Rome - the Eternal City. You can't see Rome in one day. When you walk around, you feel like you are in a gigantic museum - a living collage of squares, piazzas, markets, and incredible historic sights. Throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain, admire the Colosseum and the Pantheon. Sip a cappuccino to get ready for your afternoon shopping tour on the Campo de Fiori or in Via Veneto. Around the Spanish Steps, you can find all the famous Italian designers. The best time to visit St. Peters Basilica is in the late afternoon when the lines become shorter. You will be amazed by the size of this church - and by Michelangelo's Pietà. Climb up the cupola and enjoy the sunset over the roofs of this fascinating city!

Norcia is birthplace of St. Benedict (480 AD), founder of the Benedictine order. Visit the Basilica de San Benedetto. Norcia is known in the world and in Italy as the capital of pork and wild boar products, which you will be able to taste upon our stop.

Rising bare and forbidding in the lower south-west of Le Marche, and stretching into Umbria, the stark Monti Sibillini range is one of the most beautiful stretches of the Appennini, well known as "Tibet of Italy". Enjoy a stop in Castelluccio. The village sits atop a lonely hill-top like an outpost in the middle of the vast expanse of the Piano Grande. Maybe you will discover the "Italian boot" - look left!

Visit the early-gothic Basilica di San Francesco, the monastery church Santa Chiara, the Duomo San Rufino and the Palazzo dei Priori. After a walk around town sit down on the terrace, relax in one of the many romantic restaurants or cafes and be impressed by the view of the region.

See one of the most recognizable images of the Renaissance “Annunciation” by Fra Angelico in the “Museo Diocesano” or watch the Italian way of life while enjoying a Cappuccino on the “Piazza del Duomo”. Besides the tourists, not much has changed here since the Middle Ages. The view through the gaps between the houses, down to the plains and fields is magnificent. We wonder if the people who lived there 600 years ago could have appreciated it as much as we do.

“The town on two hills”, this is the meaning of Urbino in Latin. The Renaissance town is unique in Italy and of an extraordinary beauty. Since 1998 on the World Heritage List. The visitor should take a look at the Palazzo Ducale - the Duke’s palace – which showed the rich and demonstrated power. It is the birth town of Donato Bramante, Raphael, the most famous Renaissance Painter and last not least Valentino Rossi was born here.

San Marino is known as the oldest republic in the world, San Marino offers breathtaking views, charming cafes and little shops that will catch your eye. The center of San Marino is situated on top of a fascinating rock formation, which we will reach by riding up and enjoying several switchbacks. There is no border between Italy and San Marino. We will only notice that we have just entered a different country by the different look of license plates and the fancy uniforms of the San Marino guards.

The home town of the famous "Medici" family is a museum in itself, and in the beautiful and lively historic city center there are many attractions that you should visit. The dome was built in the 14th century and is the most prominent sight in the city. For art lovers, the "Uffizi" gallery is the most important paintings museum worldwide, a mandatory stop. Another important historic building is the Ponte Vecchio with the Vasari corridor, the old bridge that crosses the river Arno joining the Palazzo Vecchio with the Pitti Palace.

The race-crazy Italians have conducted car races in the Mugello area since the 1920s. But, due to safety concerns, the last race on regular streets took place in 1970. The actual Mugello circuit was first opened in 1974. The track is regularly used by Ferrari to test their cars, including the Formula 1 race cars, but the main event in Mugello is the Moto GP race. The first race was held in 1976 and the winners' list includes Mick Doohan, Max Biaggi and – seven times – Valentino Rossi. The fastest motorcycle lap time was set by Andrea Iannone: 1:46:489

Visited for its torre pendente, the world famous leaning tower. Huge efforts were made to keep the tower from falling over and it was at a point closed to the public for many years, but, you can climb it again as it is as safe as back in the 1600. The Piazza dei Miracoli, “The Square of Miracles” is also impressive with its Dome, the historic cemetery and the Baptisterium.

Due to a lack of Ferraris, Rolex and Prada the rich and important families who ruled the region in the past needed to find their way to outdo each other. They came up with building higher towers than their neighbors. Around 1500 there were more than 72 examples of this picturesque nonsense. Today there are only 14 left but the result is still a must-see tourist attraction nicknamed “Manhattan of the Middle Ages” for its skyline.

A city distiguished by its medieval brick buildings, with the Piazza del Campo and the stunning Torre della Mangia the center of the old town. In it, the world famous horse race takes place, the "Palio di Siena", originally run on buffalos in 1950! A city full of monuments to see, the Duomo is a must.

The Chianti area is a 70 km long wine-road embedded in a superb clutivated landscape between the two cities Firenze and Siena. Along this road we will find many famous wine villages strunged like on a pearl necklace. Only a tenth of the wooded area (totally aproximately 173.000 acres) is used fort he wine industrie, which is influenced already by the Etruscan and Roman civilization. The Gallo Nero („black rooster“) guarantees the quality of the Chianti Classico wines. The Chianti wine basically is made bei the Sangiovese grapes and has to be stored in oak casks for a certain time.

Well known for the Brunello. A lot of Enoteche around the town offer a great variety of Brunello wine, min. cost 20 € per bottle. They also ship it. The imposing 14th-century fortress that was later expanded by the Medici dukes, dominates the town. Climb up to the fort`s ramparts and you get a fantastic 360 degree view to the Brunello area, the Orcia valley and the Monte Amiata.

Beautiful Romanesque abbey, founded by Charlesmagne in 781, especially when the morning sun is coming through the eastern windows. Enjoy the surreal atmosphere and listen to the monks singing the Gregorian Chants.

Urban-planning geks will get a wicked buzz from Pienza`s Renaissance town blue-print, instigate by Pope Pius II in an effort to jazz up his birthplace. He secured the services of architect Bernardo Rosellino. Stand in Piazza Pio II and spin 360 degrees. You are just taken in Pienza`s major monuments. Gems of the Renaissance and all constructed in a mere three years between 1459 and 1462, they are all grouped around Piazza Pio II. Do not miss a glass of wine in the Bar Il Casello, right on the edge of the city wall with a stunning view down into the Orcia Valley.

Lake Trasimeno is the largest lake on the Italian peninsula with a surface area of 128 km2, slightly less than Lake Como. Castiglione del Lago, the charming village of Etruscan origin, invites for a cappuccino.

Also on a tuff-plateau 325 meters above sea level, Orvieto has been known since the Etruscs. Let yourself be impressed by the world famous Dome Santa Maria. Construction began in 1288. This masterpiece of architecture and art, with the mosaic front, the round window and the flat relief and many more details will fascinate our eyes. Besides this cathedral, Orvieto has a lot more to visit. For example, the unique well of Pozzo di San Patrizio. This well is 62 meters deep and has two separate staircases.

Amongst the three northern Latium lakes - Lago di Bolsena, Lago di Vico and Lago di Bracciano - Lake Bolsena is the biggest.
It has an oval shape, typical for crater lakes. Turquois water surroundes by the Monte Volsini peaks. Roman historic records indicate activity until 104 BC; it has been dormant since then. The lake is supplied entirely from the aquifer, rainfall and runoff, with one outlet at the southern end, the little river Marta. Therefore it takes nearly 120 year until the lake can exchange its water. 2 island are in the lake. Bisentina, the larger one, property of the Farnese family from 1400 onwards, was summer residence for many popes.