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Our friends at Magari Tours have released the first group of tours for next year, including Essence of Lombardy which we went on last April, Secluded Tuscany and the Heart of Umbria – with [...]

Cinque Terre, the stunning string of centuries-old seaside villages on the rugged Italian Riviera coastline, is a dream destination for travellers seeking picturesque landscapes, vibrant culture, [...]

Our friends at Magari Tours have announced their programme for next year, with their excellent collection of handpicked escorted journeys in Italy. We sampled what they offer earlier this year, [...]

The weather held for our last day in Italy, with a light mist first thing through the valley. My room at the hotel had great views over the valley, and it was a lovely sight first thing in the [...]

This was by far our busiest day, and wouldn’t happen on their standard tour – it was only done so we could see as much as possible of the Lombardy region. Starting at 9:30 am, with much better [...]

Even though we are in late April, and we were not really at the highest altitude at the end of the Imagna Valley, it has snowed overnight and had settled on the slopes above the village. Today [...]

You will know by now that we love working with some of the best travel companies around. Not just the big names that we hear about all the time, because they are not always the best, but the [...]