Visit Italy by private car with a driving guide.
A journey by private car throughout Italy is an unforgettable experience. You see the country in a way that would never be possible if travelling by bus, train or plane.
Just the trip from Florence to Rome, through Tuscany and Umbria, would be worth it. The countryside between Florence and Rome is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Stop en route to visit some lovely little medieval towns like Cortona, Todi, Assisi, Orvieto etc. etc. Here is an idea of a trip of Italy.
All the major highlights and also places off the beaten path. Venice, Florence, Tuscany, Rome and the Amalfi Coast in 12 days (duration can be modified) This itinerary can be modified as you wish , You can change, delete, add any site you have on your personal list. It can also be reversed, start from Naples to end in Venice.
| Day 1st Venice | Overnight in Venice. |
| Day 2nd Venice | Overnight in Venice. |
| Day 3rd Venice to Florence | Overnight in Florence |
| Day 4th Florence | Overnight in Florence |
| Day 5th Florence | Overnight in Florence |
| Day 6th Florence to Rome | Overnight in Rome |
| Day 7th Rome | Overnight in Rome |
| Day 8th Rome | Overnight in Rome |
| Day 9th Rome | Overnight in Rome |
| Day 10th Rome to Sorrento | Overnight in Sorrento |
| Day 11th Capri | Overnight in Sorrento |
| Day 12th Sorrento to Rome FCO | Flight back Home |
Detailed Tours and daily schedule will be provided on request.
Rate for a 12 days customized Grand tour of Italy
(in Euros not in USD, rates are per Service not per person): send your detailed request via e-mail to giannimusella@gmail.com (e.g. Your Name, Dates, Hotel name in each city, number of Participants).
Reservation, confirmation and final payment, READ FURTHER INFO HERE »
Quoted rates will include:
Driving guide and vehicle for a 8 hours daily service, driver’s board and lodge, fuel, highway tolls, Admission tickets to Palazzo Ducale and St. Marco in Venice, local guide in Venice, Admission tickets to Uffizi and the Accademia Museum in Florence, local guide in Florence, Vatican Museum 2 hours Private tour, Vatican private guide and SKIP the LINE tickets, Admission tickets in Pompeii, Local guide in Pompeii.
Quoted rates will not include: 15% driver’s Gratuity, 22% Government tax and VAT , UPS/DHL Postage, Passenger’s hotels, meals and beverages, Wine tastings in Tuscany, Water taxis in Venice, Gondola rides in Venice, Coliseum tickets and Catacombs Tickets in Rome, Tivoli Gardens tickets, Capri chartered boats, Hydrofoil tickets round trip to/from Capri, tour of Capri by convertible taxi, entrance fees to the Blue Grotto in Capri, Admission tickets to Museums and/or various attractions not mentioned above, and anything not specifically mentioned as “INCLUDED”.
FYI: When hiring GMPT “Giovanni Musella Private Tours” to create your Itinerary for the “Grand Tour of Italy”, you are hiring professional services. It takes a good amount of time and research to create your trip itinerary. Trip Consultation fee € 200.00 EUR, Should you decide to take my proposal and secure the various elements of your trip on your own or with another agency/trip planning company after receiving my proposal, It is agreed you pay to “GMPT” the amount of € 200.00 EUR this will serve as payment for services rendered.
Tours of the Ethernal City!
Proposal for Full day Tour in 8 Hours, as explained below, You can combine any site of your own choice.
As Option: You may select SOME of the sites in case you want to go for Half day tour in 4 hours.
Visit the fascinating Vatican Museums that were founded in year 1503. Discover the Gallery of Tapestries, a collection of tapestries of different fabrics from the 16th and 17th centuries, Gallery of Map, Gallery of the Candelabra, created in 18th century which contains classical roman sculpture which dates from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D., the spectacular Raphael’s room, commissioned by Julius II.
Located within the Vatican Museums is the Sistine Chapel built in the second half of 15th century famous because of its beautiful frescoes, the ceiling and the Last Judgement painted between 1508 and 1512 by Michelangelo Buonarroti. Please note that Admission to the Vatican Museums includes entrance to the Sistine Chapel, Exit the museums and enter inside the remarkable Vatican Square of St. Peter, with its ellipse of encircling columns, that fronts the impressive St. Peter’s Basilica, built over the spot where St. Peter was buried around 64 CE.
Leaving the Vatican City and heading towards the Monument to Victor Emanuel II (the first king of united Italy), called the “Wedding Cake”, located in Piazza Venezia and containing Italy’s tomb of the unknown soldier from the First World War. View the Roman Forum, Roman Markets and Julius Caesar’s Forum. Stop at Trevi, toss three coins in the famous fountains to make your wishes, drive to Piazza di Spagna to walk along a number of exclusive shopping streets and climbing the Spanish Steps.
Take a stroll through Piazza Navona a marvel of light and sculpture with its three Baroque fountains by Bernini, a short walking distance from the Pantheon, a classic Roman temple built by Agrippa in 27BC. Tour the Colosseum and imagine when there were approximately 50,000 spectators, gladiators and animals packed into cages below the arena, that fight to the death. Explore this well renowned structure being a symbol of Rome, today standing with original wall sections at their full height and exposed sub-arena pens. Conclude with one of the most important monuments of antiquity, the best preserved arch of triumph in Rome, the Arch of Costantine, located in the valley of the Colosseum.
Perhaps you like:
A drive through the Appian Way, the oldest and most famous Roman road in ancient Rome. It was opened in 312 BC by Appius Claudius (from whence it gets its name) and was called “Queen of Roads” because of all the villas, temples and funeral monuments that lined it. Those impressive ruins can still be seen today. Visit the Church of Domine Quo Vadis, built along the Appian Way, just outside of Rome, beyond St. Sebastian’s gate. This small church marks the place where the Risen Christ appeared to St. Peter as he was fleeing Rome during Nero’s persecution of Christians. The church’s name is Latin for the question Peter asked of Christ: “Lord, where are you going?” (Domine, quo vadis?).
Finally arriving at the Catacombs , ancient cemeteries built here underground opened in the early 3rd century, as the principal Christian cemetery in Rome. The catacombs stretch for nearly 12 miles. There are five levels that reach a depth of about 65 feet. With almost half a million tombs, paintings, sculptures and epigraphs inside, these catacombs offer rare and invaluable information about the life and culture of the ancient Christians buried here.
ROME Half day tour – Duration 4 hours (from 9.00am to 1.00pm), Rate from € 350.00* EUR,
(*this rate is from 1 up to 4 people, rate will change in case of more participants), send your detailed request via email to giannimusella@gmail.com e.g. Your Name, Date, Hotel name, number of Participants, the price is not per person.ROME Full day tour – Duration 8 hours (from 9.00am to 5.00pm), Rate from € 650.00* EUR,
(*this rate is from 1 up to 4 people, rate will change in case of more participants), send your detailed request via email to giannimusella@gmail.com e.g. Your Name, Date, Hotel name, number of Participants, the price is not per person.
Reservation, confirmation and final payment, READ FURTHER INFO HERE »
9.00am depart your Hotel in Rome, we will drive approximately 45 minutes to the town of Tivoli, The Villa d’Este is a 16th century villa famous for its terraced hillside Italian Renaissance garden and especially for its profusion of fountains.
It is now an Italian state museum, and is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. You will have free time to explore these gardens and its fountains on your own, after this visit we will drive 45 minutes to Castel Gandolfo a charming little town where the Summer residence of the Pope is located, built on cliff-side overlooking the Lake of Albano. You will have free time to explore the small village, we will recommend good panoramic restaurant.
After lunch we will return to Rome driving through the Appian Way area, back to the Hotel by 4.30/5.00pm
Please note that: Your driver/guide, even though very knowledgeable and speaking perfect English is not authorized to give tours inside museums, In case you like to include in your visit a guided tour of Villa d’Este, It is recommended to hire a local tour guide, just ask us we will be happy to reserve and block the guide on your behalf, you will personally pay the local guide.
Full day tour to Tivoli Gardens and Castel Gandolfo, duration 8 hours (from 9.00am to 5.00pm).
Rate from € 650.00* EUR,
(*this rate is from 1 up to 4 people, rate will change in case of more participants), send your detailed request via email to giannimusella@gmail.com e.g. Your Name, Date, Hotel name, number of Participants, the price is not per person.
Reservation, confirmation and final payment, READ FURTHER INFO HERE »
Private full day excursion from Rome to Civita di Bagnoregio and Orvieto.
After meeting at the Hotel at 8.00/8.30am Depart Rome and drive to Civita di Bagnoregio (duration of this trip is approximately 1 hour), you will have free time to walk this little town built on the peak of a mountain, afterward we will drive to Orvieto (approximately 45 minutes drive) another famous City with its unique Duomo, you will have free time to walk around, lunch in a nice restaurant, 4.30/5.00pm back to the Hotel in Rome.
Customized rate for Private Full day excursion from Rome to Civita and Orvieto (in Euros not in USD, rates are per Service not per person): send your detailed request via e-mail to giannimusella@gmail.com (e.g. Your Name, exact Date, name of your Hotel, number of Participants).
Please note that: Your driver/guide, even though very knowledgeable and speaking perfect English is not authorized to give tours inside museums, In case you like to include in your visit of Orvieto a guided tour, It is recommended to hire a local tour guide, just ask us we will be happy to reserve and block the guide on your behalf, you will personally pay the local guide.
Rates: All rates are in Euros not in USD, rates are per Service not per person, quoted rates will include requested vehicle and English speaking driver, highway tolls, car fuel and parking. Rates will not include: 10% driver’s Gratuity, 16% Government tax and VAT , passenger’s lunch, beverages, entrance tickets to museums and various attractions, tour guides on sites, rental of audio guide devices. Anything not specifically mentioned as INCLUDED
Please remember that: Visitors are required to have their shoulders and knees covered when visiting religious sites
Full day tours Civita and Orvieto, duration 8 hours (from 9.00am to 5.00pm), Rate from € 650.00* EUR,
(*this rate is from 1 up to 4 people, rate will change in case of more participants), send your detailed request via email to giannimusella@gmail.com e.g. Your Name, Date, Hotel name, number of Participants, the price is not per person.
Reservation, confirmation and final payment, READ FURTHER INFO HERE »
Pompeii Private Day trip from Rome
Enjoy an overview of the Amalfi Coast, visit the picturesque village of Positano, explore Pompeii, which is the most important excavation in the world and shop in Sorrento, world’s summer resort that attracts people from all over the world.
8.00am depart Rome Hotel, approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes relaxing drive to Pompeii, where you will experience life as it was in 79 AD. with the eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79 AD the city was buried 20 feet below ash and lava until excavations began in the 18th century. Once on site you will have 2 hours to tour on foot , gaining an insight into lives of ancient romans as you stroll past baths, theaters, temples, markets and forums.
You will then proceed along the Amalfi Coast to Positano, where a picture postcard comes to life , a patchwork of flat and domed roofs and vine-covered stairways tumbling down to meet the gentle curve of beach. Enjoy time at leisure to explore this elegant spot with its designer boutiques, shops and seaside cafes. On the way back to Rome, if time permitting we may make a short stop to the famous resort Sorrento. You will discover a little city that is brimmed with character and overflowing with picturesque streets, scenes and charming people.
It was here in Sorrento that Greeks and Romans found inspiration for their art and industry, and it is here that you will find an extraordinary collection of wood works, mosaics, furniture and porcelain. 6.00/6.30pm Return in Rome.
Rate for a Full day excursion from Rome to Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast: duration 10 hours (from 8.00am to 6.00pm),
Rate from € 950.00* EUR, (*this rate is from 1 up to 4 people, rate will change in case of more participants),
send your detailed request via email to giannimusella@gmail.com e.g. Your Name, Date, Hotel name,
number of Participants, the price is not per person.
Reservation, confirmation and final payment, READ FURTHER INFO HERE »
Transfer from Rome to Florence scenic Tuscany and Wine tasting
8.00 am – Departure from your Rome hotel we will drive approximately 2 hours to Siena, you will have free time to walk in the main street and a stop in the Piazza del Campo square to take your pictures. The cathedral which dominates the skyline is one of the most beautiful in Italy, We then continue our drive 45 minutes to San Gimignano.
San Gimignano was the Manhattan of the 13th century with its seventy two towers, today only fourteen are left. You will have free time to explore this little town, You will find yourself out of the crowds in peaceful surroundings and looking over breathtaking scenery with sunflowers and red poppies. Lunch is at your leisure or if you like I can arrange on your behalf a light lunch and wine tasting in a Local farm winery (You will personally pay the wine and lunch) after lunch we head towards your Florence Hotel. 4.00/4.30pm end of service.
Rate for a transfer from Rome to Florence scenic Tuscany and Wine tasting:
Duration 8 hours (from 8.00am to 4.00pm), Rome to Florence en route tour of Tuscany – Rate from € 950.00* EUR,
(*this rate is from 1 up to 4 people, rate will change in case of more participants), send your detailed request via email to giannimusella@gmail.com e.g. Your Name, Date, Hotel name, number of Participants, the price is not per person.
Reservation, confirmation and final payment, READ FURTHER INFO HERE »
Full day excursion from Florence
From your Florence Hotel 9.00am pick up time, we will drive 1 hour straight to Siena, where you will have time to walk around to visit this charming city and take some picture, afterward we will depart Siena and continue our drive (30 minutes) to the wine Chianti area of San Gimignano, stop for a quick visit of this walled medieval little city , We will recommend good local restaurant or we can arrange a light lunch and wine tasting in a local winery, by 3.00pm we will depart the farm, we will drive approximately 1 hour to return to your Hotel in Florence 4.00pm end of service.
Customized rate for Full day excursion from Florence through Tuscany countryside (in Euros not in USD, rates are per Service not per person): send your detailed request via e-mail to giannimusella@gmail.com (e.g. Your Name, exact Date, name of your Hotel, number of Participants).
Rates: All rates are in Euros not in USD, rates are per Service not per person, quoted rates will include requested vehicle and English speaking driver, highway tolls, car fuel and parking. Rates will not include: 10% driver’s Gratuity, 17% Government tax and VAT, passenger’s lunch, beverages, entrance tickets to museums and various attractions, tour guides on sites, rental of audio guide devices. Anything not specifically mentioned as INCLUDED
Please remember that: Visitors are required to have their shoulders and knees covered when visiting religious sites.
Full day excursion from Florence through Tuscany countryside: duration 8 hours (from 9.00am to 5.00pm), Tuscany Countryside Rate from € 850.00* EUR,
(*this rate is from 1 up to 4 people, rate will change in case of more participants), send your detailed request via email to giannimusella@gmail.com e.g. Your Name, Date, Hotel name, number of Participants, the price is not per person.
Reservation, confirmation and final payment, READ FURTHER INFO HERE »
Florence and Pisa Excursions
After meeting at the port at 8.00am (I will hold a signboard with your name) we will drive to Florence approximately 1 hour, on the way to Florence a stop can be made to admire the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, Once in the city of Florence you will be taken to see all the major highlights
Shore Excursions to Rome and The Vatican
After meeting at the port at 8.00am (I will hold a signboard with your name) we will drive approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to Rome, Once in the city of Rome you will be taken to see all the major highlights, such as: listed below are our recommendations of the main sites to see in Rome