Themed itineraries
Trips of a week or so, each built around a theme, with a route map, a day-by-day plan, indicative costs and practical tips.
Apennine villages
Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Rocca Calascio, Scanno, Castelluccio and Gubbio: eight days in Italy's mountain heart.
7 daysDante's Italy
Florence, Poppi, Gradara, Ravenna and Verona: seven days following Dante, from his birth to his exile.
6 daysAosta Valley castles
Bard, Verrès, Issogne, Fénis, Sarre and Mont Blanc: six days in the valley of castles.
8 daysPilgrim ways
San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, Siena, Spello and Assisi: eight days on foot along the Francigena and the Way of Saint Francis.
7 daysHot springs and spas
Montecatini, Bagno Vignoni, Bagni San Filippo, Saturnia and Viterbo: seven days soaking in Italy's hot springs.
9 daysThe Grand Tour
Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples: nine days on the route of Goethe, Byron and the young lords of the Grand Tour.
7 daysVerdi and opera
La Scala, Busseto, Parma, the Arena di Verona and La Fenice: seven days in the land of Verdi and opera.
8 daysLanghe and Tuscan wines
Barolo, Barbaresco, Chianti, Brunello and Vino Nobile: eight days in Italy's two great red wine regions.
8 daysThe Aeolian Islands
Lipari, Vulcano, Salina, Panarea and Stromboli: eight days among the volcanoes of the Aeolian Islands.
8 daysItaly by train
Bernina Express, Centovalli, Cinque Terre, Frecciarossa and Circumvesuviana: eight days crossing Italy by train.