Top Italy Private Sightseeing Tours

Palermo’s lively streets and rich Sicilian heritage can sometimes feel overwhelming. Take the mystery out of your visit by exploring with a local on a private walking tour. This personalized tour allows you to discover the exterior of monuments, including museums, while learning about the city’s history and culture. If you wish to include a museum visit, your guide can customize the itinerary to fit your interests—just let us know in advance. Your guide contacts you beforehand to understand your preferences, ensuring you see the places you truly want to experience. Ideal for families, solo travelers, or couples, this tour reveals Palermo’s hidden gems and traditions.

Seeing the sights of Florence can involve a lot of walking. Cover the ground, including hidden lanes that traditional cars can’t enter, without wearing out your shoe leather on this private tour. Open sides offer wraparound views of the city’s UNESCO World Heritage–listed historic center. Upgrade to the panoramic tour to include a stop at a romantic fountain and Piazzale Michelangelo for sweeping rooftop vistas.

Go beyond simple sightseeing–and enjoy a more personalized experience–on this private tour of Venice led by a local guide and starting from your hotel, apartment, or other address in the city. Customize an itinerary to best suit your interests and hobbies, hear insider stories while exploring on foot, and discover highlights plus hidden gems that many visitors overlook. This tour is available in English, French, Italian, Arabic, and Spanish.

Walking tours are a great way to get oriented in a new city, but usually follow rigid itineraries and stick close to the beaten path. On this private tour, explore seaside Trieste with guides called “lokafyers,” locals who give occasional personal tours of their city. You’ll skip the usual historical sights for a more authentic tour based on your interests and those of your guide.

Maximize your sightseeing time on your Venice vacation with this private walking tour, and orient yourself around the city's historical attractions, canal-lined neighborhoods, and sights. As it’s a private tour, the focus is on your interests, but typical itineraries include pass-by stops at top Venice attractions such as the Rialto Bridge, Rialto Fish Market, the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, La Fenice Theater, and more.

Embark on a private and personalized tour of Milan, tailored for first-time visitors eager to explore the city's rich culture, beautiful art, and vibrant local lifestyle. Experience the magic of Milan as you delve into its origins and visit its main landmarks, including the iconic Sforza Castle, the magnificent Duomo square, and the renowned fashion and artistic district beloved by locals. Accompanied by a knowledgeable local guide, you'll gain a deeper understanding of Milan, seeing both the major tourist sights and uncovering hidden gems that capture the true essence of the city. This is a tour of the historic center

See the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries with a private guide. Your experience is personalized especially for you, allowing you to see the works of art that most interest you. Wander the extensive gallery at your own pace, with your guide giving you as much information as you like. As a bonus, booking this tour means you benefit from reserved-entry tickets at a time of your choosing, too.

Explore Venice–and enjoy a more intimate experience at a time that suits you–on this private tour with a local guide, complete with half-hour gondola ride. Discover the city’s highlights, including St. Mark’s Square and Accademia Bridge, visit hidden gems you might otherwise have missed, and step inside historic buildings. Take a private gondola along the Grand Canal and enjoy plenty of time for photo opportunities on the water.

Make the most of your time and cover Assisi’s top sights in just a few hours on this private walking tour. Stroll through the charming squares and narrow streets of the old town and learn about the city’s multilayered past as you view ancient Roman ruins and medieval buildings. Pay homage to Assisi’s famous patron saint at the Basilica of St Francis, which boasts one of Italy’s finest collections of church art. Stop as often as you like and enjoy the personalized attention of a private guide.

Experience Rome your way with this exclusive private and fully customizable tour, featuring a licensed guide and chauffeur in a Mercedes van or golf cart. Visit iconic landmarks like the Colosseum, Vatican Museums, and Trevi Fountain, with your guide providing in-depth insights at each stop. Perfect for travelers seeking flexibility, this tour can be tailored to your interests and includes hotel, train station, airport, or port pickup.

Experience more than 2,500 years of history—and see the best of Rome's attractions—on this private tour. Roam the streets of this city in a comfortable, covered, street-legal golf cart. This family-friendly sightseeing tour offers a narrated journey of the palaces, monuments, churches, fountains, and statues that define the rich heritage of Italy's capital. Plus, the itinerary is customized to your preferences, so you can see the sights that interest you most.

Set sail around Lake Como—and skip the busy crowds—on a private boat tour for up to six guest. Fully tailored to you, relax with a glass of bubbles as you take in charming lakeside villages, opulent villas of the rich and famous, and hidden spots you'd likely miss alone. As you cruise the glistening waters, enjoy fascinating insights from your private skipper and ask questions along the way.

UNESCO World Heritage–listed Pompeii is one of Earth’s most extraordinary archaeological sites, frozen in time beneath the ash that flooded from Vesuvius. Enjoy a more personal and enriching encounter and hear facts you won’t find on your phone when you book these private tours, led by an official guide. Your guide will greet you with a name sign, avoiding any confusion, and adapt the pace and level to your group.

Skip the predictable itinerary of a private tour and explore Naples far from the tourist track on this completely customizable experience. Create an itinerary that matches your interests and pace together with your local guide and set off to discover the city’s authentic Rione Sanita or Pignasecca districts, the Purgatorio ad Arco and Fontanelle cemetery, the lively Via Toledo, or other sights, chosen especially for you.

Exploring Alberobello's hundreds of traditional "trulli" on foot can be tiring and time-consuming. See the old town in an hour without getting footsore with this tour by Segway, e-bike, tuk-tuk, or golf cart. Zip through two historical districts with a guide to admire these fairytale-like dwellings and learn about their history and architecture, stopping to take in a “trullo” church and visit the interiors of an authentic “trullo” home.

Discover a side of Venice many tourists never see on this real secret Venice walking tour. Join your Venetian guide for a stroll through authentic local neighborhoods and past captivating hidden gems. Delve into the history and lore of the Jewish Ghetto, Cannaregio, and San Polo districts, stopping to admire its quiet canals and tiny artisan workshops that still make traditional handicrafts.

Experience the tranquil beauty of Venice from the water on a private gondola ride that takes you through the city's less-traveled canals. Relax onboard a traditional Venetian boat as a gondolier navigates past historic palaces, churches, and landmarks that most tourists miss. Booking in advance guarantees your party’s seats and saves you the hassle of payment on the spot, so you can sit back and enjoy the ride.

Add some fun to your ancient Rome explorations, with this private tour of the Colosseum and Roman Forum. You have the benefit of a private guide just for your sole group to explore ancient Rome. Experience the historic ruins, including the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, and gain access to the arena floor of the Colosseum, not available on a standard ticket.

Discover the best of Florence's city center, without the hassle of planning, on this private tour by golf cart. Explore the city without long walks or crowded buses, and breeze between historic neighborhoods, hidden corners, and stunning viewpoints, including Piazzale Michelangelo. Enjoy open-air views, capture plenty of photos, and hear about the city’s history and culture from your guide.

Avoid the hassle of navigating the local train by yourself and enjoy skip-the-line admission to Pompeii with this private express tour. Meet your assistant at the Sorrento train station to board and get off just outside Pompeii, where you’ll head directly inside the ruins with your guide. Take in the top villas, temples, and more in just two hours before the return train to Sorrento.

Check off two of southern Italy’s UNESCO-listed destinations in just one day on a private tour from Rome. Explore Pompeii and walk through an ancient city frozen in time by the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Continue to the spectacularly scenic Amalfi Coast, stopping for lunch (own expense) with a view in Positano. Enjoy free time to explore and browse unique handmade shops, and also visit Amalfi or another waterside village.

Skip the set itinerary and script of an organized tour and explore Bologna with a local host for a fully customized visit tailored to your pace and interests. Take in blockbuster attractions like Piazza Maggiore and the Due Torri plus delve into the parts of the city known only to locals to discover unique sights, favorite eateries, and little-known gems.

The ideal option for first-time visitors to Rome, this private tour takes you past the Eternal City’s top landmarks in an electric-powered golf cart. Enjoy unobstructed open-air views as you cruise past attractions like the Colosseum, Spanish Steps, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Piazza Navona—getting access to areas not reachable by standard vehicle.