(2 Nights – Welcome Dinner Party with wine, Dinner with wine, American Buffet breakfasts)
Upon arrival, we will head to check-in and relax at our sumptuous lake-front luxury hotel on famous Lake Maggiore. This evening we will have our Trip Welcome meeting and dinner party with wonderful Piedmontese wines overlooking the Lake.

Visit This morning we drive along the castle and garden strewn shores of Lake Maggiore into Italy’s Northern neighbour Switzerland for a relaxing lunchtime visit of Lugano, before heading to Lake Como for some free time there. Back at our beautiful hotel we will have some downtime before a good dinner with wine in the restaurant tonight.

(2 Nights – 2 Dinners with wine, American Buffet breakfasts). This morning we will have a leisurely departure to fully enjoy our arrivederci to the Italian lakes before we head south to Santa Margherita and the Italian Riviera. We visit the ancient Certosa di Pavia en route. After lunch at Santa Margherita we visit magic Portofino with free time before heading to Genova. Tonight we will have a Pesto Genovese dinner with wine at Genova’s lively historic port.

This morning we head to La Spezia to start our full day excursion to Porto Venere and the Five Lands, the Cinque Terre, with our local expert Pirate guide who will show us the coves and haunts where the first pirates to use the skull and crossbones came from. Later we return to Genova and our hotel for a Ligurian dinner with wine.

(2 Nights – 2 Dinners with wine, American Buffet breakfasts) Today we drive south along the Italian Riviera towards Florence. We will stop for lunch in the Lucca countryside, to have a wonderful winetasting lunch/dinner at a Tuscan Farmhouse vinery. Then we continue to Firenze, driving through the Arno River Valley. After we check into our hotel and enjoy some free time, this evening we will visit the old city center.

We start today with a guided walking sightseeing trough the Renaissance. We visit the Academy of fine arts with the famous David of Michelangelo, the Duomo, Giotto’s bell tower and the church of Santa Croce: Your afternoon is free for shopping for gold and leather, or for visiting some of the city’s important museums. Tonight we will enjoy a fabulous dinner with Chianti wines,Beef and music in a villa with views over the Tuscan Hills!

(2 Nights – 2 Dinners with wine, American Buffet breakfasts)
Today we leave beautiful Florence to head towards the Queen of the Adriatic, Venice. After crossing the Apennines we will stop for a lunchtime visit of Bologna, a real cultural capital and the home of some of Italy’s best culinary products. In the afternoon we arrive at our Venetian Palazzo hotel in Treviso—how sumptuous! Tonight’s dinner party with wine prepares us for La Serenissima tomorrow!

This morning your private cruise takes you to Murano for a demonstration of the beautiful art of glass-blowing in one of the few glass factory still existing! We will continue our cruise in the lagoon of Venice by private water taxi in order to be able to ride the Gran canal admiring the magnificent and elegant buildings, we will see the place where they filmed the “Italian job”, Rialto Bridge, fish market and reach one of the most great human creation -St. Mark’s Square ,were we’ll have time to admire the famous Doge’s Palace, St. Mark Basilica and off course more time to “get lost” trough the little streets and visit many famous and not, bridges! Time to explore, have lunch and enjoy a local Spritz.Later, slowly, (piano, piano) you will relax and ride one of the magical gondola of Venice with a beautiful serenade!What a different day, a city with no cars!Tonight ready for another magnificent Dinner with a nice Cabernet!

(1 Night – Dinner with wine, American Buffet breakfast)
Your day starts by driving north through the Prosecco valley on the spectacular and ancients Dolomites mountains. From the sea level to 4000 ft. in a breathtaking landscape and reach Cortina D’ Ampezzo, a beautiful mountain village. Then we continue to Bolzano chief town of the autonomous region of Sùd Tirol, indeed here you could speak three languages: German, Ladino(spoken also in some little Swiss valley) and off course “some” Italian! Enjoy the most northern Italian province town. Tonight dinner with a good wine or a good beer!

(1 Night – Dinner with wine, American Buffet breakfast)
This morning after breakfast we drive to another famous town, Verona. A nice walk will take us to Juliet’s balcony, in Shakespeare’s Italy! A 2000 year Roman Arena and beautiful –pedestrian “Corso”, with great shops and bars. After free time we drive to Milan capital of fashion and culture! Here your expert guide will show you the Galleria, aristocratic and old shopping center, the stunning Gothic Cathedral full of innumerable statues, and the famous Opera house La Scala. Then to the castle to see one of the Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings, La Pieta’ Rondanini by Michelangelo, among other great works. Tonight our “Last Supper” , we will say Arrivederci and off course enjoy the farewell dinner and a great Oltrepo’ wine!