For those travelers who are lovers of fine automobiles or have spouses that are lovers of fine automobiles, this is a tour you MUST take!

Jae’s very much into the whole motorcycle thing, heck, he runs a motorcycle store… so when I did a search for the Ducati factory and found that it was near Florence I knew we would have to make a stop there.  Upon further research I also found that all these other factories are nearby, well, heck, gotta see them all!  I was surprised to find that no one was offering tours of these facories, and that it was actually hard to figure out who allowed factory tours and when it happens.  Eventually I came across one site, motorstars.org.  They actually offer tours of all the factories in one day.  A full day tour of the Ferrari, Ducati, Lamborghini and Maserati Factories.I booked it right away, saves me the hassle of finding out where each factory was and how to get there. 

Motorstars responded promptly and gave us the location and time of the tour.  We pay in cash only after finishing the tour, so I wasn’t too worried about getting ripped off.

*Update*

This tour was one of the highlights of our Italy trip.  You can read all about it in my travelogue.  I highly recommend this tour for anyone that has a day to spare.  Or if you love cars, you should incorporate this day tour into your plans.