Italy From Top to Bottom
Everyone is more or less familiar with Italian culture, from watching movies, learning about the Roman Empire, or simply eating pizza. But not until you arrive in the country do you realize that everything you thought you knew is really just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Every region—every town even—has a unique personality, so no matter how many times you visit Italy, you’re always left with the craving for more.
Jun 18 – 20, 2024: Milan (2 nights)
Jun 20 – 23, 2024: Venezia (3 nights)
Jun 23 – 26, 2024: Sicily (3 nights)
Jun 26 – 30, 2024: Sorrento (4 nights)
Jun 30 – Jul 4, 2024: Rome (4 nights)
In June, Italy experiences warm and sunny weather with temperatures typically ranging from 20°C to 30°C (68°F to 86°F) across the country. The coastal regions, such as Sicily and the Amalfi Coast, offer pleasant sea breezes, while cities like Rome, Milan, and Venice can get a bit hot and humid.
To get ready for your trip, read our personalized guide to Italy including practical information like:
- Tipping Guidelines
- Packing Lists
- Useful Italian Words
- What Foods to Try
- and more!
For any issues on the ground such as finding your guide, arriving late to a pick up, etc., it's best to contact your local guides for immediate assistance.
- Milan, Venice, Sorrento, Rome: A phone number will be provided
- Sicily: A phone number will be provided
You can also reach Scenset our Emergency Line.
- Scenset Emergency Line: A phone number will be provided
Whereas most parts of Italy feel like stepping into ancient history, Milan is emphatically modern. You’ll still find landmarks like Italy’s biggest cathedral and frescos painted by da Vinci, but the high fashion, skyscrapers, and trendsetting restaurants give the city a 21st-century undertone. Designer shopping is just as much a part of Milanese culture as aperitivo, the local version of happy hour where drinks are usually accompanied by a buffet of Italian snacks.
Your greeter will assist you with luggage and customs upon arrival at Linate Airport. Look for your greeter holding a sign with your name upon exiting the jet bridge (or exiting the shuttle bus if applicable).
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Upon arrival at Milan Linate Airport, meet your driver upon exiting baggage claim for a private transfer to your hotel.
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Visit the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie for an exclusive, private viewing of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece: Il Cenacolo (the “Last Supper”). Along with a licensed private English-speaking art historian as your guide, you will reap the rewards of the experience of being alone with this seminal artwork.
The next stop of the tour is the church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, considered the Sistine Chapel of Milan, where you can admire its beautiful and intricate paintings. Finally, become familiarized with the sprawling metropolis of Milan, using your personal driver to take you round the city’s touristic hotspots.
Pick-Up Time: In the afternoon
Pick-Up Location: Hotel Lobby
Contact Number: will be provided
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In Italy, the main cathedral in any city is called the duomo, but when people talk about the Duomo, they're referring to the one in Milan and it's easy to see why. It's the third largest church in the world and took over six centuries to complete.
A guide will take you directly from viewing The Last Supper to the Duomo.
End Time: Evening
Dining recommendations will be provided closer to your travel date, and reservations can be made on your behalf.
Italy’s most famous lake is best known for its celebrity residents, but these shores have been home to the glitterati since Ancient Roman times. Just a short train ride away from Milan, Como mixes the scenery of an alpine lake with the climate of a Mediterranean beach, perfect for boating on summer afternoons. Meanwhile, the waterfront villas peppered around the lake are some of the most sought-after accommodations in all of Italy.
You'll be picked up this morning from your hotel in private transfer for the ride up to Lake Como.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Journey: about 1 hour
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Lake Como is Italy's glimmering gem that is famous for its luxury escapes. Discover the beautiful lake and its magnificent villas with our exciting full-day tour. Take a private boat from Como and view the lakes’ most important private villas. Continue the tour along the Strada Regina and admire the lakefront villas before stopping at the magnificent Villa Balbianello. The tour culminates in Bellagio where you enjoy a guided visit of the charming town.
Duration: A few hours
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Enjoy lunch at one of the most iconic villas in all of Italy: the Villa d'Este. Your skipper will drop you off directly at the restaurant's pier.
Find the menu here.
Reservation Time: Around midday.
After lunch, meet your driver for a transfer back to Milan.
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Visit Venice the right way and you can’t help but fall in love. The majesty of San Marco Square and the Rialto Bridge is drowned out by the crowds and tacky souvenir shops, but a more authentic and mysterious Venice is just outside of the tourist center. Put down your phone’s map and wander the labyrinthine alleyways, discovering the neighborhoods still lived in by locals with their artisan shops, low-key cicchetti bars, and cozy restaurants overlooking the canals.
Meet your driver at the hotel lobby for a private transfer to the Milan train station.
Pick-Up Time: In the morning
Contact Number: will be provided
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Your reservation number and tickets are found below.
PNR Code: GJNG35
Car: 2
Seats: 8A, 9A, 9B
Ticket for a passenger.
Ticket for a passenger.
Ticket for a passenger.
Meet your greeter upon arrival at Venice Santa Lucia train station for a boat ride through the canals to your hotel.
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- Club del Doge is a gourmet restaurant decorated in Venetian style, with a highly elegant and romantic ambience.
- Antinoo’s Lounge, situated in the luxurious Centurion Palace hotel, a decidedly designer-style decor. Colourful, modern and imaginative cuisine created by a young chef takes pride of place on the menu.
- Osteria da Fiore, an osteria in name only, this restaurant has an elegant ambience. You will enjoy Venetian cuisine, as a skilled chef combines traditional local dishes with their own personal touch.
- La Colombina is a delightful family-run restaurant that's small in size, but large in offering delicious dishes that speak of Venetian and Italian tradition offered in a modern key.
- Il Ristorante Adriatica has been a surprise hit with locals, partly because the 60s-esque decor is so different to most Venetian restaurants, but also for well-turned-out dishes such as spaghetti alla vongole.
- Oro is a 1-Michelin Star restaurant in the Belmond Cipriani.
Venice is known not only for its stunning canals and elegant architecture but also for the several types of handicrafts that are unique to the region. Explore Venice the right way by taking to her waters and discovering her unique artistic treasures.
During your journey across the Venetian lagoon to the islands of Murano and Burano, you will learn about traditional artisan crafts. This unique tour takes you behind the scenes of these studios, you get an in-depth look at how these beautiful crafts are created.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Pick-Up Location: Hotel lobby
Contact Number: will be provided
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Head out from your hotel to the Accademia Boat Dock to meet your gondolier for a gondola ride. The boat dock is a 7-minute walk from your hotel.
Click here for walking directions.
There's nothing more quintessential than a gondola ride through the canals of Venice. Take to the water in your private vessel with one of Venice's famously charming gondoliers for a romantic ride lasting around half an hour.
Meeting Time: In the afternoon
Meeting Location: Accademia Boat Dock
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After your gondola ride, you'll get the chance to drive your own. Walk back to your hotel for a quick chance to freshen up. A guide will meet you at your hotel lobby.
There's nothing iconic than a gondola ride through the canals of Venice. Take to the water in your private vessel with one of Venice's famously charming gondoliers. But instead of just being a passenger, take hold of the oar!
Take to the waters in an 18th-century-style gondola! Learn to navigate this glamorous, authentic boat under the expert guidance of your own private instructor. After a quick safety briefing from your private instructor, you will board a stabilized, learner’s gondola - specially designed so no one can fall in the water! After familiarising yourself with the rowing techniques within the safety of a small port, you will take a trip down the smaller canals of Venice, just like any real gondolier. Passing beneath bridges and through canals before returning to shore for an aperitivo.
Pick-Up Time: Afternoon
Pick-Up Location: Hotel lobby
End Time: Early evening
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Nowhere in Italy mixes landscape, culture, and history quite like Sicily. In the span of a day, you can hike a spewing volcano, go for a swim in the crystalline sea, take photos of Baroque architecture, and gawk at ruins so old that they make the Colosseum look young. Even Sicilian cuisine is something unique, where couscous is as common as pasta and gelato isn’t served in a cup or a cone but rather a freshly baked brioche bun—the ultimate ice cream sandwich.
You'll be picked up this morning by boat and taken to the airport by water.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Contact Number: will be provided
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Upon arrival at the airport, you'll receive your boarding passes when you check in your luggage at the counters.
Reservation: will be provided
Airline: Ryanair
Flight Number: will be provided
Seats: will be provided
Fare: Checked Bag (20kg), Priority Boarding & 2 Cabin Bags
Meet your driver upon exiting baggage claim for a private transfer to your hotel.
Driver: will be provided
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Set high above Taormina, Al Saraceno has a fabulous view, with an elevated terrace overlooking the glittering city, Ionian Sea and Mount Etna. It’s built underneath the rock church of Madonna della Rocca and the medieval Saracen Castle. Pizza is the name of the game here, but the chef also serves up traditional Sicilian seafood specialities, including mussels and grilled fish of the day.
The organic restaurant of your hotel offers a candid cooking style which brings old local wisdom back into life, an informal inn, a home to old traditions and to guests.
Born in 2014 as a wine bar, Osteria Santa Domenica became a real restaurant in Taormina in 2016 with a wine list with more than 350 selected labels and a menu made with only slow food and Km0 ingredients.
Pizzeria Villa Zuccaro is located in the historic center of Taormina, just a few steps from Piazza Duomo and in the vicinity of Porta Catania, known to most as "Porta del Tocco," and is the ideal venue for those who want to spend a pleasant evening enjoying the flavors of typical Sicilian cuisine. The establishment, housed in a 17th-century stone villa, is surrounded by a lush green garden.
This is one of those bright, charming and modern restaurants that represent new-age Italy. The cuisine is strongly linked to the region with fish dishes to the fore presented in an attractive and contemporary style.
Hit the water for a day on the Mediterranean!
Experience the Taormina Bay tour by your private yacht! One of the highlights of the day is the visit of Grotta Azzurra with its colorful shades of blue in contrast to Capo Taormina and its rocky coastline - made famous by the film Le Grand Blue. Etna and the Gulf of Giardini Naxos will provide the perfect background for your day on the water.
You'll be able to jump in and swim in the waters surrounding the Grotta del Giorno. The tour will continue along the coast towards the Bay of Mazzarò and the Bay of Mermaids, one of the most secluded bays of the entire coastline and a perfect location for a swim in the clear, cool waters. Finally, enjoy your tasty lunch on board.
Departure Time: Morning
Meeting Place: Meet your boat charter on the beach in front of your hotel
Contact: will be provided
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Accompanied by an English speaking guide, discover the tallest active volcano in Europe. After breakfast, meet your private driver outside the hotel to embark on a full-day exploration of Mount Etna by Jeep. Visit the extinguished Silvestri Craters in the Sapienza Refuge, where an incredible variety of flora and fauna live in the moon-like landscape. Then, stop for a special picnic set for you in a private and elegant setting.
In the afternoon, your driver will bring you to the Piano Provenzano, where you meet your personal donkey and trekking leader. Long before the inventions of cars and airplanes, donkeys were the main means of transportation in this area, and you get to tour this magical land as it was experienced generations ago before our modern era. Enjoy a gentle ride through the stunningly lush Ragabo Forest and across ski trails for an incredible view of the volcano.
Pick-Up Time: Late morning
Pick-Up Location: Hotel Lobby
Guide: will be provided
Contact: will be provided
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Today you'll head back to the mainland to visit a cultural epicenter of Southern Italy: Napoli.
Meet your driver at the hotel lobby for the drive back to Catania Airport.
Pick-Up Time: Early morning
Driver: will be provided
Contact: will be provided
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Upon arrival at the airport, you'll receive your boarding passes when you check in your luggage at the counters.
Reservation: will be provided
Airline: Ryanair
Flight Number: will be provided
Seats: will be provided
Fare: Checked Bag (20kg), Priority Boarding & 2 Cabin Bags
Meet your driver upon exiting baggage claim for a private transfer to your hotel in Sorrento.
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Enjoy your day relaxing at your hotel and exploring the local area. Sorrento is a great town to walk around, and when you're ready to relax there's a rooftop pool to enjoy at your hotel.
Explore a paradise bursting with color and flavor, standing at the junction where rich Roman history meets modern Italian vibrancy. Stop at the seemingly endless amount of picturesque coastline towns like Positano, Amalfi, Minori, Maiori, Cetara, Vietri, or Sorrento. Drive through the Amalfi countryside and down the coastline of Campania, soaking in unforgettable views of the jagged cliffs, teal-blue waters, and vibrant villas.
Lunch will be paid directly on site.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Pick-Up Location: Hotel lobby
End Time: Afternoon
Contact Number: will be provided
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Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. Two of Italy’s most iconic aspects, forever to be intertwined due to that fatal day in 79 AD. This tour allows you to dig deeper, exploring the true connection between the city and its destroyer. Discover a city frozen in time in the company of your expert local guide before ascending Vesuvius up to 1,000 meters. You will then enjoy a light organic lunch with a degustation of the area’s richest, most earthy wines - bringing the connection of these two famous sites into the 21st century.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Pick-Up Location: Hotel lobby
End Time: Early afternoon
Contact Number: will be provided
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Hop on a boat and spend the day enjoying the unmistakeable azzure of the Amalfi Coast! You'll board a traditional gozzo fishing boat reserved just for you from your hotel and head toward the island of Capri, with breaks to jump in and swim or into the famous Blue Grotto. Disembark in Capri to explore, shop and walk the island!
Includes: skipper; snacks; drinks; towels; snorkeling equipment, photo stops
When you arrive at the Capri Port, we recommend you grab one of the convertible taxis and head directly to Anacapri for a scenic lunch. Recommendation to come.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Pick-Up Location: Hotel lobby
End Time: Afternoon
Contact Number: will be provided
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With an uncanny sense of foresight, Rome was first called the Eternal City 2,000 years ago. Even by today’s standards, it’s still grand in a way that few other places can compare to. The buildings are dilapidated and the roads disheveled, but chaos has never looked so exquisite. The cobblestone streets may be nonsensical, but a wrong turn always leads to an unexpected delight: an intimate piazza, a baroque fountain, or a homey trattoria serving house-made cacio e pepe.
Meet your driver at the hotel lobby for a private transfer to Naples train station.
Pick-Up Time: In the morning
Contact Number: will be provided
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Your reservation number and tickets are found below.
PNR Code: LYJMG5
Car: 3
Seats: 5A, 6A, 6B
Ticket for a passenger.
Ticket for a passenger.
Ticket for a passenger.
Your driver will meet you at the train station for a private transfer to your hotel in the city center.
Find your driver holding a sign with your name at the Pharmacy near platform number 1 inside the train station.
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- Pipero is a 1-Michelin star restaurant, long-favoured by food enthusiasts in the capital, with simple dishes which are nonetheless full of character.
- Felice a Testaccio is a simple, family, trattoria-style atmosphere. Without a doubt, one of the standard-bearers of Latium cuisine.
- Bistrot 64 boasts the attractive, informal decor of a bistro combined with surprisingly creative and imaginative cuisine.
- Moi is a small and decidedly smart place. A chef cooks fresh seasonal ingredients with modern techniques, which can also change daily.
- Prati Rione Gastronomico offers a varied ranging from bistro to pastry, from cocktail bar to bakery; as well as a pizzeria. Well-made cuisine - the choice is limited, but the quality is tantalizing!
- Piccolo Buco is an exceptional pizzeria where you can choose from pizza Roma, spaghetti carbonara and exotic salami.
- Aroma is a 1-Michelin star tribute to the city and the aromas of Mediterranean cuisine that is served here together with local specialties. The dishes are seasoned by a chef with a touch of creativity.
- La Pergola is a 3-Michelin star restaurant and Rome’s most famous roof garden. It's also considered to be the most international restaurant in Italy.
- Taverna dello Spuntino has a particularly striking interior. From its old tufa passageways converted into a wine cellar in the basement, to its charming dining rooms with brick-vaulted arches where hams, flasks of wine, fruit and antipasti all form an attractive display.
Step out onto the arena sands and thrill the crowd with your prowess under the masterful instruction of your lanista (Latin for gladiator trainer). At the end of this fun-filled two-hour experience, you will receive a certificate of achievement as a trained gladiator in Rome.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Pick-Up Location: Hotel lobby
End Time: Around midday
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Journey through Rome’s mysterious underground. Begin this otherwordly adventure by descending down Basilica San Clemente’s three-tiered complex to the foundation: a former noble mansion from the 1st Century AD. A Temple of Mithras—a center for worshipping the Pagan sun god—awaits on the second tier, and finally the basilica itself, full of mosaics and holy relics.
Where next? The macabre Bone Church, decorated with the bones of thousands of monks. A ride down the fabled and ancient Roman road, Via Appia Antica, and its Catacombs cap off the tour.
Pick-Up Time: Morning
Pick-Up Location: Hotel lobby
End Time: Afternoon
Contact Number: will be provided
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It's time to head home today. There's no doubt that you'll leave already thinking about your next trip. We don't say goodbye, we say a dopo, meaning until next time!
Meet your driver at the hotel lobby for a private transfer to the train station.
Pick-Up Time: Early morning
Contact Number: will be provided
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Catch your high-speed train from Roma Termini station across Italy to Zurich.
Train Number: will be provided
Departure Time: morning
Arrival Time: afternoon
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