Catalog Tour · Europe

The Three Capitals

Sixteen days, five countries, seven cities — The Three Capitals traces one of Europe's great cultural corridors from the Georgian streetscapes of London through the boulevards of Paris, south through Bavaria and the Alps, and down into the art-saturated cities of northern and central Italy before finishing in Rome. The arc of the tour is the arc of Western civilization itself: parliamentary democracy, Enlightenment urbanism, Baroque grandeur, Renaissance genius, and imperial ambition, each layered into the cities your group actually walks through day by day.

Duration16 days · 15 nights

CountriesEngland · France · Germany · Austria · Italy

Cities7 stops

Group size6 – 80+ travelers

What makes us different

City-center hotels
Authentic local meals
Career Tour Directors
4.9★ on Trustpilot
Family-owned since 1992

Destination guide: London →

Arrival London

Arrival transfer

Dinner

Overnight

At a glance

Days16

Nights15

Countries5

Cities7

OvernightsLondon 2, Paris 3, Munich 2, Innsbruck 1, Venice 2, Florence 2, Rome 2

MealsAll breakfasts & dinners

Linked activities3

Curriculum fit

Analyze how the architectural and political landscape of London reflects the development of parliamentary democracy from the medieval to the modern period.
Compare Haussmann-era urban planning in Paris with the medieval street patterns students observed in London, evaluating how each city's layout reflects its historical priorities.
Trace the geographic and cultural transition from Germanic Central Europe to the Italian peninsula across the Innsbruck-to-Venice leg of the route.
Interpret the significance of Venetian glassblowing as a case study in craft economies, guild systems, and the preservation of material culture.
Examine the concentration of Renaissance art and architecture in Florence, connecting specific works to the patronage networks and humanist ideas that produced them.
Evaluate Rome's layered urban landscape — from ancient forums to Baroque piazzas — as physical evidence of overlapping imperial, ecclesiastical, and civic histories.

Drafted from the day-by-day. Use as a starting point for your syllabus.

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Overall

“Everything I would want in a tour company.”

Passports post-tour evaluation · Group leader · March 2026

Overall

“We had a FANTASTIC experience with Passports this year! From the beginning, in the planning stages, the difference between Passports and EF was clear, and that difference bore out over the course of the trip. We are so thankful we found you guys and really felt that the whole experience was better than what we've had with EF.”

Passports post-tour evaluation · Group leader · March 2026

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