As the most established Italian tour-operator for 80 years, Citalia are renowned for providing quality holidays to Italy, a country that we are passionate about. With this expertise we can create your perfect holiday by tailoring it to suit your exact needs, with our wide range of Italian destinations, and a host of properties and transport options within Italy, and to and from Ireland. Alongside this, our special offers, many exclusive to Citalia, will guarantee the best value for money for your holiday.
Frequent short breaks, especially to cities, are becoming more popular among our customers, as our lives become busier and we need tailor made holidays to suit hectic schedules. To meet this growing demand we have a put great emphasis on flexibility, and offer flexi prices that allow you to choose your own duration of stay and day of travel. Our wide range of flexible options for all of Italy’s popular cities, from Rome to Florence, will make your next city break that much easier to arrange.
Like many of our customers, you may enjoy the independence of creating your own holiday. This allows you to:
- Request a holiday from our brochure, but with a low cost airline.
- Use a transfer from airport to hotel, instead of car hire.
- Change the itinerary of a featured holiday.
- Build your own multi-centre; pair a city with a calming week on the lakes, take a ferry or flight from the mainland to one of the islands, or enjoy the combination of two lakes in one visit.
- Make your own personal itinerary based on rail travel within Italy.
We are proud of our knowledge and flexible range of options, and are willing to offer any help and advice we can to create your dream Italian holiday.
- We provide competitive rates at hotels across Italy, as well as a wide range of self-catering options, from villas and suites to apartments.
- A choice from a wide range of top quality and value hotels, from simple 3 star, to 5 star deluxe properties.
- A Flexible duration of stay (depending on the hotel's minimum stay requirement).
- The option to request accommodation not included in our brochure (subject to certain requirements being met.
- We provide a wide range of flights from Ireland, with the choice of reputable charter airlines, or scheduled flights with major airlines such as Air Lingus, Alitalia, Air France, British Airways, and Meridiana.
- For multi-centre holidays, we offer the option to fly to and from different airports across Italy and Ireland.
- Travel within Italy, or to and from destinations with Eurostar and Artesia.
- An international journey aboard the opulent Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express. Why not try the luxury train linking Venice and Rome, for an irresistible way to begin or end a holiday, or indeed for those who prefer a speedier journey.
- Flexible car hire with free drop-off and pick-up at various locations (a limited number of locations and groups are excluded). The excellent motorway system in Italy means that most places of interest are easily accessible by road and within relatively short journey times.
We can organise a number of important extras, which will add the finishing touches to your holiday:
- Private transfers, to and from, the airport or train station
- A welcome gift of flowers, fruit or wine in room on arrival.
- Pre-booked tickets for special events such as the Verona Opera.
We are devoted to providing the optimum level of service and our knowledgeable travel centre, staffed by our devoted team of reservation agents, will arrange a holiday for you by phone that meets all your needs and expectations. Alternatively, you can check availability and book online on our Irish website. Once in resort, you can benefit from our Concierge Service for help and advice, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Citalia has provided quality holidays to Italy for 80 years. We started off in Italy as an Italian Tour Operator, run by Italians, which helped form the building blocks of our expert knowledge about Italian Holidays. In the past 80 years we have expanded to become the premier tour operator to Italy, recognised for our expertise and the quality of service we provide, and we are looking forward to providing the same great standard of holiday for our Irish customers. You can book with us confident in the knowledge that a premier standard of holiday is assured.
We have a true passion for Italy and a detailed understanding of its people and culture. Our experience of 80 years, combined with our meticulous attention to detail, care and personal touch is what confirms our reputation as the foremost and most established Italian specialists.
The collective knowledge of Italy within our company is vast and thorough. We know the country virtually inside out; from the hotels, transfer companies, railway network, airports, roads, geography, and ports, to the operational aspects, the climate and the individuals who run the hotels and villas, so that you can feel comfortable about your travel with us.
Citalia is fully bonded in compliance with the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992.
The money you pay to us for package holidays is fully protected, by means of ATOL number 0285 issued by the Civil Aviation Authority and a bond held by ABTA (membership number V4068).
If you book arrangements other than a package holiday this financial protection does not apply.
