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Italy Through Eva’s Eyes
Art, villages, food and the stories behind the places.
Read Eva’s storiesExplore Italy with Eva
Our Destinations
Where would you like to go? Start with a region or an interest that makes you curious.
Families with kids
Start with places that give everyone something to discover. Tell Eva the children’s ages and how much walking suits them.
Art & history
Start with an artist, a building or a question. Eva can bring together places that tell different parts of the same story.
Nature
Start with the kind of landscape you enjoy, and build the day around how you want to move through it.
Food & wine
Follow the places and people behind what you taste, from an Umbrian cellar to an ageing room in Emilia.
Stories, places & a different point of view
Discover Italy with Eva
A story to read. A voice to follow. Start discovering the Italy that makes you curious.
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Italy Is Not What You Think
Eva’s perspective on Italian culture, travel and the choices that make a trip personal.
Discover Eva’s podcastSlow Italy Travel with Eva
Discover Italy through Eva’s eyes
Eva Polino is a Rome-based art historian, licensed guide and sommelier. She starts with what you enjoy and uses her knowledge of Italy to shape a private journey at your pace.
“Travel should feel like a conversation with the land, its stories, and the people who carry them.”
Personal service
Care before, during and after your journey.
Unconventional paths
Time for places and stories that rarely make the first list.
Local guides
People who know the places they share.
Trusted partners
Carefully chosen local partners for the parts of the journey they know best.
A handpicked selection
Ideas for Your Journey
See what catches your eye. Eva can shape the places, the pace and the details around you.
Tuscia beyond Viterbo
Etruscan sites, frescoed palaces and quiet hill towns, with time to follow the stories that catch your attention.
Explore Tuscia
Ninfa & Sermoneta
A garden and a medieval hill town. Eva can shape the day around landscape, history and the season of your visit.
Explore Ninfa and Sermoneta
Remembering wartime Italy
Cassino, Anzio or Nettuno offer different ways into the story of the Second World War, shaped around what you want to understand.
Explore wartime memory
Sperlonga & Gaeta
Coastal villages, a Roman grotto or a long lunch by the water. Start with whichever part of the coast you’re drawn to.
Explore the Lazio coastYour personal trip planner
Your Italy with Eva
Start with the places and experiences you’re drawn to. Make a wish list, then talk it through with Eva so she can shape the journey around you.
- Tell us who’s coming
Choose your travel days and group size.
- Follow your curiosity
Pick the places and experiences you’d love to explore.
- Shape it with Eva
Talk through your ideas and find a pace that suits you.
Inspiring stories
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Ravenna: A Small Room with a Whole Sky Inside
Read the story: Ravenna: A Small Room with a Whole Sky Inside
The Wine Country Just Beyond Rome
Read the story: The Wine Country Just Beyond Rome