See Italy with Those Who Know it Best!

The Italian Cultural Society offers travelers unique, hand picked tours to Italy's most famous cities and charming villages with a variety of itineraries and destinations. A recent Harris Poll showed that Italy is the number one destination in the world for Americans. More Americans chose Italy when asked where they would most like to visit.
Unlike other tour packages, our tours give travelers the opportunity to discover Italy in the company of a native Italian and enjoy many things tourists seldom get the chance to experience. Enjoy lunch on a magnificent hillside olive oil estate, walk or bike on the walls of Lucca and enjoy a Puccini concert in the town where the composer was born. A magnificent blend of incredible natural beauty, history, art, culture, architecture, wines and food all await the traveler in Italy, as well as a way of life that inspires travelers long after they return home. Here is what people who travel with us say about the experience. "I want you to know that I had a wonderful time in Italy. The hotel, the food, our group of travelers, the touring arrangements, the tour guides ... everything was fantastic." ... "I have traveled a lot and your tour was by far the best travel experience I ever had."...Your tour exceeded even my loftiest expectations. ..thank you for the trip of a lifetime" read more traveler reviews
We invite you to join the Italian Cultural Society in Italy for any of these tours.

SPRING in SICILY, SORRENTO, AMALFI COAST AND POMPEII
11- Days March 18-28, 2012
$2,999 ( includes airfare and all tours!)

This spectacular tour includes Sicily, Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast and Pompeii. Sicily is unbelievably rich in beauty, history, arts, culture and cuisine, and you will experience it from our lovely home base in Taormina. You will walk among the greatest Greek ruins anywhere, see incomparable Roman and Norman mosaics; explore remote hilltop villages and spectacular landscapes. Visit the Sicilian cities of Siracusa, Agrigento, Taormina, Mount Etna, Forza d’Agro, and Savoca. Then transfer to the enchanting city of Sorrento. Enjoy a tour of the “Amalfi Drive" with its stunning views it is said to be the most spectacular road in Europe. We will visit the partially buried Roman city of Pompeii which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in all of Italy.

*The tour price of $2,999 includes Round Trip airfare from San Francisco to Sicily, air and land transportation in Italy. Accommodations in lovely 4-star Hotels, all buffet style breakfasts, and most full course Italian dinners - Comprehensive Sightseeing Tours and museum entrance fees are also included, with private deluxe motor-coach transportation and many other amenities. - Arrival and Departure Transfers, hotel portage fees and Pre-Departure Show and Orientation Banquet also included. Tour is fully escorted by Italian Cultural Society host, and local English speaking guides. While in Sicily your home base will be the romantic city of Taormina called the Paris of Southern Europe for its elegance, beauty and culture. In Sicily visit beautiful Mount Etna, Catania, Siracusa, Agrigento, the Valley of the Temples and the charming mediaeval villages of Forza d'Agro and Savoca. From Sorrento we will visit Positano, Amalfi and Pompeii -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy.
Click here for a brochure and information or please call (916) 482-5900 or e-mail your request to Italy@winfirst.com.

Italy: The Grand Tour

Tuscany-Rome-Le Cinque Terre-Venice
12 days- June 12 to 23, 2012
$4458 (includes air and fuel charge, hotels,
most meals, tours, tax and tips and more!)

This Tuscany- Cinque Terre, Rome and *Venice grand tour allows travelers to experience Italy's the heart of Italy. Tuscany's incomparable beauty and variety have lured travelers for over two thousand years. Travelers can enjoy the luxury and hospitality of staying in a welcoming villa hotel for the entire week in Tuscany, and taking short drives on our private motor coach to visit Florence, Lucca, Viareggio, Siena, Pisa, San Gimignano, Volterra, Montecatini and the Chianti Wine Road and a tour of the Cinque Terre. Tour will include bus and ferry transportation and all visits.

Rome is a city blessed by an immense wealth of the world's most magnificent art and architecture. There is no escaping the Eternal City's importance and its history and grandeur, but Rome is one of the most phenomenally alive and vibrant places on earth! See , Ancient Rome, St. Peters and Vatican City, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums. Walk the ancient streets, visit the Coliseum, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, the Trevi Fountain, and much more.
Our Tuscany - Cinque Terre - Rome- grand tour will offer travelers an optional full day all inclusive excursion to Venice including San Marco Square, the Bridge of Sighs, the Dodges' Palace. The Grand Tour is a wonderful mix of the wonders of nature, and Italy's greatest art treasures, incredible architecture, excellent foods, wine and culture, shopping and much more.
Tour prices will be per person and based on double occupancy and include round-trip airfare to Italy from**San Francisco to Florence, and from Rome back to San Francisco, all accommodations in 4 star hotels - all buffet style breakfasts - full course Italian dinners - comprehensive Sightseeing Tours - museum entrance fees - private deluxe motor-coach transportation and many other amenities. - Arrival and Departure Transfers and Pre-Departure Show and Orientation Banquet also included. Tour is fully escorted by Italian Cultural Society host, and local English speaking local guides. Follow this link for a complete brochure or call (916) 482-5900 or e-mail your request to Italy@winfirst.com

*THANKSGIVING IN TUSCANY
9 days~ November 2012 dates and price *TBA
($* includes air, hotels, all breakfasts and dinners, tours, and so much more!)

This nine day excursion is a favorite itinerary and being in Tuscany at Thanksgiving guarantees you'll have a lot to be thankful for! This time of year is perfect for experiencing an authentic Italy without crowds of tourists. Staying in one lovely villa hotel for the entire tour and unpacking only ONCE makes this the ideal trip ~*the tour price TBA per person includes round trip airfare from **San Francisco to Florence, all accommodation in a 4 star Villa hotel near Florence, all buffet breakfasts and all full course sit down Italian dinners, a special lunch at an olive oil estate, 6 sight seeing tours and museum admissions, a native Italian host,  Licensed English Speaking local guides, all ground transportation and transfers by private motor coach while in Italy, pre-trip orientation and slide show, welcome cocktail party, wine and olive oil tasting and special "insider's educational" package. This is the perfect way to see Tuscany!

Tuscany's incomparable beauty and variety have lured travelers for over two thousand years. Tuscany is an exquisite blend of the wonders of nature, the greatest art treasures, incredible architecture, excellent foods, wine and culture and much more.  Our trips allow the traveler to enjoy all of Tuscany while staying in one place- the lovely four star, Hotel Villa Delle Rose Both the food and the service at this hotel is impeccable.  Your host from Sacramento is Tuscan native, Patrizia Cinquini Cerruti, who will host a pre-trip orientation lunch and slide presentation.

While Tuscany travelers will have escorted visits to Florence, Lucca, Vinci, Siena, Pisa, San Gimignano, Volterra, and the Chianti Wine Road- An Optional tour to Rome is available. Follow this link for a complete brochure
or call (916) 482-5900 or e-mail your request to Italy@winfirst.com

Prices are based on double occupancy ~ (single supplement is charged for private rooms and listed in the brochure). Most tours prices are based on a minimun of 20 persons, please check trip brochure for exact details. Prices are those at time of printing * subject to change with notice of changes given to traveler in advance.