Premium Tailor-made Holidays to Italy
We’re delighted to have teamed up with Moxley & Co, the experts in providing premium experiential tailor-made holidays, to showcase some rather delightful luxury itineraries throughout Italy. What we get wax-lyrical about when it comes to Moxley & Co’s trips is the intimate, local knowledge you’ll enjoy during any one of their tours. If you’d like to have a quick look at what they offer when it comes to Italy by viewing their website, click here. Alternatively, just below you’ll see a selection of Italian short breaks and self-drives that we’ve chosen to best highlight the holiday options that are available to you.
Explore Italy with these recommended curated self-drive holidays
Italian Lakes & Venice – Curated Self-Drive
10 day curated self-drive visiting the Italian Lakes, Milan, Verona & Venice including accommodation (B&B), private guided tours (Milan, Bellagio, Verona & Venice), wine tasting & traditional lunch in Lake Garda, typical local lunch in the Dolomites (inc Grappa tasting), car hire & return flights
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From £3,352pp
Discover Tuscany
– Curated Self-drive
7 day curated self-drive discovering magnificent Florence, Siena, the Chianti area, Montalcino and San Gimignano. Includes accommodation (B&B), welcome dinner, typical local lunch, cooking lesson followed by dinner, wine tasting, regional food tastings, car hire & return flights
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From £1,499pp
Enjoy a short break to Italy with one of these itineraries
Discover Rome Premium Experience
4 day Rome city break including 4* B&B accommodation at The Republic Hotel (or similar), 72 hour Explore with Roma Pass, semi-private walking tour, Moxley & Co/ AG Foodies Guide & return flights
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From £783pp
Florence & Tuscany Luxury Break
4 day Florence & Tuscany luxury short break. Includes luxury accommodation (B&B), welcome tasting dinner with paired wines, perfume and alchemy workshop, Chianti farm cooking class and wine tasting, Tuscan wine tastings & return scheduled flights
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From £2,739pp
Experience a multi-centre holiday in Italy
Genoa and Cinque Terre
8 day Genoa & Cinque Terre. includes, luxury accommodation (B&B), 2 nights Genoa & 5 nights Monterosso, private walking tour of Genoa, Monterosso with wine tasting and lunch in local restaurant, guided tour of the amazing Valley of the Temples, Ragusa Ibla – a UNESCO World Heritage site, Syracuse including wine tasting, private guided tour of Taormina, train tickets & return flights
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From £2,353pp
Jewels of Italy
7 day Rome, Florence & Venice multi-centre. Includes accommodation (B&B), walking tours, explore with Roma pass, Moxley & Co/ AG Foodies Guide, train tickets & return flights
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From £1,364pp
Venice & Rome Like a Local
6 day Venice & Rome twin-centre. Includes accommodation (B&B), local market tours, cooking class, food tour, Gondola ride a traditional dinner whilst in Rome, train tickets & return flights
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From £1,456pp
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Cities
Venice is undoubtedly one of the most iconic cities in the world. With canals reflecting the Venetian architecture, plazas and bridges, the city is shrouded in gothic drama and intrigue.
The medieval city of Verona in Italy’s Veneto region was built between the meandering Adige River. It’s most famous for being the setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet and The Verona Arena, a huge 1st-century Roman amphitheater, which now hosts concerts and large-scale opera performances.
The Tuscan city of Florence is where to head if you’re looking to explore the regions’ vineyards. The city itself is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture – the most exemplary sights is the Duomo cathedral.
Lakes
Our favourite lakes for a weeks’ holiday are Como and Garda, both located in the north of Italy. Como is best reached with a flight into Milan, while Garda is accessible from Verona. We’d always recommend hiring a car from either airport and taking the time to explore each of the respective lakes to best appreciate what they have to offer.
The calm waters of Lake Como allows for some rather fun watersport opportunities including windsurfing, sailing and rowing. Back on shore, café-lined promenades are the place to relax and while away the time people-watching.
What we love most about Lake Garda is the contrast between the wild and rugged north and the flatter south that is flanked by vineyards and olive groves.
Food & Drink
Many of the restaurants that you’ll find set along the cobbled piazzas of Italy boast outside dining which is how we’d choose to enjoy a delicious bolognese, carbonara or seafood dish. When the setting is so romantic, you can’t be anything but spellbound by the fabulous occasion of dining.
Antipasti are the appetisers that are great to share before opting for a starter or diving into the main meal. Besides the pizza or pasta dishes, if you choose meat or fish, you’ll most likely need to order a side as that will be served separately. Grilled vegetables are always on the menu for non-meat eaters.
History & Heritage
Where to start? Italy is blessed with some of the worlds’ most breathtaking architecture, renaissance period sculptures and monuments, and gorgeous terraced vineyards.
Italy is home to the most-famed artists in history. You’ll find works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Donatello, Caravaggio and da Vinci in Milan, the Vatican, Florence, Venice and Rome.
Regardless of where you are in the country, there will always be something vying for your attention – a grand bridge, a mesmerising fountain, a line of cypress trees, a gelateria serving pistachio ice cream…