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- Blue-Roads Touring
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- Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Group Size 7 - 18
- Ages 18+
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Dine in Rome and start your Italian journey
- Learn to cook a Tuscan meal at a country villa
- Explore Florence with a local guide
- Join a truffle hunt in the Piedmont region
- Tour the Borromean Islands on Lake Maggiore
Itinerary
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- Introduction
- Day 1 Rome (Italy)
- Day 2 Rome – Assisi – Perugia
- Day 3 Perugia – Siena – Rural Tuscany
- Day 4 Rural Tuscany
- Day 5 Rural Tuscany – Florence – Lucca
- Day 6 Lucca – Pisa – Lucca
- Day 7 Lucca - Recco and Portofino – Ligurian Riviera
- Day 8 Ligurian Riviera – Barolo – Asti – Langhe Region
- Day 9 Langhe Region – Alba – Lake Orta – Lake Maggiore
- Day 10 Lake Maggiore
- Day 11 Lake Maggiore – Lake Como – Sondrio
- Day 12 Sondrio – Lake Molveno – Trento
- Day 13 Trento – Verona – Venice
What's Included
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- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
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- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
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- Group of 18 travelers max.
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- Travel with like-minded people
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Number of tours
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- Overall RatingGood
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationGood
- FoodGood
- AOAnnie· February 11th, 2018Completed Italian indulgence tour late 2017, very expensive for solo traveller & of course the worst hotel rooms when paying a single supplement, why? There's an old saying it's Tuesday it must be Rome, too fast & certainly NOT "Backroads" some hotels disgusting & changed at last minute & not advised same. Our "Tour Leader" was aggressive, impatient & rude, I believe it was his last tour with Backroads, he just did not want to be there. The Driver was great, though had the tour leader in his ear all day. The Bus was too cramped for 18 people & uncomfortable with viewing at times, non existent Backroads needs to invest in better transport, it's supposed to be a "Premium Tour". I am very disappointed & won't travel with Backroads again..... AnnieShow moreTrip date: October 2017
- LSlance· November 12th, 2017We have just completed the back roads tour of Northern Italy. The bus was as tight with space and comfort similar to a Ryan Air/Jetstar economy flight. While there was so much that was wonderful it was let down by cheap hotels/broken fittings/no air con etc. We thought this was a premium tour. It is not. Their definition of 'boutique hotels' is questionable when some of the hotels were a mad house with the large bus tours crowding the lobby/lift/breakfast. As for meandering along back roads, I can assure you that 80 per cent of this tour is on multi lane free waysShow moreTrip date: October 2017
- SSuzanne· October 5th, 2017Travel on the Italian Indulgence tour in July 2017.Our guide was Stefano Lai who was excellent in all aspects of his job.He was considerate, friendly and knowledgeable . Stefano also offered extra site seeing on top of the itinerary when time permitted. He is a great ambassador for the company. I thoroughly enjoyed this trip.Show moreTrip date: July 2017
- PSPatricia· July 31st, 2017This was my first group tour and I loved it. We were a small group and had a knowledgeable, friendly guide who went out of her way to make sure we were all ok and were enjoying ourselves. I would definitely encourage others to tour with Back Roads as, at times, we went to places the larger tours couldn't reach and thus had unique experiences.Show moreTrip date: July 2017
- MFMarilyn· June 16th, 2017My husband and I did our first Back Roads tour this spring. (Italians Indulgence). We cannot stop talking about our trip--it was fantastic!. Stephano Lai was our tour guide and Fabio our driver. Both of these men knew and loved their country. They shared so many unique places and certainly went above and beyond. Stehano was with us constantly sharing his knowledge. Necessary stops for "toilets" would turn into a unique adventure like walking suspension bridge or aquaducts. When his day should have been done he would organize an elective hike to various places in the Italian countryside. We cannot thank back roads enough for planning such a unique trip and providing us with an outgoing/ knowledgable gentleman!! Marilyn and Ed, New Jersey-USAShow moreTrip date: May 2017
- MSMary· May 31st, 2017Have returned home recently from an Indulgence...Show moreTrip date: April 2017
- CCathy· May 8th, 2017Have recently finished an Italy Indulgence Tour with Back-Roads. I chose the company because I did not want to see the countryside from motorways & this company really promoted itself on travelling on the "back roads". I was disappointed in this regard. We did have a couple of days where we weaved our way through the countryside but a lot of the travel was along motorways even on a day when we were meant to "discover the rural roads of the Lombardy.....through quintessential Italian villages".....I couldn't see them through the screens on the motorways!! Our tour guide was knowledgeable but she walked really quickly making it a struggle for even quite fit members of the group to keep up & when she got to a point of interest she would immediately start her explanation of it & be finished by the time the rear guard got there. There were some lovely days but it is quite an expensive tour & did not live up to the name "back-roads"Show moreTrip date: April 2017
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Tiffany
Asked on March 2nd, 2025Are there luggage restrictions for this tour?
Blue-Roads TouringOperator•Written March 2025As we travel in mini-coaches, luggage space is limited. Each of our guests may bring one piece of main luggage of a standard size of no more than 158cm (when the length, width and height is added together) and weighing no more than 20kg. You may also bring one small carry-on bag per person. If you have more luggage, please make arrangements to store it prior to joining the tour. We are unable to carry extra luggage on the mini-coach.
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Tiffany
Traveler•Written March 2025My husband must use a CPAP machine at night. Is distilled water readily available for purchase in the locations where we stay?
- Blue-Roads TouringOperator•Written March 2025
Distilled water is readily available to purchase in Italy. It can be purchased in pharmacies or large supermarkets.
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Kim
Asked on January 22nd, 2024On average how many in the northern Italy 13 day tour mid sept to early October? What class hotel accommodations can we expect? How much freedom is allowed if we want to do things on our own from time to time or to rest?
- Blue-Roads TouringOperator•Written January 2024
We have a maximum group size of 18 on all of our Blue-Roads tours. All accommodations will be in 3-4 star hotels. Please see some examples here: The Guardian Hotel - Rome, Via Luigi Bonazzi - Perugia, Hotel Alla Corte degi Angeli - Lucca.
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