DESTINATIONS ITALY | ESCORTED TOURS


BEST OF THE REST


Lake Garda


If you have clients who want to explore the boot of Italy and its whitewashed ‘trulli’ houses and baroque cities, suggest Leger Holidays’ Delights of Puglia coach tour, priced from £1,499 for 16 days including door-to-door pick-up.


33 Glimpsing Lake Como’s sheer-drop cliffs, belle époque villas and elegant towns, such as cobbled Bellagio, doesn’t have to mean breaking the bank


of the lake’) doesn’t have to mean breaking the bank. Shearings Holidays offers an escorted coach package here with excursions to Lake Maggiore, Saint Moritz and medieval Bergamo – home to opulent Renaissance mansions and imposing Gothic cathedrals – from £749, including six nights’ all-inclusive at the Hotel Britannia Excelsior, with pick-up points available around the UK.


Rome: It’s not all about the lakes, of course. For clients more into the city side of things, look to Costsaver’s Jewels of Italy trip from Rome to Venice. Taking in the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Renaissance palaces of Florence and the Roman ruins of fair Verona – home to Juliet’s balcony and other spots immortalised by Shakespeare’s ‘star-crossed lovers’ – it combines all the key highlights of the region in a stripped-back itinerary that allows for flexibility. Various optional extras are available for those clients wanting to push the boat out – from a live music dinner in the Tuscan hills to a piazza tour in Rome and a gondola ride in Venice – and it’s all pleasingly affordable, with prices starting at £950 including all breakfasts, two dinners and coach transport. Flights extra.


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Cosmos Lite’s à la carte model – letting clients choose what they add on – extends to Italy with its eight-day Italian Explorer trip visiting Rome, Genoa, Milan and beyond, from £777 on a B&B basis; flights extra.


For a taste of lesser-known Italy, try Riviera Travel’s Turin & Piedmont – Italy’s Best-Kept Secret tour, which combines the cobbled piazzas and baroque buildings of Turin with wine tasting in Alba; five days costs from £709 including flights.


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