Let’s Go to Italy aims to introduce you to Italy and other destinations through a personalized travel experience.

Italy is fabulous in the fall as the crowds thin out (but the wows don't) ©Max Rive/500px When should I go to Italy? Most major cities have decent public transport, though you can often cover their historic centers on foot. Italians dress sharp and sophiscated © Camparino Frequently asked questions This is Italy, so do I have to dress up all the time? Our exclusive travel offerings include customized itineraries, handpicked destinations and experiences.Let’s get to know a little more about those regions of southern Italy that we almost never hear about? Ringed by brooding Alpine summits and steep wooded slopes, the Italian Lakes have been a popular holiday spot since ancient times. There are also excellent rail and bus links, especially to northern Italy, and ferries to Italian ports from across the Mediterranean.

Meanwhile, the festival season swings into gear with high-profile events such as Il Palio di Siena, featuring a wild bareback horse race around Siena's Piazza del Campo, and Spoleto’s Festival dei Due Mondi, with musicians, artists and actors performing to passionate throngs. One and a half hours north of Rome by train, Florence is the second of Italy’s ‘big three’ (Venice completes the trio). There are some places that are easier to get to by car and let’s face it, Italian drivers have a fairly fearsome reputation. Then there’s the Vatican where you’ll find St Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel (in the Vatican Museums). In short, to discover exceptional archaeological sites, such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestum, Agrigento, where one breathes the history of an exciting and majestic past.Major airports include Rome Fiumicino (officially Leonardo da Vinci) and Milan Malpensa, the two main intercontinental gateways, Venice Marco Polo, Pisa International (for Florence and Tuscany), Naples International, and Catania (Sicily’s busiest airport).

If you are interested in a culture-filled, historical dive into the Italian traditions and regional cuisine come with us. The country has about 70% of the world’s historical and artistic heritage and preserves centuries of history. The Italian peninsula relies on several ferry services between the mainland and Sicily and Sardinia as well as islands in the bay of Naples and throughout the lakes region. Visitors have been rhapsodizing about the city for centuries and still today it thrills with its Renaissance palazzi (palaces), frescoed churches and artworks such as Michelangelo's David at the Galleria dell'Accademia, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus at the Galleria degli Uffizi, and Brunelleschi’s red dome atop the landmark Duomo.When sightseeing go for comfort, especially when it comes to shoes – you’ll be walking a lot and cobbled streets can be murder on the feet. As much as Italy’s obvious beauty and blockbuster sights, what I love are its simple pleasures: a leisurely lunch in a favorite trattoria, the sight of pine trees towering over Roman ruins, a glass of prosecco on a Venetian canal-side. Once in Italy, trains are best between major cities and along the coasts, while buses are better for the mountains and hilly inland areas.

There’s always something going on and even without trying I usually come across something special, an amazing baroque fountain or a teeming market in a medieval square.If they don’t or if you want to leave something, a few euros is fine in pizzerias and trattorias; 5% to 10% in smarter restaurants.