A land of contrast and diverse experiences
Italy is a destination of contrasts and a moveable feast of diverse experiences. Just about everyone who travels to Italy falls in love with it. It offers a diversity that would suit every visitor from incredible cuisine, astonishing art and the latest in fashion.
Italy is located on the southern part of the European continent with the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italian travel conjures up cities that remain in anyone’s memory from Rome with its Imperial past, Milan a fashion capital and a commercial centre, to Florence and Venice which are virtual outdoor museums, Italy has something for everyone.
Travelling to Italy is not just about visiting cities, it is also about discovering its incredible regions. Tuscany with its hilly terrain and outstanding natural scenery, where one can hire a villa and experience semi rural Italian lifestyle shopping in the local markets and sipping wine in a beautiful sunny vineyard. Campania has its stunning coastline of the Amalfi coast featuring the city of Naples and the enchanting islands of Capri and Ischia and to its mountainous terrain of the hinterland.
Italy has so much to offer travellers, think of pizza, pasta, Chianti, Parmegiano, romantic cities, sunshine, mountains, misty lakes, roman ruins and renaissance palaces, one can spend weeks at this destination and it will never cease to stimulate your senses.
We at Concierge Traveller know Italian travel like no other with tens of years of experience of booking Italy travel. From Italian villas in Tuscany and other regions, driving tours throughout Italy, small group tours to culinary experiences sure to meet the taste of every discerning traveller.
Advisor tips for Italy
Hotels
Borgo Pietrafitta – Castellina –Tuscany
This Villa is located in the most picturesque area of Chianti. The surrounding area is covered with small traditional Italian villages and vineyards. The Villa itself has lots of character as it is a former hamlet restored to its former beauty. The Villa owner is very warm and welcoming; he is able to assist with any requests from transfers to restaurant recommendations making your stay a very memorable experience. - Jan
Restaurants
Antica Trattoria La Torre – Castellina – Chianti
This restaurant offers traditional Italian cuisine in the heart of Chianti. The food is very good quality using all local fresh produce.- Alan
Caffe Positano – Positano,Italy
This restaurant is located in an elevated position with gorgeous views over Positano and the sea. The quality of food and service is maybe some of the best in Positano. - Glenda
La Secrestia, near Pantheon, Rome
Inexpensive, very much local character and reservations needed as very popular with locals in quiet narrow street – Don
Tullio, Rome
Very much a local haunt but more exclusive than La Secrestia – Don
Leo in Santa Croce, Florence
Similar style to Tullio (above) in Rome – Don
Bars
Harrys Bar –Rome
Great place to dine with good quality Italian food. Popular with locals (in particular Red Ferrari owners – they tend to park them out the front) and tourist alike.- Paul
Harrys Bar Venice
Great place for a drink – Ernest Hemmingway’s favourite haunt. - Paul
Must Do Experiences
The Bob the cook –Tuscany
This is a great opportunity to have an amazing meal cooked for you in your villa. He will travel anywhere in Tuscany – he also provides cooking lessons so that you can take a piece of Tuscany home with you. - Glenda
Antica Macelleria Cecchine – Panzano -Tuscany
Dario – The Famous Butcher – he is famous for his cuts of the freshest meat, salt seasoning and salami. People travel from all overTuscanyto buy their meat from Dario. Just visiting the shop is an experience not to be missed. Dario provides cooking instructions for his favourite cuts in English for his customers. - Glenda
Special places to visit
Market days in Chianti
Enabling you to experience local village life and sample some of the local fresh produce. Saturday morning - Greve and Castellina, Sunday morning – Panzano (one of the only villages to offer a Sunday Market) - Glenda
A visit to Tuscanyisn’t complete without visiting Montalcino – south of Siena. It is famous for its Brunello red wine – which is a very fine red wine only made in this district.- Alan
Vatican City –Rome Italy
This is the smallest country in the world and probably owns some of the greatest artefacts in the world. The Sistine Chapel is a feat in itself. – Paul
The lakes region of Northern Italy
I call this area the paradise – It has to be experience to be believed. Every visitor must include this area on their touring itinerary. - John
Venice –Italy
I would highly recommend this city as it is one of the most romantic cities in the world. - John
UNSECO World Heritage sites in Italy
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Historic Centre of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Venice and its Lagoon
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
Crespi d’Adda
Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
Historic Centre of Naples
Historic Centre of Siena
Castel del Monte
Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna
Historic Centre of the City of Pienza
The Trulli of Alberobello
18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex
Archaeological Area of Agrigento
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua
Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
Costiera Amalfitana
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Villa Romana del Casale
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
Historic Centre of Urbino
Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
City of Verona
Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
Villa d’Este, Tivoli
Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
Monte San Giorgio
Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia
Val d’Orcia
Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
Mantua and Sabbioneta
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes
The Dolomites
Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.)
Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
