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Ciao! We are Lauren & Luca: tour guides who curate privately guided tour experiences across Italy!

Lauren moved from California to Italy over ten years ago and Luca is from Tuscany. While we work in Florence, Tuscany & Rome, we can also connect you with guides in Naples, the Amalfi Coast & Venice. From vacation planning to skip the line tickets to guided tours, cooking classes, and interactive lectures, our aim is to show you the best parts of the country we love.

31/07/2024

Italian summer ☀️ it started slow but the heat has arrived! Also … where did July go? 😅

19/02/2024

POV: You’re a tour guide in Florence watching your spring calendar fill up but you’re chanting to yourself: balance balance balance! Trying to hit that Goldilocks goal of juuuust right 🤞 Other freelancers - can you relate?
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Last year I made a major change in Unlock Italy. Since 2017 we have been offering private guided tours in locations all over the country. But last year we reached a combination of too many requests (a good problem to have!) and a huge change in the ticketing system for the Vatican and Colosseum that now makes individuals compete with bots and massive tour operators to get tickets.
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So I decided to change.
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Unlock Italy now offers trip planning services to book tours around the country alongside logistics advice and suggestions for how to best explore this beautiful country in a way that’s suited to you and not to the masses. Luca and I still offer “à la carte” tours but only in Florence and Tuscany where we mainly work.
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It was so hard to make this choice and change the business model I’d been using for years and it’s taken me months to get used to this new normal. But the result is infinitely more space to grow in other ways (teaching, studying, writing) and to be more present on the tours I’m giving.
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I hope this year brings me to more off the beaten track places, special experiences and the time to connect with people both in the world of tourism and without.
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Today I stopped to watch the sunlight on Santa Maria Novella instead of just speeding by on my way to the train home and that in itself felt just right.

11/02/2024

Rain or shine, is there anywhere as magical as Venice? I’m always struck by how you can find a completely deserted alleyway just seconds away from the absolutely packed main thoroughfares in the city. It helps to have a local showing you the way like or I would definitely have been lost in the labyrinth!

31/12/2023

Auguri a tutti from Lauren & Luca! Thanks to all of you who spent time with us in Italy in 2023!

12/12/2023

‘Tis the season for vino rosso! 🍷 😍

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We are Lauren and Luca. We work with a small team of locals creating customized tours for the traveler who wants to experience Italy from an authentic, local perspective. We cover Rome, Florence, Naples & Venice. From vacation planning to skip the line tickets to guided tours, cooking classes, and interactive lectures we will help you make the most of your trip!