Blog – Page 11 – Road to Italy

08 Jan

Private tours Italy: Cortona

Cortona is one of the prettiest and oldest hill towns in Tuscany. It shot to fame after being featured in Francis Mayes book “Under...

06 Jan

Blog, Italian Vacations, Italy Honeymoon

Italy Honeymoon: gondola ride in Venice

Very few cities in the world are as romantic as Venice. Small bridges, narrow “calle” (streets), picture-perfect palaces, dreamy canals. Add a romantic...

| Tagged Bridge of Sights, Gondola Ride, Gran Canal, Rialto Bridge, Venice

03 Jan

Blog, Italian Vacations

Custom tours of Rome: the Palatine Hill

The Palatine Hills is among the most popular destinations on custom tours of Rome among our clients. One of the Seven Hills, it...

| Tagged Ancient Rome, Colosseum, private tours of Rome, Roman Forum, Rome

02 Jan

Blog, Food & Wine, Lifestyle & Trends, Recipes

Italian attractions: pasta

One of the things anybody on a food and wine tour in Bel Paese wants to try is, undoubtedly, authentic Italian pasta. It...

| Tagged food and wine in Italy, Gnocchi, Pasta, Pasta alla Norma

02 Jan

Blog, Private Tours, Undiscovered Italy

Private tours of Italy: Trevi in Umbria

Any of you who have been to Trevi in Umbria raise your hand! Not many, I bet. This small hilltop town is off...

| Tagged Perugia, Private tours of Umbria, San Francis, Trevi, Umbria

12 Dec

Art & Culture, Blog, Private Tours, Road to Italy Favorites

Private tours of Sicily: visiting Catania

When planning private tours of Sicily for the clients Road to Italy always recommends to visit Catania, the island’s second-largest city after Palermo....

| Tagged Catania, Mt. Etna, Sicily, Siracusa, Taormina