Juniper Tours luxury custom Italy tours: Venice, Florence, Rome, Tuscany, Amalfi Coast, Positano, Capri, Lake Como, Cinque Terre. Italy specialists: Lexi Blade (Florence-based), Taryn Harrison, Audrey Gabrys.
Italy, the way it was meant to be seen.

Luxury Italy Tours

Juniper Tours designs luxury, fully private Italy tours — Venice and Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast — every itinerary built from scratch around you. No group coaches, no pre-set packages.

Best Time to VisitApr – June & Sept – Oct
Typical Trip Length10 – 14 Days
Trip TypesCustom · Honeymoon · Food & Wine · City
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Why Italy

There is no country on earth that rewards slow travel the way Italy does.

Italy is best understood slowly and region by region. Venice and Rome are different civilisations. Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast don’t share a character. A week in Florence barely scratches the surface. Juniper designs every Italy itinerary from scratch around the cities, landscapes, and food and wine experiences that matter most to you.

Lexi Blade designs Italy itineraries from Florence — inside the country, with personal relationships to the hotels, guides, and producers that make the difference. Audrey Gabrys adds depth across northern Italy and the Alps, and Taryn Harrison brings 25 years of multi-country European experience. Between them, there is no region of Italy they haven’t covered.

Florence-Based Specialists
Lexi Blade lives in Florence and designs Italy itineraries from inside the country — with personal knowledge of every region, personal relationships with the best hotels and guides, and the kind of ground-level expertise that a US-based agent simply cannot replicate.
Castle Stays & Boutique Hotels
Tuscany working estates, Amalfi cliffside hotels, Venetian palazzos, and Rome boutique properties — Italy has some of the most extraordinary places to stay in the world. Juniper hand-selects every property and only works with hotels our specialists have personally visited.
Italy’s Most-Booked Honeymoon
Amalfi sunsets, Tuscan vineyard dinners, Venice at dawn before the crowds arrive — Italy consistently ranks as Juniper’s most-booked honeymoon destination. Lexi has designed more Italy honeymoons than any other trip type and knows exactly which combinations create the most genuinely unforgettable experience.

Great European travel is an investment. Most clients spend $5,000–$15,000 per person for a complete custom Italy itinerary — trips start at $2,500 and your specialist will walk through exactly what that looks like for yours.

Venice canals — custom Italy tours by Juniper Tours
Sample Itinerary

Best of Italy — 13 Days

Venice · Florence · Tuscany · Rome · Amalfi Coast

This is a sample itinerary — for inspiration only. Every Juniper trip is designed from scratch around you. Many clients love an itinerary very similar to this one — if something here resonates, your specialist can build something just like it (or better) specifically for your travel style, dates, and group.

1
Arrive in Venice
Venice+
Your private water taxi meets you at Marco Polo Airport and glides directly to your hotel by canal — one of the great arrival experiences in travel. Venice disorients you immediately and intentionally: the absence of cars, the sound of water, the light on the facades. The rest of the day is yours. Step outside, get lost, and let the city begin on its own terms.
Overnight: Venice
Venice with a private guide is a different city from Venice without one. Doge's Palace and the Basilica di San Marco are best navigated early — pre-arranged priority access gets you inside before the crowds arrive and the heat builds. A private gondola route through the smaller canals reveals the Venice behind the facades: the laundry, the cats, the delivery boats, the gardens visible through iron gates. The afternoon opens into Dorsoduro — the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the Zattere promenade, Aperol Spritz before dinner.
Overnight: Venice
A high-speed train south — two hours of Italian countryside before Florence announces itself with a skyline dominated by Brunelleschi's dome. Your private driver meets you at Santa Maria Novella station. Check in to your hotel, walk to the Arno at sunset, and let the city begin. Florence is best experienced with a private guide who has relationships with the museum staff, restaurant reservations made weeks in advance, and enough time to get genuinely lost.
Overnight: Florence
A full Florence day with a private guide who knows the Uffizi the way most visitors never will — not as a crowd management exercise but as a curated conversation with the most important collection of Renaissance art in the world. Pre-arranged skip-the-line access, a route that prioritises your interests, and enough time with each work to actually look. The afternoon covers the Duomo complex, the Oltrarno neighbourhood across the Ponte Vecchio, and the view from Piazzale Michelangelo at dusk.
Overnight: Florence
Transfer into the Tuscan countryside — a journey that takes you from the city's Renaissance intensity into rolling Chianti green within thirty minutes. Your accommodation for the next three nights is a working estate or boutique agriturismo: vineyards outside the window, dinner in the cellar, the quiet that you can only find this far from a main road. The late afternoon on arrival is best spent doing nothing in particular.
Overnight: Tuscany countryside
A full day in the Chianti wine region — private vineyard visits at estates our specialists have vetted personally, a cooking class with a local chef using produce from the garden that morning, and the kind of long lunch that puts the afternoon firmly off the table. The hilltop towns of Radda, Gaiole, or Panzano are within easy reach for a late afternoon walk before dinner.
Overnight: Tuscany countryside
Siena's medieval core — the Campo, the Duomo, the narrow streets that climb and descend without logic — deserves a full morning with a guide who can contextualise the rivalry with Florence and the extraordinary art that rivalry produced. The afternoon moves south into the Val d'Orcia, UNESCO World Heritage landscape: the cypress-lined roads, the abbey at Sant'Antimo, the thermal baths at Bagno Vignoni.
Overnight: Tuscany countryside
Private transfer south into Rome — leaving the Tuscan countryside and arriving in the most layered city on earth. Check in to your hotel in central Rome and spend the evening easing into the city: a neighbourhood trattoria, a walk to a fountain that's been standing for centuries, the particular noise that Rome makes after dark. The Eternal City rewards patience and punishes rushing.
Overnight: Rome
A privately guided tour through the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill — the heart of the ancient world, given context by a specialist who brings the layers of history alive. Priority access is pre-arranged so you move through the sites at your own pace without queuing in summer heat. The afternoon is yours: the Capitoline Hill at sunset, the Campo de' Fiori market winding down, dinner in Testaccio.
Overnight: Rome
An early start for the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel — pre-arranged skip-the-line access with a private guide who knows exactly where to stand and when to look up. St. Peter's Basilica and the views from the cupola follow. The afternoon opens into Trastevere — Rome's most atmospheric neighbourhood, medieval lanes and ochre facades and aperitivo by the fountain.
Overnight: Rome
Private transfer south — the road to the Amalfi Coast winds down through Campania and eventually deposits you at a clifftop hotel above the sea. The drive itself is part of the experience. Check in, take the cliff path down to the water, and let the Amalfi Coast announce itself on its own terms. Dinner at a restaurant with a terrace facing west.
Overnight: Amalfi Coast
The Amalfi Coast is best understood from the water. A private boat takes you out for the day — Capri's Blue Grotto in the morning, lunch in a cove below Positano, afternoon swimming off the boat in the open sea. The coast seen from a terrace is beautiful; from water level, it is extraordinary. Your specialist pre-arranges the boat, the captain, and the route based on conditions and your preferences.
Overnight: Amalfi Coast
A private transfer to Naples International Airport. Most people leave Italy already planning their return — which region they missed, which restaurant they want to revisit, which part of the country they still haven’t seen. Your Juniper specialist is reachable throughout departure day.

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This is a starting point, not a fixed package. Many Juniper clients travel something very similar — customised for their travel style, dates, and accommodation level. Book a free call and your specialist builds from here.

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Sample Itineraries

Luxury custom Italy tour ideas to inspire your trip

Every itinerary below is a starting point, not a fixed package. Click any card to see the day-by-day — then book a free consultation and your specialist will build something just like it (or better) around you.

Amalfi Coast Capri Positano Italy tour — Juniper Tours
SampleMost Popular
7 Days

Amalfi Coast with Capri

Naples · Positano · Ravello · Capri

Seven focused days on Italy's most dramatic coastline — private boat days, clifftop dining, and the Blue Grotto. The purest version of the Amalfi experience, built around private access and the right pace.

1–2
Arrive Naples → AmalfiRavello

Private transfer to clifftop hotel, settle in.

3
Positano DayPositano

Private driver, hidden beaches, lunch above the water.

4
Private Boat DayCapri

Blue Grotto, Villa Jovis, lunch in the port.

5–6
Ravello & the CoastRavello

Villa Cimbrone gardens, local trattoria dinners.

7
DepartNaples Airport

Private transfer, departure.

6 nights · 4★+Private boat dayPrivate transfersDaily breakfast
Taste of Tuscany wine tour Florence Siena — Juniper Tours
SampleFood & Wine
7 Days

Taste of Tuscany

Florence · Chianti · Siena · Val d’Orcia

A focused deep-dive into Tuscany’s food and wine culture — private vineyard dinners in Chianti, a cooking class on a working estate, truffle hunting in the Val d’Orcia, and Siena’s medieval streets.

1–2
FlorenceFlorence

Uffizi, Duomo, private cooking class.

3–4
ChiantiChianti

Private winery visits, estate dinners, Greve.

5
SienaSiena

Medieval city tour, Il Campo, Duomo.

6
Val d’OrciaPienza

Truffle hunt, Pienza cheese, Montalcino wine.

7
DepartFlorence Airport

Private transfer, departure.

6 nights · Estate & 4★Cooking class + truffle huntPrivate winery visitDaily breakfast
Italy wine tour castles Barolo Brunello — Juniper Tours
SampleWine & Castles
10 Days

Italy Wine Tour with Castles

Piedmont · Emilia Romagna · Tuscany

Italy’s great wine regions — Barolo in Piedmont, Brunello in Montalcino, Amarone in the Veneto — linked by castle hotels and medieval towns. The most comprehensive wine itinerary in the catalog.

1–2
PiedmontBarolo

Barolo wine country, Langhe castle hotels.

3–4
BolognaEmilia Romagna

Food capital of Italy, Bolognese ragù, Parmesan.

5–6
FlorenceFlorence

Uffizi, Oltrarno, Chianti wine bars.

7–8
MontalcinoTuscany

Brunello di Montalcino, Abbazia di Sant’Antimo.

9–10
Val d’Orcia & DepartSiena

Pienza, truffle country, departure.

9 nights · Castle + 4★3 wine regionsPrivate cellar visitsDaily breakfast
Milan Lake Como Italian Lakes tour — Juniper Tours
SampleLakes & Cities
8 Days

Milan & the Italian Lakes

Milan · Lake Como · Lake Maggiore

Leonardo’s Last Supper, lakeside villas, ferry crossings between Bellagio and Varenna, and the Borromean Islands on Maggiore. Northern Italy at its most elegant.

1–2
MilanMilan

Last Supper, Duomo, Galleria, La Scala.

3–5
Lake ComoBellagio

Lakeside hotel, private boat, Villa del Balbianello.

6–7
Lake MaggioreStresa

Borromean Islands, Villa Taranto gardens.

8
DepartMilan Malpensa

Private transfer, departure.

7 nights · 4★+ lakesideLast Supper ticketsPrivate boat dayDaily breakfast
Self drive tour Italy Rome Umbria Tuscany Cinque Terre — Juniper Tours
SampleSelf Drive
10 Days

Self Drive Tour of Italy

Rome · Umbria · Tuscany · Cinque Terre

Italy by rental car — the country roads of Umbria, the Tuscan back roads between hilltop towns, and Cinque Terre’s coastal villages. For travelers who want to move at their own pace.

1–2
RomeRome

Colosseum, Vatican, Trastevere evenings.

3–4
UmbriaOrvieto / Assisi

Hill towns, Orvieto cathedral, Assisi.

5–6
TuscanyVal d’Orcia

Self-drive through Pienza, Montalcino, Chianti.

7–8
Cinque TerreVernazza

Coastal villages, hiking the Azzurro trail.

9–10
Florence & DepartFlorence

Final night, Ponte Vecchio, departure.

9 nights · 4★+Compact automatic + GPSAirport transfersDaily breakfast

Don’t see your Italy?

Sicily, the Dolomites, a Puglia road trip, Lake Garda — tell your specialist what you have in mind and they’ll build from there.

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Planning an Italy Honeymoon?

Italy is Juniper’s most-booked honeymoon destination. The Amalfi Coast, Tuscany’s private villas, Venice’s intimate canals, and the Dolomites all offer deeply romantic settings. Lexi Blade designs Italy honeymoons from Florence regularly and knows every property worth staying in.

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What’s Included

Everything handled. Nothing left to chance.

Hand-Selected Accommodations
4 and 5-star hotels, historic castle stays, and character-rich boutique properties — chosen specifically for your travel style, not from a generic list.
Private Transfers & Transport
Airport pickups, inter-city transfers, self-drive car rental with GPS, or a private driver-guide — all arranged and confirmed before you travel.
Daily Breakfast
Breakfast is included daily at your accommodation — whether that's a Venice palazzo, a Tuscan estate, or a clifftop hotel on the Amalfi Coast.
Pre-Arranged Experiences
Colosseum skip-the-line, Vatican pre-access, Uffizi reservations, cooking classes, winery visits — all confirmed in advance so you never miss out.
Travel App & Offline Itinerary
Your full day-by-day itinerary, train tickets, accommodation details, and specialist contact — accessible on your phone throughout Italy.
In-Destination Support
Local partner numbers for on-the-ground help, plus your Juniper specialist remains reachable for anything that needs escalation while you travel.
Your Italy Specialists

Top travel specialists. One extraordinary destination.

Lexi Blade designs Italy itineraries from Florence — inside the country, with personal relationships to the hotels, guides, and producers that make the difference. Audrey Gabrys adds depth across northern Italy and the Italian Alps, and Taryn Harrison brings 25 years of European travel design experience. Between them, there is no region of Italy they haven’t covered.

Lexi Blade — Juniper Tours Italy Specialist
Lexi Blade
Italy · Switzerland · Portugal · Spain
10+Italy Trips
FlorenceBased

Based in Florence and designing Italy itineraries from inside the country, Lexi knows which Amalfi property is worth the upgrade, which Uffizi time slot avoids the crowds, and how to pace an Italy itinerary so no city feels rushed. Her personal relationships with hotels and guides in every region are the difference between a good trip and an extraordinary one.

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Taryn Harrison — Juniper Tours Specialist
Taryn Harrison
Ireland · Scotland · Iceland · UK
25Years
CMSCCertified

Juniper’s most tenured specialist, with 25 years designing European itineraries. Taryn brings multi-country coordination experience to Italy trips — particularly for travelers combining Italy with Ireland, Scotland, or Iceland. CMSC certified. Former Peace Corps volunteer.

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Audrey Gabrys — Juniper Tours Italy Specialist
Audrey Gabrys
Italy · Scotland · Alps
6Countries Lived
AlpsExpert

Having lived in six countries, Audrey brings a depth of cultural perspective that shapes every itinerary she designs. Her Italy expertise spans the north — the Dolomites, Lake Como, the Italian Alps, and Milan — and she adds a dimension to Italy trips that goes well beyond the standard Rome-Florence-Amalfi route.

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Traveler Reviews

What our Italy travelers say

★★★★★

“Juniper tours did an amazing job booking our vacation to Italy. Lexi Blade was our travel agent and helped us schedule our dream vacation from Venice all the way to Sorrento on the Amalfi coast, with stops in Florence and Rome. Lexi was phenomenal and made changes for us many times in order to assure we got the most out of our trip. We can’t wait to plan another trip with Lexi and Juniper Tours!”

Nikki Walls · Italy · Planned by Lexi Blade
★★★★★

“We highly recommend Juniper Tours. From start to finish, Kaycee and Juniper Tours delivered! We spent 2 weeks in Italy celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary — Venice, Verona, Florence, Naples, Sorrento, Positano, Tivoli and Rome. Spectacular hotels, private drivers and tours, Michelin star restaurants, and so much more. It was the best vacation we’ve ever experienced.”

Caroleanne Vorac · Italy 35th Anniversary
★★★★★

“I would give more stars if I could. SARAH at Juniper travel was wonderful. She planned the trip of a lifetime for us in Italy. We went to Rome, Florence, stayed in the countryside in Emilia Romano and ended up in Venice. Every tour, every transfer and every hotel went smooth as silk. Thank you so much, SARAH! Ciao!!”

Jean Wawrzyniak-Fry · Italy · Rome, Florence, Venice
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Common Questions

Italy travel questions

Late April through June and September through October are ideal. July and August are peak season — hot, crowded, and expensive, particularly on the Amalfi Coast and in Venice. Spring offers wildflowers in Tuscany and cooler Rome temperatures. Early October is outstanding: the summer crowds thin, the light is extraordinary, and prices drop significantly.
Most Juniper Italy itineraries run 10–14 days. Ten days works well for Rome, Florence, and the Amalfi Coast. Twelve to fourteen days allows you to add Venice and Tuscany properly. Italy rewards slow travel — two nights in Florence is not enough. Your specialist will build in the right amount of time for each place.
Yes — Italy is Juniper’s most-booked honeymoon destination. The Amalfi Coast, Tuscany’s private villas, Venice’s intimate canals all offer deeply romantic settings. Lexi Blade designs Italy honeymoons from Florence regularly and knows every property worth staying in.
High-speed trains connect Rome, Florence, Venice, and Milan efficiently — the journey from Rome to Florence takes 90 minutes. For the Amalfi Coast and Tuscany’s countryside, a private driver-guide or rental car gives you flexibility the train cannot. Your Juniper specialist builds in the right transport mix for each section of your itinerary.
Italian food is intensely regional. Juniper builds food experiences into every Italy itinerary: private cooking classes, market tours, vineyard dinners in Tuscany, truffle hunts in Umbria. Lexi is Florence-based with personal relationships with the best producers and restaurants in every region.
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