Duration: 3 hours
Type of Service: Food Walking Tour of Sorrento
Sorrento Food Walking Tour like a local - a 3 hour delicious adventure through the historic center
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Duration: 8 hours
Type of Service: Small Group Tour to the Amalfi Coast, Departing from Sorrento
Depart in total relaxation from your hotel centrally located in Sorrento. Get on our comfortable coach bus and get ready to join a tour that will make you discover one of the most famous places in the world and three of the most beautiful cities in Italy: Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello, all located in the Amalfi Coast. If you want to spend some magical hours along the Amalfi Coast, this is the tour designed just for you!
Your comfortable minibus will pick you up from your hotel centrally located in Sorrento at the set time, or at a designated location where you will start this marvelous day immediately, with the wonderful panorama that will surround you while you are driven along the Amalfi Coast, in the direction of one of its most beautiful places, Positano. After this you will wander its white streets and colored alleys, made even more beautiful by the flowers that decorate almost every house in Positano. You will spend one hour in Positano before getting back on the coach.
After boarding your bus from Positano, you will continue your visit through the incredible villages of Furore, Praiano and Conca dei Marini along the Amalfi Coast. It is now time to meet the second wonder of your tour, the super colored Amalfi. Again, you will have some free time to admire its beauty and to breathe the fresh scents of lemons and flowers of these lands. You will find it hard to choose which one of these to visit first: the Sant’Andrea Fountain, the Santa Maria del Carmine chapel, or walking by the Valle dei Mulini. A must see before leaving will be a visit to the Amalfi Duomo, built in Arab-Sicilian style and dedicated to Saint Andrea, the patron of the town. During your 2- hours, in Amalfi, you have an option to join a panoramic boat trip, taking 45 minutes (12 euros per person).
The final stop on this tour is discovering the enchanting Ravello. Ravello is a flourishing, rich in culture, art, with beautiful views. A famous panoramic center, it is one of the most visited places in Italy by tourists from all over the world. It also draws intellectual personalities interested in its architectonic beauties and famous villas. In addition to the Churches, Villa Cimbrone Gardens is definitely worth a visit. This Villa is entirely built on a rocky promontory overlooking the sea, between all kind of plants, flowers, fountains, and caves. After spending 1 hour in the beautiful Ravello, you will begin your return trip.
A breath-taking view, that will surely accompany, together with some nostalgia, your trip back to Sorrento.
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Duration: 2.5 hours
Type Of Service: Best of Rome: Afternoon Walking Tour with Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain & Pantheon - small group tour
Enjoy a relaxed, 2.5-hour tour covering Rome’s compact historic center and visiting its most iconic sights. Your expert, English-speaking guide will also give you the history that brings these incredible monuments to life and take you to some of the lesser-known corners with stories of their own to tell.
See the Best of Rome on Our Walking Tour - Learn how Raphael died when you visit the Pantheon, hear about Bernini’s famous feud at Piazza Navona and discover the meaning behind a name at the Spanish Steps. Often referred to as an “outdoor museum,” the streets of Rome are home to some of the city’s finest art. You’ll see the momentous Trevi Fountain, Bernini’s Fountain of Four Rivers and appreciate some of the world’s most impressive architecture in the dome of the Pantheon.
Uncover More with Our Expert Guides - Our guides are experts in their fields, trained in the art and history of the city, and are passionate about showing you more than what’s in front of your nose. Take a Gentle Stroll Through Rome's Past - Our Best of Rome walking tour is the perfect way to orient yourself to the streets, art, and history of Rome. Traveling at an easy pace, you’ll never feel rushed. We’ll even stop for a traditional Italian treat along the way, free of charge, so you can take a few minutes to soak up Rome’s famous ‘dolce far niente,’ the sweetness of doing nothing.
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Duration: 3 hours
Type of Service: Food Lover's Tour: Tasting at Florence’s Hidden Classics and Gems – small group tour
Florence is home to the some of the best foods and family run bottegas. On this food tour in Florence, we will have the bonus of strolling the historical center of town with a local expert while tasting the regions finest specialties on this fun, informative food lover's crawl. You’ll visit a mix of classic culinary institutions and hidden gems on the tiny streets off famous squares. You will visit artisan purveyors such as bakers, family-owned bottegas procuring goods from their own farms and local wines, a truffle cafe, institutional gelato parlors and more. You'll taste prized ingredients such as extra virgin olive oil, caliber vintage prosecco, aged balsamic vinegar, local cheeses (ewe's milk pecorino), artisan cured meats, and learn all about Florentine's food history while getting a sense of the city with this specialty gourmet walk. This tour is a must for true food lovers who want to get down to the grain of the local food culture while meeting the city's most cherished bottegas, with a touch of sightseeing and main square orientation.
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Our gourmet food tours in Florence are perfect for discerning food lovers, chefs, bakers, cooks, farm-to-table eaters and Italian culture enthusiasts. After your food tour, you will feel more confident to return to these shops and know what defines the traditional food landscape. Be prepared for genuine backdoor journey through these local-loved food shops.
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Duration: 5 hours
Type of Service: Pizza and Gelato Cooking Class at a Farmhouse in Tuscany - small group class
Learn to make these Italian classics in an idyllic setting in the beautiful Tuscan countryside.
Under the guidance of a professional Italian chef you will be taken on a cultural journey learning the skills and inside tricks of making the best mouth-watering pizza and gelato right in the country where they were born.
The beautiful estate that offers stunning views over the surrounding hills just outside the center of Florence provides the perfect setting to roll up your sleeves and get hands on when learning the process from making and kneading the dough to choosing the perfect topping for your pizza. Some ingredients for your pizza are picked from our very own vegetable garden.
You will be able to relax and enjoy the delicious pizza cooked in our wood oven with a glass of Chianti wine or a cold beer before you get started on the gelato making. By the end of the class you will feel confident enough to re-produce the food at home impressing your lucky guests!
Being both a fun but instructive class this hands-on pizza and gelato making class will be one of the most memorable parts of your trip to Tuscany.
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Duration: 8 hours
Type of Service: Explore the Amalfi Coast from Sorrento - small group tour
Explore the Amalfi Coast on an all-day excursion from Sorrento
Positano - Known for its unique fashion boutiques, art galleries along the quaint winding roadway with restaurants overlooking the sea
Amalfi - Home to Saint Andrew’s Cathedral and the famous Pasticceria Pansa Bakery for pastries and chocolates
Ravello - The mountain-top haven with its quaint piazza and world-renowned gardens
Lunch - Dine at a Mediterranean villa with incredible views
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This is a popular tour that fills up quickly with a maximum of 8 adults in a Mercedes van and this is a tour for adults only
This tour cost does not include gratuities for the driver - which is optional based on your service
Lunch at a villa will include an appetizer, seafood or vegetarian pasta with a lemon dessert and beverages
Duration: 3 hours
Type of Service: Sorrento's Wine & Food Tour at Sunset - small group tour
Join us for Sorrento's best wine & food walking tour at sunset in a relaxed evening
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Duration: 2 hours
Type of Service: Heart of Naples Stroll with Local Street Food Tastings
Explore Naples’ UNESCO Recognized Historic Center
Meet your local expert guide and intimate group of just 10 people or fewer in the heart of Naples before embarking on this mind and palate-opening experience. You’ll then be off to sample some of the most delectable flavors and sought after culinary delights that Italy has to offer at authentic, hand-picked food vendors that will allow you to mingle with the Neapolitans themselves.
A Stroll to Make Your Stomach Roar - All along your evening stroll, your guide will fill you with the urban legends and history that make Naples come to life, as you dine on delectable examples of the city’s famed street food. If you thought you knew pizza, think again. Naples is home to so many original varieties that you’ll have a hard time choosing. Then pass to the savory ‘pagnutiello, ‘cuoppo’, or ‘cup’, due to the paper cone it is served in, or the ‘cuppetiello’, another succulent version that will make your mouth water.
If you have a sweet tooth, then you’re definitely in the right place, too! Naples is home to some of the best and most famous pastries in the world with such delicious creations as scrumptious ‘sfogliatelle’, rich ‘Baba’ soaked in rum or the epicurean ‘zeppole’, filled with custard, jelly or cream. Your journey will take you through narrow, picturesque alleys as they open onto elegant piazzas.
Naples from the Inside Out - Pass from Piazza del Gesù, with the splendid Spanish-style Baroque Church of Gesù Nuovo and an incredibly sculpted monument dedicated to the Holy Virgin. Visit the ancient heart of the city along Spaccanapoli, one of its oldest streets, dividing it in half. See San Gregorio Armeno, famous for its Christmas market and where the most beautiful Nativity scene figures you have ever seen are sold year-round by sculptors that rival Michelangelo and Bernini.
You’ll also pass the Naples Cathedral, where every year on September 19th the blood of its patron saint, San Gennaro, miraculously reliquifies in a procession that animates the entire city. Then it’s on to other scenic streets, like Via dei Tribunali and finally into Piazza Dante, the city’s former market square, where your tour will end and it will be easy to catch a taxi or the metro back to your hotel.
No other tour offers such an authentic view of the real city of Naples, with its unique atmosphere, amazing architecture and intense flavors. Your perception of this exotic city will never be the same after you have cut through the myths and discovered why this city is so loved. This is truly Naples at its best.
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Duration: 8.75 hours
Type of Service: From Naples - Pompeii and Vesuvius Tour with Lunch and Wine Tasting
The Complete Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius Experience - Meet up with your expert local guide in the center of the fascinating city of Naples and hop aboard a comfortable private coach to head straight for the archaeological area of Pompeii. Your guide will prepare you for everything that’s in store on our Pompeii tours from Naples, sharing the captivating stories and history behind the fateful day in 79 AD when Mt. Vesuvius exploded in one of the most catastrophic eruptions ever, covering the area in a thick layer of ash and rubble.
Absorbing Explanations and Descriptions - Once we get to Pompeii you’ll benefit from skip-the-line, pre-booked entry and the expertise of an official local guide, as you walk this former port town’s main streets just as the ancient Romans did on stones that are still worn with tracks from the carts that tread them nearly 2,000 years ago. We’ll visit the forum, the center of Pompeii’s political and social life, the startling plaster death casts of the victims of the violent eruption that destroyed the city, as well as take a look inside intact dwelling complete with their porticoes, mosaics, and frescoes. The city’s baths and gymnasiums will also impress as you look across the millennia at a moment frozen in time forever.
An Epicurean Lunch with Local Food and Wine - After Pompeii, head up the lush slopes of Mt. Vesuvius itself to meet its most famous wine producer for a tasting of 6 fantastic native varieties produced from the volcanic soil right under your feet. Enjoy an inviting 3-course lunch of some of the region’s most delectable culinary delights, including cheeses, cured meats, pasta with local ‘piennolo’ heirloom tomatoes and a mouthwatering ‘pastiera napoletana’ pastry dessert with ricotta cheese and fruit. Admire sweeping views from the terrace over the surrounding countryside, and visit the vineyards and cellar with a careful explanation of the grape varietals and each step in the winemaking process from the family that owns them.
From here we’ll finish our ascent to the edge of Mt. Vesuvius’s crater. Take the chance to look an active volcano in the face on the 20-minute hike where you’ll get to look inside the caldera and take in the most breathtaking panoramas of the day. You’ll see Naples, the bay and the island of Capri from a height of over 4,200 feet, as well as bask in the pristine nature that surrounds you.
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Duration: 4 hours
Type of Service: Tasting Naples - Half Walking / Half Driving Tour
Book your private Food Tasting Tour and discover Naples with a walking tour through some of its well-known delicacies! Naples is one of the most ancient cities in Europe. It was founded by the Greeks and ruled by many different countries – Romans, Byzantines, Germans, Normans, French, Spanish and Austrians – that left an indelible mark not only on the cultural heritage of the city but also on its food tradition! The best way to explore a foreign city is to smell and taste it!
During the walking tour you will experience the thrill of traveling through time, history, architecture and culture and you will be able to enjoy some of the most important monuments of one of the oldest cities in Europe. Your local English Speaking Escort will bring you to some of the most beautiful areas and key locations: from the Royal Naples, the city’s modern heart, to the Historic Centre listed by Unesco as a World Cultural Heritage Site. This private excursion will take you to the boulevards, the churches, the squares, the narrow streets and the most prestigious buildings of the town (Royal Palace, the Maschio Angioino Castle, the Opera House, the Church of Santa Chiara and so on) to fully appreciate Naples’s historic charm. The town offers indeed a wide range of places that can be visited according to your interests and feelings.
Food is an important part of Naples cultural heritage, spirit and identity. Your tour escort will accompany you off the beaten path, through the lively narrow streets and hidden corners of the town to let you immerse inside the food scene of one of the greatest culinary centers of Italy: with your ultimate food experience you will have the chance to taste traditional local specialties such as the rich coffee tradition of the well-known Neapolitan Espresso, some of the local amazing pastries and the most popular delicacies of Naples bakery tradition. The Tarallo, local salty biscuit enriched with almonds and black pepper, the Pizza Margherita, the queen of Neapolitan and Italian food culture in the world and the famous Limoncello liqueur.
Meet your local expert guide and intimate group of just 10 people or fewer in the heart of Naples before embarking on this mind and palate-opening experience.
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