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WELCOME TO CIAO BELLA TOURS AUSTRALIA!

Ciao Bella Tours is a Melbourne based travel business providing exceptional holiday experiences for the discerning traveller in Bella Bella Italia. Ciao Bella Tours specialises in holidays for small groups of between four and eight people to encourage a convivial atmosphere and a more personalised and authentic Italian experience, at a leisurely pace. Company Director Mardie Whitla has been organising escorted and customised gourmet and discovery tours in Italy for over eight years.

Keep watching for more information on our great new tour in 2010 in PUGLIA: discovering georgeous Baroque Lecce, scrumptious food, pointy Trulli cone houses, and hospitable people.

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Small Group Tours of Italy – relaxed and stress free

Ciao Bella Tours offers enjoyable boutique, escorted tours of Italy designed specifically for small groups and ideally suited for the mature traveller. Whether you are travelling alone, or with friends, spouse or partner you will find our tours encompass authentic Italian experiences and customs, good food and wine, balancing sightseeing and relaxation.

Each of our tours concentrates on a single Region or area of Italy.  Our itineraries do include some of the popular Italian tourism sites but there are also plenty of opportunities to explore more unusual and facinating locations away from the crowds.

We recognise that sometimes you may want to relax: stretch out for a snooze in the shade; wander around town and soak up the local atmosphere; or simply read and bask in the sun by the pool, or chat with your travel companions.

We put you under no pressure to do more than you want to do and there is no rush to get on a large tour bus with fifty others at dawn the next day! (We never use tour buses) Sit back and relax: everything’s included!

Small Group Tours - 2009

We are excited to present seven small group tours for 2009 available from May to October: discover sensational Sicily and Sardinia; indulge in Italian slow food; be tempted in Tuscany by golf, food and wine; uncover the delights of Umbria; explore Venice and Northern Italy or experience one of our gourmet wine tasting holidays.

More detailed information can be found on the small group tours page. Contact us by phone or email if you have any questions and take a look at the booking page to see how easy it is – we arrange everything for you!

Customised Tours

If you are looking for something extra special to celebrate a 50th or 60th birthday; a long awaited family reunion in Tuscany; a gourmet golfing tour or perhaps a week of traditional Italian cooking & wine appreciation classes, we can work with you to create a customised tour for six or more people specific to your requirements.

Please contact us and we’d be happy to talk through your ideas to create an exclusive, unique tour.