If you have ever wanted to drive a classic Fiat 500 car while on vacation in Italy, then contact 500 Vintage Tour based in the province of Catania near Mount Etna and Taormina. An unforgettable Sicily car tour hire experience in the most classic of Italian motor vehicles.

You can choose from a range of Fiat 500 models and colors dating from the early 1960's to late ‘70's. All the cars are available for private hire on an hourly, daily or weekly basis.

Prices can be tailor made based on your request or itinerary suggestion. Pick up your vehicle for a wedding, honeymoon trip, a company incentive or any type of occasion. Film productions and advertising shoots can also be catered for.

Sprintage specialises in classic Italian sports car hire across Italy, but especially along the Amalfi Coast from Sorrento to Positano, Minori, Pompei, Vesuvius and as far as Paestum. The overall aim of the company is to combine a passion for classic cars, gastronomy and wine in a unique package for anyone who loves living well. Accommodation can also be included for a unique vacation package for individuals, couples or groups and incentives.

Centro Culturale Conero Italian language school located in Le Marche and based in the small town of Camerano near Ancona. The language School has a qualified team of professional Italian teachers and a fabulous range of a cultural italian leisure activities in Le Marche.

The setting is perfect for a complete visitor and cultural vacation study package designed to help you practice your Italian all day thanks to special courses and extracurricular activities organized by the school. These include contact with native speaking and university educated teachers and school staff even after lessons and living in a small, friendly town where you must speak Italian wherever you go.

Sicily Off Road are specialists in 4x4 jeep rental and guided tours of Mount Etna with excursions departing from Taormina, Catania, Messina and Giardini Naxos ports. Sicily Off Road is also specialised in shore excursions from the ports of Catania, Messina and Giardini Naxos.

Based in Catania, they are now recognised as the leaders in their field and can take the independent visitor to Sicily on many different excursions to Europe's most active volcano, as well as other beautiful parts of the island.

Follow Hedonistic Hiking into the Gran Paradiso National Park and the Italian Alps towards Mont Blanc. These routes were followed by Roman armies, medieval pilgrims and Napoleon Bonaparte.  Enjoy the fabulous hospitality and delicious cuisine of Aosta, the smallest region of Italy.

Departure date: 23rd June - 30th June 2012

If you have ever wanted to fly over Tuscany or the classic Tuscan countryside, then these leisure flights out of Arezzo will be just for you. The initiative is called Tuscanwings and was conceptualized and founded by owner and pilot, Francesco.

Francesco also runs the fabulous agriturismo wine estate and restaurant, the Foresteria Il Giardino di Fontarronco in the Chiana Valley.

Your plane is a single engined Piper which is based at Arezzo Molin Bianco airport.

The following summer vacation activities in the Italian Dolomites are proposed by 3 star Hotel Olimpia located in the centre of the famous resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Thanks to the 1956 Winter Olympics many think of Cortina as a perfect resort for a 'white week', but the summer months offer fantastic vacation opportunities for lovers of mountain holidays.

Book Hotel Olimpia for a 'Green Week', before 25 July, and during September, to take advantage of special discounts from such activities as the following:

The tourism authorities of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino suggest 10 cycle itineraries to discover one of the the richest provinces of Italy from the point of view of history, natural beauty and monumental heritage. For example, tour number 8 of Montefeltro country and its fortresses passes through unspoilt countryside inside the regional Natural Park of Sasso Simone e Simoncello as well as parts of Romagna and the Republic of San Marino.

Lake Garda offers many holiday opportunities for lovers of outdoor activities and nature. The Color Hotel located in Bardolino offers a great base to do a spot of sport during your vacation in Veneto, but in particular if you are a lover of golf and / or cycling.

Follow Hedonistic Hiking from "the sunny side of the Alps", as Slovenia is known, to Italy.  Stay beside beautiful Lake Bohinj and hike in the Julian Alps.  Visit Kobarid, which is the culinary capital of Slovenia, and finish in Fruili where you can taste the wines of Collio.  Visit the fascinating Unesco World Heritage sites of Cividale and Aquileia.

Departure dates: 3rd - 11th June 2012 and 2nd - 10th October 2012

The following active vacation proposals can be arranged through local travel planner Moreno Moretti who runs Le Marche Holiday.net near Ascoli Piceno. Although specializing in gourmet tours and wine and cooking holidays, Le Marche Holiday has added these ideas for a truly unique visit to one of Italy's least spoilt regions.

Quad Bike Excursions in the Sibillini Hills

If you want a truly amazing experience on your holiday in Le Marche, then you should try a quad-biking trip deep into nature and the local countryside. The bike’s versatility combined with the knowledge of the guide makes this a really exciting and exhilarating day out.

Do check out our presentation of the wonderful segway tours put together by Rome by Segway. The company is based near the Colosseum and also runs similar tours and routes for cyclists. Both can be booked from the same pages of the dedicated website, although bike tours can be done with or without a tour leader as guide.

To keep the quality of the tours, group numbers are no more than 8 people per tour leader. These are the tours we like the look of.