See Italy by Ferrari

British tourists flock to Tuscany for walking holidays and painting trips, says Peter Victor in the Independent. If neither of those sound glamorous enough, check out Grand Tourist's three-day excursion through Italy's most "picture-postcard" landscape. This five star experience – with a price tag to match – includes fine cuisine, top hotels, and a Ferrari sports car." One does not rudely plop into the driver's seat of such a machine without observing the niceties", so on the first morning, you are given a formal introduction. Then, you take to the road, with "butterflies in your stomach", the Tuscan wind in your hair and a "powerful engine singing in your ears". When it's time to hand the beast back, you can't help feeling "the tiniest pang of loss".

Three nights with Grand Tourist (01829 751 038) costs from £3,500 per person (two sharing) ·