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Dubbed the world’s ‘living art gallery’, Italy has more ‘culture’ than any other country: from a broken pillar rising up through the linoleum floor of a train station to a baroque church overlooking an antique pediment in the forum, history and culture surround you. Italy is a country that offers joy as well as interest, inviting surrender to the beauties of art and landscape, quickening the spirit with the reverberation of history, seducing the senses with robust food and wine and the warm Mediterranean sun.
Italy is our specialty
Part of being Italian is believing that life itself is a joyous experience, and visiting Italy is nothing less than that. To travel through Italy aware of architecture, painting, sculpture, and the other arts is more than passing in review many of man’s greatest achievements, it is to try and understand the Italians and to grasp the nature of this cradle of European heritage where Etruscan tombs, Greek temples, Roman ruins, Moorish architecture and statue-filled baroque fountains along with palaces full of Hellenic sculptures, Byzantine mosaics, Madonnas from Giotto to Titian, baroque tombs and frescoed ceilings all happily coexist.
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Suggested Italy Discoveries
- GENUINE ITALY - SUSTAINABLE ENOGASTRONOMICAL AND CULTURAL TOURS WITH SLOW FOOD -These tours offer travelers the opportunity to experience the true Italy, as seen through the magnifying glass of the local eno-gastronomic specialties combining the best sightseeing with the best food and wines that the country offers, for an unforgettable travel experience. Slow Food, that has always stood for the pleasures of the table and for the importance of genuine, good-tasting food, was the natural choice of a partner in order to develop such a concept and make it real. These are unique, top quality eno-gastronomical and cultural tours of Italy that simply cannot be compared with the usual, more generic similar tours available on the market.
- SPECIAL OFFERS - Especially for this winter season Italy offers many great lower-cost possibilities to visit. Whether you’re looking for the best Italy hotel deals or last minute holidays, here you’ll find all our latest special offers.
- CLASSIC TOURS - To travel through Italy is to be plunged in history, art, architecture and the pleasures of the senses. Truly the world’s ‘living art gallery’, Italy has more ‘culture’ than any other country and history and culture surround you every step of your visit. Here are just some of the classic ways to visit this magnificent country and indulge in its ways with typical escorted and hosted programs from major cities.
- ESCORTED JOURNEYS- TRAVEL WITH EXPERTS - The world and its many wonders take on a whole new dimension when visited with an expert! On each of these tours, a small group of passengers travel with respected gourmets, wine connoisseurs, opera singers, archaeologists, etc., the ideal companions for an in-depth discovery.
- EDONISTIC GET-AWAY & GOURMET TOURS - We think it is important to emphasize one of the distinguishing characteristics that makes Italy so well-known throughout the world: its food and wine! In these programs, besides the cultural and artistic sites, we include visits to local specialties producers as well as meals at carefully selected restaurants to experience the very best of Italian regional cuisine.
- TRAIN JOURNEYS - To travel through Italy by train is so easy. Truly the world’s ‘living art gallery’, Italy has more ‘culture’ than any other country and history and culture surround you every step of your visit. Here are just some of the classic ways to visit this magnificent country by train and indulge in its ways with typical escorted and hosted programs from major cities.
- SELF DRIVE PROGRAMS - The tours listed here, are the suggested self-drive itineraries covering different regions and highlights. This is probably the best way to discover Italy, as a car allows you to be mobile at all times, to stop whenever you want and visit to your heart’s content! A limitless number of itineraries, including accommodation and fully insured car rental, is possible, as you can combine any of the Italian regions and cities to create “your own” program.
- WELLNESS GET-AWAY & SPAS - Spas and hot springs are very popular in Italy and “Benessere” - the art of well being, has always been big here; after all, for ancient Romans, baths were a sign of civilization itself. From country hamlets, fed by natural hot springs, to luxury spa hotels offering every kind of beauty treatment, Italy offers an incredible range of spa experiences.
- VILLA RENTALS - Properties featured in this classified list are splendid examples of Italian architecture such as Renaissance villas or country style houses, ancient and noble palaces in the Italian cities of arts or exclusive villas in the sea resorts, for the most demanding and refined clients wanting the ultimate in comfort, privacy and relaxation. Villa rentals are available on a weekly basis.
- ITALY IN FERRARI - Touring Italy in a Ferrari is a private indulgence that encompasses all that is the finest in Italian life, a prospect that makes eyes widen and the heart beat faster. Experience Italy uniquely staying in the finest hotels and eating at the most renowned restaurants while being part of a real Ferrari team, personally driving the latest Ferraris while assisted by a staff of highly qualified professionals. Don’t just dream of the Dolce Vita – come and live it…
- EXCLUSIVE PROPERTIES - A unique collection of unique properties from boutique hotels to country hideaways and spa retreats for travelers looking for an unsurpassed level of quality, first class service, higher standards of excellence, exceptional charm and ultimate facilities for their vacation getaway or special occasions.
- CRUISES - An ancient land of mariners, of splendid sunshine in dreamy summer afternoon and incredible colors, opens its arms to you. The days are full of picturesque harbors and vestiges of ancient civilizations while the nights are cooled by breezes perfumed with sage, rosemary and thyme. And the smells and tastes … from the morning’s baking aromas wafting on the wind to the fulfilling simplicity of a fresh buffalo mozzarella with freshly pickes tomatoes bathed in pure green virgin olive oil, all testifies to the pleasures, yours to taste, in your floating hotel!
- ACTIVE TOURS - Classic Biking, Skiing, Golfing Tours. Discover the hidden secrets of Italy biking or walking at your own pace on dirt roads through vineyards and olive groves. Ski the Alps for some of the ultimate thrills, from the Alps to the Apennines mountains are an important presence and one of Italy’s least-known delights. Golf to your heart’s content even though few, as yet, think of Italy as a golfing destination.
- SICILY PROGRAMS - Sicily, Italy’s largest Island, is steeped in history, and it possesses an extraordinary range of art, archaeology, culture and folklore. You will come back very much surprised with the beauty of this Island, a melting pot of the ancient world, with touches of every Mediterranean culture. This combination of civilizations are seen in Sicily’s architecture, customs, and culinary traditions and have created a unique culture with a charm of its own.
- CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMS - As specialists on this destination, we can prepare “the” specific itinerary you desire with the exact services you need. If you would like to have “your own” itinerary, contact us and advise us of all your requirements
