Published on Sunday, January 11, 2015 by Steve Do you live in the New York City area or will you be there the weekend of January 24th? I hope you will join me and a group of my favorite Italy travel experts  on Sunday, January 24th at 3 p.m.  for the travel seminar: Insider's Italy I will be on the panel along with fellow Italy experts Kathy McCabe, editor of  Dream of Italy; Susan Van Allen, Italian Ameri...

Published on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 by Steve What’s the most expensive thing you can buy in Italy? Sure, a Maserati or Ferrari is a good guess. But by weight it might be the white truffles of Alba which can go for as much as $10,000 per pound! These tantalizing tubers grow near the roots of oak trees and have a special concentration near the town of Alba, in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. They are i...

Published on Friday, November 7, 2014 by Steve I’m Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours. I have a video series called Steve's Travel Tips to share all the insider Italy travel tips I have learned over a lifetime of travel to Italy. This week I'm talking about enjoying the olive harvest in Italy. Italians look forward to the fall for any number of reasons, the grape harvest, the best truffles are in season. But a bi...

Published on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 by Steve It is no secret that my favorite city in the world is bella Roma - the Eternal City! You would think, given how often I visit that I would get a little tired of it but quite the contrary, I find there's always something new to see and do...and well, FUN to be had! FUN was the name of the game for my latest trip, especially since I was there for my birthday! We mixe...

Published on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 by Steve Derek Jeter, You're retiring from the Yankees. What are you going to do? Jeter: I'm going on a Perillo Tour to Italy! Sunday's Yankee game was incredibly thrilling for all of us here at Perillo Tours. It was Derek Jeter Day at the stadium. As we all know, the great Derek Jeter is retiring at the end of the season. The Yankees want him to have some fun in his ...

Published on Thursday, September 4, 2014 by Steve A Very Special Invitation to Spend Christmas in Italy... And Not Just for the $1000 Savings Per Couple Thanks to our faithful clients and travel agents, this has been a banner year to Italy! That’s why our hotel partners in Venice, Florence and Rome are asking, “What about this coming Christmas 2014? Why isn’t our Marco Polo Tour on December 18 to 27 sold out...

Published on Thursday, August 14, 2014 by Steve Our 2015 ITALY Brochure is hot off the presses! It features 8 classic tours, honed and crafted over 70 years by 3 generations of the Perillo family. Book early for 2015! As an added incentive, place your deposit for any 2015 Italy escorted tour by September 5, 2014, and RECEIVE $250 OFF per couple ($125 per person)!* Check out our NEW Tuscan Dream to Rome,...

Published on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 by Steve Travel is meant to be shared. And what could be better than sharing the romance of travel with your one-and-only love? Or beginning your journey as a couple with a destination wedding? At Perillo Tours, we can fulfill all of your romantic travel fantasies, whether you want to get married at a vineyard in Tuscany or renew your vows overlooking the Amalfi Coast. Peri...

Published on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 by Steve If you live in the New York metropolitan area, you know that the morning show, Good Day New York is an institution. The incredible Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly invited me on the show this week to talk about our tours and what's hot in travel to Italy. I was so excited, that at one point, I forgot what I was going to say. Yes, a bit embarassing. Click here to watch...

Published on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by Steve JUST FOUR SPACES LEFT! We've put together the ultimate girls trip to Italy and you're invited! We can't think of anyone better to lead this adventure on the Amalfi Coast than Susan Van Allen. After all, she wrote the book on where women should travel in Italy (100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go). Susan has hand-crafted the itinerary for inspiring adventure i...