I know that http://www.travelsphere.co.uk do tours of Italy as my brother did a 12 day one. However he said they only spent 1/2 a day in some places so it may not be exactly what you are looking for.

luci

Not sure if you are looking for arranged tours or not, however Citalia do all Italy and have some recommended packages ie Rome, Florence or you can tailor make your own itinerary and they will arrange for you.

thank you so much Luci and Sugarbebe61 for your help. I will try both of them and see what they have to offer. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I found Venice very tiring, lots of walking and steps everywhere in the Doges Palace and on all bridges. We had nowhere near enough time in a day trip but thats a good excuse to return its really magical, enjoy!

Hi, have you tried Cosmos Tourama - I think the web site is
http://www.cosmostourama.co.uk but may be mistaken!
They do a massive variety of tours - some by ferrry, some fly and coach.
We have used them 3 times and had fabulous holidays --- the site seeing type - at excellent value!

I went with Archers direct http://www.archersdirect.co.uk/ to Italy last year.

I flew to Venice for 2 nights then coach to Rome (with a stop in Asissi) for 3 nights then coach to Florence (with a stop in pisa for the leaning tower) for 2 nights.

I couldn't recommend it highly enough, everything was brilliantly organised, the optional excursions were great value and i don't think you could possibly fit any more into an 8 day tour.

I took the platinum tour which meant the hotels were 4 star and situated pretty well in the cities.

If you have any questions send me a PM.

Mick T