The Affluent Page Presents: Italian Excursion

By Christine Thomasos

Instead of allowing his invaluable automobile collection to accumulate dust, Andrea Levy has decided to give the keys to his wheels away. The Italian Ferrari aficionado has created a driving experience throughout the same countryside where his favorite brand of cars is crafted. As the CEO of Red Travel, a leading destination management company
in Italy, Andrea and his team have created a variety of luxury tour experiences.

Red Travel offers even the most perspicacious travelers a taste of Italy through a chauffeured limousine ride, yacht cruise or self-driven Ferrari tour. Andrea says the most popular of them all is the five-day tour Ferrari through the countryside of Florence and Tuscany.

As the CEO of Red Travel, a leading destination management company in Italy, Andrea and his team have created a variety of luxury tour experiences. Andrea says the most popular of them all is the five-day Florence and Tuscany tour.

For a 10,000 EURO (approximately $14,000) down payment, Red Travel has packaged together a Gran Turismo driving experience throughout Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and Tuscany. The tour was designed to showcase the authentic Italian lifestyle with fashion, art, food and the history of Ferrari.

During the tour, guests will drive various Ferrari models, including the 458, California and F430 Spider. The cars will cruise along the same path of the famed Mille Miglia races that date back to 1927.

Levy, author of Red Travel - Tuscana in Ferrari, was adamant about creating an adventure with the renowned luxury car as the central focus.

Throughout the years [the Ferrari] has always maintained its imposing charm, remaining as the inaccessible dream, available to a select few, says Andrea, who maintains
a relationship with the Ferrari management team.

With the guidance of Red Travel tour operators, guests will drive the latest Ferrari models, unwind at Tuscan spas and marvel at architectural history. The tour operators will show guests the Italian roads, and assure every detail on the trip is perfect. Andrea is determined to show his guests that the Ferrari is the perfect car to take this journey in.

Ferrari is not only a luxury sports car, its pure lifestyle, says the Red Travel CEO. It represents the Italian style in the world, the glamour and the jet set.

Although Andrea is convinced that he has created a structure that will appeal to car enthusiasts everywhere, the experience also has a bespoke element. Guests can design their own itineraries to include golf, yachting, hot-air ballooning, shopping trips, cooking lessons and wine tastings.

[We are] providing our guests with the dream of driving through unique sceneries, incomplete safety, Andrea says.

With the rise of luxury driving experiences, the Ferrari supporter has dedicated his company to creating the ultimate Ferrari adventure.

We love to say that a tour with Red Travel is more than a journey, Andrea says. Its a real experience!

Red Travel, +39.011.6165.219, www.red-travel.com