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TOUR ITALIA	DATA PARTENZA	DURATA	COD	PDF
TOUR CLASSICO DI SICILIA	APRILE 20 - 27  MAGGIO 11-25  GIUGNO 08 -22  LUGLIO 06-20  SETTEMBRE 07 -21  OTTOBRE 05-19	8G / 7N	2908	Visualizza il tour
TOUR SICILIA ORIENTALE E I LUOGHI DI MONTALBANO	APRILE 20 - 27  MAGGIO 11-25  GIUGNO 08 -22  LUGLIO 06-20  SETTEMBRE 07 -21  OTTOBRE 05-19	6G / 5N	2909	Visualizza il tour
GRAN TOUR DELLE ISOLE EOLIE	MAGGIO 25  GIUGNO 22  LUGLIO 06 -20  SETTEMBRE 14 -21  OTTOBRE 05	8G / 7N	2910	Visualizza il tour
TOUR SICILIA - MALTA - GOZO	APRILE 20 - 27  MAGGIO 11-25  GIUGNO 08 -22  LUGLIO 06-20  SETTEMBRE 07 -21  OTTOBRE 05-19	6G / 5N	2911	Visualizza il tour

Privacy Policy

This site is intended for persons who are over 18 years of age.

Your personal privacy is important to us . Here you will find an explanation of Iopitour Tour operator Privacy Policy.

When you make a reservation with us, we ask you to provide us with personal information such as your name, address, city, state, zip, phone number, birth date, destinations to which you would like to travel and travel activities of interest to you.
This information is collected on the registration form so that your request of services can be secured. When someone other than yourself is accompanying you on travel purchased through Iopitour Tour operator, we may collect information and travel preferences about that individual. You should obtain the consent of other individuals prior to providing Iopitour Tour operator with their full names, contact numbers, e-mail addresses, and travel preferences, as they will be unable to directly access our systems to view or change any information you provide on their behalf.

Your e-mail address is collected to send you an e-mail message confirming your online reservation with us. From time to time you will also receive emails informing you about the promotional marketing communications. These emails come directly from Iopitour Tour Operator.
You may always decline to receive these emails at any time simply by contacting us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

PRIVACY POLICY ART. 13 D.LGS. 196/2003

We do inform you that the Italian Legislative Decree D.LGS. no. 196 of 30/06/2003 ("Policy on personal data protection") specifically provides for the protection of persons and other subjects in matter of personal data processing and use.
According to art. 13 of the Italian D.LGS. no. 196/2003, we are therefore committed to abide by the following Privacy Policy statement:

1. Personal data and information provided to us will be collected and used to book all tour, sightseeing, excursions, hotel and any kind of services on the site www.iopitour-touroperator.it

2. Your personal information is stored in secure database at secure addresses that are suitable to guarantee maximum security, integrity and privacy .We do not pass your information to third parties for marketing purpose.

3. Providing of data for the purposes mentioned at point 1 is compulsory, and their absence means the impossibility to establish and continue the relationship. Moreover, any request of cancellation of any data necessary to perform the obligations provided by contract/s and by law, or rather the refusal to provide said data, cause the impossibility to continue any relationship even with contract/s in force.

3. Providing of data for the purposes mentioned at point 1 is compulsory, and their absence means the impossibility to establish and continue the relationship. Moreover, any request of cancellation of any data necessary to perform the obligations provided by contract/s and by law, or rather the refusal to provide said data, cause the impossibility to continue any relationship even with contract/s in force.

4. Data can be provided to the following subjects:

5. a. Person in charge of personal data processing to meet obligations provided either by present and future contract/s effective with you or by law; b. Banks and credit institutes for money transfers and banking transactions; c. Insurance companies selected by the Management with the sole object of insurance policy; d. Natural or legal persons involved in the process for the completion of the booking contract (eg. hotels, company car, tour guides,) e. Other subjects that can perform data processing on behalf of the Management.

6. The Management entitled to personal data processing is Iopitour Tour Operator, based and located in Via Vico Borgia 8, 97015 Modica (Ragusa), Italy.

7. At any time, you can exercise your rights towards the Management entitled to data processing, according to art.7 of the Italian D. LGS. 196/2003, that we entirely report hereunder for your reference:



Art. 7 - Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003, Right to accede to personal data and other rights

1. The party concerned is entitled to have confirmation of the existence or not of personally-identifiable information and sensitive data, even if not yet processed, and of their communication in a proper and comprehensible form.

2. The party concerned is entitled to have information on:
a. the origin of personal data;
b. the purposes and conditions of data processing;
c. the logic used in case of data processing performed by electronic instruments;
d. the essential elements identifying the Management, the persons in charge and the appointed representative according to art.5, paragraph 2;
e. the subjects or the subject categories to whom personal data can be notified or that can become acquainted with them as appointed representative in a country and territory or as person in charge;

3. The party concerned is entitled to obtain: a. the updating, the amendment, or rather, when there is an interest, the integration of data; b. the cancellation, the conversion into an anonymous form or the restriction of data processed transgressing the law, including those that do not require to be guarded/kept in relation to the purposes for which they have been collected or subsequently processed; c. the confirmation that the appointed persons, to whom personal data have been already notified or released, have been acquainted, contents included, with the actions taken under a) and b), excepting the case where to fulfill this obligation would be impossible or involve means clearly too excessive compared with the protected right.

4. The party concerned is entitle to oppose, completely or in part:
1. for legitimate reasons, to personal data processing, even if pertaining to collection purposes;
2. to personal data processing with the object of advertising or direct selling or making market research or commercial information.



Be kindly informed that, according to art. 24 of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003, no authorization is required for the processing of personal data given to us and necessary to meet obligations provided either by law or present and future contract/s effective with you.

Italian Courses in Italy and Accomodation

If you are looking for Italian lessons, Iopitour Tour Operator has an exciting range of Italian language courses to choose from. Our selected schools aim to improve students understanding of grammar and increase their vocabulary. As the classes are taught exclusively in Italian and the teachers encourage oral communication skills significant progress should be evident in speaking and listening skills. Join our Italian language and culture courses in Italy. Classes consist of people from different nationalities. Italian classes are available from morning to evening from Monday to Friday and vary in length and intensity. Choose your destination, Italian course and type of accommodation with Iopitour Tour Operator! Our promise is simple – to help you learn and improve your Italian in a happy, friendly and supportive environment. So whether you need to learn Italian for work, university or just for pleasure, we hope to welcome you to one of our Italian schools very soon.

New Service!

Home stays in Italy!

Iopitour Tour Operator aims to provide safe, comfortable home stay accommodation to international students, interns and trainees at a reasonable price in Italy. We recognize that moving to a new country can be a daunting challenge and we strive to make the transition as seamless as possible. We take the utmost care in ensuring that all of your requirements are met in full, which include searching our vast database of trusted host families to find the best fit for your specific request. To receive further information on, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Terms & Conditions

Art. 1 TRAVEL CONTRACT
This travel contract is regulated by the present general conditions and by the clauses in written communications sent to the customer by Iopitour Tour Operator. Furthermore it is regulated by the Legislative Decree n° 111 of March 1995 for application of the ECC directive n° 90/314 and by the International Convention for the travel contracts (C.C.V.) ratified with the law n° 1084 of 27.12.1997. In no case responsibility of Iopitour Tour Operator will exceed the limits stated by the above mentioned laws.

Art. 2 & 3 BOOKING AND PAYMENT
Iopitour bookings are limited and are subject to availability. They are considered accepted and the contract consequently concluded after confirmation sent by fax or e-mail by Iopitour Tour Operator to the customer. Possible further indications regarding the travel requested not contained in the contract or in the brochure will be given by Iopitour Tour Operator in good time before the journey beginning in compliance with the obligations stated by Legislative Decree 111/95.

In accordance of the art 36 D.Lgs 79/2011, upon the act of accepting the Booking, the consumer will foresee to the provision of payment of 25% of the total amount as down payment of the purchased vacation package. The balance will be successively paid on the basis of the date of the Booking and however within 30 days prior to the departure date. Specifically: For Bookings made less than 30 days and up to 7 days before the departure date, the balance must be fully paid for by the first working day after the date of the same Booking. For bookings less than 7 days from the departure date the balance must be fully paid by the same day as the Booking. The calculation of the days is referred to calendar days. The lack of PAYMENT of the amounts defined as above within the established dates constitutes a termination clause expressed in such a way as to determine, by Iopitour, the termination of the right to the Contract with the application of a penalty quantified as indicated in paragraph Cancellation Penalty.

Art. 4 & 16 PRICES
PRICES ARE quoted in EURO, include the value added tax (VAT) at the current rate. Prices do not include any personal expenses or additional fees such as telephone calls, items for the mini-bar, tips and whatever is not mentioned under the voice “The price includes”. According to the above mentioned laws Iopitour tour Operator reserves the right to alter prices only in case of changes justified by variations in:
a) transports costs (fuel, foreign correspondent services, air travel costs)
b) rights and taxes such as landing taxes, embarkation and disembarkation taxes in airports and ports
c) exchange rates
In no case the price can be increased in the 20 days preceding the expected journey departure date.

Art. 5 & 6. CUSTOMER WITHDRAWAL AND CANCELLATION POLICY
A) Without penalties
According to the above mentioned laws, the traveler may withdraw from the contract, without paying penalties, if following circumstances occur:
a) if the price increase indicated in the prior point 5. exceeds 10%
b) if a significant change occurs to some other essential element of the contract proposed by Iopitour Tour Operator after the conclusion of the contract but before departure and are not accepted by the traveler
c) if it is impossible to take part in the journey due to some serious defect attributable to Iopitour Tour Operator.
In the above mentioned cases, the traveler will have the right:
a) to take part in another travel package of an equivalent cost or, if not available, higher cost or lower cost; in this latter case the price difference will be refund
b) to the refund of that part of the cost already paid, which will be given back within 7 working days after Iopitour Tour Operator have received the refund request.
c) to accept the modification
Customers are required to give written communication of no acceptance within two working days from receipt of modification or increase notification: should that message not reach Iopitour Tour Operator offices in due time, the proposal will be understood as accepted.

B) Withdrawal with penalties
Should you need to cancel his booked tour before departure and not for any of the reasons mentions above, he will be charged the registration fee together with the following fees, which will be applied after we receive your written cancellation notice:
-cancellations from 59 to 30 working days before departure date: 10% of the total amount
-cancellations from 29 to 15 working days before departure date: 30% of the total amount
-cancellations from 14 to 9 working days before departure date: 50% of the total amount
-cancellations from 8 to 4 working days before departure date: 75% of the total amount
-cancellations after the above term: 100% of the total amount - this penalty is valuable also for receding after the travel has started (unused services will not be refund), in case of not appearance/no show of the client at departure and in case the required documents for expatriation are lacking or invalid.
The above mentioned cancellation conditions will be applied also in case of tour or departure date changing and to additional accommodations reserved prior to and after the tour.

Art.7 SUBSTITUTIONS
In accordance of art 39 of the D.lgs 79/2011, the CLIENT can relinquish his/her part to a third party on the condition that:
a) Iopitour Tour Operator is informed of such in writing at least 4 working days prior to the fixed date of the beginning of the period of residency, receiving contextually communication regarding the personal information of the assignee,
b) the replacement satisfies all the conditions in order to use the Service and in particular the necessary prerequisites concerning the passport, visa, health certificates.
In any case a variation cost amounting to 50 euro will be applied for the change of name of the Client occurring at least 4 working days prior to the fixed departure date. Assignor and Assignee are jointly liable and obliged towards Iopitour Tour Operator the PAYMENT of the PRICE and of the extra expenses deriving from the transfer. Iopitour Tour Operator warns that, for some types of services, it could happen that a third party supplier of services does not accept the modification of the name of the Assignee, even if it has been carried out within the terms described under previous point a).
Iopitour Tour Operator therefore will not be held responsible for the eventual lack of acceptance of the modification on behalf of third party suppliers of services. Such lack of acceptance will be promptly communicated to the Organizer of the interested parties as soon as they have been informed by the supplier.

Art. 8 TERMINATION OF THE HOLIDAY IN ADVANCE
If the holiday is brought to an end before the foreseen date for personal reasons, no refund is due, unless our suppliers are able to give us back part of the amount paid.

Art. 9 MODIFICATION AFTER THE DEPARTURE
In accordance of art. 41 2° comma of the D.lgs 79/2011, if after the departure, Iopitour Tour operator is found to be in impossibility of being able to supply, for whatever reason apart from it being a fact depending on the Tourist, a part essential to the services conceived under the Contract, alternative solutions must be made available, without any supplement to the PRICE charged to the Contractor.
Should there not be any other alternative solution possible, or should the solution made available by Iopitour Tour Operator be refused by the CLIENT for serious and justifiable reasons, Iopitour Tour Operator must refund him/her to the exact amount of the difference between the cost of the expected services and those of the effectively given services, up to the time of the anticipated return.

Art. 11 LIABILITY SYSTEM OF IOPITOUR TOUR OPERATOR
Iopitour Tour Operator is liable for damages suffered by the traveler in case of total or partial failure in providing services, as stated in the contract, either if the services were to be provided directly by Iopitour Tour Operator or by third parties unless:
A) Iopitour Tour Operator can prove that the traveler himself or herself is responsible for such event (any personal initiative undertaken by the traveler during the tour period is included);
B) extraneous events, not considered in the contract, occur;
C) act of God or fortuitous events (not to be reasonably foreseen by Iopitour Tour Operator or solved by professional diligence) may happen, such as: strikes, suspensions or delays for adverse weather conditions, war events and military disorders, terrorist actions, riots, natural disasters, road accidents, water and electricity shortage, interruption in communication and other circumstances beyond our control. Possible additional expenses met by the travelers for these reasons will not be refunded. This is also valid for services that for the same reasons will not be provided.
In case it would be necessary because of external forces, Iopitour Tour Operator reserves the right to substitute hotels and holiday destinations with equal services. If the client does not accept, Iopitour Tour Operator will give him back the amounts received, minus the registration fee.

Art. 12 ASSISTANCE OBLIGATIONS
Iopitour Tour Operator is obliged to offer the traveler all the measures of assistance imposed by criteria of professional diligence with exclusive reference to personal obligations as stated by the contract and by the above mentioned laws.

Art. 13 TRAVELLER RESPONSIBILITY
A) Documents
Travelers must ensure that they have a valid and proper document to enter Italy together with any other extra documents required (visas, medical certificates, etc.). The customer that, for his negligence, should forget the document and be rejected by the Authority, will be considered as renouncing to the travel, and will be applied the procedures as at point 6.b. (withdrawal with penalties) on the present regulation.
B) Membership
The traveler must behave in a manner conducive to group activity all times. In order to assure congenial membership, Iopitour Tour Operator reserves the right to accept or reject any person as a tour participant, and to expel from the tour any participant behaving in an unacceptable manner.
C) Damages caused by the customer
Clients are bound to comply with normal prudence and care rules and with the specific ones of the destination countries. In the same way they have to follow the indications and the rules given by the organizer and the administrative dispositions stated in the contract. They will answer for all damages the organizer may suffer due to their non-fulfillment of the above mentioned obligations.
D) Other
Clients are obliged to forward to Iopitour all documents and information helpful to the tour operator to exercise its subrogation rights towards third parties and are responsible to the tour operator for the damage caused to the subrogation rights.

Art. 14 LUGGAGE LIABILITY
The baggage travels at risk and danger of travelers and Iopitour Tour Operator will not answer for stealing, lost or damages (anyway all our travel proposals are covered with medical and baggage insurance). Furthermore the tour operator is no responsible for any damages caused by the customer.

Art.15 INSURANCE COVER
Iopitour Tour Operator is covered by policy number 175577 NNB5 which has been stipulated with Mondial Assistance Italia S.p.A. insurance company for tort liability, in conformity with the legislative decree 111 of March 17th 1995 and with the regional law L.R. Should you need to ask us more information regarding our conditions, do not hesitate to contact us.