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Hands On Pasta and Gelato Cooking Class in LUCCA

★ 5.0 (14)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Hands On Pasta and Gelato Cooking Class in LUCCA

Roll up your sleeves in Lucca for three hours of hands-on pasta and gelato making with a local chef who sources from Tuscan farms and producers. You'll shape two varieties of fresh pasta from scratch, then churn creamy gelato whilst learning the foundations of regional cooking. Small groups mean real attention and conversation with your instructor and fellow food enthusiasts. All ingredients and tastings are included.

3 hoursfrom AUD $120

★ 5.0 (14)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Amalfi Coast Tour

Eight to nine hours exploring three dramatic villages clinging to Italy's southern coastline. You'll spend time wandering Positano's stacked pastel buildings, stand before Amalfi's cathedral, and climb to Ravello's clifftop piazzas where views stretch across the Tyrrhenian Sea. A local driver navigates the winding coastal roads, stopping at artisan ceramics workshops and scouting photography spots along the way. Lunch recommendations and restaurant tips included.

8 hours – 9 hoursfrom AUD $1155

Sailing boat tour in the La Maddalena archipelago

★ 5.0 (14)

🐠 Water Activities

Italy

Sailing boat tour in the La Maddalena archipelago

Explore the La Maddalena archipelago by sailing boat, discovering secluded beaches and hidden coves away from the crowds. This seven-hour voyage aboard a modern vessel takes you to intimate anchorages where turquoise waters meet granite shores. Along the way, enjoy a full spread of local fare: aperitif and snacks, fresh pasta, dessert, wine and coffee included. A leisurely introduction to Sardinia's northeastern islands.

Sicilian Cooking Course in Agrigento

Learn to cook Sicilian classics at Annalisa's home in Agrigento over four hours. You'll work with seasonal local ingredients to prepare traditional recipes that have been passed down through generations. The day culminates in sitting down together to eat what you've made, paired with regional wine and stories that illuminate the island's food culture.

Private Tour of the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

Skip the Vatican queues with a private three-hour guide through the Museums, navigating galleries at your own pace before reaching the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica. Your guide steers you toward quieter corners and the unmissable masterworks, with morning or afternoon slots available depending on crowd flow. You'll move through Renaissance and classical collections without the usual throngs of tour groups blocking sightlines.

3 hoursfrom AUD $275

★ 5.0 (14)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Amalfi coast driving tour

Explore the [Amalfi coast](/places/amalfi-coast)'s clifftop villages and coastal views over eight hours in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver. You control the itinerary—your driver suggests prime stops and viewpoints, but the choice of where to linger, what to eat, and which detours to take stays yours. All transport costs, parking, and entry fees are covered.

Pasta Cooking Lesson and Lunch on Garda Lake

Roll up your sleeves at a working kitchen near Riva del Garda to learn how pasta shapes are formed from just semolina and water, then discover which sauce matches each type. You'll prep your creations during the 4.5-hour session, which concludes with a leisurely lunch featuring the pasta you've made alongside seasonal dishes from the venue's organic garden, paired with local wine or beer whilst taking in views across the hills.

Perfect Day Sailing Tours - Maddalena Archipelago

Spend eight hours sailing through the Maddalena Archipelago's gin-clear waters aboard a small boat crewed by two skippers. With just ten guests maximum, you'll explore sheltered coves and granite islands off Sardinia's northeast coast, stopping to swim, snorkel, and paddle. The crew speaks German, English, and Italian, and the day includes lunch, drinks, snorkelling kit, and SUP boards.

Private tour from Castellammare del Golfo to San Vito Lo Capo

This eight-hour private boat tour departs Castellammare del Golfo and traces the Sicilian coast to San Vito Lo Capo in a nimble 11–12 metre rubber dinghy carrying up to 12 passengers. Unlike larger vessels, these smaller craft access hidden coves and shallow beaches throughout the Zingaro Reserve and around Scopello, allowing swimming stops in genuinely turquoise water. You'll explore sea caves, anchor in secluded bays, and finish with lunch and a village wander in San Vito Lo Capo.

8 hoursfrom AUD $2380

★ 5.0 (14)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Pisa: Private local food tour

Spend 90 minutes to two hours eating through Pisa with a local who knows where the best food lives. You'll start with an aperitivo, then move between neighbourhood spots sampling Pappa al Pomodoro, Cecina, and other Tuscan staples. Your guide unpacks the history behind each dish—why locals eat what they eat, and how Pisan food reflects the city itself. Finish with something sweet. This is a private tour, so the pace is yours and the conversation goes where it wants to go.

1h 30m – 2 hoursfrom AUD $248

Private Guided Tour Of Capri - Sorrento & Pompeii

★ 5.0 (14)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Private Guided Tour Of Capri - Sorrento & Pompeii

A full-day private tour linking three iconic Campania destinations: the exclusive island retreat of Capri, the clifftop town of Sorrento, and the haunting Roman ruins of Pompeii. Your driver and guide handle transport from Naples to the Sorrento pier, where you'll board a hydrofoil to Capri, then backtrack through Sorrento before finishing at Pompeii's excavations. Eight to nine hours of curated sightseeing with all transfers and entrance coordination sorted.

8 hours – 9 hoursfrom AUD $1915

I segreti di una pasta perfetta con Dora

★ 5.0 (14)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

I segreti di una pasta perfetta con Dora

Learn to shape orecchiette by hand from Dora, a seasoned Pugliese cook, in this 90-minute workshop designed for pairs or small groups. You'll master the dough technique using only your hands and basic ingredients, then take home your fresh pasta. The session opens with a chilled aperitivo made from farm produce, and wraps with coffee or tea. No machines, no shortcuts—just traditional method passed through generations in southern Italy's kitchens.

Family Ferrata

A guided introduction to rock climbing tailored for families with children. This four-hour session in Italy combines real wall climbing with nature observation, cable transport, and gentler via ferrata walking routes. Kids gain hands-on experience whilst parents develop or refine their skills, all supervised by an alpine guide with full safety equipment provided. Perfect for families wanting to explore climbing together in a structured, secure environment.

Private Transfer: Positano to Naples or Vice Versa

Skip the crowds and unpredictable schedules of Naples or Positano's public transport. This private transfer whisks you between the two cities in a modern, air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver who knows the route. Your car is reserved for your group alone, with transparent pricing—no surprises at the journey's end. The driver handles navigation so you can relax and watch the Campania coastline unfold.

Ravenna Mosaics and Art - Half day private guided tour

This guided walk through Ravenna unpacks the city's extraordinary mosaic heritage spanning the 5th and 6th centuries. A professional guide steers you through Early-Christian and Byzantine treasures accumulated when the city was a powerhouse of the Roman empire. Two and a half hours is genuinely enough to absorb the best of what remains—glittering tile work that still commands attention across fifteen centuries.

Transfer from Sorrento to Naples airport or station

Door-to-door private car service whisking you from Sorrento to Naples airport or central station in about an hour to 90 minutes. Your driver handles the route while you relax in an air-conditioned vehicle, no hassle with public transport or rental logistics. Straightforward point-to-point transfer designed to get you where you need to be on time.

1 hour – 2 hoursfrom AUD $158

Private Taormina Sunset walking Tour with Aperitif

★ 5.0 (14)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Private Taormina Sunset walking Tour with Aperitif

Explore Taormina's medieval heart as golden light drapes its baroque facades and narrow lanes. This 2.5-hour private walking tour winds through the town's most striking piazzas and historic buildings—Palazzo Corvaja, the Odeon, ancient churches, Piazza IX Aprile—while your guide unpacks local stories. The evening air carries citrus and seafood; live music drifts from doorways. After the walk, settle onto a rooftop terrace overlooking smoking Etna and the glittering Ionian coast, where an aperitif and light plates arrive as the light fades.

Uffizi Gallery Florence Exclusive Guided Museum Tour

Step into [Florence](/places/florence)'s most-visited museum for a 2.5-hour private walkthrough of Renaissance masterworks. Your dedicated guide leads you through the Uffizi's galleries, unpacking paintings and sculptures by Michelangelo, da Vinci and their contemporaries. All entrance fees included; wheelchair accessible throughout. You'll need moderate fitness and your mobile number for entry.

Cesarine: Pasta & Tiramisu Class at Local's Home in Genoa

Cook two pasta dishes and tiramisu from scratch in a Genovese home kitchen with a passionate local cook. This three-hour private class covers the techniques behind the region's signature pasta shapes and Italy's most beloved dessert. You'll prepare everything yourself, then sit down to eat your creations with local wines, water, and coffee included. Perfect for families and anyone wanting to take genuine Italian cooking skills back home.

Private Pizza & Tiramisu Class at a Cesarina's home with tasting in Verona

Learn to stretch and top pizza dough, then build proper tiramisu in a Veronese home kitchen with a trained home cook. This three-hour private class covers both dishes from scratch, finishing with you eating what you've made alongside regional wines. Le Cesarine connects travellers with passionate home cooks across Italy who teach the way Italian families actually cook—no restaurant theatrics, just solid technique passed down through generations. Families welcome.

Research Your Ancestors in Sicily from Cruise Terminal of Messina

Track down your family roots in Sicily with a private driver departing from Messina cruise terminal. Over 3–8 hours, you'll visit the town where your ancestors were born, dig through local records, and taste genuine Sicilian cooking at a neighbourhood trattoria. Your driver handles logistics while you focus on the search. Customise your itinerary at booking—whether you need an archivist contact, specific village access, or dietary requirements, just flag it.

3 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $1665

Cesarine: Market Tour & Cooking Class at Local's Home in Lucca

★ 5.0 (14)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Cesarine: Market Tour & Cooking Class at Local's Home in Lucca

Start at Lucca's bustling market with a local cook, then head to her home to learn three regional specialities from scratch. You'll prep, cook and eat together at her table, sampling dishes with Luccan wines. This 4.5-hour class runs in small groups and includes everything—market visit, hands-on instruction, a proper three-course meal, and drinks—with a cook who knows her city's food inside out.

Tour to the Arena di Verona at the Gladiator's Time

Walk through Verona's Arena with a licensed guide who unpicks nearly two millennia of Roman engineering and gladiatorial history. This hour-long tour traces the structure's ingenious design—from external gates through hidden passageways to the arena floor itself—while revealing how the building has shifted and transformed over centuries. You'll finish in the amphitheatre's most atmospheric corners, then have free time to linger as long as you wish.

1 hourfrom AUD $233

★ 5.0 (14)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Italy

Private Rome Experience

Spend eight hours exploring Rome with a private local guide who shapes the itinerary to your interests and pace. You'll skip queues at the [Colosseum](/places/colosseum), Vatican Museums and St Peter's Basilica, then venture beyond the major sites into quieter neighbourhoods and neighbourhood trattorias where Romans actually eat. A private driver ferries you throughout, and your guide reveals the lesser-known corners that make the city tick rather than just the postcard version.

8 hoursfrom AUD $3331

★ 5.0 (14)

🏔 Adventure & Sports

Italy

Ferrari GTC4Lusso Road Test Drive

Take the wheel of a Ferrari GTC4Lusso and drive the roads surrounding Maranello where automotive legend was born. This 10-minute to 2-hour experience puts you behind the controls of one of Ferrari's most capable grand tourers, with a professional instructor on hand as you explore the winding routes that define Italian motoring heritage. Feel the car's raw acceleration on open stretches and discover what engineering excellence feels like from the driver's seat.

10 min – 2 hoursfrom AUD $233

Guided Winery Tour with Top Tastings & Lunch in Bolgheri with Local Wine Guide

★ 5.0 (14)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Guided Winery Tour with Top Tastings & Lunch in Bolgheri with Local Wine Guide

Spend six hours in Bolgheri with Francesca and Margarethe, both WSET Level 3–certified guides living in this coastal Tuscan enclave. You'll visit two carefully selected estates producing world-class Supertuscans like Sassicaia and Masseto, taste their wines directly at source, and break for lunch at a neighbourhood restaurant. The pair share local knowledge of the region's winemaking heritage and its most celebrated producers, whether you're returning to favourite labels or discovering new ones.

Tour in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples with an archaeologist

Spend two hours with an archaeologist exploring Naples' Archaeological Museum, one of Europe's finest collections of Greek and Roman artefacts. Your guide navigates you through the Farnese Collection—amassed by Charles of Bourbon in the 18th century—before moving to finds excavated from Pompeii and the slopes of Vesuvius. You'll encounter sculptures, mosaics, and everyday objects that reveal how people actually lived in antiquity, far beyond textbook narratives.

Rome: Jewish Ghetto and the Great Synagogue Private Walking Tour

Walk through Rome's Jewish Ghetto with an archaeologist guide on this three-hour private tour. Established in 1555 under papal decree, this densely built quarter tells the story of centuries of Roman Jewish life. Visit the imposing Great Synagogue and the Jewish Museum to understand how this community persisted through restriction and resilience. The tour covers the neighbourhood's physical geography—hemmed in by the Tiber and city walls—and its profound cultural significance.

Private Boat Tour on the Amalfi Coast

Chart the dramatic Amalfi coastline by private boat, cruising between Maiori and Positano whilst your skipper navigates hidden coves and dramatic rock formations. Choose between a leisurely 4-hour coastal loop or an extended 7-hour voyage that reaches the Furore Fjord and Li Galli Island, with optional visits to sea caves. The sunset option tops things off with prosecco as Positano's cliffside architecture glows golden.

2 hours – 7 hoursfrom AUD $1332

★ 5.0 (14)

🏔 Adventure & Sports

Italy

Mini rafts, Sesia river

Take the helm of your own mini-raft or kayak down Italy's Sesia River in this three-hour self-guided descent. Unlike traditional rafting where a guide steers, you'll pilot these nimble, two-person inflatable boats through rapids and calm sections, with a qualified coach nearby to talk you through technical spots. The compact craft handle low water brilliantly, making this a flexible option for river runners wanting to test their own skills.

Centenary Balsamic Vinegar of Modena - Acetaia Tour & Tasting

Step into a family-run acetaia in Modena to discover how century-old balsamic vinegar comes to life. This one-hour guided tour walks you through the production process across wooden barrel rooms stacked with ageing vinegar, followed by a tasting of the finished product. You'll learn the techniques passed down through generations that transform grape must into the region's most prized condiment.

Lake Como Boat Tour Bellagio, Varenna & Menaggio Scenic Cruise

Cruise Lake Como aboard an elegant Venetian-style boat fitted with a panoramic cabin, stopping at your chosen villages and lakeside villas. This 2-hour private charter accommodates up to 10 people and lets you set the pace—linger in Bellagio's waterfront cafés, explore Varenna's pastel houses, or simply drift past the architectural gems dotting the shoreline. Your skipper navigates the route flexibly, so whether you're after a romantic evening or casual sightseeing, the itinerary bends to suit you.

2 hoursfrom AUD $1082

★ 5.0 (14)

🐠 Water Activities

Italy

From Stintino: sailing trip to Asinara

An eight-hour sailing voyage from Stintino aboard a traditional wooden gozzo explores the rugged northern Sardinian coastline and Asinara National Park. You'll anchor at remote coves with transparent waters for swimming, land at Cala Reale to walk through untouched terrain, and return to the boat for a spread of local cured meats, handmade pasta with sausage ragù, and Sardinian desserts. The skipper and onboard naturalist share knowledge of the island's heritage as you drift between swimming stops on Asinara's eastern shore.

Luxury Civitavecchia to Rome Private Transfer

Skip the coach queues at Civitavecchia and arrive in Rome in a private Mercedes, piloted by a multilingual driver who knows the city. This one-way transfer covers the 75-minute journey from port to your hotel, with climate control, generous boot space for luggage, and the kind of unhurried service that lets you decompress after a cruise. Vehicles are regularly sanitised and drivers follow current safety protocols.

Private transfer from Napoli to Sorrento with stopover in Pompeii ruins

Drive from Naples to Sorrento in a private vehicle with a two-hour pause at Pompeii's archaeological site. Your driver handles luggage while you explore the Roman ruins, leaving you free to wander at your own pace. The four-hour journey includes air-conditioned transport, onboard WiFi, and bottled water. A guide isn't part of the package, though you can arrange one separately if booked ahead.

4 Hours Private Boat Tour of Capri

Explore Capri's hidden coves and dramatic coastline aboard a private vessel with an experienced skipper who knows the island's best-kept spots. This 3–4 hour tour covers secluded beaches, sea caves, and rocky outcrops inaccessible from land. Your boat comes equipped with towels, refreshments, and snacks, allowing you to swim, sunbathe, and soak in the Mediterranean without leaving your floating base. The skipper handles navigation while you focus on the scenery and the crystalline waters below.

3 hours – 4 hoursfrom AUD $933

Boat tour Pillirina, sea caves Syracuse and Ortigia

★ 5.0 (14)

🐠 Water Activities

Italy

Boat tour Pillirina, sea caves Syracuse and Ortigia

A two-hour boat journey launching from Ortigia that traces Syracuse's dramatic coastline, weaving past the city's historic landmarks before heading south to explore the sea caves and marine reserve around Pillirina. You'll navigate past the cathedral, Bourbon prison and Maniace castle, then venture beyond the city walls to discover the limestone grottoes and protected coastal stretches that define this corner of Sicily's Ionian coast.

Private Boat Tour to Positano

Spend 7–8 hours exploring the Amalfi coastline by private boat, departing from Sorrento and heading toward Positano. You'll anchor for several hours in Positano itself, giving you time to wander the pastel-coloured streets and waterfront cafés. Multiple swimming stops punctuate the journey, with snorkelling gear provided for dips into translucent waters. The Li Galli islands—accessible only by sea—make a dramatic detour. Aperitifs and snacks keep things pleasant between swims.

7 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $2163

Visit and Private Tasting of EVO Oil and Organic Wine

★ 5.0 (14)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

Visit and Private Tasting of EVO Oil and Organic Wine

Spend ninety minutes at Baglio Ingardia, an 18th-century Sicilian estate, tasting small-batch extra virgin olive oil and organic wines alongside their makers. You'll walk the working farm, learn how each product comes together, and taste your way through the harvest's best—grounded in the landscape and history that shaped them. Water and light snacks included.

Half-Day Private Trip from Cagliari to Barumini in Su Nuraxi

A four-hour private excursion from Cagliari south to Barumini, centring on Su Nuraxi—a Bronze Age nuraghe complex that reveals how ancient Sardinians built and lived. Your guide drives you through rural heartland and small villages, offering genuine glimpses of island life beyond the capital. The journey includes a panoramic overview of Cagliari itself, threading together archaeology, landscape, and contemporary Sardinian character in a single outing.

4 hoursfrom AUD $500

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