TAILOR MADE PRIVATE EXCURSIONS

All excursions start from either your cruise ship or local accommodation and can be tailor made to exactly your own requirements. Everything can be planned so that you can spend more time at the places which are most important for you and it is also possible to ‘mix and match’ creating your own personalized tour which we can develop together when you contact me. 
To start getting an idea, take a look at our guestbook where you can find feedback from clients who have already travelled with us.

Examples of Tailor Made Tours:

• Pompei \ Herculaneum - Sorrento - Positano tour

  A full excursion day to include shopping and sightseeing in Sorrento, a spectacular panoramic drive along the Amalfi coastline to Positano with photo stops along the way plus time to wander round and soak up the atmosphere in this picturesque little town. Back to Sorrento area for visit to a local farm and fruit orchard, meet the family who run it and sample some of the home made specialties.  Lunch break  either at the farm itself or a local country restaurant . Continue to either Pompei or Herculaneum with time to visit the site of your choice.  .   In order to get the maximum from your visit to the archaeological site, my recommendation  is to engage an official guide.  Return to your point of departure.

• Pompei \ Herculaneum - Positano - Amalfi - Ravello tour

  A full day out doing a circular tour round the Serpentine Peninsular. Travelling along the Sorrento side of a mountain range with stops for photos along the way. Coming out high above the Sorrento Plateau and then cutting across the foothills onto the world famous Amalfi Coastline. Travel along to Positano where you have some time to wander around and soak up the atmosphere of this picturesque little town, then on along this spectacular winding road with plenty of photo stops, through the pretty little town of Amalfi and finally climbing up through the vineyards and lemon groves to Ravello which is perched high above the sea with spectacular views.  Time for lunch here with a chance to sample the local delicacies. Continue over a mountain pass  to either Pompei or Herculaneum with time to visit the site of your choice. In order to get the maximum from your visit to the archaeological site, my recommendation  is to engage an official guide.  Return to your point of departure.

• Phlegrean Fields - Solfatara - Pozzuoli - Cuma tour

  A day of excursion steeped in history travelling out of the City of Naples into the volcanic area of the Phlegrean Fields. Here we can visit the Solfatara, an incredible experience walking into an area which could almost be Dante’s ‘inferno’ (hell) with its eerie atmosphere, the boiling mud, the sulpher fumes  and other natural phenomenon.  Time in Pozzuoli which  is famous for its magnificent Roman remains and old port (once one of the largest on the Tyrrhenian sea). Time for lunch here and the possibility of sampling typical delicacies  and then on to Cuma where  we find the remains of the ancient Greek civilization, the Sybil’s cave and also examples of the Roman occupation including an amphitheatre. Back to base at the end of the day.

• Wine Country Experience tour

  A day tour for wine connoisseurs and those interested in seeing something different. We travel away from the usual tourist spots to tour the heart of the wine making country in the Apennine mountains. Visit to a winery to see the whole process of wine production with the chance of lunch in a typical local rustic restaurant. See the little hilltop villages where life seems to have some to a standstill way back in the past.  Back to point of departure late afternoon.

• Caserta Royal Palace and gardens tour

  This famous palace of the Bourbon kings is known also as the Versailles of Naples.  You have plenty of time to spend the whole day here visiting the magnificent state apartments of the palace and then making your way slowly through the immense gardens with their fountains and waterfalls.  You can even take a horse and carriage ride round the park. Restaurant facilities are available or we can leave the palace in time to visit one of  the local buffalo farms and take lunch at a small local restaurant.

• Monte Cassino \ Minturno tour

  A  day of remembrance visiting the beautiful Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino where both the British Commonwealth and the Polish war cemeteries can be found.  More time can be spent here or else the visit can be made shorter and we can also visit the Minturno war cemetery either before or after Cassino. Time during the day for lunch in one of the typical local restaurants.

• Capri and Sorrento tour

  Travel over to Capri with an ‘escort’ who will help you to get a taste of this beautiful little Island and to fit as much as possible into you visit.  After Capri a short jetfoil ride will bring you to Sorrento where your transport awaits you. Up from the harbor to the main town, time for a quick lunch and a short walking tour of the historical centre then away to tour the little villages and beauty spots of the Sorrentine area. Back to point of departure late afternoon.

• Family Experience excursion

  A chance here to visit one of the local farms, get to meet the family, explore the farm and see the kind of crops which are grown, the lemon and orange groves and the vineyard. You can sample some of the local delicacies at a family meal – Italian style – in fact, full immersion into the Italian way of life.  Time also today for a visit to the old town of Sorrento for exploring and shopping.

• Haunts of the Mermaids: coastal trip by boat.

  A unique chance to go from one of the small local harbours in a fishing boat to explore the magical coastline of the Sorrentine Peninsular and to see the Galli Islands which legend tells us were once the haunt of mermaids.  Come ashore to lunch in one of the local seafood restaurants before taking your transport to tour the little villages off the beaten tourist track of the Peninsular.  A full day of relaxation and beauty.  If sea and weather conditions are unfavourable for our boat trip we will take time to visit the historical centre of Sorrento or else make our way over to beautiful little Positano for a quick visit

With all excursions the order in which we visit the different places depends on traffic and local conditions and is always planned so that you get the most possible out of your day. Please note, entrance fees are not included in the excursions.