Featuring private after-hours visits to the Vatican Museums! Small Group departures of no more than 26 Tauck guests! Tauck's most comprehensive Italy tour visits Venice, Florence, Rome, Pompeii, Tuscan hill towns, and the Amalfi Coast – total Italian immersion, with world-renowned art, architecture, preserved medieval towns, and dramatic scenery.

Travel Italy with Tauck to see the romantic landscapes that inspired the imagination of poets, artists and writers for centuries, from the irresistible beauty of the Italian lakes to the lush Tuscan countryside and the timeless treasures of Venice, Florence and Rome… with a private after-hours tour of the Vatican Museums – a Tauck Exclusive!

Private after-hours visits to the Vatican, frescoed cathedrals, priceless art masterpieces, the glory of the Roman Empire, medieval hilltop towns, and the treasures of the Uffizi Gallery are all highlighted on this 8-day Florence, Rome, and Tuscany tour.

Go medieval hilltop town hopping and art museum hopping on this Tuscany, Umbria, and Florence tour that presents the best of the countryside with some of the world’s most famous art masterpieces.

A one-week to Rome, Amalfi Coast, and Capri tour features antiquities, architecture, and dramatic scenery, from the ruins of Pompeii, to cliff-clinging villages, the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, and a private, after-hours visit to the Vatican.

Small Group departures of no more than 26 Tauck guests! This weeklong journey features private, after-hours visits to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, and includes 2 nights on the enchanted Isle of Capri, 2 nights on the Amalfi Coast and 3 nights at an exclusive hotel set in a 17th-century palazzo in the center of Rome!

New for 2008 - An Italian vacation like no other, Tauck’s new 11-day Bellissima Northern Italy discovers the many delights of the country’s lesser-known north. From Milan to the Italian lakes to Padua, Verona, Bologna and Venice, this is an inspiring exploration of Italy off-the-beaten path.

The highlights of the Western Mediterranean Sea are explored aboard ms Noordam on a 13-day journey that includes Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, Sicily, Tunisia, Palma de Majorca, Naples, and the ruins of Pompeii, plus two nights on land in glorious Rome.

Voyage through time aboard a luxurious Regent cruise ship; from Monte Carlo cruise for 7 days to Rome, Sicily, the Cote d’Azur, ancient Ephesus, the Turkish Riviera and the Greek Isles; spend two nights on land in the heart of Monte Carlo and Athens.

Tauck’s 11-day journey features a week-long Mediterranean cruise aboard Le Ponant to Corsica, Sicily, and Malta, plus the islands of Lipari, Ponza, Elba and Stromboli – and takes in Monte-Carlo and the Amalfi Coast.

A highlight of this Italy cruise aboard Tauck's private yacht is your land stay in Rome – and Tauck's exclusive private after-hours visit to the Vatican Museums! See the historic sights of Sicily, the Amalfi Coast, Naples, Malta, Rome and the remote Aeolian Isles on this 11-day journey.

View the pristine Dalmatian coastline from the sea aboard Le Levant, taking in castles, palaces, and cultural treasures on a Croatia travel adventure that begins in amazing Venice and explores UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as Dubrovnik, Kotor and Diocletian's Palace.

Tauck's Sicily tours are a delightful way to make the enjoyment of a vacation in Europe last a few days longer. Choose our new-for-2009 Sicily Extension and spend 4 nights at a charmingly restored Dominican monastery dating back 7 centuries in the heart of stunning Taormina. Travel back to the days of the ancient Greeks as you explore Sicily. Your local host can help you make arrangements for everything from dinner reservations to special sightseeing excursions.

Family FYI: Did you know that there are seven bells in the Leaning Tower of Pisa, one for each note of the musical scale? A private after-hours tour of the Vatican Museums, a visit to Pisa to see the famous tower and learn how to make pizza, and multiple-night stays in Rome, Florence and Venice highlight this most family-friendly of Italy tours.

Family FYI: Did you know that Rome's Colosseum could hold up to 55,000 people – and was sometimes used for mock naval battles! It's the sweet life with Tauck on an Italy vacation – on an exclusive, private after-hours visit to the Vatican Museums, in a convertible car sightseeing on Capri, on a lesson in making Neapolitan pizza, and much, much more.