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Our Private Tours in Italy offer an engaging, in-depth, and intimate look at the inspirational art, architecture and history of this extraordinary country. Excursions are normally structured as either half days (2h 30m), or full days (6h including lunch break), and itineraries can be customized.

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Siena, Italy

Palio Program- August 2021
August 14, 2021 5 Days

The Palio…
Twice a year, on July 2 and August 16, the city of Siena transforms its main medieval square into an arena of unbridled fury. Ten bareback horses and…

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Rome, Italy

Rome in a Day
6 h

Rome’s Essentials in 1 day…
Morning – Exploring Ancient Rome:

This lecture will explore the history and greatness of the civilization that was Rome. From its monarchical foundations in the 8th…

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Florence, Italy

Florence in a Day
6 h

Florence’s Essentials in 1 day…
Morning – Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and Orsanmichele Church:

Our tour will begin with a visit to the Uffizi Gallery: The Uffizi houses…

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Florence, Italy

Cooking Class – Morning/Lunch or Evening/Dinner
3h 30m

During this traditional Italian food cooking class, you will prepare a four-course menu, using the best seasonal products and learning how to make fresh-handmade pasta. Quality wines are also…

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Florence, Italy

Food and Market Tour
4 h

This tasting walk of Florence’s tastiest food includes stops at the Mercato Centrale, historic bakeries, and gelato tastings – all in Florence’s top-notch historic shops. In addition to…

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Rome, Italy

Baroque Rome Private Excursion
2 h 30 m

From the historic Piazza Navona with Bernini’s dramatic Four River Fountain and Barromini’s revolutionary church of Sant’Agnese, to the breathtaking engineering of the Pantheon, to the romantic and theatrical…

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Florence, Italy

Early Renaissance Painting “in Perspective”: Santa Maria Novella and Brancacci Chapel
2 h 30 m

This tour will begin in the Brancacci chapel in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine that clearly demonstrates the evolution of Gothic to Renaissance painting styles. Here the painters…

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Rome, Italy

Ancient Rome: Coliseum, Roman Forum, Pantheon
6 hours

This lecture will explore the history and greatness of the civilization that was Rome. From its monarchical foundations in the 8th century BC, to the collapse of the Empire…

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On-Line/Live Event

LIVE Virtual Tour of Florence [DIRECTLY FROM FLORENCE]
1 hour

LIVE Virtual Private Tour of Florence
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

We shall walk the streets of the great Renaissance city in order to admire its beauty, but…

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Florence, Italy

The Black Death: The Church of Orsanmichele and the Spanish Chapel of Santa Maria Novella
2 h 30 m

The “Black Death” of 1348 has been described as the single most important event in the history of Europe. An epidemic of cyclopic dimensions, it killed off nearly one…

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Venice, Italy

Venice in a Day: Venetian Art, Architecture and History
6 hours

Venice’s Essentials in 1 day…
Morning – Scuola di San Rocco Church and Church of the Frari:
We will start our visits with the Scuola di San Rocco which is often…

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Florence, Italy

Florence’s Skyline: Piazzale Michelangelo and San Miniato al Monte
2 hours

This lecture will examine the general Medieval urbanism of Florence from a bird’s eye view. Not only will the breath-taking panorama demonstrate why Florence is one of the most…

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Florence, Italy

Walk through History: Piazza della Signoria, Cathedral and Orsanmichele
2 h 30 m

We will start our lecture with the Palazzo and Piazza della Signoria which were the great political nerve centers of the Medieval Republic. The architecture of the palace and…

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Florence, Italy

Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery
2 h 30 m

The painting collection in the Uffizi Gallery is the most important collection of Medieval and Renaissance Italian paintings in the world, and includes works by Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo and…

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Florence, Italy

The Accademia Gallery
1 h 30 m

This tour will take place in the Accademia Gallery, the 19th-century museum built to house Michelangelo’s David, known in Florence as “Il Gigante”. The statue of David has been heralded as…

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Rome, Italy

Renaissance Pleasure Palace
6 hours

One of the ancient Roman traditions that was revived in Renaissance Italy was the building of sub-urban villas. Like their Roman ancestors, Renaissance Italians used these structures for delectation…

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Milan, Italy

Milan in a Day: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Brera Collection
6 hours

Seeking to soften the militant and belligerent reputation of the Lombard capital city, Duke Ludovico “the Moor” Sforza sought the services of an extraordinary artist and inventor from Florence…

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Rome, Italy

Papal Rome: Sistine Chapel, Saint Peter’s Basilica and Vatican Museums
6 hours

With the return of the Papacy to Rome in the late 14th century, the city began a long process of recovery from the collapse of the Roman Empire, which occurred…

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Siena, Italy

Siena in a Day: Piazza del Campo, Palazzo Pubblico and Cathedral
6 hours

In the first half of the 14th century, the city of Siena was Florence’s main political, economic and artistic rival. Artists such as Duccio, Simone Martini and Ambrogio Lorenzetti…

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Florence, Italy

The High Renaissance and Florentine Mannerism: Palazzo Pitti and Santa Felicità
2 hours

During the age of Leonardo and Michelangelo, many young artists in Florence sought to express their own unique voice of expression. This led many of them to work in…

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Florence, Italy

The Rise of the Medici: Palazzo Medici, the Basilica of San Lorenzo and the Convent of San Marco
2 h 30 m

This lecture will examine the Medici family’s important role in the history of Florence. The Medici imposed de factorule on Florence from 1434 until their exile in 1494. The…

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Florence, Italy

Art of the Mendicant Orders: Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella
2 h 30 m

This tour will begin in the church of Santa Croce, the largest Franciscan church in the world. Most famous for its celebrity tombs, including the likes of Michelangelo, Galileo…

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Florence, Italy

Private Baptistery and Cathedral Terrace Walk
2 h 30 m

These visits are exclusive and take place while the monuments are closed or off limits to the general public.

The Baptistery is one of the oldest monuments in Florence and we…

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Florence, Italy

Cathedral Complex: Duomo, Baptistery, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
2 h 30 m

The Cathedral of Florence, officially named Santa Maria del Fiore, is the religious center of the great medieval city. For two centuries, it was the largest church in Christendom…

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Florence, Italy

The Divine Michelangelo: Accademia Gallery and Medici Chapels
2 h 30 m

This lecture will begin in the Accademia Gallery, the 19th-century museum built to house Michelangelo’s David, known in Florence as “Il Gigante”. This sculpture has arguably been heralded as the…

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Florence, Italy

The Renaissance of Sculpture: Bargello and Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
2 h 30 m

The Bargello Gallery is the National Sculpture Gallery of Florence and contains many of the great works by artists such as Donatello, Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Verrocchio and Michelangelo.

Through an in-depth…

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"I can say that Rocky Ruggiero is the best among the very best. I have yet to encounter a more precise, informative and commanding teacher or conductor through the beauty and magnificence of Florence and Italy"

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Peter Weller Actor, Director, Writer, Musician, Scholar
"Rocky is a favorite and one of the best art historians we’ve ever used. He has led our family on occasion where are high school and college kids praised how Rocky made art "interesting" and "relevant", while his interactive style held everyone’s attention"

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Michael Chesser President and Founder Chesser Group Inc., Los Angeles CA
"We recently traveled to Florence with our twin daughters and we wanted them to experience the rich art history of Florence in a more personalized basis. We were grateful that Rocky agreed to this assignment. His Knowledge, love and enthusiasm for the arts was contagious. It was the highlight of our trip!"

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Alan L. Rivera CFO and General Counsel, Millbrook Capital Management, Inc.

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