and fountains. It has an immensely rich historical heritage and cosmopolitan atmosphere. Upon arrival in this beautiful city you will have time at leisure to savor the special ambience of this former capital of the Roman Empire.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Included Highlights
- Rome
Dec 29
We travel north to Lake Como for a five-night stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Dec 30 - Milan
Included excursion to Milan, seeing the Duomo, one of the world’s largest, most striking cathedrals, the elegant shopping arcades and much more. Our optional sightseeing tour will show you the main highlights.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Included Highlights
- Milan
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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£29.00 | £30.00 |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
New Year’s Eve - Lake Maggiore
Enjoy our included excursion to Lake Maggiore and the resort town of Stresa ahead of the evening’s festivities and gala dinner.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Included Highlights
- Lake Maggiore
New Year’s Day
Happy New Year!
Enjoy a leisurely day relaxing along the lakeside.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Jan 2 - St. Moritz & Bernina Region Railway
Optional excursion into Switzerland, firstly to the world-famous resort of St. Moritz. From here we join the Bernina Region Railway, the highest rail crossing of the Alps. Don’t forget your camera! The journey takes us past the peaks of the Bernina Alps to Tirano, where we rejoin our coach, for the journey back to Tremezzo.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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TBC | TBC |
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£51.95 | £54.00 |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments) or sterling (via card payments). Card payments are available on Luxuria and Silver Service only.
Jan 3
We leave Lake Como and travel to northern France for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Jan 4
Return home.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Travel Insurance from £42.00 (15 days) (includes insurance premium tax, prices per person). Single Room Supplement from £299.00 (15 days).
Christmas in Sorrento & New Year on Lake Como 15 days from £1699pp
Book online OR call our friendly travel advisers on:
01709 787 463
Accommodation
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
All hotel rooms benefit from private bathroom facilities.
Some hotels have tea and coffee making facilities. Please check the tour pages for more
information or call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333.
Most hotels have a lift, please call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 for more information.
Some hotels have ground floor rooms. Please email for information on individual hotels or call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333.
Your hotels will supply towels in your room.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
You will stay for five nights at the family-run 3-star Hotel Mary at Vico Equense, a short drive from Sorrento.
You will also stay for five nights on Lake Como at the 3-star Hotel Britannia Excelsior in Cadenabbia.
Overnight stays in northern Italy, Tuscany and northern France will be in minimum 3-star hotels.
Please Note: Due to demand, we may use other hotels of a similar standard. Your exact hotel details will be provided with your travel documents.
Britannia Excelsior
- English Speaking Staff
- Bureau de Change
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- WiFi Available
- TV
- Hairdryer
- Telephone
Travel Options
Departure times given for each region are approximate. Please check your travel documents to confirm the actual timings.
Front row seats can be reserved for £15pp (up to 6 days duration), £25pp (7 and 8 days duration), £30pp (9 to 11 days) or £35pp (12 days or more) on all European tours. This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on our Executive and Silver Service coaches and for one or two persons on our Luxuria coaches and is subject to availability. In addition to this, seats on the second row can be reserved for a supplement of £8pp (up to 6 days duration), £15pp (7 and 8 days duration), £18pp (9 to 11 days) or £22pp (12 days or more).
Guaranteed front or second row seats cannot be reserved on transfer journeys to/from the UK port. Occasionally, front and second row seats may be on a request only basis.
Please note: children under 15 years of age are not permitted to sit in the front seats of any coach.
On some coaches the legroom on front seats, central view seats and seats directly in front of the washroom may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled or merged for any reason and front or second row seats or central view seats or table seats are not available on your tour, you will be refunded any supplement paid. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
Central View Seats are available to pre-book free of charge.
Table Seats are available to pre-book free of charge on our Luxuria coaches.
We guarantee that all passengers on the same booking will be seated together on the main tour coach.
Seats on the transfer coaches to and from the interchange are not allocated.
Hot and cold drinks are served on your main tour coach. Prices are approximately £1 or €1.25 Euro per drink. Prices will be confirmed by your driver.
Transfer coaches are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure. The route taken depends on where paassengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
All main tour coaches have on-board toilets. Transfer vehicles to and from the interchange may not have on-board toilets. When non-British coaches are
used on transfers and tours (air holidays only) an on-board toilet may not be available. However, comfort stops will be made during long journeys.
All coaches feature air-conditioning. Should the air-conditioning system break down for a period exceeding 12 hours,
compensation will be awarded up to a maximum of £10 per fare-paying passenger per tour.
All our coaches and transfer vehicles operate a 'no smoking on board policy'. The use of electronic cigarettes is strictly forbidden.
In the interest of fellow guests, do not take hot food or ice cream on board.
Customers own alcohol cannot be consumed on board our vehicles.
Depending on the location of your pickup point, you may be picked up by coach (not necessarily the on you are touring on), minibus, taxi, National Express or Megabus service. You may then be taken to another centralised pickup location or service station. We operate a passenger interchange at Stop 24 Services, where you will meet the tour coach you are holidaying on and then continue on with your outbound journey. Similarly, on the way home, you may also change transfer vehicles at another location, to take you to your final drop off point.
Your allowance is one medium sized suitcase per person, which
should weigh no more than 20kg when full. We
may refuse to carry larger or heavier cases.
Hand luggage should be stored in the overhead
racks aboard the coach. Nothing should be stored under your seat.
When it comes to getting you to your destination, Leger Holidays make it easy, with a selection of travel options for you to choose from.
Silver Service Features
- Sit back and relax in specially-designed, deluxe reclining seats, with leather headrests, footrests and more legroom than standard coaches.
- Enjoy the perfect temperature onboard with climate control.
- Relax and have a chat in the spacious rear lounge.
- Servery on board offering a range of refreshments.
- Porterage* at most hotels, so you really don’t have to lift a finger.
- Time flies with our onboard entertainment system.
- With free personal headphones you can tune into the music channel, listen to the radio or watch DVDs.
- Onboard toilet
Silver Service Seating Plan
Silver Service Virtual Tour
Find your nearest joining point
We have hundreds of coach joining points throughout England, Scotland and Wales. To find your nearest joining point, search using your postcode below.
*Please note joining points are subject to availability.
Travel Extras
Why not go the night before your tour for a relaxing start?
You can park for FREE for up to nine days at the Holiday Inn Ashford North and enjoy an overnight stay with English breakfast from just £41.50 per person (Based on 2 sharing a twin/double room on a B&B basis, subject to availability. Single supplements and terms and conditions apply.) We’ll then collect you from the hotel on the day of departure and return you there at the end of your holiday.
To book this package, please call the hotel on 01233 713333, select option 1, quoting ‘Leger Holidays’ and your booking reference. If your holiday is longer than seven days you can pay for additional days’ parking. Ask one of our friendly reservations team for more details when you book your holiday
On most holidays if you’d prefer to join your tour coach at Stop 24 services, you can park your car in the car park which is accredited by the Park Mark safer parking scheme and is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. Payment for the parking is made on arrival using the self-service machines. Excludes holidays to Ireland and the U.K. and tours travelling via Brittany Ferries.
On Single Traveller holidays and coach holidays of 7 days’ duration or more, you don’t even have to think about getting to your local joining point. If you live within 20 miles of one of our free joining points we’ll pick you up from your home and take you to meet your transfer vehicle, then return you back home at the end of your holiday. The cost is from £40 per booking each way for up to four people per booking.
If you live a little further afield, you can also take advantage of this convenient option for an additional charge – please enquire at the time of booking.
Customer Reviews
To book this tour, just give our friendly team a call on 01709 787 463 or book online at www.leger.co.uk
