Tour Operators & Guides

Walks of Italy offers immersive cultural experiences and small group tours across Italy, from a cooking class at an organic Tuscan farm to a behind-the-scenes tour of the Vatican's locked rooms. No matter what the experience, the emphasis is on fun and discovery. Group tours have a maximum of just 12 people, private tours are 100% customizable, and their experts, all fluent English speakers, get top marks for both knowledge and enthusiasm. One of Walks of Italy's greatest assets is its team of local travel experts, who work 24/7 sharing tips and insights into the cities and locations they know…

If you have ever been tempted to see Rome or Florence by segway, then Italy Segway Tours were the first company in Italy to operate such tours in Italy which now extend to Pisa and Milan. The Florence tour is a historical ride through the Renaissance capital in the company of an expert tour guide or tour leader. Among the jewels you will admire which also includes a wonderful view of the River Arno: • Palazzo Strozzi• Orsanmichele Church• Basilica of San Lorenzo• Piazza del Duomo  • Giotto Tower• The Loggia dei Lanzi• Dante Alighieri's House (only guided tour)• The Baptistery…

Venice and Veneto Gourmet can arrange your personalized Venice gourmet cooking class, wine tasting or culinary tours of Venice and the Veneto region. The company is run by Sara Cossiga, a freelance art historian graduated at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. She has been working for the Venice Biennale as an assistant of the Visual Art Dep, the Archive of Contemporary Arts and, since 1992, as a tour guide in Venice and the Veneto Region. Sara is also a professional wine taster and sommelier and will introduce you to the cuisine and flavours of Venice and its territory by…

Experience Puglia is your local Puglia guide for independent private excursions, tours and vacations in this beautiful part of south Italy. Run by travel planner Angelo Coluccia, who is located in the small town of Gioia del Colle in the province of Bari, you will have a guide who was born and raised in heart of the region. The services of Experience Puglia extend to recommending bed and breakfasts, hotels and other accommodation, but the core of the business is private tours for individuals, couples, families or small groups up to 8 people. The overall approach is to enable travelers…

Sorrento Star Cars is run by Vittorio Starace who has lived and worked in the area for 30 years specializing in tailor made and private excursions & transfers as far afield as Rome and Florence and much of southern Italy. His clients include major international tour operators such as Kuoni, Thomson and Trafalgar. The fleet of vehicles at disposal for independent travelers includes a Mercedes limousine car service, Mercedes Van for up to 7 passengers and Ecological Minivan (18 seats). All private tours last about 8-10 hours and can depart from Rome, Naples, Sorrento, Amalfi & Salerno and can be…

Sorrento Sail Charter offers the possibility of a wonderful vacation along the Amalfi Coast whether you have never handled a yacht before or are an experienced hand. Your vessel is Called "M2" and was bult in 2008 and is 12.85 meters in length. The boat has 3 rooms and can sleep a maximum of 8 people. Various formulas are available to suit every level of expertise and pocket and Sorrento Sail Charter is on call 24 hours if needed.

Your private driver for Sicily and chauffeur guide for the island is Giacomo Mazza based in Catania. With a Sicilian father and a Irish mother, Giacomo, or James, runs a small company of authorized and English speaking NCC drivers near Catania in partnership with Limousine Sicily in the west of the island. Company services include private transfers from the main Sicilian airports, railway stations, sea ports, as well as day tours around Sicily, daily shore excursions and chauffeured tours of Mount Etna. James is also a red badge guide and can reserve for you an eight hour private tour from…

Daniela Paci is the owner of Happy Cooking and has been running Umbria cooking classes and courses throughout the region for a decade. But she is also a licensed tour guide, tour manager and travel agency director and fluent in English and Spanish Following a masters degree in Tourism Management her speciality is small group tours where quality visits to some of Umbria's most evocative locations can be arranged. But anyone is welcome; students, incentive groups, journalist educational tours, pilgrims and solo female travellers. Her itineraries are customized, but you wont miss such must-see sights as Lake Trasimeno, Perugia, Assisi, Gubbio…

Below is a selection of food and tour proposals developed by Daniel Paci of  Happy Cooking who specializes in central Italian cuisine and traditional home cooking from Umbria. The visits and activities are organized by Daniela, a licensed tour guide, and you can customise your cooking days with some touring as outlined below. For all the dedicated culinary proposals and all the dedicated guided tour options consult the respectives pages or Daniela's websites.

Le Marche Holiday is run by Moreno Moretti, a rural development graduate based in the province of Ascoli Piceno. With a family background in farming rare local produce, Moreno has tremendous connections with wine makers, truffle hunters, local artisans and country accommodation owners across the Marche region and beyond. He has pulled these contacts together to propose a series of unique day trips and cultural experiences for anyone wanting to really get under the skin of the traditions and dishes of this wonderful territory. The philosophy of Le Marche Holiday is to "provide vacation ideas which which will allow you…

Contact In Italy Tours for unique and luxury tours of Calabria, Sicily and the Castelli Romani near Rome Designed for small groups and foodies looking to get off the vacation circuit, you will experience authentic daily life as lived by local people and enjoy their food and wine in their company. In Italy Tours was set up by Tania Pascuzzi who was born in Australia to Italian parents. Tania has since moved to Italy and now resides in Calabria where from where her tour services consultancy is based. The full list of all In Italy Tours can be viewed in…

Parma Golosa have run food tours in the province of Parma for over a decade now and do find out more about visiting producers of parmigiano reggiano cheese, traditional balsamic vinegar and Parma ham below. But the company can also help you enjoy to the full a stay in the city of Parma. The Classic City Tour will take you on a fascinating journey which combines history, architecture and flavors. You will visit the Teatro Farnese, Baptistery and Cathedral, as well as shopping zone. In particular, via Farini which can be described as a world within a city, noted for…

This tour of the surroundings or territory of Portofino is aimed at discovering the three “pearls of the Tigullio". What are they? Read on and get in  touch with Tasting Tours to book your place. The tour starts in Rapallo, the oldest town in the area and located in the most sheltered part of the Gulf. Evidence of its history can be seen in its castle, a seafront fortress built in the 16th century against Saracen invasions, the Medieval bridge which, according to legend, Hannibal crossed during the 2nd Punic War, and the several Baroque steeples reaching up to the…

This guided tour of Turin proposed by Tasting Tours can be a full or half day trip with a local guide. The city was host to the 2006 Winter Olympics and celebrated in 2011 celebrated the 150 years since it was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. Major Italian car industry, FIAT, was born in Turin where development and design have played a fundamental role. Turin was and still is renowned for the production of chocolate with its delicious bicherin (drink prepared with the traditional Gianduja chocolate, cream and coffee) and gianduiotti (tinfoil-wrapped chocolates whose shape…

Discover ancient Piemonte culture, lifestyle, history and food with Bramafam, a boutique tour operator specializing in personalized travel services and event organization in Piemonte and the rest of Italy through local partnerships. Your journey starts in Saluzzo, described by Annalisa as one of the most beautiful of all the towns in Piedmont, 'the little Siena of Alps', and also the least known. For centuries it was an independent Marquisate ruled by an enlightened and powerful dynasty.