Grand Tour of Central America 2026-27

Departure on scheduled Iberia flights to Guatemala City – meals on board – on arrival, transfer to the hotel in Antigua – dinner at the hotel - overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to the visit of Antigua, the ancient capital of Guatemala and a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its superbly preserved examples of Spanish-American Baroque architecture (the Palace of the Captains General, the City Hall, the Plaza de Armas, the Government Palace, the ruins of the Church of La Merced and of the Capuchin Convent) – traditional lunch in a restaurant - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure - tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Chichicastenango - visit of the church of Santo Tomás, on the main square, where the indigenous people burn incense and pray to their gods – lunch at leisure – in the late afternoon, departure for Lake Atitlán - arrival in Panajachel - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure - tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – visit of one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, dominated by three volcanoes and with communities of different ethnic groups living on its shores – boat trip on the lake and visit of Santiago Atitlán – traditional lunch in a restaurant – continuation to Guatemala City – panoramic visit of the city and its historic centre - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure - tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for the state of El Salvador along the Ruta de las Flores, famous for its abundance of wild flowers - this region offers splendid panoramic views of coffee plantations, lagoons and dense rainforests – arrival in Ataco, a town famous for its traditional production of colourful textiles and for its artistic murals – traditional lunch in a restaurant – in the afternoon, coffee tour – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure - tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, visit of the archaeological site of Joya de Cerén, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the only place in the whole Maya world where you can appreciate the daily life of its pre-Columbian inhabitants – continuation to San Salvador, visit of the city (historic centre with the National Palace, the Theatre and the Church of El Rosario) – arrival in Suchitoto in the evening - lunch at leisure – dinner in a traditional restaurant – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – after a short visit of Suchitoto, departure for the eastern coast of the country – visit at Puerto Barillas of the largest cocoa plantation in Central America and stop at Jiquilisco Bay, visit of the Biosphere Reserve – lunch at leisure - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – transfer to the port of La Unión – customs formalities – departure by boat across the Gulf of Fonseca to Potosí (about 2h30 sailing) - we cross the Gulf of Fonseca, a wide inlet of the Pacific Ocean; the gulf’s coastline stretches for 260 km, of which 185 km belong to Honduras, 45 km to Nicaragua and 30 km to El Salvador - arrival in Potosí, Nicaragua – customs formalities – continuation to León – lunch at leisure - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to the visit of León, a historical and cultural attraction with an authentic atmosphere that offers the chance to make easy contact with the local people – visit of the centre with its colonial buildings, including the first University of Nicaragua, its beautiful Baroque and neoclassical churches and the largest Cathedral in Central America, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, visit of the revolutionary murals and the art museum - in the afternoon, boat trip to Juan Venado Island to observe birds, alligators and sea turtles - traditional lunch in a restaurant – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for Managua – visit of the capital of Nicaragua, the country’s largest city, home to almost two million people (panoramic tour, visit of the Roberto Huembes market, where you can experience an authentic Nicaraguan street market and buy souvenirs and handicrafts) – continuation to Masaya, visit of the still-active Masaya volcano at the centre of the National Park of the same name - ascent by minibus to the main crater - traditional lunch in a restaurant – arrival in the evening in Granada, a beautiful colonial city on Lake Nicaragua - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – in the morning, excursion to the archipelago of Las Isletas on Lake Nicaragua, opposite the city of Granada, formed after an eruption of the Mombacho volcano 20,000 years ago - Las Isletas consists of around 360 small forest-covered islands – transfer to the harbour and motorboat excursion - stop on one of the islands and visit of the San Pablo Fort, built in the 18th century to protect Granada from English pirates – traditional lunch in a restaurant – in the afternoon, guided visit of the historic centre of Granada, a colonial city founded in 1524, aboard a traditional horse-drawn carriage (Church of San Francisco and the adjoining Convent of 1529) – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for the Peñas Blancas border – meeting with the guide and transfer to Tamarindo, on the central-western coast of the Nicoya Peninsula – lunch at leisure – afternoon at leisure in Tamarindo to relax or take optional excursions - tour leader available – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for the mysterious cloud forest of Monteverde, in the Tilarán mountains in north-western Costa Rica, one of the world’s leading destinations for naturalists, a valley among the clouds crowned by a breathtaking rainbow and offering spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and the Arenal volcano - much of the wildlife is unique to these habitats – lunch at leisure - dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure - tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – departure for the capital of Costa Rica – visit of San José with a guide (historic centre with the Mercado Central, the city’s most important marketplace, where you can find all the typical products of Costa Rica in a true explosion of colours and aromas and taste the delicious fried plantains of the local culinary tradition) and the Mercado Artesanal (a centre where craftspeople from all over the country gather and where you can learn about the history and traditions of Costa Rica) - visit of the city’s museums, where you can admire the legacy of the age-old civilisations that lived in this country: the Museo de Oro Precolombino, which holds an immense collection of gold artefacts made by pre-Columbian civilisations and a very rich collection of coins recovered from Spanish galleons sunk off the country’s coasts, and the Museo Nacional de Historia, housed in the old Spanish Bellavista Fortress - visit of the Los Yoses and San Pedro districts – lunch at leisure – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure - tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – morning at leisure – tour leader available – lunch at leisure -transfer to the airport – departure from San José on a scheduled flight to Panama City – on arrival, transfer to the hotel – dinner at the hotel – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – full day devoted to visiting the city and its surroundings with a guide (transfer to the visitor centre at the Miraflores locks to watch the ships pass through and learn about the history, engineering and most significant events of the Canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific – visit of the Old Town – the Casco Viejo – with the city’s most important monuments, where the colonial architecture recalls that of Havana, panoramic tour of the modern city) – lunch at leisure – dinner at the hotel – evening at leisure – tour leader available – overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel – day at leisure for shopping and/or individual visits – lunch at leisure – tour leader available - in the afternoon, transfer to the airport – departure from Panama City on scheduled Iberia flights for the return to Italy – meals on board – overnight flight.

In flight – arrival in Italy.