If you know a little Italian, you should visit the fine-looking country of Italy by yourself. If, however, you’re seeking to sit back and pack in as much of the land as possible, try among the guided tours of Italy given by many travel providers. You’ll normally get a more affordable deal and you’ll take pleasure in the country on an air-conditioned coach, complete with an Italian – speaking interpreter.

You can find many ways to take guided tours of Italy but quite a few of them start on the north of the country and go southward. The tour can begin in the watery canals of Venice or in the fashion capital of Milan. In Venice, guests can get a gondola ride and dine in one of the quite a few fine restaurants in the Venice. The city on water stretches across numerous small islands in the wet Venetian Lagoon that opens into the Adriatic Sea in the north-east part of the country. Venice conveniently lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers.

In Milan, a guest on one of the guided tours of Italy can take a couple of hours to shop the expensive shops in downtown Milan. Your guides might have purchased tickets for the group at the well-known La Scala Theater. The Duomo in Milan is the second largest cathedral in the Italy. Several guided tours of Italy then point south, via the Tuscan hills and into the ancient and beautiful city of Florence, called “Firenze” in Italy. The Arno River runs through the city, also a destination of many museums and churches.

Many go to Florence to experience the Ponte Vecchio, a unique old bridge crossing the river that comprises several modern shops and eateries. The Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore is the wonderful domed cathedral in the city. On some guided tours of Florence, you’ll be given time to discover its several attractive churches or to go through the Uffizi Galleries or the Pitti Palace. Outdoors, you can see a copy of the famous sculpture of David by Michelangelo or the original one, in the Uffizi Museum.

If you believe you’ve encountered enough churches, several guided tour of Italy will take you to Rome and the Vatican – both places where the churches and cathedrals are extremely prosperous and impressive to go through. You’ll also see the Coliseum, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon – all parts of ancient Roman times that have been somewhat preserved. You might also be able to discover some catacombs, which were sites where early Christians worshipped and buried their dead.

No great visit to Rome is complete without a trip to the Vatican, including the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel. These are wonderful places that make you wish it were possible to take pictures. You can take as several pictures as you wish of St. Peter’s Square and St. Paul’s Basilica.

With a little luck, you’ll be on some of the guided tours of Italy that includes Southern Italy and a visit to the really ancient village of Pompeii. Ruined by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, it is presently a life – sized museum of what life was like in the typical city a millennium ago. It may turn out, in fact, to be the highlight of your guided visit.