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Enjoy our private tours in Italy. Excursions with personalized programs to Florence, Rome, Venice, Pisa and more.
excursions and private tours in Italy and Tuscany
About our private tours in Italy
Anyone can join our private tours in Italy. No particular requirements nor enrollment in our Italian courses are requested to attend any of them. All tours and excursions can be conducted in English or Italian. Each excursion takes place every day.
This program of the private tours in Italy and excursions in Tuscany to the most notable and beautiful sites, represents a natural continuation of our Art History course outside Florence. It can also be considered just as a program of excursions by itself, for those who don’t want to participate in the Art History course or any other of our courses.
Our program of excursions and private tours in Italy is recommended for everyone who wishes to enjoy scenery while gaining a more complete view of Italian historical beauties.
Depending on the distance from Florence, some tours last half day (4 hours) while others require a full day (7 hours). For the price, please consult the table below.
SIENA & MONTALCINO TOURS
Among our private tours in Italy, you can find the excursion to Siena and Montalcino, that are two fascinating towns in Tuscany. Siena is a Gothic pearl, perfectly crowned by its original walls with a Cathedral that is considered one of the most beautiful in Italy.
Montalcino is the home of Brunello, one famed and expensive Italian wines. Near Montalcino lies the Abbey of Sant’Antimo, the perfect “cathedral in the desert”. This huge structure lies in a field, far from any other constructions, and some of its columns are built with onyx, which light up when hit by sunlight.
PISA & LUCCA TOUR
No descriptions are needed for the celebrated Leaning Tower of Pisa and its marvelous square containing the Cathedral, the Baptistery and the Old Cemetery all of which contrast beautifully against a see of green grass.
Lucca is famous for the Romanesque style, a period of art that came directly before the Gothic. The city is full of churches of incomparable beauty and is closed in by ancient walls surrounded by a moat.
AREZZO & CORTONA TOUR
Arezzo proudly holds one of the most important cycles of frescoes of all time: the “History of the True Cross” by Piero della Francesca. The frescoes have been recently restored and can be seen as they were at the height of their splendor.
In this program of our private tours in Italy, you will visit also the city of Cortona, that lies on a hill overlooking Lake Trasimeno and offers visitors the chance to walk through its narrow Renaissance streets among historic palaces and ancient buildings.
VOLTERRA & SAN GIMIGNANO TOUR
Among the most requested private tours in Italy, there definitely is the one to Volterra and San Gimignano. Most of the important periods of art history: Etruscan, Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance have in some way left their mark in Volterra. The city is famous for its alabaster quarries, workshops and for the works derived from this brilliant mineral.
San Gimignano has also been called the New York of the Middle Ages, due to its forest of high towers, each one taller than the previous one, representing the never ending competition among the local, aristocratic families.
PIENZA & MONTEPULCIANO TOUR
In this program of our tours in Italy, you will visit the city of Pienza: one of the first examples of urban planning. Requested by Pope Pius II after whom it was named, Pienza demonstrates a classical simplicity in its buildings. The town is surrounded by a unique landscape which is a reminiscent of an ocean of green waves.
Over the centuries, Montepulciano has preserved its ancient structure. Below the town, in the open country, lies the Church of San Biagio, a monumental complex which is a perfect example of religious Renaissance architecture.
PERUGIA & ASSISI TOUR
This program of our private tours in Italy will bring you to Umbria. Umbria is not only the greenest region of Italy but also contains numerous treasures of art. From the Palazzo dei Priori and the magnificent Cathedral of Perugia to Assisi, the holy town of Saint Francis, with its marvelous buildings, its basilicas, Roman temple, castle and the frescoes by Giotto.
VENICE TOUR
Venice is the city of romance and passion, beautiful and famous all over the world. Marriages, funerals, police, fire brigades, and trades, are all focused in and around the water. In the extraordinary frame of the Gran Canal eyes dance from building to building. One of the closest things to a fairy tale, everything in Venice seem surreal: the silence of its canals and walkways, the colors of the water and its light reflected on the surrounding houses, the rhythm of life. This is one of the most requested private tours in Italy.
ROME TOUR
Rome is the “Eternal city”, where 2500 years have passed and left their traces. It is the only place in the world where you can see the temples and basilicas, the Coliseum, the Arcs of Triumph, the Imperial Forums all together and mixed with all the other historical periods of art: from Byzantine to Romanesque, from Gothic to Renaissance and Baroque. Rome is also capital of two countries, Italy and Vatican State whose museums are rich with masterpieces painted by Raphael and Michelangelo.
SOVANA & PITIGLIANO TOUR
Pitigliano is not only a unique place but is also really suggestive: built on a spectacular slope and overwhelming the valley below with its aqueduct and buildings lying on the edge.
In this program of private tours in Italy, you will visit the town of Sovana, which a mystic town with buildings that look like miniatures. In its surrounding area there are also the remains of Etruscan tombs to visited.
THE MARBLE MINES OF CARRARA & THE TUSCAN RIVIERA TOUR
The Apuanian Alps are home to a famous source of marble, where artists went to get the material for their most exquisite art works. On approach, one is struck by a vision of white capped peaks, the effect given by the light colored marble. A visit is also made to the home and museum where Puccini wrote most of his famous arias -Turandot, Boheme, Madame Butterfly and a promenade along the sea at Viareggio, a resort town from the turn of the century with Art Deco and Belle Epoque buildings.
PRATO & PISTOIA TOUR
Pistoia is home to buildings and churches from several art periods and the most beautiful of Pisano’s pulpits, whose extremely accurate and realistic bas-reliefs anticipated the perfection of the Renaissance statues.
On the way back a stop in Prato to see the Cathedral and its marvelous external pulpit created by Donatello. We definitely suggest you to add this visit in your program of private tours in Italy!
FLORENCE
The beauties of Florence, from the Cathedral to the Baptistery, from Giotto’s Bell Tower to Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella, from the Ponte Vecchio to the Pitti Palace, from the Boboli gardens to the Basilica of San Miniato and Piazzale Michelangelo are important testimonies to the strength and value of the city’s history, and each and every one have contributed to making Florence one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
PRICES OF OUR PRIVATE TOURS IN ITALY
The prices on the table refer to 1 participant with the guide (one-to-one excursion). For 2 or more participants, please consult the discounts written below the price table.
| Destination | ½ day | 1 day | Trasportation | Price in Euros |
| Siena | x | bus | 190 | |
| Siena & Montalcino | x | private car | 280 | |
| Pisa | x | train | 190 | |
| Lucca | x | train | 160 | |
| Pisa & Lucca | x | train | 280 | |
| Arezzo | x | train | 190 | |
| Arezzo & Cortona | x | private car | 300 | |
| Volterra & S. Gimignano | x | private car | 300 | |
| Pienza & Montepulciano | x | private car | 300 | |
| Sovana & Pitigliano | x | private car | 300 | |
| Pistoia | x | train | 160 | |
| Carrara (marble mines) | x | private car | 180 | |
| Perugia & Assisi | x | private car | 300 | |
| Florence | x | — | 120 | |
| Rome | x | train | 390 | |
| Venice | x | train | 390 |
DISCOUNTS
- for 2 participants, 30% discount on each one’s fee
- for 3 participants, 40% discount on each one’s fee
- for 4 participants, 45% discount on each one’s fee
- for 5 participants, 50% discount on each one’s fee
- for 6 or more participants, 55% discount on each one’s fee
Each person can freely choose to participate in one or more excursions.
All our private tours in Italy will be made by public transportation or private car.