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Planning your private tour of Italy with us enables you to enjoy all the benefits of our travel & refund guarantees, combined with the local knowledge and expertise of the finest in-country tour planners, certified guides, and in-country English language support service for any situation that may arise.

Our partners in Italy will provide you with a fully complementary itinerary full of iconic highlights, hidden gems, and exclusive experiences tailored exactly to your tastes.

What Your Italy Itinerary Will Include:

Enjoy an Italian vacation that delivers the best scenery, historic locations, friendly locals, and of course unsurpassed food and wine culture. 

One of the most fascinating things about traveling in Italy is how the landscape and culture shift between regions that are just short distances from each other. Whether gliding on a gondola in Venice, exploring the colorful towns of the Amalfi Coast, visiting vast volcanoes in Sicily, the architectural wonderland of Rome, and everywhere in between, Italy is full of delights to be explored with your private guide.

Exploring Italy beyond the major cities, towns, and tourist routes is one of our favorite things to do. Here you can discover a slower pace of life, beautiful landscapes, and fascinating stories of people who have lived there for generations. Not to mention the amazing gastronomy culture. Take a look at some of our client’s favorite destinations in Italy below.

Popular Private Tour Destinations in Italy

Rome

Venice

Sicily

Milan

Amalfi Coast

Tuscany

Why Choose Us For Your Italy Tour

Booking your tour of Italy with us provides peace of mind that you will enjoy a seamless experience with every aspect planned to perfection. Naturally, your English-speaking certified guide will be a local expert and skilled storyteller. 

Reserving your Italian tour with us means you will benefit from:

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Fill out the form with the destinations & wish-list for your perfect trip. Our specialists will be happy to provide additional ideas & inspiration for your vacation

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You will then receive a tailor-made tour itinerary which can be revised an unlimited number of times to ensure total satisfaction and the perfect vacation

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Your guide will meet you at the pre-arranged starting point. You can count on us for 24/7 in-country support and everything else necessary for a wonderful & seamless tour

Get Your Custom Tour Itinerary

The beauty of our custom tour itinerary service is that we make anything possible for you. Whether you want an action-packed city day tour, a week-long guided experience of a specific region, or travel across different regions for a longer stay in Italy, perhaps even crossing into nearby countries like Spain, Germany, or Croatia. 

Just let us know how long you plan to stay and what type of location and activities interest you. Our partners in Italy will craft a complimentary itinerary for you to review and we allow as many revisions as necessary until you are delighted with it.

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Popular European Destinations

The Trevi Fountain

This gorgeous Baroque-style fountain is a must-visit in Rome. Your guide will reveal the centuries of history and symbolism on display throughout the structure and will explain why so many leave coins behind in the fountain. Did you know that approximately 1 million Euros are retrieved from the fountain each year and put into charitable causes.

The Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel

Walk through the treasures of the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel on your private guided experience. Navigate through the intriguing history of the Vatican Museums as you explore its vast network of corridors and galleries, ranging from ancient sculptural monuments to Renaissance masterpieces. This tour concludes with your guide revealing the history, symbolism, and significance of the most extraordinary artifacts in the Sistine Chapel, including Michelangelo’s breathtaking ceiling frescos.

St Peter's Basilica

Guided tours of perhaps the most prestigious holy temples in Christendom. Our private tours enable you to climb to the top of the Dome, while inside, you will find extremely impressive pieces of art, including a large bronze baldachin designed by Bernini, The Pietà, a sculpture by Michelangelo, and the statue of St Peter on his throne.

The Colosseum

Learn the fascinating and often brutal history of the Colosseum on a guided tour of the famous amphitheater including The Cavea & The Vomitori. Our team can arrange for you to explore the Colosseum’s Underground chambers, an area off-limits to standard tours.

The Rialto Bridge

Alongside visiting some of the best examples of Venetian Renaissance architecture to be found in the city, we will take in the iconic Rialto bridge – considered so ambitious during its construction five centuries ago that many believed it wouldn’t remain standing.

St. Mark's Basilica

Enjoy skip-the-line access St Marks, a Gothic-style masterpiece that was originally the private chapel of the Doge and meant to house the supposed relics of St. Mark the Evangelist.

Doge's Palace

The Doge’s Palace is found to the right of St. Mark’s and is distinguished by its white and rose-colored herringbone brick façade and highly stylized Gothic white stone arches that lend it a uniquely Venetian flavor.

Gondola Excursions

Experience Venice as it was meant to be seen, gliding along the Canals with your private Gondolier.

Siracusa

Like many of Sicily’s coastal towns, Siracusa was once an ancient Greek settlement of the Magna Graecia era. Go back in time with your expert local guide and discover the city’s ancient relics, medieval monuments, and modern-day market.

Cefalù

A gorgeous town located on the northern coast of Sicily and one of the major tourist attractions in the region. Visit the ancient Cathedral constructed in 1131 and stroll through the medieval narrow street and admire the picturesque houses on the sea and the long beach of finest sand.

Trapani

The cultural hub of the whole area, it hosts many libraries and a large number of interesting museums. Walking through the old town, the signs of the passage of various civilizations over the centuries are immediately evident, and all left architectural, artistic, and monumental evidence. Its oldest and characteristic streets are Via Garibaldi, Corso Italia, and Corso Vittorio Emanuele.

Palermo

Guided tours of the city include Palermo Cathedral, erected in 1185 in the area of an earlier Byzantine basilica. You then continue onto the Four Corners which is the center point of the four areas of the old town center, decorated with sculptures commissioned by the Spanish Viceroy in 1611.

Going southeast down Via Maqueda you will come across Piazza Pretoria. The large central fountain is the focal point for sixteen nude statues of nymphs, humans, mermaids, and satyrs.

Duomo Cathedral

Taking nearly six centuries to complete and even larger than the Sistine Chapel in Rome, the Milan Cathedral is dedicated to the Nativity of St Mary and is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan.

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Shopping Mall

Perfect for luxury shopping during your Italian vacation, the shopping mall is the oldest in the country and takes its name after the first king of the kingdom of Italy.

Museo del Novecento Art Museum

Explore the home of 20th Century art in Milan with your private guide and skip the line tickets.

Castello Sforzesco Castle

Once a domineering defensive fortification, this gorgeous 15th-century structure now houses several engrossing museums.

Pompeii & Ravello

Let our guides lead you through the once-buried city’s extraordinary relics, explaining its history in an engaging and interesting way. Step back in time as you survey the Roman Forum, baths, theatre, brothel, and ancient shops. Peer into the lives of the ancient city’s inhabitants, as you visit their houses and the streets they walked along every day. You can also glimpse the famous ‘plaster cast’ bodies of its former citizens, frozen in the final moments of their lives as Vesuvius erupted.

Sorrento

A historic center made up of a maze of narrow lanes lined with shops, cafès, restaurants, and limoncello sellers. To one side, the crystalline sea, and to the other lush hills covered in citrus groves. Highlights like Capri, Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Mount Vesuvius, and Ischia are all within striking distance for a day trip.

Positano

A resort spot synonymous with leisure since Roman times, with its striking white houses that begin around the Church of Santa Maria Assunta and seem to sweep down toward the sea. Explore the numerous artisan workshops and bottegas with your private guide.

Salerno

Salerno is an old and charming city at the end of the Amalfi Coast. Its historic center offers interesting art treasures, especially from Medieval times such as the Cathedral and the Castle that you will visit with your local guide.

The Uffizi Gallery

In the Uffizi Museum you will experience some of the most incredible works of art to be found anywhere in the world as your private guide takes you around the installations and collections of Renaissance artwork found in the 60 halls spanning from the 12th century to the 16th. Explore works of Masters such as Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, and more.

Accademia Gallery

The Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, or “Gallery of the Academy of Florence”, is most famous for hosting a collection of Michelangelo’s work including Prisoners, which was originally intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II, and an unfinished statue of Saint Matthew, and of course most famous of all for being home to the world’s most celebrated statue, Michelangelo’s David.

Florence Cathedral & Duomo di Firenze

A stunning UNESCO World Heritage site, the Dome of Florence Cathedral provides the best view across the city and is a must-visit attraction on any Florence tour.

Wine Region Tour

Explore the hills of Tuscany and its famous Sangiovese vines or famous wine estates such as Chianti, Siena, Montepulciano, and San Gimignano.