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August 7th-18th, 2025
A Grand Tour of Gastronomy, History, and Horse Racing - Italy
Host: Johanna Schuessler
Italy
12-days, 11-nights
Host: Johanna Schuessler
12-days, 11-nights
Italy
A Grand Tour of Gastronomy, History, and Horse Racing Italy

This itinerary offers a luxurious 11-day experience in Italy with a Mercedes E Class and an English-speaking driver to ensure seamless transportation for the duration of this experience beginning upon your arrival at Milan airport to your departure from Rome Fiumicino airport. Enjoy two nights in Varenna, including breakfast and a private six-hour boat tour on Lake Como, followed by a four-course dinner with wine. Stay one night in Milan before heading to Modena for two nights with visits to a Parmesan cheese producer and a balsamic vinegar producer, including tastings and lunch.

Explore the Lamborghini Museum and enjoy traditional local dining experiences in Emilia. Stay two nights in Bologna, followed by five nights at a villa in the rolling hills of Chianti with breathtaking sunsets of Siena on the horizon. Participate in a private Brunello wine tour and cheese experience, both including tastings and lunch. Experience the Palio trial race on August 15th and enjoy dinner in a Contrada that evening. Attend the Palio race on August 16th, concluding with dinner in

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Trip Details

Arrive in Cusco, Peru, by mid-day on September 6th

TRIP PRICING

August 7th - 18th, 2025
$15,310 Per Person
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ITINERARY
Mercedes E Class with English speaking driver at your disposal as per program, from the pick up at Milan Malpensa airport on August 7th to the drop off at Rome Fiumicino airport on August 18th
Hotels stays, breakfast included
Private boat tour in Lake Como in the afternoon (6 hours)
Dinner in a restaurant in Lake Como with 4 courses menu and wine (1 bottle for 2 people)
Entrance at Maranello Museum
Visit a parmesan cheese producer and cheese-tasting
Visit of a Balsamic vinegar producer with vinegar tasting and lunch/wine included
Traditional dinner in Emilia for a unique local experience, wine included
Visit of Lamborghini Museum
5 overnight stays at villa, breakfast included
Private Brunello Wine Tour with the visit of 2 wineries with wine tasting and lunch
Private Cheese experience with lunch
Tickets for the Palio trial race on August 15th
Dinner in a Contrada on August 15th
Tickets for the Palio on August 16th
Dinner in a restaurant in Campo Square at the end of the Palio on August 16th
Transfer to Rome Fiumicino airport on August 158th

Price Excludes
Meals not specified
City tax at the hotels
Tips and all extras (suggested tips: € 50 per day)
Anything not specified under ‘price includes.

Important Information:

There is no internet service onboard. However, you can connect to AustralisNet, a digital system filled with exciting content about Patagonia and more!
Exclusions: Port fees of US$135 per passenger (for Ushuaia – Punta Arenas – Ushuaia segment) are additional and will be charged with the ticket.

"We had the trip of a lifetime to Italy! When touring Rome our guide was so knowledgeable and we were able to skip all the lines for places like the Colosseum and the Vatican. We took a hot air balloon over Tuscany and also spent time in the Apulia region. Our tour guides were native Italians and spoke great English. They were so much fun and so knowledgeable. We went to amazing restaurants, wineries and even toured where they make pressed olive oil. Our various accommodations were all so unique - we stayed in a beautiful private villa in the Tuscany countryside and in our own Trulli stone huts to name a few. Finally, we had to make some last minute changes to our itinerary which I would have thought would have been impossible, but Johanna went above and beyond to make it all happen. All I can say is amazing and I can’t wait for our next trip. "

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