Giving a unique gift is a thrill. So contribute to part of a newly-wedded relative’s honeymoon. Invest in your kids’ first solo trip to Europe. Or help close friends celebrate an anniversary in a memorable and educative way. Donate a tour!

How it works:

Confirm the recipient’s interest and his or her dates in Rome. Choose an itinerary or two with or without the recipient’s help, remember the three-hour minimum tour duration, and then get in touch! We’ll take things from there!

Prices and last-minute cancellations policies are described in “the costs” section of my webpage.

Payment is made by bank transfer, applying my bank’s US$ exchange rate to the Euro total.

Want reading material on Rome? Check out Corinna Cooke’s Glam Italia, 101 Fabulous Things to Do in Rome!

Corinna has sent me small groups of travelers on a regular basis for years. In the beginning, I was surprised by the amount of business she entrusted to me and by her passion for Rome. When she was in Rome, I would meet up with her for drinks...  Our encounters resembled cultural boxing matches: she would ask me about the Emperor Diocletian. “Yeah, okay,” she would rebut, “but surely Constantine was better…” One round of spritz segued into a second. Even after I spent ages slamming Constantine (what?, move the capital of the Empire?!), she still had the mental acumen to absorb every word I said, digest it, and elaborate after some research of her own.

She surprised me most of all by turning her passion for Rome into a book. When she gave me my copy, she wrote a beautiful dedication and then mumbled something like, “Please don’t read it. I’m afraid you won’t like it!” I didn’t like it; I loved it. It broke with the tired trend, creating and filling a new sort of niche. There is no litany of names and dates. Forget Rome’s Top Ten attractions. In their place, Corinna delivers enthusiasm, memorable stories, and insight. She also gives you the occasional adorable typographical error and one or two bits of historical misinformation. That’s inevitable when you crunch 3000 years of history into one user-friendly and upbeat book… Why buy the reprint of the reprint of that big-name (and dry) guidebook? Enjoy 101 Fabulous Things to Do in Rome!

Coming up: restaurant reviews!