About Us

In 1990, while spending a year in Rome with my husband and two children, I signed up for Nancy DeConciliis’s weekly walking tours. With her remarkable knowledge of most things Italian, Nancy led our little group of expats from one remote corner of the city to the next, while regaling us with stories of saints, painters, emperors and politicians. Her tours were transformative and hardly the sort of thing I could walk away from at the end of the year. Hence, Italian Journeys was born of necessity.

Since joining forces, Nancy and I have followed our passions, designing a fresco tour through Tuscany, ten days of Etruscan places, a Palladian treasure hunt, Rome for the uninitiated, as well as Rome for the initiated. We have stayed in palaces, farms, and monasteries. We have toured wine estates, bakeries, goat farms, and a puppet maker’s studio. We have rummaged through the ruins of abandoned ancient cities, clambered through mystic’s caves, hiked to secluded necropolises, and talked our way into private palaces. Sixty-some tours later, I’m still not bored.

The non plus ultra of Italian guides, Nancy has twice appeared with Matt Lauer on his “Where in the World” series. She is also featured on the DVD of the film Gladiator. Her clients include Hillary Clinton, Bo Derek, and Ruth Reichl.