travel services italy industry travel founded 2008 founders jason spiehler stephen oddo headquarters rome italy and austin tx area served italy number of employees 20 slogan experience italy take walks website walksofitaly.com walks of italy is an american owned and operated walking tour company specializing in italy . it was founded in 2008 by jason spiehler tour guide and art historian with a master s degree from yale in historical theology and recommended by name in the new york times travel section 1 jason and his organization have been featured in the rick steves guidebook series esteemed writer of america s top selling 2 europe guidebooks and a travel writer for cnn 3 on rome italy & best of europe since 2009 . 4 5 6 it was noted as a walking tour worth watching after its appearance at the 2010 las vegas luxury travel expo . 7 the company offers an array of walking tours in the major tourist areas in italy as well as several off the beaten path tours . in april 2011 walks of italy worked in partnership with showtime s the borgias television series to provide a grand prize sweepstakes winner a borgia family themed tour of rome custom made for the show s viewers . 8 in 2014 walks of italy launched a new brand extension walks of new york based in new york city ny . in 2015 the group launched walks of turkey based in istanbul turkey . contents 1 tours 2 see also 3 notes 4 external links tours edit walks of italy provides historical and thematic full day and half day walking tours of important italian tourist destinations specifically areas significant to italian and roman art history archaeology culture history and antiquity . they specialize in small group and private walking tours and operate 12 months a year . tours meet at several central locations in major italian cities and range between two and seven hours long . the guides are selected by jason spiehler and his rome based team and are a mixture of local italian guides and expert foreign expatriates . they are featured within the top 20 attractions for rome on independent aggregate review site tripadvisor.com 9 walks of new york has partnered with chef mario batali to provide culinary tours of greenwich village new york . 10 in 2015 walks of new york partnered with disney theatrical group to provide an exclusive behind the magic tour on broadway including the historic new amsterdam theater . 11 see also edit archaeological tourism cultural tourism heritage tourism guided tours tour operator tour guides walking tours notes edit press article by new york travel writer danielle pergament whose reputable list of contributions can be found at danielle s website http www.time.com time magazine article 0 9171 1901473 00.html time article on rick steves http edition.cnn.com specials 2008 news ricksteves cnn rick steve s articles steves rick 2008 . rick steves rome 2009 . berkeley california avalon travel . p. 35 . isbn 978 1 59880 283 2 . steves rick 2009 . rick steves italy 2010 . berkeley california avalon travel . p. 684 . isbn 978 1 59880 286 3 . steves rick 2010 . rick steves best of europe 2011 . berkeley california avalon travel . p. 782 . isbn 978 1 59880 656 4 . december 2010 kaleidoscopic wandering website http www.theborgiasitaliangetaway.com showtime s the borgias italian getaway sweepstakes tripadvisor website accessed august 25 2015 . http intransit.blogs.nytimes.com 2014 08 25 a new york food tour with a batali touch a new york food tour with a batali touch http www.nytimes.com 2015 07 13 travel mondays travel news a broadway tour caribbean hotel deals.html monday s travel news a broadway tour ; 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