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Private driving tours, country excursions, day trips, transfers and journeys throughout Italy |
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| I drive you around and show you places. While driving I point out things and explain what they are. I stop at the places that require a visit and help you visit them. The fact that I'm writing this text myself tells you that I have a pretty good knowledge and command of the English language. I don't speak English with a heavy Italian accent, so no language barrier! Many clients who had come to Italy before and have had other experiences with local guides and driving guides, told me I was the best guide they ever had. Very kind indeed!. I will not only be pointing things out from inside the car. |
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When possible or necessary I will be walking with you inside churches and museums, around gardens, squares, excavation sites etc., Of course when I work I have to deal with our chaotic traffic and sometimes you'll have to be a little patient while I look for parking space... At most places it will be alright to leave the car just outside, even if double parked, for a little while. But places that require a little longer time to visit ( i.e. St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums or Tivoli Gardens) we may have to drive around the block once or |
| twice before finding a parking space, and it never takes a really long time to find one anyway. Naturally, speaking English and driving aren't enough for guiding people around; one has to know the history of the places he takes you to! I started learning about the Romans and Art History from my dad when I was still a kid and, like most kids, I wasn't all that interested then! Plus, having a father and a teacher concentrated in one person wasn't all that fun! It was later, in my late twenties, that I became keen on Rome's history and started going to lectures, university classes and reading lots of books... and I still do! |
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I'll also be around to help you whenever you'll need me, like if you go to a shop to buy something and the salesgirl there doesn't speak English, or when you want to order food at restaurant but the menu is only in Italian etc. etc... |
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In other words, I can maybe tell you about Rome more than you want to hear, but not necessarily I will! Rome is not my only playground though, I can take you to Florence, Siena, the Tuscan countryside, Naples and its surroundings or anywhere else you'd like to go. Some people hire me to tour Italy's most attractive areas and we tour for one or two weeks. One of the recurrent phrases I here as I'm touring with my friends (after a few days together (they all become friends rather than clients) is: " This is they way to tour!" What I really enjoy, and my clients also enjoy, is doing the tours off the beaten path. Most people stay for only 2 or maximum 3 days, including the day they arrive and the day they leave. |
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They end up having just one full day in Rome which is barely long enough to see just the most famous places, the ones everybody knows and talks about like St. Peter's, the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain. I like it when the people stay a little longer, three or four full days, and give me the opportunity to show them places not even the locals know about. I also like to go with people who visited Italy before and do not need to go back to the classical sites. I can take them to see places that are very interesting but visited by few. |
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Another comment I hear often is: "We would have never found this on our own!" I hear it especially when I take people on tours in my area, way off the beaten path to discover places that arouse enthusiasm even in my Roman friends when they come to visit me and I show them around. I live in the country, about one hour drive from Rome heading south towards Naples and the area is full of beautiful, well preserved, little medieval towns that really deserve to be visited, but very few people actually do. |
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