Small-group tours, day trips, cooking classes and multi-day adventures. Every tour vetted for traveller reviews first.
Cover Rome's major sights from a golf cart over three hours, letting your legs rest while you take in the city. This private tour whisks you between landmarks without the endless pavement pounding that usually comes with Rome. The open-air cart keeps you close to street life, and side panels mean you're protected if rain rolls in. Request a custom route by email to match your interests.
This eight-hour private shore excursion whisks you from the cruise port through three jewels of the Campania coast. Begin with a guided two-hour walk through Pompeii's haunting ruins with a local expert, then explore the pastel-hued cliffside village of Positano and the charming hillside town of Sorrento. You'll travel in your own minivan with a professional driver, skip the admission queues, and take in sweeping views across the Bay of Naples. Designed for cruise passengers who want flexibility and comfort.
Spend eight hours exploring Capri aboard a private vessel with an English-speaking captain. You'll cruise past dramatic coastline, swim in turquoise bays, and snorkel through underwater caves teeming with Mediterranean life. The boat supplies everything from masks to prosecco, and you'll pull into a waterfront spot for lunch—either a sit-down meal or a fresh caprese sandwich eaten at sea. Beach towels included; entrance to the Blue Grotto and meals cost extra.
Navigate Venice's essential landmarks with a local art historian guide who knows where the city reveals itself beyond the crowds. This three-hour walking tour threads through narrow calli, crosses the famous Rialto Bridge, and enters the Doge's Palace and San Marco Basilica. You'll move at ground level through genuine Venetian streets, learning how this republic built itself on water and maintained power through marble and mosaics. Available mornings or afternoons, the tour departs from set meeting points within the city.
Skip the daytime crowds and explore the Vatican and Sistine Chapel on a 2.5-hour private evening tour with an art historian guide. You'll move through the galleries with breathing room to study works by Michelangelo, Raphael and other Renaissance masters without the usual throng of visitors. The tour concludes at Saint Peter's Square near transport links. Choose between a standard or family-focused guide depending on your group.
Explore Capri's most striking coastal features aboard your own skippered vessel during golden hour. This 2 hours 15 minutes private boat tour takes you past hidden coves and dramatic rock formations, with time to cool off in the island's transparent waters. You'll float through the day's quietest moment, nursing Prosecco as the light turns amber and the crowds thin out. Swimming gear, towels and refreshments are sorted.
A four-hour private tour through Rome's most significant papal churches in a luxury vehicle with a knowledgeable theologian guide. Visit the Basilica of Mary Major, St. John Lateran, St. Paul's Outside the Walls, and the Basilica of the Holy Cross. Each stop reveals centuries of Christian history, from sacred relics to architectural masterpieces that shaped Rome's spiritual landscape.
A 2.5-hour private tour of Rome's iconic landmarks designed to hold children's attention through movement, storytelling and breaks for treats. You'll cover the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona and more, guided by someone skilled at keeping younger minds engaged with games and historical tales. The guide shapes the route around your family's interests, and Pantheon entry is included.
Six-hour private transfer covering the 240km journey from Sorrento to [Florence](/places/florence) in a climate-controlled vehicle. Your driver—a seasoned local—handles navigation while you settle in, occasionally pointing out regional landmarks and context. Pickup from your accommodation, drop-off at your destination. Operates round-the-clock, year-round.
A seven-hour boat journey along Italy's Campania coast, visiting Capri's dramatic rock formations and sea caves, then anchoring off Positano's pastel-coloured cliffside village. You'll swim in turquoise waters, snorkel among Mediterranean marine life, and experience two of the region's most photogenic spots without the crowds of land-based tours. Drinks, snacks and all gear included.
Explore Siena's layered history on a private two-hour walk tailored for families. Your guide navigates medieval lanes and hidden corners, revealing everything from the striped Duomo to neighbourhood contrade traditions, Renaissance palaces, and the city's role on ancient pilgrimage routes. You'll discover stories behind the famous Palio horse race, meet the artists who shaped the city, and find quiet piazzas most visitors miss. Prams welcome, stairs navigable at your pace.
This 12-hour guided tour explores two pivotal Benedictine monasteries south of Rome. You'll visit Montecassino, a fortress abbey reconstructed after World War II destruction and reconsecrated in 1964, then travel to San Benedetto in Subiaco, where Saint Benedict himself lived as a hermit before founding the monastic movement. The route combines architectural grandeur with the quieter spiritual heritage of early Christian monasticism, covering both the scale of institutional religion and its intimate origins.
Spend four hours in a Tuscan kitchen learning regional cooking techniques from a local chef. You'll roll pasta by hand, bake almond biscuits, and prepare a full menu that reflects generations of family cooking. By the end, you'll have the knowledge and recipes to recreate these dishes at home, complete with wine pairings throughout the session.
Spend two hours in Sciacca's countryside learning the craft of soap-making from scratch, then pivot to tasting estate olive oils with a guide who knows the region's production methods. You'll hand-craft a bar to take home, sample local snacks, and finish with drinks beneath the olive trees—a straightforward introduction to two pillars of Sicilian food culture without the tourist theatre.
Start in Palermo's bustling market with a professional chef, hand-picking seasonal ingredients before heading to the kitchen to prepare authentic Sicilian dishes. You'll learn traditional techniques and regional recipes suited to all skill levels, then sit down to eat what you've cooked, with wine and beer flowing throughout the four-hour experience. It's market, classroom and meal rolled into one.
A four-hour private guided tour splitting time between the excavated city of Pompeii and Naples' Archaeological Museum. Your local guide unpacks the stories buried beneath volcanic ash, starting with 2.5 hours walking the ancient streets and structures, then 2 hours examining the frescoes and artefacts that reveal how Romans actually lived. Skip-the-line access means more time exploring, less time queuing.
Learn to shape fresh pasta the way Bellini family members do, guided by the owners themselves at their organic farm near Cortona. Over four and a half hours, you'll work with flour and water, discovering techniques passed down through generations. Afterwards, sit down to eat the pasta you've made, paired with the farm's own wine and olive oil. It's hands-on cooking anchored in a real working landscape.
Speed across Lake Como on a private speedboat, stopping at film locations and celebrated waterfront estates. This 1–4 hour run pairs Prosecco and lake views from a sleek hull piloted by an English-speaking captain. You'll pass Clooney's compound and Villa Balbianello—the grand neoclassical pile that's doubled as a film set for decades. It's luxury without pretension: fast water, good wine, proper sightseeing.
Navigate Padua's medieval centre solving puzzles and decoding clues hidden across the old town. This street-based escape game weaves through landmarks like Prato della Valle and the Basilica di Sant'Antonio, demanding teamwork and sharp thinking to crack increasingly tricky challenges. You'll hunt for cryptic messages in local shops, spot concealed symbols, and piece together connected riddles—all without leaving the city. A cerebral alternative to standard sightseeing, ideal for groups aged 13+ who enjoy mental grit.
Spend four hours eating and drinking your way through two of Rome's most characterful neighbourhoods with a knowledgeable local guide. The Jewish Ghetto and Campo Marzio reveal themselves through their food—over ten tastings of regional wines and dishes prepared by people who've been making them for generations. You'll finish with a proper dinner, having discovered corners of the city that rarely appear in guidebooks.
Roll through Rome's storied centre in a restored Fiat 500, a three-hour private jaunt that trades tour-bus anonymity for intimate streets and genuine conversation. Your driver doubles as local guide, steering past the [Colosseum](/places/colosseum), Vatican walls, Circus Maximus and Trastevere's tight lanes whilst sharing neighbourhood stories most guidebooks miss. You'll stop for photographs and short walks, moving at a pace that lets the city actually register rather than blur past.
Cover Rome's most celebrated landmarks and lesser-known corners in three hours via private golf cart, guided by a knowledgeable local. Glide past the [Colosseum](/places/colosseum), Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, and Piazza Venezia while discovering the Aventine and Celio hills—areas you'd struggle to reach on foot. See Michelangelo's Moses sculpture up close. You'll move efficiently through the historic centre without tiring, whatever the weather brings.
Explore Rome's Jewish Quarter with an art historian guide who unpacks two millennia of community life within a single neighbourhood. This two-hour walk traces the district's evolution from a confined ghetto to a thriving multicultural hub, revealing architectural details, cultural landmarks and personal histories that most visitors overlook. You'll move through streets layered with stories—from medieval restrictions to modern resilience—gaining insight into how Rome's Jewish residents shaped the city's character.
Explore the dramatic clifftop villages of Italy's most celebrated coastline on this 9-hour private drive from Naples, Salerno or Amalfi ports. Your driver navigates the winding roads to Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, stopping at viewpoints that explain why this stretch of Campania has captivated travellers for centuries. You'll skip queues, travel in a cool minivan, and hear local stories that guidebooks miss. Ideal for cruise passengers wanting authentic coastal scenery without the tour-group rush.
Travel from Rome to Loreto, home to the Sanctuary of the Holy House of the Virgin Mary, one of Catholicism's most significant pilgrimage destinations in the Marches region. This 7–8 hour private tour includes a licensed guide, luxury transport with driver, and entry to the sanctuary. You'll examine the Santa Casa itself—a modest three-walled stone structure believed moved from Nazareth in 1924, its austere Palestinian stonework contrasting with Bramante's ornate Renaissance marble cladding commissioned by Pope Julius II.
Learn to craft tortellini from dough to table alongside Mamma Ivana in her Verona kitchen. This three-hour session teaches you the entire process—rolling, filling, folding—before you sit down to eat what your own hands have made. You'll work with proper pasta equipment in an unhurried, family-style setting where technique matters more than speed.
Private car service connecting Naples city centre with airport or railway station, driven by an English-speaking operator. One-way transfers cover fuel, tolls and motorway charges in a single inclusive fare. The vehicle accommodates up to seven or eight passengers with one suitcase each, making it practical for small groups or families arriving into or departing from Naples.
Navigate Rome's Ghetto and Trastevere districts through a quiz-based treasure hunt that doubles as urban exploration. Over 2.5 hours, your team solves riddles and answers questions to uncover both celebrated landmarks and tucked-away corners locals favour. It's a playful alternative to standard sightseeing—think scavenger hunt meets history lesson—works best with a group of two to eight people pooling brainpower to crack each puzzle.
Walk through Monti, Rome's transformed medieval quarter, with a local guide exploring its four major basilicas and Renaissance masterworks. This 2 hour 15 minute private tour traces the district's evolution from ancient slum to religious powerhouse, visiting Santa Maria Maggiore's glittering mosaics, the jewel-box church of Santa Prassede, and San Pietro in Vincoli to see Michelangelo's Moses. You'll navigate narrow streets lined with galleries and cafés that now draw Rome's creative set.
This seven-and-a-half-hour excursion from Civitavecchia takes you to two remarkable sites that reveal Italy's stranger side. Begin at Civita di Bagnoregio, a village perched atop eroding clay cliffs and linked to the mainland by a single footbridge—a landscape in slow collapse where weathering has carved away the earth for centuries. Then venture to Bomarzo's Sacred Wood, a Renaissance sculpture garden where outsized stone figures occupy impossible angles, defying perspective and logic. Created in the 1500s by Prince Vicino Orsini, it remains one of Europe's most unsettling art installations, blending mannerist ambition with dreamlike surrealism.
A 4-hour evening tour through Taormina's elevated drinking scene, led by a local guide who steers you toward rooftop and upmarket bars with genuine character. You'll move through the town's layered streets, sampling four quality cocktails whilst taking in views over the Ionian Sea and coastal landscape. Designed for those after an authentic taste of Taormina's nightlife rather than the standard circuit.
A guided photography session through Venice's backstreets and waterfront with Camilla, a local photographer who'll capture candid moments between you and your partner. Over one to two hours, you'll explore narrow lanes, piazzas, canals and bridges whilst receiving natural posing guidance. The shoot concludes with around 30–60 edited high-resolution images. Ideal for engagements, honeymoons or couples seeking quality portraits against the city's layered architecture.
A six-hour coastal sweep around Alghero visiting four distinct stretches of shoreline with over ten beaches and coves tucked away from the main tourist corridors. You'll travel by comfortable car between locations, then walk a few minutes to reach each bay. The tour includes a beach lunch built around local produce, eaten where you stand. Expect genuine coastal scenery and a relaxed pace that lets you sample multiple spots rather than lingering at one.
Skip the hassle of navigating Rome's transport maze before your cruise departs. This private transfer whisks you from Fiumicino airport or your Rome accommodation straight to Civitavecchia port in 90 minutes. Your driver meets you at arrivals with a nameplate, handles luggage, and you'll travel in a climate-controlled luxury car stocked with water and phone charging. The route gives you a final glimpse of Rome's streets before boarding.
An eight-hour drive from Amalfi covers two preserved Roman cities buried by Vesuvius, plus an optional winery stop. Pompeii's excavated streets and buildings reveal everyday life under ash, whilst Herculaneum—less crowded but equally gripping—was sealed by pyroclastic flow, leaving furniture and frescoes eerily intact. Your English-speaking driver handles transport and commentary; you explore at your own pace, then optionally taste Campania wines at a local vineyard before returning to port.
Get behind the wheel of a Ferrari 458 and complete three full laps on a racing circuit outside Milan. You'll experience the machine's 570 horsepower firsthand—feeling the grip through corners, the acceleration on straights, and hearing that legendary engine at full throttle. An onboard camera captures your run. The track day is tailored to your driving ability, whether you're a novice or experienced driver, and includes fuel and all fees.
A six-hour private walking tour through two medieval hilltowns in Umbria, exploring Assisi and Spello on foot with a professional guide. You'll encounter 14th-century frescoes and Renaissance artworks housed in basilicas, churches, and museums that shaped the spiritual and artistic landscape of central Italy. A private van transfers you between the two towns, allowing you to move at your own pace through narrow stone streets and piazzas without the crowds.
A straightforward point-to-point transfer between Naples and Pompeii in a private, air-conditioned vehicle. The journey takes 30–45 minutes depending on traffic. Your driver handles navigation while you settle in with complimentary water. A decade of reliable service means punctual pickups and professional, courteous drivers who know the route well. Wheelchair accessible throughout, with support for families travelling with infants or service animals.
Descend Val Bodengo's river gorge in Gordona over five hours, navigating white water, natural rock slides, and vertical drops via abseil and jump. You'll scramble through the streambed past cascading waterfalls, tackle swims in pools, and rappel stretches of up to 25 metres. The guide handles all safety kit and coaching—jumps and major abseils are optional, with bypass routes available for any section that doesn't appeal.
Eight-hour private excursion from Rome to Pompeii with dedicated driver and archaeologically-trained guide. Travel south through the Italian countryside in a Mercedes sedan or minivan, arriving at the volcanic ruins for a thorough two-hour exploration of the preserved Roman city. Your guide meets you at the entrance and walks you through streets, homes and public spaces frozen by Mount Vesuvius's eruption in 79 AD. Returns you to Rome with time to spare before evening plans.