Italy Private Tours

Venice Best Seller Tours

Venice Full Day Private Tour

• St. Mark's Basilica, full access, skip-the-line

• Doges Palace, skip-the-line

• Bridge of Sighs, also interior

• Rialto market and Rialto bridge

• the Grand Canal

• Great School of St. Roch

• Santa Maria dei Frari church

• the first ever Jewish Ghetto

• Cannaregio district

• Acqua Alta bookshop

• the house of Marco Polo

Murano and Burano Private Tour

• Scrovegni Chapel, skip-the-line

• Basilica of St. Anthony

• Baptistery

• Palace of the Signori

• Palazzo della Ragione Palace

• Oratory of St. George

• University of Padova

• Botanical Garden

Padova Private Tour from Venice

• island of St. George the Greater, including the church and the bell tower (amazing views!)

• a secret garden on the Giudecca island

• Murano islands with a private tour of a real glass factory (see them at work, not a tourist demonstration)

• Burano island and lace making

• Torcello island and Duomo

• lunch on the only vineyard in the lagoon

• private motor boat for the day

Other favorite tours in Venice include:

• row a gondola on the Grand Canal with Venetian rowing instructor,

• learn the ancient glass making techniques and blow your own glass objects on Murano,

• admire the views and art collections of the Golden Palace,

• visit the San Zanipolo church and the Great School of St. Mark,

• art tours in the Guggenheim museum and the Accademia gallery,

• Venetian churches and cichetti walk,

• discover the secret passages and rooms of the Doges Palace.

  Please ask for your customized Venice itinerary or tour: I can guide you here for a week!

Florence Best Seller Tours

Other popular private tours in Florence:

• the Medici tour with skip-the-line access to the Medici Chapels, Palace and Monastery of St. Mark (full day, Secret Room of Michelangelo available on request),

• the Pitti Palace, with Boboli and Bardini gardens (full day),

• the great frescoed churches Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella,

• the secret passages of Medici in the Signoria Palace,

• Florence artisans tour,

• local market and food tour,

• Medici villas full day tour

• Ancient Etruscan town of Fiesole and panoramic hike above Florence.

  Please ask for your customized Florence itinerary or tour: I can guide you here for a week!

Florence Full Day Private Tour

• Accademia gallery, skip-the-line

• Uffizi gallery, skip-the-line

• Duomo, skip-the-line

• Ponte Vecchio bridge

• Signoria palace and square

• The Little Pig

• the David statue by Michelangelo

• view point above the city

Tuscany Full Day Private Tour

• Chianti Wine Region

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• Val d'Orcia Wine Region

• Medieval Villages

• Siena and its Duomo

• San Gimignano

• Wine Tasting

• Typical Tuscan lunch

• private van with driver

• three of the five Cinque Terre towns: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso

• typical local tasting lunch

• hike between two towns

• boat ride along the coast

• the Leaning Tower of Pisa

• return train (the towns are pedestrian)

Cinque Terre and Pisa Private Tour from Florence

Rome Best Seller Tours

Vatican Full Day Private Tour

• Skip-the-line early or after-hours access

• Sistine Chapel

• the Raphael Rooms

• the Vatican Gardens

• the Statues and Picture Galleries

• Egyptian and Etruscan Museums

• the Nicoline Chapel

• Bramante Staircase

• St. Peter's basilica and dome climb

Ancient Rome Full Day Private Tour

• Colosseum with underground, terraces or the arena

• the Palatine Hill

• the Arch of Constantine

• the Ancient Roman Forum

• the Pantheon

• Capitoline Museums

• Pompeii skip-the-line with villas

• Amalfi coast

• Positano

• Ravello

• Amalfi

• Atrani

• return bullet train to Naples, private van with driver for the day

Amalfi Coast and Pompeii Private Tour from Rome

Further private tour ideas in Rome include:

• Rome walking tour with the Trevi Fountain, Navona Square, Campo dei Fiori square, the Spanish Steps,

• Skip-the-line the Borghese gallery tour,

• great Roman churches tour and the Scala Sancta,

• Caravaggio tour with the art collections of the Barberini palace (full day),

• the secret passage of the Popes and the Sant'Angelo castle,

• hike or bike the Appian Way and visit the catacombs,

• day trip to the summer residence and gardens of the Popes,

• day trip to the villas of Emperor Hadrian and the d'Este family in Tivoli,

• day trip to the Ostia port town of Ancient Rome.

  Please ask for your customized Rome itinerary or tour: I can guide you here for a lifetime!

Secret Italy Tours

Italy off the beaten path, where the flavors are genuine, the locals don't speak English, and crowds do not roam even in peak tourist season. These sample itineraries are recommended by a private van with driver or in your car. They can be self guided or with in-person guiding and tour director on board.

Similar itineraries can be designed in any part of Italy, also tailored for hikers, sailors, and food lovers.

Umbria

Day 1: Cortona

Day 2: Assisi and Spello

Day 3: Nocera Umbra and Gubbio

Day 4: Perugia

Day 5: Orvieto

Day 6: Ghost Towns around Lake Bolsena

Day 7: Ancient Etruscan Tomb Towns

Sicily

Day 1: Palermo

Day 2: Monreale and Cefalu

Day 3: Segesta and Erice

Day 4: Marsala and Selinunte

Day 5: Agrigento and Piazza Armerina

Day 6: Noto and Marzamemi

Day 7: Ortygia and Syracuse

Day 8: Catania and Mount Etna

Day 9: Taormina and the Godfather Villages

Emilia Romagna

Day 1: Bologna

Day 2: Parma and Medieval Castles

Day 3: Ravenna

Day 4: Mantova

Day 5: Cremona

Day 6: Ferrara and Pomposa

Day 7: Modena and Vignola

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