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Tour in the splendid Costa degli Dei ALL DAY relaxation and fun !!

★ 5.0 (3)

🐠 Water Activities

Italy

Tour in the splendid Costa degli Dei ALL DAY relaxation and fun !!

Spend seven hours cruising along Italy's Costa degli Dei, a stretch of Calabrian coastline where hidden coves and turquoise waters dominate the scenery. Your skipper navigates to the region's best anchorages, sharing local knowledge whilst you drift between swims. The day builds toward a generous spread of regional specialities and fresh fruit—the kind of aperitivo you'll find in waterfront trattorias, not tourist menus.

7 hoursfrom AUD $1332

★ 5.0 (3)

🌿 Nature & Wildlife

Italy

Private Guided E-bike Tour in Bertinoro

Explore the rolling hills surrounding Bertinoro on electric bikes, discovering orchards and vineyards at an easy pace. This 2–3 hour private tour takes you up gentle slopes without physical strain, arriving at the hilltop village to take in sweeping views across the Romagna countryside. The e-assist lets everyone—regardless of fitness—enjoy the landscape, local scents, and quiet roads at leisure.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $83

★ 5.0 (3)

🛕 Culture & History

Italy

The city of Sant'Agata

This guided walking tour traces the historical and spiritual path of Sant'Agata through Catania, exploring sites connected to the early Christian martyr's life and death in 251 AD. Over two to three hours, you'll move between Roman ruins and sacred locations whilst learning how her story has shaped one of the world's most significant religious observances. The tour weaves together verified history, archaeological evidence and the local traditions that continue to define Catania's cultural identity.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $133

Small Group Tour in Verona from Abano T. and Montegrotto T.

★ 5.0 (3)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Small Group Tour in Verona from Abano T. and Montegrotto T.

A guided walking tour departing from Abano Terme or Montegrotto Terme that explores Verona's medieval centre over 5–6 hours. You'll move through the city's layered history, starting at the Roman amphitheatre and threading past Renaissance palaces, Gothic tombs, and the landmarks tied to Shakespeare's tragedy. The route covers major piazzas, the riverside stone bridge, and includes an optional funicular ride up San Pietro hill for panoramic views. An agency guide leads the way; return transport is included.

5 hours – 6 hoursfrom AUD $200

Naples: Pizza Making Class with Professional Pizzaiolo

★ 5.0 (3)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Naples: Pizza Making Class with Professional Pizzaiolo

Roll, stretch, and fire your own pizza under the guidance of a seasoned pizzaiolo in Naples. This two-hour class teaches the fundamentals of Neapolitan pizza-making, from dough preparation to wood-oven technique. You'll shape your creation, watch it bake, then sit down to eat what you've made alongside antipasto, dessert, and a soft drink. It's a hands-on introduction to Naples' most famous export.

Ferrari Parmesan Cheese Balsamic Vinegar wine & food PRIVATE TOUR from FLORENCE

Spend ten hours exploring Modena's food and automotive heritage on a private Mercedes tour from [Florence](/places/florence). Visit a working Parmesan dairy to watch cheese-makers at their craft, tour the Ferrari museum, and taste aged balsamic vinegar straight from the barrel. Your English-speaking driver handles all logistics while you savour regional Lambrusco wines and local delicacies. The route is fully customisable to suit your pace and interests.

10 hoursfrom AUD $866

Vegetarian Cooking class in the Roman countryside

★ 5.0 (3)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Vegetarian Cooking class in the Roman countryside

Spend a morning and early afternoon in rural Italy learning to make pasta from scratch, then eat what you've cooked. You'll forage herbs and vegetables from the property's gardens, work through hand-rolled shapes like ravioli and fettuccine, prepare vegetable sides and a sweet finish, and sit down to a three-course meal with wine in a centuries-old setting. The whole experience runs four and a half hours.

Cesarine: Show Cooking & Dining at Local's Home in Aosta

Cook alongside a home chef in Aosta for a hands-on meal that moves from your host's kitchen to the table. Over two and a half hours, you'll prepare and eat a four-course spread rooted in family recipes—the kind passed down through generations of Italian cooks rather than found in restaurants. Wine from local producers flows throughout, and you're eating in someone's actual home with a real cook who treats this as hospitality, not theatre.

Venice's Treasures: Private Guided Tour

A 3.5-hour privately guided exploration of Venice's architectural masterpieces and lesser-known corners. You'll skip queues at the Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica with an expert guide who reveals the city's art, design heritage, and local stories. A gondola ride (paid separately) lets you experience the waterways as Venetians do. Optional detours to Murano glass studios showcase centuries-old craftsmanship still practised today.

Fast Access Private Vatican & Sistine Chapel Kids & Families Tour

Skip the queues for this 3-hour private Vatican and Sistine Chapel tour designed with families in mind. A professional art historian guides you through galleries and chapels with interactive games, scavenger hunts, and trivia that keeps children engaged rather than bored. The tour is fully customisable to suit your family's pace and interests, with prams welcome for smaller kids. You'll see masterworks without the typical Vatican crowds.

Gourmet Street Food and Guided Sightseeing Tour In Rome

Wander Rome's historic centro for two and a half hours sampling street food classics alongside a local guide. You'll taste your way through Campo de' Fiori, the Jewish ghetto, and past the Pantheon, stopping for crispy supplì, fried artichokes, cured meats, pizza, and gelato. Small groups keep things intimate whilst your guide explains how Romans actually eat, moving past tourist traps to the real deal.

Padua City Sightseeing Walking Tour of Must-See-Sites with Local Guide

Explore Padua's layered character across two hours with a local guide who navigates you through the medieval heart of this university city. You'll discover Sant'Antonio's legacy woven into Renaissance architecture, leafy piazzas, and the storied Caffè Pedrocchi—a centuries-old café where intellectuals still gather. Walk where students have walked for centuries, getting a feel for how Padua balances serious history with genuine contemporary life.

Venice Skip the line of San Mark Basilica and Doge's Palace Tour

Skip queues at two of Venice's most significant landmarks in a single morning or afternoon. Your local guide takes you straight into the Doge's Palace—a 14th-century seat of power where Tintoretto's frescoes cover grand chambers and secret passageways lead to the old prisons—then across to San Marco Basilica, whose hybrid architecture blends Byzantine, Islamic and Romanesque influences. Two hours nets you the essentials of Venetian power and spirituality without the frustration of waiting.

Surprise Walk of Turin with a Local

A 90-minute guided walk through Turin led by a local resident who shares their favourite corners and stories of the city. Starting from Piazza San Carlo, you'll discover Turin through the eyes of someone who knows its rhythms and hidden qualities. Expect personal recommendations, local insights, and a route that shifts based on your group's pace and interests. Small groups mean genuine conversation rather than lectures.

PRIVATE TRANSFER from Siena to Florence with stop in S Gimignano & Monteriggioni

A private four-hour drive from Siena to [Florence](/places/florence) through the Chianti countryside, stopping at two medieval hilltop settlements. Your local driver navigates you past vineyards and cypress groves to Monteriggioni, a 13th-century fortress built by Siena's republic, then San Gimignano with its famous tower-studded skyline and artisan workshops. The minivan is comfortable with ample luggage space, and you can arrange a winery or farm lunch en route for an extra fee.

4 hoursfrom AUD $250

Best tour in Tivoli garden minimum 4 people

★ 5.0 (3)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Best tour in Tivoli garden minimum 4 people

Explore Villa d'Este's cascading fountains and classical Roman remains across six hours of unhurried wandering through the Tivoli estates. This private tour departs with a minimum group of four, whisking you through manicured gardens and hidden grottos in a climate-controlled vehicle. You'll navigate at your own pace through centuries of Renaissance artistry and ancient stonework, soaking in the Latium countryside between stops.

Tivoli Villa D’Este and Hadrians Villa Private tour with lunch

A seven-hour private tour from Rome exploring two of Italy's most significant estates. Start with Hadrian's Villa, wandering through the sprawling second-century Roman complexes with their temples, theatres and thermal baths. After lunch at a local trattoria (wine and coffee included), move to Villa d'Este to see the fountain-studded Renaissance gardens and ornate palazzo designed for a cardinal in the 16th century. Your guide navigates both sites while air-conditioned transport handles the journey.

7 hoursfrom AUD $2664

Guided tour of Pompeii with a local guide

★ 5.0 (3)

🛕 Culture & History

Italy

Guided tour of Pompeii with a local guide

Spend two hours with a local archaeologist navigating Pompeii's remarkably preserved Roman streets, homes, and public buildings. Your guide decodes the frescoes, mosaics, and architectural quirks that expose how ordinary residents lived before Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Walk through bakeries, amphitheatres, and domestic quarters where plaster casts tell stories of sudden death. After the guided portion, you're free to wander the site alone and absorb what you've learned.

Love of Art - Caravaggio in Rome Semi-Private Tour + Crypt

Track Caravaggio's dramatic influence across Rome in 2.5 hours with a local guide and small group (max 10 people). You'll visit churches housing his masterworks, stand before the Trevi Fountain, explore the Pantheon's ancient architecture, and descend into the Capuchin Crypt—a sobering ossuary built from the bones of 4,000 friars. The pace moves steadily through central Rome's warren of streets, mixing art history with baroque spirituality and Roman grandeur.

Capuchin Crypt to Iconic Rome Temple Pantheon Entry & Guided Tour

Explore two of Rome's most arresting monuments in a guided 2-hour walk through the historic centre. Start at the Capuchin Crypt, where skeletal remains form an unsettling artistic installation, then navigate through centuries-old streets past Trevi Fountain before arriving at the Pantheon. Built around 25–27 BC and repurposed as a church, this ancient temple still commands awe with its geometric perfection and layered history. Your local guide unpacks the shifts between pagan worship, Christianity, and burial, revealing how Romans built structures meant to outlast empires.

2 hoursfrom AUD $116

★ 5.0 (3)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Proposal Gondola Ride in Venice

Mark the moment with a half-hour private gondola drift through Venice's waterways, just you and your partner. You'll arrive with a bottle of prosecco, two glasses, and a single red rose—the setup handles itself. A staff member meets you at a designated point, guides you to the gondola station, and leaves the rest to the city's most romantic transport. Thirty minutes on the water, no crowds, no interruptions.

Transfer from Naples to Positano with 2 hours Private Tour in Herculaneum

Travel from Naples to Positano in a private air-conditioned minivan whilst pausing for a guided archaeological walk through Herculaneum. Your professional driver collects you from the airport, hotel or station and escorts you through the remarkably preserved Roman town before continuing to the [Amalfi Coast](/places/amalfi-coast). The 2-hour tour with an expert guide reveals the layers of volcanic ash that froze daily life in 79 AD, making the detour both educational and efficient for those heading south.

Freestyle Private Lesson - Snowboarding

One-hour private snowboarding lesson in Livigno with a dedicated professional instructor who tailors teaching to your level and style. The instructor focuses on building confidence through attentive, one-on-one coaching in a relaxed setting. You'll work on technique and progression at your own pace, with an emphasis on creating a supportive learning environment where you feel comfortable experimenting on the mountain.

Private Food and Wine Tour on the Prosecco Hills from Venice

This private seven-and-a-half-hour tour departs Venice for the rolling vineyards of Prosecco DOCG, between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene. You'll travel by air-conditioned vehicle through hillside villages, medieval castles and ancient churches, stopping at a family winery for tastings, lunch at a working agriturismo, and a grappa distillery visit. Local wines, regional foods and artisanal spirits form the backbone of the day—expect genuine Venetian hospitality rather than tourist-circuit polish.

Private Transfer from Palermo APT to Trapani or vice versa

Direct private transfer between Palermo airport and Trapani (or reverse) covering roughly 100km in just over an hour. Your driver knows Sicily inside out—the back roads, the traffic patterns, where to avoid the gridlock. Vehicle arrives air-conditioned and stocked with water. You sit back, handle emails, watch the landscape shift from coast to inland valleys, or simply decompress after your flight. Door-to-door collection and drop-off means no hunting for taxis or waiting at ride-share desks.

1 hour – 1h 20mfrom AUD $155

★ 5.0 (3)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Gourmet Cooking Lesson

Spend three hours in a Ligurian kitchen learning to craft pasta and a regional main course alongside a chef who walks you through each step. You'll master traditional techniques, take home written recipes, then sit down to eat what you've made paired with local wine. This is hands-on cooking, not demonstration—you're doing the work, tasting the results, and leaving with actual skills rather than just a full stomach.

PRIVATE VEGAN Cooking Class in a Local Home – Pick Your Menu

Cook vegan Italian dishes in a Milan home kitchen with a native Italian chef who tailors the menu to your interests. This three-hour private session lets you choose what to prepare—pasta, risotto, pizza, or dessert—then work through recipes together at your own pace. You'll cook, eat, and experience genuine Italian hospitality in someone's actual kitchen, not a commercial cooking school.

Rome Street Food Tour With a Local Guide Including Pizza, Ice-Cream & Much More!

Wander Rome's backstreets with a certified local guide sampling authentic street-food classics—crispy croquettes, creamy gelato, wood-fired pizza, and lesser-known Roman bites. This 2.5-hour walking tour keeps groups small (maximum 14 people) so you'll actually taste what locals eat rather than what guidebooks suggest. You'll move through neighbourhoods where food stalls have operated for decades, stopping to eat as you go.

Ferrari Vip Tour Full Day Experience - 2 Test Drive Included

Eight-hour immersion into Ferrari's heartland across Maranello and Modena. You'll pilot a 488 Challenge or 458 Challenge around the legendary Fiorano circuit, then take a road spin in a modern supercar. Between drives, explore both Ferrari museums, lap the factory complex by coach, test yourself in the F1 simulator, and lunch at Cavallino, Chef Bottura's Michelin-starred table. A private guide navigates the full day in English, with your moments captured on USB.

8 hoursfrom AUD $5745

Etna Wine Tasting Tour with Lunch and Local Delicacies

★ 5.0 (3)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Etna Wine Tasting Tour with Lunch and Local Delicacies

Spend seven hours exploring the volcanic slopes of Mount Etna through its celebrated wine regions. You'll visit two working wineries, taste Etna DOC wines alongside local honey, olive oil and cheeses, then sit down to a proper lunch paired with three regional vintages. The route winds through Zafferana Etnea, a hilltop town famed for its honey production, with guides explaining how Etna's unique terroir shapes the wines you're tasting.

PRIVATE TOUR: Savor Exquisite Wines: Brunello & Nobile Wine Tour

Spend nine hours exploring Val d'Orcia's vineyard belt with a private driver, visiting two renowned estates producing Brunello and Vino Nobile. You'll descend into historic cellars lined with massive oak barrels, taste a dozen wines across both properties, and break for lunch featuring hand-rolled pici pasta with ragù and cured meats. The route also takes in Pienza's celebrated pecorino cheese and its Renaissance streets before finishing at Montalcino's generations-old winery.

Full Day Tour of Pantalica in Sicily

Spend a full day exploring Pantalica, a sprawling necropolis carved into limestone cliffs above two river gorges in southeastern Sicily. Your guide walks you through thousands of chamber tombs, Byzantine chapels tucked into rock faces, and the remnants of a medieval mill—layers of habitation spanning from the Bronze Age through early Christianity. The site demands respect: it's vast, atmospheric, and genuinely humbling rather than crowded or over-interpreted.

6 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $172

Milan Panoramic Views: Branca tower & Sforza Castle Walking Tour

★ 5.0 (3)

🛕 Culture & History

Italy

Milan Panoramic Views: Branca tower & Sforza Castle Walking Tour

Climb Branca Tower before the crowds arrive, then explore Sempione Park and Sforza Castle with a local guide on this 2-hour Milan tour. You'll ascend Gio Ponti's 1950s steel structure for unobstructed views across the city to the Alps, walk through the 19th-century park, and tour one of Europe's largest medieval fortresses. An early-access route that reveals Milan's architecture and military heritage without the midday queues.

Underwater Archaeology Course

Learn underwater archaeology techniques in Italy over five hours, combining classroom instruction with two guided dives. You'll master survey and documentation methods used by field archaeologists, then apply them to actual submerged sites. The course concludes with detailed debriefing, where you'll sketch finds and write field notes like a working archaeologist. Your PADI certification card is issued upon completion, and all gear, manuals, and museum entry are provided.

5 hoursfrom AUD $389

Walking Tour Of Colosseum, Forum and City Highlights including Trevi Fountain

★ 5.0 (3)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Walking Tour Of Colosseum, Forum and City Highlights including Trevi Fountain

A four-hour private walking tour through Rome's layered history, starting with hotel pickup and moving between the [Colosseum](/places/colosseum)'s arenas, the Roman Forum's scattered columns, Trevi Fountain's baroque spray, the Pantheon's rotunda, and Piazza Navona's bustle. Your guide adjusts the route based on your interests, threading together ancient stones and Renaissance swagger across the city centre. Colosseum entry and reservation fees included.

The foody village and the ancient castle

This four-hour Tuscan excursion threads through a village where medieval fortifications meet artisanal food traditions. You'll navigate rolling hillsides and discover how locals have shaped this corner of Italy for centuries, sampling regional specialities along the way. A compact tour that captures the essence of Tuscany without the tourist crowds.

Visit and wine tasting 30 minutes from Pescara

Spend 90 minutes at an organic winery near Pescara, perched on hillsides between the Majella and Gran Sasso mountains with views down to the coast. You'll taste Montepulciano from Terra dei Vestini, a flagship sub-region of Abruzzo's Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC, and tour one of the region's rare estates with custom-built underground concrete fermentation tanks. Wines are included.

1h 30mfrom AUD $58

Pompeii, Sorrento and Amalfi Coast (Driver Only/Self Touring)

★ 5.0 (3)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Pompeii, Sorrento and Amalfi Coast (Driver Only/Self Touring)

Your private driver delivers you from Rome to Campania's trio of coastal treasures: the preserved Roman ruins of Pompeii, the lemon-scented streets of Sorrento, and the pastel cliffs of Positano. You explore each destination at your own pace over eight hours in a Mercedes with an English-speaking driver who stays with the car—Italian law keeps non-licensed guides vehicle-bound. This is self-directed travel with wheels and someone who knows the roads.

8 hoursfrom AUD $2048

Papal Churches of Rome Special Jubilee Tour with Private Guide

★ 5.0 (3)

🛕 Culture & History

Italy

Papal Churches of Rome Special Jubilee Tour with Private Guide

Walk through three of Rome's most significant papal basilicas on this 3-hour private guided tour. Visit Santa Maria Maggiore, St. Pietro in Vincoli, and Saint Praxedes to encounter centuries of artistic and architectural achievement. Your guide unpacks the layered histories behind each church's mosaics, sculptures, and sacred spaces, revealing why these buildings shaped the city's spiritual identity.

Transfer from Rome to Civitavecchia Port 1 - 2 passengers

Private car transfer from Rome to Civitavecchia Port, covering the 60–80 minute journey with a professional driver. Driver in Rome Group has spent over a decade moving individuals and corporate clients across the capital and central Italy, built on reliable service and straightforward professionalism. Your vehicle arrives air-conditioned with WiFi, leaving you to relax or catch up before your port arrival.

1 hour – 1h 20mfrom AUD $366

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