Italy
SARDINIA - BIRDS, FLOWERS & NURAGHI
Based in the lakeside town of Cabras, where the local fishermen still set out to sea in traditional... more
POMPEII WITH HERCULANEUM
Pompeii and Herculaneum, destroyed yet preserved by the volcanic catastrophe, offer... more
ROMAN & BYZANTINE RAVENNA
Today a small, tranquil town of cobbled streets, Ravenna was once one ofthe Mediterranean’s... more
BOLOGNA, MANTUA & PARMA
This tour absorbs the pictorial splendours of Bologna, Mantua and Parma and brings... more
VILLAS & GARDENS IN LAZIO
From the age of antiquity through the Renaissance and Baroque periods and up to the present... more
LUCCA PUCCINI FESTIVAL
Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, “the most fly-in-amber little town in the world”... more
FRIULI-VENEZIA-GIULIA
The province of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, occupying the north-east corner of Italy,... more
BAY OF NAPLES: AMALFI, POMPEII & HERCULANEUM
Naples, often chaotic and always exciting, is a bustling sea-port, a city justifiably... more
PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
The Piero della Francesca trail, made famous by the writings of John Pope Hennessy,... more
VERDI FESTIVAL IN PARMA
In 2004 the city of Parma inaugurated an annual festival to honour its most famous... more
HILL TOWNS OF UMBRIA
Perugia, Magione, Gubbio, Todi and Orvieto: the hill towns of Umbria – a region... more
FLORENCE & THE CITY STATES OF TUSCANY
Though technically part of the Holy Roman Empire, 15th century Florence thrived as an independent... more
LAND OF THE ETRUSCANS
A society of seafarers, merchants, metallurgists and farmers, the Etruscans can lay claim... more
PRINCELY COURTS OF NORTHERN ITALY
It was the princely regimes of northern Italy that generated much of Italy’s exceptional... more
THE ROME OF CARAVAGGIO & BERNINI
Michelangelo da Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571-1610), and Gian Lorenzo Bernini... more
SICILIAN BAROQUE
Distinguished by its exuberance and gaiety, its sweeping curves and grinning putti,... more
