Italy & Islands

Italy is a European centre of culture, charm and charisma. Your Italian holiday could be spent sightseeing through the streets of Rome, snowshoeing in the Alps or hiking around Lake Como.

Our Italy Holidays

Walking in the Trentino Highlands
Between the high peaks of the Alps to the north and the Po Valley to the south lies some of the most enticing walking to be had on the Italian peninsula. Relatively unknown outside Italy, the alpine foothills of the Altopiano Trentino offer everything you could wish from a walking holiday at this grade.
£735
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Walking from Iseo
Guided walking holidays for one or two weeks from our base on northern Italy’s Lake Iseo. We can walk on Mount Giuglielmo and Mount Isola with the earlier departures a joy for flower lovers.
£749
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Walking in the mountains of Tuscany
San Marcello in Tuscany is our popular centre in the Apennine Mountains. Here the summits reach almost 2000m. In spring masses of wild flowers abound, the autumn offers beautiful colours and gener­ally clear skies throughout October.
£729
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Tuscan Lifestyle
A one week holiday in Tuscany combining guided walking and lessons in local cooking. We also have the opportunity to do some sightseeing in Florence.
£679
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Bella Toscana
A wonderful variety of walking and sightseeing experiences on this two-centre Tuscan holiday featuring the high hill-town of Volterra near the medieval Manhattan of San Gimignano. Our second centre is the exquisite, hill-town of Massa Marittima
£965
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Exploring the Sorrento Peninsula
One and two week holidays combining sightseeing and guided walking on the Sorrento Peninsula and the Lattari Mountains. We visit Pompeii, Herculaneum, Amalfi, Ravello and Naples and, perhaps, Capri.
£720
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The Romance of the Italian Lakes
The most picturesque in the world, Lakes Maggiore and Como in Italy resonate with romanticism. On this holiday, enjoy Italian walking amongst the green mountains, above blue waters and through ancient villages which carry the patina of ages gone by.
£1,139
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Renaissance Tuscany
It was in Tuscany that the art and knowledge of the ancient world was rediscovered and reinterpreted in the middle ages. From our centre in Montecatini Terme, an easy and relaxed spa town we can explore some of the finest renaissance cities.
£669
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Karen Groenewald leads mainly in Italy and in South Africa where she's both a national registered guide and also a field guide. Fluent in several languages and a commited traveller, Karen’s specialities are wild flowers, birds and mammals.