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Rome: Private Photoshoot Tour with Professional Photographer
5.0 (48)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Rome: Private Photoshoot Tour with Professional Photographer

A 30-minute private photography session across Rome's most recognisable landmarks, helmed by Mohamed Sajjadh, a local photographer with 500+ completed shoots. Whether you're solo, coupled, or in a group, he crafts relaxed, genuine portraits at the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, and lesser-known corners. Your edited images arrive within 2–5 days via a private online gallery, with bonus frames added per extra person.

30 minfrom AUD $58
Florence Private WALKING TOUR
5.0 (48)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Florence Private WALKING TOUR

A three-hour guided walk through Florence's centre, revealing the city's medieval and Renaissance layers with a licensed guide. You'll see the Duomo's legendary dome, Piazza della Signoria's sculptures, and the streets that shaped Dante's world. The tour includes headsets for clarity and entry to the historic Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy, plus insider tips on where locals actually eat and shop.

3 hoursfrom AUD $333
Pompeii & Amalfi Coast Private Tour: Archaeologist-led, Flexible
5.0 (48)
🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing
Italy

Pompeii & Amalfi Coast Private Tour: Archaeologist-led, Flexible

Explore Pompeii's ruins with an archaeologist guide, then venture to your choice of Amalfi Coast villages—Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, Sorrento, Cetara or Maiori—during this flexible 8–9 hour private tour. You'll shape the itinerary as the day unfolds, timing Pompeii's excavations to dodge peak crowds and heat. A driver navigates the winding coastal roads in a Mercedes van, leaving you free to soak in the scenery and ancient stories without the usual throngs.

8 hours – 9 hoursfrom AUD $750
Authentic Tuscan Pasta Class in Florence with Local Chef Cinzia
5.0 (47)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Authentic Tuscan Pasta Class in Florence with Local Chef Cinzia

Roll up your sleeves in Cinzia's Florence kitchen for a three-hour hands-on pasta class that doubles as dinner. You'll shape fresh dough into multiple pasta styles, build sauces from scratch, and work through a full Tuscan meal—meat or vegetarian—finishing with dessert. Cinzia shares generational cooking knowledge you can replicate at home, all while sipping local wine and eating what you've made.

3 hoursfrom AUD $256
Colosseum Underground Private Tour with Palatine Hill & Forum
5.0 (47)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Colosseum Underground Private Tour with Palatine Hill & Forum

Duck the crowds on this private 3-hour 10-minute tour through three layers of ancient Rome. Your dedicated guide unlocks the Colosseum's hypogeum—the underground chambers where gladiators and animals waited before stepping onto the arena floor. Then explore the Roman Forum's political ruins where Caesar fell, and climb Palatine Hill for sweeping city views from the emperors' former homes. Tickets and reservation fees included.

3h 10mfrom AUD $799
Pompeii Private Tour with Expert Guide
5.0 (47)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Pompeii Private Tour with Expert Guide

Walk through Pompeii's frozen streets with a knowledgeable local guide over 2–3 hours, stepping into ordinary Roman life alongside grand civic spaces. You'll navigate the theatres, forum, domestic quarters including the infamous brothel, recently reopened villas, bathhouses and sanctuaries that collectively map how people actually lived before Vesuvius erupted. The guide unpacks daily routines, architectural choices and social hierarchies woven through the site's layout.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $137
Private daytrip to Siena & Chianti wine country, with wine tasting from Florence
5.0 (47)
🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing
Italy

Private daytrip to Siena & Chianti wine country, with wine tasting from Florence

A bespoke eight-hour private drive from Florence through Chianti's rolling vineyards to Siena, with a winery stop in between. Your English-speaking driver tailors the route to your interests—linger in Greve in Chianti's village square, explore a working estate's cellar, taste Chianti Classico and estate oils, then spend your afternoon wandering Siena's medieval streets. You set the pace; they handle the navigation and wine knowledge.

8 hoursfrom AUD $649
Etna Grantour - 4x4 & trekking - Private tour with lunch included
5.0 (47)
🏔 Adventure & Sports
Italy

Etna Grantour - 4x4 & trekking - Private tour with lunch included

This 9-hour private tour tackles Mount Etna from multiple angles, combining morning trekking through volcanic landscape with afternoon 4x4 routes across three separate slopes. You'll climb to roughly 2000 metres, descend into lava tubes with proper caving gear, inspect dormant side craters and the dramatic Valle del Bove caldera, then refuel with local farm lunch and regional tastings before the vehicle-based exploration of barren lava fields and pioneer vegetation zones.

9 hoursfrom AUD $233
Cinque Terre and Gulf of Poets Boat Tour
5.0 (47)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Cinque Terre and Gulf of Poets Boat Tour

An eight-hour coastal voyage along Italy's Liguria shoreline, threading between Cinque Terre's pastel villages and the Gulf of Poets. You'll cruise past dramatic cliffside settlements, dive into turquoise coves unreachable by foot, and explore sea caves from the water. The boat carries snorkelling gear, local cheeses and wines, and enough space to simply sit still and watch the limestone formations rise from Mediterranean swells.

8 hoursfrom AUD $1667
Tuscany & Pitigliano Day Tour from Rome with Wine Tasting & Lunch
5.0 (46)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Tuscany & Pitigliano Day Tour from Rome with Wine Tasting & Lunch

A 12-hour escape from Rome into southern Tuscany's lesser-known corners, centred on two winery visits and a three-course lunch. You'll taste a rotating selection of regional wines—up to ten different pours—at estates deliberately chosen for their distance from tour-bus crowds. The itinerary threads through the Val d'Orcia landscape and the dramatic hilltop town of Pitigliano, mixing vineyard time with proper meals and views that explain why people moved here centuries ago.

12 hoursfrom AUD $467
Gluten-Free Roman Feast Cooking Class with Chef Christian
5.0 (46)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Gluten-Free Roman Feast Cooking Class with Chef Christian

Spend two and a half hours in Chef Christian's kitchen learning to make proper gluten-free Italian cooking. You'll prepare stuffed courgette blossoms, crispy sage leaves, silky fettuccine Alfredo, pesto-dressed trofie, and traditional tiramisù—then sit down to eat everything you've made. Water and a glass of wine or soft drink come with the meal. Christian brings decades of restaurant experience and a genuine passion for getting these dishes right without the gluten.

2h 30mfrom AUD $300
Venice Lagoon Private Sunset Tour
5.0 (46)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Venice Lagoon Private Sunset Tour

Explore Venice's lagoon beyond the crowded centro storico aboard a traditional wooden boat with a local guide. This sunset tour reveals the Arsenal, former shipyard powerhouse of the Serenissima, the agricultural island of Vignole, and Lazzaretto Nuovo—a 15th-century quarantine station where arriving ships underwent mandatory isolation. As light softens across the water, anchor at a secluded ghebo (fishing platform) for prosecco and aperitifs while watching the lagoon shift through golden and amber hues. The itinerary flexes to suit conditions.

1 min – 30 minfrom AUD $267
Cinque Terre Daytime Boat Tour : escape into beauty and color
5.0 (46)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Cinque Terre Daytime Boat Tour : escape into beauty and color

See Cinque Terre's stacked villages and rocky inlets from the water aboard a sleek hybrid boat. This 3.5-hour coastal cruise departs from Levanto, stopping at whichever of the five towns offers the best conditions on the day. Swim and snorkel in clear Mediterranean waters, sample regional wines and antipasti on deck, and hear local knowledge from your skipper. The route adjusts to sea state and wind, so you get genuine sailing rhythm rather than a fixed itinerary.

3h 30mfrom AUD $198
Explore the Best Highlights of Rome by Golf Car - Private Tour
5.0 (46)
🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing
Italy

Explore the Best Highlights of Rome by Golf Car - Private Tour

Cruise Rome's centre in an electric golf cart with a local guide over 2.5 hours, covering the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon and Piazza Navona. Hotel pickup included (central locations) with drop-off at Spanish Steps. Skip the endless walking and hear stories behind the city's most recognisable monuments while taking in their architecture at a relaxed pace.

2h 30mfrom AUD $167
Florence City Tour & David
5.0 (46)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Florence City Tour & David

A 3-hour guided exploration of Florence's Renaissance masterpieces and the Medici dynasty's influence on Western art. You'll skip Academy queues to see Michelangelo's David and hear lesser-known details about daily life in 15th-century Florence—the unconventional habits, social contradictions and cultural oddities that shaped one of history's most transformative periods. Groups up to 11 travel semi-privately; 12+ becomes fully exclusive.

3 hoursfrom AUD $667
Pompeii Private & Personalized Tour with archeology expert guide
5.0 (46)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Pompeii Private & Personalized Tour with archeology expert guide

Walk Pompeii's best-preserved Roman streets with a knowledgeable local archaeologist who tailors the experience to your interests. This two-hour private tour covers the Street of Abundance, Forum, temples and amphitheatre—the city's civic heart—revealing how ordinary Romans lived, ate and gathered before Vesuvius buried everything in 79 AD. Skip-the-line entry and personalised commentary make sense of the ruins.

2 hoursfrom AUD $241
Private Tour - Ancient Ostia
5.0 (46)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Private Tour - Ancient Ostia

Walk through Ostia, Rome's ancient port city, with a private guide across three hours. The archaeological site stands as one of Italy's most intact Roman settlements, revealing layers of imperial history through temples, theatres, apartments and shops. You'll trace how merchants, priests and ordinary residents moved through daily life—religion, trade, leisure—treading the same stone paths they used two millennia ago. The ruins tell a continuous story from early settlement through decline, offering tangible insight into what made Rome an empire.

3 hoursfrom AUD $217
Dolphin-spotting SUP tour with Golfo Aranci aperitif
5.0 (46)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Dolphin-spotting SUP tour with Golfo Aranci aperitif

Master stand-up paddleboarding across Golfo Aranci's transparent waters whilst tracking bottlenose dolphins in their natural habitat. This three-hour morning or sunset excursion guides you past Figarolo island to the dramatic coves of Cala Moresca, with certified instructors teaching proper technique from the start. Small groups keep things manageable, and you'll finish with either a seaside breakfast or traditional Sardinian aperitif depending on your chosen time slot.

3 hoursfrom AUD $100
Authentic cooking class on a farm with a view of Sorrento.
5.0 (46)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Authentic cooking class on a farm with a view of Sorrento.

Learn to cook three Sorrentino classics in a working farmhouse kitchen perched above the Gulf. You'll pick vegetables straight from the garden, then shape fresh pasta by hand and assemble tiramisu alongside a local cook who'll walk you through regional methods passed down through generations. The three-hour session wraps with lunch on the terrace where you eat what you've made, Gulf views included.

3 hoursfrom AUD $217
Private boat tour in the Tigullio and in the Portofino area
5.0 (46)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Private boat tour in the Tigullio and in the Portofino area

Cruise the Ligurian coast from Portofino to San Fruttuoso on a private boat, taking in rocky coves and hidden bays shaped by centuries of settlement and nature. This 3–4 hour voyage moves at an unhurried pace, with stops for swimming and snorkelling in the marine reserve. You'll see Portofino's characteristic harborfront from the water, round the lighthouse-topped promontory, and descend (with mask and fins) to the submerged Christ statue resting on the seabed.

3 hours – 4 hoursfrom AUD $556
Lecce to Gallipoli E-Bike Tour with Swim, Farm Tasting +Taxi back
5.0 (45)
🏔 Adventure & Sports
Italy

Lecce to Gallipoli E-Bike Tour with Swim, Farm Tasting +Taxi back

Pedal through Salento's countryside on e-bikes, starting from Lecce's old town and cutting through vineyards, olive groves, and whitewashed farmsteads. Stop at a family farm to taste estate olive oil and local wine alongside Puglian nibbles, then detour through baroque Nardò for a caffè leccese before coasting toward the Ionian. Swim in the gin-clear waters at Santa Maria al Bagno, follow coastal paths into Gallipoli's island-bound medieval quarter, and return to Lecce by private taxi.

6 hoursfrom AUD $332
Prosecco Wine Tour with Sommelier – Pick-up from Treviso
5.0 (45)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Prosecco Wine Tour with Sommelier – Pick-up from Treviso

A half-day Prosecco exploration in Italy's northeastern wine country, departing from Treviso. Led by a certified sommelier, you'll visit two family-owned producers in the hills where Prosecco is made. Small groups move at a leisurely pace through working vineyards, tasting four distinct styles of the sparkling wine at each stop while producers explain their craft. A spread of local cured meats, cheese, and pizza punctuates the tastings. You'll return to your hotel refreshed rather than wine-logged.

6h 30mfrom AUD $270
Private Transfer from Positano to Naples
5.0 (45)
✈️ Transfers
Italy

Private Transfer from Positano to Naples

Door-to-door private car service whisking you from Positano's clifftop charm down to Naples in 1–2 hours. Travel in a modern Mercedes with a seasoned driver who knows the winding Amalfi roads. Skip the bus queues and arrive refreshed, ready to explore Naples' baroque streets, underground catacombs, or museum collections. A straightforward transfer that gives you breathing room after the Costiera.

1 hour – 2 hoursfrom AUD $183
Rome for Foodies: Private Golf Cart Tasting Experience
5.0 (45)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Rome for Foodies: Private Golf Cart Tasting Experience

Cruise Rome's neighborhoods in an open-air golf cart while sampling the city's culinary backbone—from morning espresso and pastries through cured meats, cheeses, fried street food, pasta, pizza, and gelato, all paired with Italian wines. A local guide walks you through the stories and techniques behind each dish across 4 to 7 hours, with hotel pickup included in the city centre.

4 hours – 7 hoursfrom AUD $458
Authentic Culinary Experience in a Tuscan Family Estate
5.0 (45)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Authentic Culinary Experience in a Tuscan Family Estate

Cook alongside your host at a working Tuscan estate, learning to prepare a full menu in a converted artist's studio surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. This five-hour class on 20 acres produces its own Trebbiano, Sangiovese, and extra virgin oil. You'll work in small groups of up to ten, finish with lunch paired to estate wines, and leave with recipes and genuine culinary confidence rather than tourist theatre.

5 hoursfrom AUD $417
Luggage Storage in Rome City Center
5.0 (45)
✈️ Transfers
Italy

Luggage Storage in Rome City Center

Drop your bags in central Rome and explore freely for up to 10 hours. Bibbo's storage sits minutes from major landmarks—Trevi Fountain, Colosseum, Piazza Venezia—without the queues at Termini station. Your luggage stays locked, monitored, and insured up to €200 per piece through Assicurazioni Generali. Staff speak multiple languages. Rates undercut airport and station alternatives, with all fees included upfront.

10 hoursfrom AUD $8
2-Hour Private Evening Walking Guided Tour of Florence Culture
5.0 (45)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

2-Hour Private Evening Walking Guided Tour of Florence Culture

A two-hour evening stroll through Florence's centre with a local guide who unpacks the city's art and architecture as golden light bathes the streets. You'll navigate from Piazza della Signoria past the Uffizi and across the Arno to Oltrarno, taking in Ponte Vecchio, the Pitti Palace, and Boboli Gardens before finishing at the Duomo. A gelato stop and insider shopping tips round out the walk.

2 hoursfrom AUD $267
Birdwatching by boat in a small group in the Pialassa Baiona
5.0 (45)
🌿 Nature & Wildlife
Italy

Birdwatching by boat in a small group in the Pialassa Baiona

A gentle two-hour boat tour through Pialassa Baiona's wetlands with a small group, designed around watching birds at their own pace. You'll stop to observe resident and migratory species—flamingos in summer, shelducks, avocets, stilts and terns year-round—using provided binoculars and spotting scopes. The lagoon sits at the crossroads of natural and human history, from Roman times through Garibaldi's campaigns to modern valley life, visible in the landscape itself.

2 hoursfrom AUD $58
Discovery Tour of Sorrento Lemon in Massa Lubrense
5.0 (45)
🍜 Food & Cooking
Italy

Discovery Tour of Sorrento Lemon in Massa Lubrense

Track a Sorrento lemon from seedling to harvest on a working grove in Massa Lubrense. This two-hour tour traces traditional cultivation methods—including grafting techniques passed down generations—under the distinctive pergola canopy. You'll sample the producer's own liqueurs, preserves and fresh preparations while gazing across the Bay of Naples towards Ischia and Procida. The only operation in Campania documenting the complete lifecycle this way.

2 hoursfrom AUD $75
2H Private Cruise Lake Como Tender yacht Invictus 6 pax
5.0 (45)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

2H Private Cruise Lake Como Tender yacht Invictus 6 pax

Cruise Lake Como's glittering shoreline aboard the Invictus 280SX, a sleek 9.15-metre tender built for six passengers. Over two hours, your captain navigates past the lakeside estates and hidden coves that define this Alpine landscape, sharing stories of the villas dotting the water's edge. Wood-and-leather interiors, climate control, and a well-stocked bar create the backdrop for an unhurried float through one of Italy's most photogenic corners.

2 hoursfrom AUD $1250
Day Tour From Sorrento to Positano, Amalfi and Ravello
5.0 (45)
🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing
Italy

Day Tour From Sorrento to Positano, Amalfi and Ravello

A private eight-hour guided drive along Italy's Amalfi Coast, departing from Sorrento. Your English-speaking driver navigates the famous hairpin bends to three distinct stops: the cliffside village of Positano with its pastel-coloured houses stacked down the mountainside; Amalfi town nestled in a dramatic gorge; and Ravello perched high above the sea. You'll have time to wander each location and admire coastal views, with Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone's terraces worth your camera roll.

8 hoursfrom AUD $170
Accademia Gallery & David Tales - Private Tour + Skip-the-line reservation
5.0 (45)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Accademia Gallery & David Tales - Private Tour + Skip-the-line reservation

Skip the queues and explore Florence's Accademia Gallery with a licensed guide who unpacks Michelangelo's David and its revolutionary place in art history. Over an hour, you'll trace the sculptor's evolution through anecdotes and historical context, learning why this marble figure transformed Renaissance aesthetics. The guide brings genuine insight without jargon—equally engaging whether you're encountering Michelangelo for the first time or revisiting familiar ground.

1 hourfrom AUD $233
VIP Vatican Museums: Sistine Chapel Afterhours Private Tour
5.0 (45)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

VIP Vatican Museums: Sistine Chapel Afterhours Private Tour

Experience the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel after closing time with a private guide who unlocks the art historical narratives behind each masterpiece. This 2.5-hour exclusive tour sweeps you through galleries absent of crowds, letting Michelangelo's ceiling and the Renaissance collections command your full attention. Hotel transfers included.

2h 30mfrom AUD $8188
Explore Rome By Vespa
5.0 (45)
🏔 Adventure & Sports
Italy

Explore Rome By Vespa

Zip through Rome's backstreets on the back of a Vespa, piloted by a seasoned local rider who knows which corners yield the best views and photo stops. In under an hour, you'll cover ground a walking tour couldn't touch—weaving past landmarks, ducking through narrow laneways, and landing at vantage points that capture the city's layered character. Helmet and insurance included; the driver handles all navigation.

50 min – 1 hourfrom AUD $105
Plemmirio Sailing Tour from Ortigia with Snorkeling
5.0 (45)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Plemmirio Sailing Tour from Ortigia with Snorkeling

Sail a vintage wooden boat through Sicily's Plemmirio Marine Protected Area, departing from the historic island of Ortigia. Over two and a half hours, you'll glide along dramatic limestone cliffs and drop into crystalline waters for guided snorkelling. A marine specialist joins you to point out local fish, seagrass beds, and underwater rock formations. The pace balances time under canvas with underwater exploration, making it suited to active swimmers comfortable on small vessels.

2h 30mfrom AUD $92
Archaeological excursion to the Rocca della Falconiera in Ustica
5.0 (44)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Archaeological excursion to the Rocca della Falconiera in Ustica

Explore Ustica's layered past across two hours at the Rocca della Falconiera, a fortified site that hosted Romans, political exiles, and countless others. Walk among the remains of a significant Roman necropolis, then climb to the hilltop fortress for views across the entire island. Your guide unpicks the island's twentieth-century history—its role as a fascist prison camp and the notable dissidents held there—whilst pointing out the dormant volcanic cone that shaped Ustica's geography.

2 hoursfrom AUD $25
Wonderful Ravenna, visit 3 UNESCO sites with a local guide on a private tour
5.0 (44)
🛕 Culture & History
Italy

Wonderful Ravenna, visit 3 UNESCO sites with a local guide on a private tour

Silvia guides you through Ravenna's three most significant UNESCO-protected sites, revealing how this city served as capital three times across two centuries of Roman and Byzantine rule. In just two hours, you'll navigate the hushed interiors of these basilicas to study the glittering mosaics that have survived over 1,500 years largely intact. Each site tells a distinct chapter of late antiquity, from imperial decline through Eastern Orthodox dominance, with Silvia unpacking the historical layers that shaped medieval Europe.

2 hoursfrom AUD $467
Fiat 500 Roma Professional Photography Service
5.0 (44)
🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing
Italy

Fiat 500 Roma Professional Photography Service

Cruise Rome's most photogenic quarters in a classic Fiat 500 while a local photographer documents you in proper light. This two-hour guided drive departs from the Colosseum, sweeping past the Orange Gardens, Acqua Paola fountain, and Gianicolo overlook before returning to your starting point. You'll leave with 100+ professionally edited images, coffee or tea included, shot in an authentically restored vintage Cinquecento painted yellow, red, or black—no generic rental aesthetics here.

2 hoursfrom AUD $92
Private Tour Lake Como - 2h of Villas, Bellagio, Wine & Swimming
5.0 (44)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Private Tour Lake Como - 2h of Villas, Bellagio, Wine & Swimming

A 2-hour private boat journey departing from Argegno across Lake Como, taking in the grand waterfront estates that line the shoreline alongside Bellagio's elegant waterfront. Your captain narrates the history and stories of these architectural landmarks whilst you cruise past them. The boat includes a shaded cabin, open sun deck, and onboard facilities. Wine and water feature throughout, giving you a chance to pause and absorb the Alpine backdrop and lakeside villages as you drift past.

2 hoursfrom AUD $967
Full-Day Private Capri Boat Tour
5.0 (44)
🐠 Water Activities
Italy

Full-Day Private Capri Boat Tour

Hire a private yacht for seven hours and explore Capri's coastline at your own pace, departing from Sorrento, Positano, or Capri itself. Steer clear of day-tripper crowds whilst your skipper navigates you past the Faraglioni rocks, sea caves, and secluded coves perfect for swimming. Sip prosecco on deck, snorkel in transparent waters, and optionally dock for lunch at a waterfront restaurant. The boat comes fully stocked with refreshments and snorkelling kit—you just bring yourself.

7 hoursfrom AUD $1543
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