THE GRAND TOUR EUROPE OFFERS YOU THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF A TAILOR-MADE ITINERARY DESIGNED BY LOCAL EXPERTS AND DELIVERED BY THE BEST LOCAL OFFICIAL TOUR GUIDES

The Grand Tour Europe is a Boutique Tour Operator that creates Unique Guided Tours and Experiences to enjoy Rome, Italy and Europe’s infinite cultural, artistic, gastronomic and historical heritage. We organise private Walking Tours, Driving Tours, Excursions and Activities, offering you the unique experience of “The Grand Tour”, a lived experience of Art and Culture “off the beaten tracks” and away from the crowds and the mass tourism routes. We create Unique bespoke educational, cultural and exciting trips discovering the Secrets of Rome and Italy with our Private and Group Tours lead by the best Official Tour Guides, Art Historians, Archaeologists and Local Experts.

With 20 years of experience in Cultural and Educational tourism The Gran Tour has unparalleled knowledge and access to the infinite historical, cultural, artistic, gastronomic and anthropological heritage that Italy and Europe have to offer. We can create a custom all-inclusive travel package with the inclusion of all the logistics perfectly organised to maximise your time and you enjoyment.

We offer an all round experience of Rome, Italy and Europe with the guarantee of outstanding quality of every service. All of our Guided Tours come with the following inclusions

• Top notch Tour Guides, Tour Leaders and Drivers: only the best work with us
• Fluent in English and in the Languages the tour is offered
• Ours Assistance 24/7
• We train all our Tour Guides which have a University Masters Degree and often a PhD
• Skip the Line and Privileged Access
• Pick up and Drop off door-to-door service
• No hidden extra fees, credit card fees or hidden extras
• Discover Rome, Italy and Europe best kept secrets
• Private Exclusive openings and Access to Monuments and Palaces normally closed to the public

Our Story

In 1999 our Founder and Director, dott. Mario Bernardi, was working as Interpreter and Guide for the Italian Ministry of Culture, giving tour and assisting tourist and staff at the Pantheon in Rome. Because of that many friends started to ask about tours of other museums and galleries as well as temporary Exhibitions. In the beginning of the year 2000 he started giving tours groups of friends starting with an Exhibition about the Impressionists at the Scuderie del Quirinale that opened just then. The mixture of competence, freshness and friendliness made those tours such a success that soon The Grand Tour was born, originally as a cultural association reuniting different experts: historians, art historians, architects, archaeologists and one philosopher. The idea was to create guided tours with a strong cultural and educational background but delivered by an expert acting as a friend rather than as a teacher or a classic touristy guide. It didn’t take long for it to become one of the most important organiser of guided tours in Rome with hundreds of groups led every year.

The Grand Tour also organised training for new guides in the same spirit, and after becoming a licensed Tour Operator, started to offer incoming services and multi day packages.

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Our Testimonials

Mario,

Thank you for helping us with our trip. The experience was better than we had expected (and our expectations were very high). As we ventured throught the cities we were more appreciative of the small group advantages. Your guides were incredible (knowledgeable, enthusiastic and friendly) , on our way home yesterday we could not decide on who was the “best” since they were all great. The local flavor that each guide gave added to our experience and offered a perspective that made the tour even more interesting.

We will recommend you to our friends and if you need a recommendation for other clients please fell free to provide our names. Hope to return to Italy n the next few years, we will be calling to arrange that trip!

Thank for all your help,

Mike, Philandephia, US

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