Italy As You Imagine

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WE HOPE YOU SAW OUR EXCITING ANNOUNCMEMT YESTERDAY! 👰 🤵🏻‍♂️ 💍 🌹 🇮🇹 After three years of having to say no, Italy As You Imagine is ecstatic to finally be able to say yes to brides saying YES! Bring your Tuscan wedding dreams to reality with Sogno Toscano Wedding & Experiences from Italy As You Imagine.Ecstatic to welcome my newest associate...and friend, Martina!Martina, a proud Tuscan born and raised, joins Italy As You Imagine from an impressive career of hospitality in both Tuscany and London. Inspired by Under the Tuscan Sun as a young girl, she has dreamed of bringing her beautiful region of Italy to brides and in turn bringing their dreams to life.Celebrating the authentic beauty of Tuscany, Martina is inspired by the natural simplicity of the Tuscan landscape, enriched by a touch of elegance and sophistication, to make your special day an everlasting memory. Craft your wedding or proposal experience together with Toscano Wedding & Experiences through Italy As You Imagine!#italy#weddingsintuscany#wedding#italyasyouimagine

We ask each of our clients to join us in a post-trip call to review their Italian adventure. One of the most gratifying things we hear is when we ask a client why they chose to visit a less commonly visited area of Italy, and we hear that we are the ones who inspired them. At the top of that list is the Italian Dolomites, which are remarkable to visit in any season. And you may be learning about them even more as the cohost the 2026 Winter Olympics with Milan. Until then, their incredible secret is safe with us and our clients. #italy #dolomites #dolomiti #italyasyouimagine

September in the Val D’Orcia. This was quite literally the first day they began harvesting the famous Sangiovese grapes, used to make many Tuscan red wines, including Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Chianti. These specifically were for my very favorite, Brunello! 🍇 > 🚜 >🍷 > ♥️ #italy #valdorcia #tuscany #italyasyouimagine

Buon 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ & a last look ok back at 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣! • 2024 brought more than 40 client departures • 2025 will see our 100th departure before we hit our 3rd anniversary • 2025 will also see at least 5 repeat clients … no better compliment! • In 2024, I experienced some incredible firsts in Italy to share with our clients, including: - Opening the Vatican/Sistine Chapel (My third time in the Sistine Chapel, but the only time with only 9 other people.) - Closing the Duomo in Florence - Traveling as a solo adult, accompanied only by my 13-year-old son - three weeks of even more in-depth exploration of Tuscany, the region I’ve spent the most time in over the … {ahem} decades and where my family’s from originally - explored the Italian Dolomites for the second time in a year and a half, this time in warm weather and including World War I bunkers - took Gondola-driving lessons - took steps to begin looking for property to buy in Italy - revisited my favorite hotel in Roma to witness for myself their renovation • 2024 also saw the greatest number of new discounts for my clients for tours, accommodations and other unique experiences. • 2024 saw the expansion of Sicily for our custom planning.services • And 2024 added a wonderful new trusted relationships with our Milan drivers to compliment our trusted driving partners in Rome, Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, Sicily, etc. 2025 brings with it: • at least 2 more research/exploration trips in June and September • opening the last three regions to custom planning, including: - Sardinia - Calabria - and Puglia (Italy As You Imagine only plans in areas we have in-depth knowledge of) With that, Italy As You Imagine reopens today after the holiday season, and we could not be more excited to pursue our passion for sharing Italy with others. #italy #italyasyouimagine

Buon 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ & a last look back at 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣! • 2024 brought more than 40 client departures • 2025 will see our 100th departure before we hit our 3rd anniversary • 2025 will also see at least 5 repeat clients … no better compliment! • In 2024, I experienced some incredible firsts in Italy to share with our clients, including: - Opening the Vatican/Sistine Chapel (My third time in the Sistine Chapel, but the only time with only 9 other people.) - Closing the Duomo in Florence - Traveling as a solo adult, accompanied only by my 13-year-old son - three weeks of even more in-depth exploration of Tuscany, the region I’ve spent the most time in over the … {ahem} decades and where my family’s from originally - explored the Italian Dolomites for the second time in a year and a half, this time in warm weather and including World War I bunkers - took Gondola-driving lessons - took steps to begin looking for property to buy in Italy - revisited my favorite hotel in Roma to witness for myself their renovation • 2024 also saw the greatest number of new discounts for my clients for tours, accommodations and other unique experiences. • 2024 saw the expansion of Sicily for our custom planning.services • And 2024 added a wonderful new trusted relationships with our Milan drivers to compliment our trusted driving partners in Rome, Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, Sicily, etc. 2025 brings with it: • at least 2 more research/exploration trips in June and September • opening the last three regions to custom planning, including: - Sardinia - Calabria - and Puglia (Italy As You Imagine only plans in areas we have in-depth knowledge of) With that, Italy As You Imagine reopens today after the holiday season, and we could not be more excited to pursue our passion for sharing Italy with others. Below is the almost month of time I spent in Italy in 2024, my 5th adventure in

Buon Anno!

Buon Anno! Almost live from Venezia, where it is already 2025! #italy #venice #venezia #newyears #italyasyouimagine

Buon Anno!

Continuing with Venice for the holidays, a spectacular firework show will ring in the new year over the water at midnight, six hours before 2025 arrives to the east coast in America. #italy #venice #italyasyouimagine

Christmas in Italy! I mean is it even a coincidence their colors are red and green? I think not! It’s the perfect place to celebrate the holidays! #italy #christmastimeinitaly #italyasyouimagine

I’m so fortunate to bring this incredible country to my clients. It genuinely fills my soul living through their experiences. Being very honest, they’re days I have a hard time being away. So buyer beware - it’s a hard place to leave. Well really the leaving part is easier than the longing which follows. #italy #italyasyouimagine

Posh, poetic PORTOFINO #italy #portofino #italyasyouimagine

POSH POETIC PORTOFINO

Enjoy posh, poetic Portofino from my iPhone. #italy #portofino #italyasyouimagine

One of those IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW (IYKYK) kind of things. Planning for our fourth peak season of trips to Italy, I think how much I’ve learned each year. How deeper the connections have grown to truly bring my clients the very best of Italy. Italy As You Imagine isn’t about booking a bunch of group tours on Viator. Anyone can do that (and pay more!). Much of what we plan you can’t even find on the internet. Instead of endless tours, these experiences, like this one along the Amalfi Coast, are cultivated with people passionate about what they’re sharing and when possible, away from the masses of tourists. Here Chef Fiore takes you out on the Amalfi Coast to share his ancient lemon trees and through the steps of making their famed limoncello. Then you return to his family-run restaurant, right on the coast, to enjoy what many clients call one of their best meals of the trip. There’s no inundation of tourists because again, this isn’t a mass tour offered on the internet. And his restaurant is located on the Amalfi Coast in a town WITHOUT the trappings of a port where day trippers are dumped daily. Instead Italy As You Imagine clients can enjoy an authentic, tasty experience with views unencumbered by overtourism. Italy may not have changed a whole lot over the decades, but how we want see it most certainly has. #italy #amalficoast #italyasyouimagine