CINQUE TERRE HIKING TOUR
6 Days / 5 Nights
Upon your arrival at Milan Airport, transfer by private coach to the hotel in Levanto. Check in. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight stay.
After breakfast at the hotel, meeting with your guide and departure for Monterosso by train. Cinque Terre card is today included. Arrival in Monterosso and departure for Vernazza for the hike. Later wine tasting and “merenda” in Vernazza local winery. After lunch sightseeing in Vernazza. Then transfer back to Levanto by train. Independent dinner. Overnight stay.
Breakfast at the hotel. Meeting with your guide and departure for the hike. Cinque Terre card is today included. Travel from Levanto to Manarola through Volastra by train. Lunch at a local restaurant in Corniglia. After lunch departure to Monterosso by train and stop in the town for a short visit. After the visit transfer from Monterosso to Levanto by train. Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight stay.
After breakfast at the hotel, free day at your disposal. Indipendent lunch and dinner. Overnight stay.
After breakfast at the hotel, meeting with your guide and departure to Palmaria island. Individual tickets for transfer from Levanto to La Spezia by train. Once arrived in La Spezia, embark for your boat excursion to Palmaria, where you will go on a hike. Then transfer from La Palmaria to Portovenere by boat. Lunch at a local restaurant in Portovenere. After lunch boat transfer from Portovenere to Levanto (weather permitting). In case of bad weather you will arrive in La Spezia by boat from Portovenere. From La Spezia you will reach Levanto by train (tickets included). Dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight stay.
After breakfast, transfer by private coach to Milan Airport for your return flight.
MILAN & THE LAKES
5 Days / 4 Nights
Upon arrival at Milan Airport, board your private coach and travel to Milan, where you will enjoy a panoramic tour of the city centre. Transfer to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, leave for Lugano, where you’ll take the cableway up to Monte San Salvatore. Once there, you’ll have some free time to enjoy the view. Return to Lugano and transfer to Tramezzo. Lunch at a local restaurant and enjoy a tour of Tramezzo and Villa Carlotta. Continue on to Como and visit the city. Time at leisure for a free tour of the Como Cathedral. Then take the funicular from the city centre up to Brunate. Drive back to Milan. Dinner at a local restaurant near the hotel and overnight.
After breakfast in hotel, depart for Stresa and enjoy a boat tour of Isola Bella, Isola Madre and Isola dei Pescatori (Fishermen’s Island). Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
After breakfast travel to Verona and enjoy a panoramic tour of the city. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Continue travelling to Sirmione and visit this resort twon located in the southern part of the lake. In the afternoon return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
Leave for Milan airport for your return flight. End of our services.
AEOLIAN ISLANDS TOUR
8 Days / 7 Nights
Upon your arrival at Catania Airport, board your coach and transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight Catania.
After breakfast in hotel, transfer to the port of Milazzo and take the ferry to Filicudi. Then transfer to your hotel in Filicudi. Once arrived and left your luggage in hotel, enjoy a walk accompanied by your local guide. Then you will return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast leave for a sightseeing boat tour of Filicudi and Alicudi Islands. Today you will enjoy a wonderful experience visiting the Grotta del Bue Marino. In Alicudi have lunch at a fisherman house with fish daily fished. Then board your ferry back to Filicudi and enjoy some time at leisure. Independent dinner at a local restaurant and then return to your hotel. Dinner and overnight.
After breakfast in hotel, you will start your full day guided excursion in Filicudi. You will move toward the prehistoric village of Capo Graziano and visit the Museum of Filicudi. Then enjoy a home restaurant lunch accompanied by traditional music. In the afternoon take the ferry to Lipari and transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight Lipari.
After breakfast in hotel, depart for a 2-hour tour of Lipari by minivan. Before lunch you will also visit the Archaeological Museum of Lipari and, in the early afternoon, you will do a guided walking tour of the historical centre of the town with its castle and cathedral. Then enjoy a private boat tour at sunset while tasting an aperitivo. Later you will pass the channel between Vulcano and Lipari and see the Grotto of the Horse. Once disembarked, have independent dinner and evening at leisure. Then return to your hotel and overnight.
After breakfast in hotel, take the ferry to Stromboli. Meet your local guide and start a sightseeing tour of the island by a three wheeler car. At the north end of the island is the Punta Labronzo observatory, a strategic location to watch the volcano eruptions and possible lava flows down the Sciara del Fuoco (literally “stream of fire”, the blackened lava scar running down Stromboli’s northern flank). You will also have a chance to visit the house of two icons in the cinema history: Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman. After that enjoy a night tour of Stromboli volcano by boat. The boat trip will take you to see Stromboli volcano from the sea and to admire its volcanic eruptions. Later you will also enjoy a special dinner called “maccheronata”. After dinner transfer to your hotel and overnight.
After breakfast in hotel, take the ferry to Milazzo in Sicily. Once disembarked, transfer to Catania. Lunch at a local restaurant and time at leisure to visit the city and to do some shopping in its handicraft shops. Dinner at the hotel and overnight.
After breakfast in hotel, transfer by private coach to the airport for your return flight.