10/09/2024
Today we took our clients on a private gourmet, organic lunch in the hills of Tuscany with a tour of the family sellers 
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09/09/2024
Join us in Sicily in 2025! We are already booking several tour dates and you don’t want to miss out. It is one of our favorite places to visit and we offer a variety of options that can be customized for any traveler. Our Sicily tours will captivate you!
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09/09/2024
We arrive with our clients to the Tuscan Hill town of San Gimignano. Check into a medieval hotel to relax before amazing dinner overlooking the Tuscan Hillside. Are you ready to join us? Contact us today at [email protected]. 
07/09/2024
What a great day with our clients, arriving to Venice, having time to relax in the hotel with Canal views from their room and a lovely dinner with a private boat ride back to the hotel afterward 
06/09/2024
Autumn is a wonderful time to travel to Italy, especially if you want to be outdoors. With mild temperatures and fewer crowds, this is a great time for hiking and taking in the natural beauty. Let us create a custom itinerary that allows you experience the best Italy has to offer.
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06/09/2024
What a great day with the clients, we went to tour a big villa on an island of Lake Maggiore. Then we took them high above to the highest point above the lake for a lunch in the clouds. 
05/09/2024
My group arrived and we had a great wine tasting and dinner, great people we’re going to have a wonderful 13 days together

04/09/2024
If you are ready to put aside your worries and relax amongst culture and natural beauty, a coastal vacation in Italy might be just what you need. Check out our small group coastal tours or let us customize an itinerary just for you!
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03/09/2024
If you’re planning your first trip to Venice, this Visitor’s Guide will help you navigate its charming streets, understand its unique culture, and make the most of your time in this extraordinary destination. Let us customize a tour just for you!
https://italy4real.com/a-first-time-visitors-guide-to-venice/
29/08/2024
A cooking tour is one of our favorite ways to introduce visitors to Italy! The food is Italy in simple and pure; the ingredients fresh and seasonal. On your next trip to Italy, take a cooking class and learn all about the traditional cuisine to that region.
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27/08/2024
Italy4Real has been crafting unique small group tours and luxurious customized vacations in Italy since 1995. Join us! We are now booking for 2024 and 2025. Check out our tours! Where do you want to go?
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23/08/2024
Looking for a tour of Sicilian highlights and island wonders? Our 12-day grand tour offers an unforgettable journey with the comfort and exclusivity of a carefully curated travel experience. 2025 tour dates available now!
https://italy4real.com/tours/enchanting-sicily-aeolian-splendor-tour/
21/08/2024
Italy’s street food scene is a vibrant reflection of the country’s rich culinary heritage and a beloved aspect of daily life. If you’ve been eager to dive into the delectable world of Italian street food, this is the article for you!
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20/08/2024
Explore Sicily and Malta with a 12-day itinerary offering the best of both worlds - guided exploration and personal discovery, while indulging in the rich flavors and history! Booking now for 2025!
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19/08/2024
Looking for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Italy? Our 9-day tour takes you to Rome, Siena, Tuscany, Florence, and Venice. From the awe-inspiring Vatican to the breathtaking Sistine Chapel, we offer a unique experience. Booking now for 2025!
https://italy4real.com/tours/big-3-tour-rome-florence-venice/
17/08/2024
Our 2025 Sicily tour dates are now available for booking! Start in Catania and end in Palermo for a wonderful 8-day small group tour of history, beauty, culture and food. We’ve got flexible options to fit your plans. Book your experience today and start counting down the days!
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16/08/2024
When visiting Sicily, make sure to explore its vineyards and savor its wines. Sicily is a paradise for wine lovers, offering a sensory adventure that lingers long after your glass is empty. Let us design your itinerary or browse our small group tour options.
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14/08/2024
Italy is a beautiful country, full of unique sights, sounds, and cultures, and people-watching is like watching art come to life! Let’s explore some of the most vibrant people-watching locations that Italy has to offer.
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13/08/2024
Florence is for lovers of everything art, culture and food! Our tours will also show you the most beautiful piazzas, architecture and sights. We offer customized tours tailored around your likes and budget; just ask!
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09/08/2024
If you’re considering a solo trip, Italy is the perfect destination! From the bustling streets of Rome to the tranquil vineyards of Tuscany, traveling solo allows you to connect with people and culture in an authentic way. Let us help you design your solo journey!
https://italy4real.com/solo-trips-italy/
09/08/2024
Italy4Real is a family-run tour operator specializing in small group tours to Italy and around Europe. We love our work, designing amazing trips for our clients and, most of all, Italy! We don’t just plan great trips; we guide them too! Start planning now!
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07/08/2024
Sicily is one of our favorite places to visit. Each time we go and no matter how many Sicily tours we plan, the Mediterranean island calls us and our clients back again. Check out our variety of tour options, which can be customized for any traveler.
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06/08/2024
Ready to embark on a culinary adventure? Whether it is a seasonal food festival or fabulous afternoon tour, contact us to start planning your experience. We offer several food tours which highlight the very best cuisine! Buon Appetito!
https://italy4real.com/food-festivals-in-italy/
05/08/2024
As the vibrant colors of summer gradually fade, Italy in autumn unveils a different kind of allure. Mild temperatures and fewer crowds offer a unique and captivating experience for travelers. Let’s explore some of the best things to do in Italy during autumn.
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02/08/2024
Here we highlight the best places to stay and things to do when visiting the Amalfi Coast with kids. If you’ve been thinking about a coastal Italy family trip, this is the guide for you. Contact us to help plan your adventure!
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31/07/2024
Bologna has become one of the most popular destinations in Italy, Why? Slow food and fast cars. When considering Bologna tours, contact us for the latest suggestions for what to see and do in this most amazing area of Italy.
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30/07/2024
A holiday to Rome, Florence and Venice will show you some of the world’s best cities; impressive architecture, richness of culture and history and of their undeniable cuisine. Travel with us for the trip of your lifetime!
https://italy4real.com/italy-city-breaks/
24/07/2024
Let’s journey through the history of some of Italy’s favorite foods, exploring their origins and evolution. Join us on a private food tour and get the inside “scoop” on the best from a local guide. We’ll leave you hungry for more.
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22/07/2024
Florence is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, and is for lovers of everything art, culture and food. A walking tour is a great way to see the city and our guided tours offer a unique and interesting way to explore what makes Florence special. Contact us to design the trip of your dreams.
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18/07/2024
Welcome to Italy4Real, your partner for dreamy tours into the heart of Italy and Western Europe, with a touch of luxury and unforgettable moments. Make those travel dreams a reality by contacting us today! Where do you want to go?
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What a great day with the clients, we went to tour a big villa on an island of Lake Maggiore. Then we took them high above to the highest point above the lake for a lunch in the clouds. 
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San Fruttuoso
The amazing coastal Village in the Ligurian Sea only reachable by boat
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Another amazing day for our clients. They were treated to a private walking tour showing the highlights of the city and several explored the Ufizzi gallery, and then skip the line tickets to see Michelangelo’s David, the complete Florentine Experience.
What an exciting day filled with the energy of the city, privately guided sightseeing of the highlights of Venice, and a wonderful evening gondola ride to wrap up our two days in Venice
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In the internet age, anyone with a computer can book a flight to Italy, reserve a tour of the Colosseum or join a large tour group that takes you from one tourist hot spot to another.
Rem Malloy and Deborah de Maio, founders of the Everett-based Italy4Real and Travel4Real, want travelers to go beyond the surface of Italy and come away with a deeper experience of the country’s people and culture.
“It’s the people that make the experience, not the monuments,” de Maio said.
The mother-son duo started Italy4Real more than 20 years ago after a trip to Italy to visit relatives de Maio hadn’t seen in years and whom Malloy had never met.
“My mother passed away and I was reviewing our whole life. That just seems to happen when iconic people in your life leave,” de Maio said. “I thought about all of my Italian heritage and the people I hadn’t seen in so long.
The two took a break from their high-pressure, heavy-duty jobs – Malloy as an executive at Nintendo, de Maio at a cancer research center – and traveled to Italy together.
“We found relatives that just soaked us up like I had always lived there,” Malloy said. “It was just a real kind of miracle trip.”
They returned to the Puget Sound area, but thought about their vacation and how they could turn it into a business. The two had always planned trips for people on the side — Malloy was the social director for his college fraternity — and a year later, they both quit their jobs and moved to Italy for six months.
“I was telling my then-girlfriend, ‘Now’s the time to break up because I’m going to Europe to start this company with my mom,’” Malloy said. (The girlfriend is now his wife and they have a 10-year-old daughter.)
“It was a good thing, being his age,” de Maio said, referring to starting the business. “He was like ‘Jump in!’ and I’m saying ‘no, no, no.’ I know at the bottom is a lot of rocks.”
The two — who now say they didn’t really know what they were doing at the time — packed up and moved to Italy, living off their savings and credit cards. During that time, they met guides and bus drivers, knocked on doors and explained to people what they were trying to do. They continue to work with some of those same people to this day.
“We met all of our people that way, by wandering around and asking where the locals go,” Malloy said.
Their first route — the “Primo Italiano”— took in the Big 3: Venice, Florence and Rome. They returned to the States and placed a small ad in The Seattle Times.
“He did the New York Times, too, which I could have killed him for,” de Maio said. “It was really expensive and who’s going to talk to us?”
The advertisements worked. They sold nine tours in a row that first year, showing their customers around and getting the hang of the business. They came back from those trips with thousands of miles — and several pounds — under their belts.
“It was great,” Malloy said. “We never worked for anyone else after that point.” The company has expanded its offerings, now leading trips to France, Greece, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scotland. They continue to put together routes the same way they did 20 years ago in Italy.
“We don’t offer anything we don’t know,” said Malloy, who leads a World War II history tour of the Normandy landing beaches in France. “I’ve got to put my foot on the ground and walk through the door before I will offer it.”
That local knowledge is important to offering a deeper experience, Malloy said.
“If I stay in the main alleyways between St. Mark’s Square and the Rialto Bridge (in Venice), I’m not going to see anything but high-priced stuff, bad tourist restaurants and Americans with guidebooks,” he said. “But if I go three alleyways off, I’m going to find where the locals eat and where there’s no crowds and where there’s a café with a view of the water.”
De Maio added that many of their customers want that deeper cultural experience.
“I call it a worldview because when you travel the way we’re talking about, you’re whole worldview changes,” she said. “It’s what’s kept me doing it all these years because I have seen people actually change their entire viewpoint of the world.”
Malloy and de Maio rarely lead tours together these days, saying they can’t both leave the office for big chunks of time.
The two say there’s a benefit to working so closely with family.
“When the game is over, I had more time with my family than I could ever ask for,” Malloy said. “We have such a unique thing and I wouldn’t trade the time for anything.”
Of course, there’s a downside to working with people who know you so well. Everyone’s mom knows how to push their kids’ buttons, Malloy said.
“I will remind him of that time when he was 6 and he used to do the thing,” de Maio said with a laugh.
“You have to make yourself a level-headed worker bee, otherwise you go on this rollercoaster of emotions because you’re working with a family member,” Malloy added.
Through it all, the two are grateful for the time they have together and appreciate their customers.
“We’ve come to believe that in business, it’s not about us, it’s about the people we serve,” de Maio said. “We’ve always said we’re like water in a glass — if you put us in another container, we’ll adapt to it.
“We’ve had to make adaptations over the years, but we’re still standing and we’re honored.”
