Giro d’Italia - 3 weeks
Italy (Tuscany, Umbria and the Italian Lakes)

On this page, you'll find a description of the trip, a thumbnail itinerary with links to more detailed descriptions of the regions that it follows, and the prices and departure dates.

Italy has only been a nation since 1871, and in many ways, her regions remain as different and varied as many of Europe’s countries.  Reflections of Roman and Etruscan history unify the land more than politics, and in passing make Italy a favorite destination for the travellers that we are.

Soft Tuscan scenes delight with their velvet hills and signature cypress trees espousing the contours of the land.  Harmonious cities and towns are the jewels that they set, each cut of the same stone, and frozen in time.  An aesthetes delight!

On to Umbria. Landscapes and cuisine rival those of Tuscany, but undiscovered Umbria’s warm welcome has no rivals.  Hilltop citadels, built over the ages from Roman times, rise in jumbles from silver groves of olive trees.  Their oil, and the region’s black truffles, reign supreme in one of Italy’s most varied and creative cuisines.

On to the lakes....  A perfect combination of man and nature, the Alps’ southern slopes spring from laughing lakes with a distinctly Latin flavor.  A brief incursion into Italian Switzerland provides a respite from late trains, and a surprising juxtaposition of cultures.

Through it all, a beautiful language and an expansive people, at the root of European civilization.