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Tours

Learn more about the many different tours one can take in Italy, from driving tours to boat tours to city walks. Note that the information about these tours is current as of publication but offerings can change at any time. Please check with the respective tour company before trying to book a tour. For self-guided tours, use the information in the posts below for guidance and inspiration.

Italy 2023: Offbeat Tour Ideas to Try This Year

Five Favorites

How can Italy expect a balanced and sustainable tourism economy when it keeps looking so incredible on screen?

On Top of the World: Visiting St. Peter’s Dome [Review]

Destinations

See Rome and Vatican City from a new perspective with a tour of St. Peter's dome.

Rome to Pompeii: Book a Tour or Plan Your Own Day Trip to Pompeii from Rome

Veni, Vidi, Bici – Luxury Caesar Bike Tour From London to Rome

Tours

Ride & Seek's Caesar bike tour is an epic bicycle tour that will take participants "in Caesar's footsteps" from London to Rome. Cyclists will ...

Visiting the Colosseum Dungeons on a Guided Tour [Review]

Rome & Lazio

My review of the tour: Colosseum "Dungeons, Third Level and Arena Floor," Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill.

Exploring the Ghetto: A Tour of Rome’s Jewish Quarter [Review]

Culinary Tour of Ravenna

Emilia-Romagna

Cooking school teacher and chef Angela Schiavina shows off the culinary riches of Ravenna in this "My City" video from The Guardian.

Scenic Drive on the Amalfi Coast

Itineraries

Italy is full of scenic drives. There are the honey-colored sunsets of Tuscany, sepia-toned ruins of Ostia, and the snow-capped cityscapes of ...

A Bribe-Free Holiday in Sicily

Sicily

The brave work of the anti-mafia organization AddioPizzo.org was recently brought to my attention. "Addio Pizzo" means "Goodbye, Pizzo," the latter ...

Ecotourism in Cinque Terre

Destinations

Protect Cinque Terre offers guests the opportunity to work with locals in landscape preservation.

Wine Routes in Tuscany

The Ultimate Italian Driving Adventure

Tours

If you're the type of traveler who likes to go it alone and doesn't mind injecting a little technological know-how into your trip, then a GPS-driven ...

Kid-Friendly Tours of Florence

Destinations

Florence may feel like a fairy tale city for adults, but kids aren't always impressed. That's mostly because they've yet to study or appreciate the ...

Walking Via Giulia

Art & Architecture

Rome's famous Renaissance street, Via Giulia, is celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. And, the New York Times' Elisabeth Rosenthal provides ...

Gastronomic Tour of Emilia Romagna

Destinations

You can eat well just about anywhere in Italy. But Italians know that Italy's culinary heart lies in Emilia-Romagna. Lasagna, tortellini, ...

Italy’s Most Scenic Drives

Tours

Today's tip from Fodor's looks at the best driving tours in Italy. They include the Via Aurelia, the Grande Strade delle Dolomiti, and - my ...

Cook’s Tour of Milan

Destinations

I'm very lucky. The very first time I tasted risotto was in Milan. We were en route to Verona and ate the creamy, saffron-tinted risotto milanese at ...