Pricing
Departures: Throughout the year as a private journey.
Prices:
Investigating Italy:
Per person sharing room from $8,890 for an 11-day sample itinerary
Lakes Extension:
Per person sharing room from $5,880 for a six-day sample extension
Amalfi Coast Extension:
Per person sharing room from $3,980 for a four-day sample extension
For more information, to book, or to speak to an R. Crusoe & Son tour specialist, please call us at 800-585-8555.
What Makes This Journey Best?
Main Tour: Investigating Italy
- Option to cruise to the Venice's Lagoon Islands by private launch.
- Enjoy "no-wait" entry into the Galleria dell’Academia, the Uffizi, and the Vatican museums.
- Private contrada tour in Siena.
- In Chianti, take a private wine estate tour and have a tasting.
Pre-Tour: Ravishing Italian Lakes
- Explore Lake Como on a full-day excursion by private boat.
- Visit Stresa and the historic Borromean Islands in Lake Maggiore.
Post-Tour: Romantic Amalfi Coast
- Trace the famous corniche along Amalfi's dramatic coast.
- Poke around the hill towns of Amalfi, Ravello, and Positano.
- Visit romantic Capri via hydrofoil.
- Stay in hand-selected rooms at Le Sirenuse or Il San Pietro.
Local Flavor
Italy, like her cuisine, is best savored slowly- one day, one person, one meal, one museum at a time. This is a country steeped in history, the arts, religion, intrigue, and divine food. Travelers can't help but abandon themselves to its passion. Whether standing in awe beneath the ceiling of a spectacular chapel or spending an afternoon in a
caffè over a steaming espresso, one finds that Italy leaves an incredible mark. Years later, a song, a particular purple sky, or an Italian phrase mentioned in conversation brings back memories of an incomparable journey.
Investigating Italy.
This is an 11-day sample itinerary. Remember that R. Crusoe can create an Italy journey of any length to meet your exact specifications.
Ah Italy. If you've been mulling over the idea of revisiting the Boot, the time is now. Never been? Don't wait another minute.
R. Crusoe has come up with a wise approach to Italy. We Investigating Italy (Venice, Florence, Siena, and Rome), which you can read about below. Consider adding an extension to the Ravishing Italian Lakes (Lake Maggiore, Lake Como, and Verona) or a four-day extension to the Romantic Amalfi Coast (Pompeii, the Amalfi Coast, and Capri). Or go whole hog, and do all three. Customize the journey to your exact tastes and time limits.
There's a selection of top hotels and resorts along the route, and we've secured our favorite Italian guides just for you and yours.
What could be more perfect?
Investigating Italy. Venice first, city of enchantment. Think life inside a Canaletto canvas. Piazza San Marco. The Doges’ Palace. Glorious time on your own. Opt to island-hop in the lagoon—to Murano, Torcello, and Burano. Each boasts its own distinct personality.
Travel to Florence by first-class rail. Pack your walking shoes; this is a city best approached on foot. From the Duomo, spin off to the Baptistry. Your guide points out the greatest masterpieces on a tour through the Galleria dell'Accademia. Skip the inevitable entry lines—we have reservations. Consider a side-trip to Modena for a lesson in the production of balsamic vinegar on a family farm.
Deep inside Tuscany to Siena, scene of the annual breakneck Palio horse race. Our guide fills us in on the event and the neighborhoods represented by the riders. Stop at a wine estate for a private tasting of Super-Tuscans and more.
Back in Florence, more art, this time at the Uffizi, where our guide sheds light on the museum's highlights by Botticelli, Giotto, et al. Once again, our reservations mean there’s no waiting in line to enter.
Finally, train to Rome, where we check in to a luxury hotel. Once settled, we divide our time between explorations of imperial Rome and the Vatican, a complex of 11 museums with more treasures than you can image.
Ravishing Italian Lakes Extension.
This is a six-day sample extension. Remember that R. Crusoe can create an Italian Lakes journey of any length to meet your exact specifications.
The Italian lakes, especially Como, have been a magnet for composers, poets, writers, and royalty for centuries. See why. Board a private launch to Tremezzo and Villa Carlotta. The formal gardens are a knock-out (we understand the princess who lent her name to the place was, too).
In Bellagio, Pliny built his Villa Tragedia, and later Steve Wynn got inspiration for his Las Vegas hotel (we still like the original better).
On a lake cruise, tour the cluster of islands owned by the Borromeo Dynasty, power brokers in this part of Italy for generations.
We leave the lakes behind for Verona, next. Colonized by the Romans in 89 B.C., enlarged during the Dark Ages, and gilded in the Renaissance. In total, today it is a glorious mishmash of artifacts, including Juliet's balcony.
Romantic Amalfi Coast Extension.
This is a four-day sample extension. Remember that R. Crusoe can create an Amalfi Coast journey of any length to meet your exact specifications.
Gather in Rome and head south to the Amalfi Coast via Pompeii, where, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius blew its stack and created an eternal moment in time for the residents there. See clearly into the past with remnants left behind. It’s an eerie and poignant visit.
Nearby Positano hangs a thousand feet above the sea. It's a holiday destination you ought not miss. Trace the Amalfi Coast—the charming towns of Amalfi, Ravello, Positano. Then board a hydrofoil for a trip to the island of Capri, a magical place and the spot of choice for Roman emperors to go mad.
Hydrofoil back to the Italian mainland for your flight home.
Viva Italia.
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