Activities
Art and Culture Holidays in Italy
‘Italia! Oh Italia! Thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty’ wrote Lord Byron on his Grand Tour in the 19th century. While it certainly wouldn’t be advisable to swim in Byron’s wake in Venice’s...read more
Barging and Waterway Holidays in Italy
Barging is a beguiling way of exploring the waterways around Venice and Padua, including visits to some of Palladio’s grandest villas. You can moor overnight on Venice’s minor islands and find you have both moorings...read more
Battlefield Holidays in Italy
Once a primitive backwater, inhabited by hunter-gatherers living in caves, by the 8th century BC the Etruscans and Greeks had begun Italy’s transformation to the centre of the ancient world. The Bay of Naples was one of...read more
Beach Holidays in Italy
Everyone has their own version of an idyllic beach. With over 5,300 miles of shoreline bordering Italy and its islands, take your pick from hideaway pebbly coves to long crescents of golden sand to castaway...read more
Camping Holidays in Italy
Wake up in the morning to the spectacle of Mt Vesuvius looming across the Bay of Naples or gaze across the lagoon to Venice. For a true taste of Italian life al fresco. camping puts you...read more
City Break Holidays in Italy
City breaks are an Italian forte, mostly because the cities are built on a human scale and so well-preserved. It helps that they are gorgeously laden with art and archaeological treasures. But the advent of...read more
Conference and Corporate Events in Italy
In the past, corporate clients were wined and dined but fobbed off with hideous ‘corporate hospitality’ as anonymous as Italy is charismatic. Now, inspired by changing tastes in the travel industry, a demanding clientele realises...read more
Cruising Holidays In and Around Italy
No other sea encompasses so much as the Mediterranean, a voyage back in time. On an art cruise, the ports of call present a treasure trove of galleries, churches and classical ruins. But these balmy,...read more
Cycling Holidays in Italy
You don’t have to be in training for the Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy race) to enjoy the current soaring passion for cycling holidays in Italy. Slow and gentle, or exhilarating and thigh-burning, cycling in...read more
Escorted Coach Tour Holidays in Italy
Touring by coach is a fantastic way to experience the best of a country’s scenery, history and culture with the companionship of like-minded people. Many travellers relish the thought of being able to relax and...read more
Food and Wine Holidays in Italy
As befits the bastion of the Slow Food movement, Italy is a leader in food and wine tourism. The country is riddled with strade dei sapori (food trails) and strade del vino (wine trails). The foodie trail takes you...read more
Garden Tour Holidays in Italy
Formal or wild, pocket-sized or manicured parkland, fountain-splashed or perched over the sea, a world of delights awaits in some of the world’s most celebrated gardens. The Lakes have a bewitching combination of snowy alpine peaks and...read more
Golf Holidays in Italy
Even in Roman times there was a variation of golf— the ‘paganica’, played with a stick and a leather ball stuffed with feathers. Today, take your pick of picturesque courses, on former hunting estates or...read more
Island Holidays in Italy
At a conservative estimate there are 700 official Italian islands — although most of these are little more than rocky outcrops. For an island get-away, take your pick among 30 inhabited castaway idylls. Elba is one...read more
Lakes and Mountain Holidays in Italy
The French writer Stendhal pitied ‘those who are not madly in love with them’. Bewitching and glamorous, the sparkling Italian Lakes continue to seduce and inspire. Caught between the icy peaks of the Alpsand the pinnacles...read more
Rail Travel Holidays in Italy
‘Slow Travel’ is all the rage, a way of exploring at a leisurely pace, and caring about your carbon footprint. Given the sultry scenery, the journey can be an end in itself. And, unlike the...read more
Religious Holidays in Italy
It’s estimated that more than 85 percent of Italians are Catholics and, while only a small proportion attend Mass regularly, Catholicism still plays a major role in Italian rituals. Religious tourism has always been a...read more
Self-Catering Holidays in Italy
Italy is more than a glorified art museum so catering to your own tastes can be as rewarding as the Renaissance art. The country is full of Leonardo da Vinci landscapes and Piero della Francesca...read more
Ski and Snowboard Holidays in Italy
Italy has stunning scenery, excellent snowmaking systems, perfectly groomed pistes, challenging off piste – and some of the world’s best mountain food and wine. Add to that, fun and matchless Italian style, it’s no surprise that...read more
Spas and Well-Being Holidays in Italy
As the land of well-being, Italy wallows in spa culture. The Romans pretty much perfected holistic water cures. Along the way, some spas became over-medicalised. But the scary-white-coats brigade have been banished from the best...read more
Sporting Holidays in Italy
On the Lakes and seaside, in towns and cities, up in the hills and mountains there’s a sport for everyone in La Bella Italia – the most famous of all, of course, being ‘the beautiful game’. Bellissimo may...read more
Study Tour Holidays in Italy
Let Italy bring out the secret student in you. It might be a love of the language, art history, architecture, opera, dance, wine, or contemporary design. Whatever your passion, indulge it in style. Whether it’s...read more
Tailor Made Holidays in Italy
Tailor-made is just that –bespoke travel, from a slight variation on a standard package to the gold-plated à la carte service.Using local knowledge and contacts, our specialist operators can ‘fix’ festivals, events, anniversaries, full itineraries, property-viewing,...read more
Tennis Holidays in Italy
Listen to the gentle thwack-thwack of tennis balls, punctuated only by melodic birdsong. Up your game — or just sit back and enjoy. We have chosen our Love Italy specialists for their on-court professionalism and...read more
Villa and Apartment Holidays in Italy
Italy is quintessential villa country and bedazzles us with beds with a view. How would European art-house cinema have survived without saturation coverage of Tuscan tower-houses, gracious lakeside villas or Palladian piles? But even at the...read more



























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