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Walks that begin before the crowds, meals with the people who cook them, and longer journeys that carry on through Italy. Every one is small enough to talk across.

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  • Rome from the Gianicolo in the first light of day: domes and rooftops under a pale peach haze, with the Alban Hills behind.

    Walks

    from€79per person

    Dawn on the Gianicolo, and a Roman breakfast

    Climb the Gianicolo before Rome wakes, watch the haze lift off the domes, then walk down into Trastevere for breakfast at the counter.

    Length
    3 hours
    Group
    Up to 8 people
    Meets at
    Piazzale Giuseppe Garibaldi, by the Garibaldi monument
    Includes
    • A local guide for the whole walk
    • Breakfast: a pastry and a coffee at a neighbourhood bar
    • A printed skyline map with the places we mention
  • The Colosseum's weathered arches glowing in low, warm light.

    History

    from€119per person

    The Forum, Palatine and Colosseum, before the crowds

    Be at the gate when it opens. Three hours with a guide who trained as an archaeologist, through the Forum, up the Palatine and into the Colosseum.

    Length
    3 hours 30 minutes
    Group
    Up to 10 people
    Meets at
    Outside Colosseo metro station, on Piazza del Colosseo
    Includes
    • A guide who trained as an archaeologist
    • The 24-hour Colosseum, Forum and Palatine ticket, with the timed Colosseum slot booked for you
    • Small group, never more than 10
  • The Pantheon's columned portico seen across an empty, dark cobbled Piazza della Rotonda in the blue hour before sunrise.

    History

    from€85per person

    The Pantheon, Piazza Navona and the Baroque lanes

    Go inside the Pantheon at the right time of day, then walk Piazza Navona and the lanes behind it with a guide who knows which door to look through.

    Length
    2 hours 30 minutes
    Group
    Up to 10 people
    Meets at
    Piazza della Rotonda, beside the obelisk fountain
    Includes
    • A local guide for the whole walk
    • Pantheon entry at the front of the queue
    • An espresso beside the Pantheon
  • A Trastevere lane of ochre and rose-pink houses with geraniums, hanging laundry and parked cars on cobbles.

    Food

    from€129per person

    Trastevere supper walk

    Aperitivo on a quiet piazza, then a long Roman supper in four stops across Trastevere, with a guide who has known the owners for years.

    Length
    3 hours 30 minutes
    Group
    Up to 8 people
    Meets at
    Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere, by the fountain
    Includes
    • All food and drink at four stops, including wine and water
    • A local guide who knows the owners
    • Dietary needs handled when you enquire (vegetarian, gluten-free, no pork)
  • A white bowl of spaghetti cacio e pepe heaped with grated pecorino and cracked black pepper, on a wooden table.

    Food

    from€149per person

    Testaccio market and a cacio e pepe class

    Start at the covered market in Testaccio with a local cook, buy your own ingredients, then learn to make cacio e pepe, supplì and a classic Roman dessert in a home kitchen.

    Length
    5 hours
    Group
    Up to 10 people
    Meets at
    Outside Piramide metro station
    Includes
    • A local cook as your teacher
    • All ingredients and equipment
    • Lunch at the table with wine and water
  • The ancient basalt paving of the Via Appia Antica running between a high stone wall and umbrella pines on a bright day.

    Outdoors

    from€99per person

    The Appian Way by e-bike

    Ride the old Roman road through the regional park by e-bike, with stops at tombs, an aqueduct and a catacomb, and a long lunch at a farm along the way.

    Length
    4 hours
    Group
    Up to 8 people
    Meets at
    EcoBike rental, Via Appia Antica 58/60
    Includes
    • A local guide who rides with the group
    • E-bike, helmet and a repair kit
    • Catacomb entry and a snack with water
  • Cypresses and clipped hedges in the Villa d'Este gardens, with the Sabine hills beyond.

    Day trips

    from€540per group

    Tivoli: Villa d'Este and Hadrian's Villa

    A private day with your own driver and guide: the Renaissance fountains of Villa d'Este, a long lunch in Tivoli and the ruins of Hadrian's vast country villa.

    Length
    9 hours
    Group
    Private, up to 6 people
    Meets at
    Your hotel in central Rome
    Includes
    • A private driver in a comfortable car
    • A private guide for both sites
    • Entry to Villa d'Este and Hadrian's Villa
  • Florence's Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio tower rising over terracotta roofs at dusk, with blue hills behind.

    Journeys

    from€3,150per person

    Rome, Florence and Venice in 7 days

    Two nights in Rome, two in Florence and two in Venice, with high-speed trains, small-group guiding and plenty of unplanned afternoons.

    Length
    7 days, 6 nights
    Group
    Up to 12 people
    Meets at
    Your hotel in central Rome, Day 1 at 17:00
    Includes
    • Six nights in comfortable hotels in central locations, sharing a double room
    • Breakfast daily and four dinners
    • High-speed train tickets with reserved seats
  • Positano's pastel houses stacked up a steep hillside above the sea in soft evening light.

    Journeys

    from€2,890per person

    Rome and the Amalfi Coast in 6 days

    Rome's ancient centre, then south by high-speed train to Pompeii, Sorrento and the cliff-hung towns of the Amalfi Coast, with a day on the Path of the Gods.

    Length
    6 days, 5 nights
    Group
    Up to 12 people
    Meets at
    Your hotel in central Rome, Day 1 at 17:00
    Includes
    • Five nights in comfortable hotels, sharing a double room
    • Breakfast daily and three dinners
    • High-speed train tickets, local trains and ferries on the coast
  • A line of cypress trees leading to a farmhouse on a green Tuscan hill under a pink and grey evening sky.

    Journeys

    from€4,680per person

    First Italy: Rome, Naples, Florence and Venice in 10 days

    Three nights in Rome, two in Naples with Pompeii, two in Florence and two in Venice. Fly into Rome and out of Venice, with a guide the whole way.

    Length
    10 days, 9 nights
    Group
    Up to 12 people
    Meets at
    Your hotel in central Rome, Day 1 at 17:00
    Includes
    • Nine nights in comfortable hotels, sharing a double room
    • Breakfast daily and six dinners
    • All rail travel, with reserved seats on the high-speed trains