ABOUT US
Barbara
Born in Lucca to a Tuscan family, Barbara grows up in the beautiful seaside city of Genoa (Genova), in the Ligurian Riviera. Her family raises her in an environment where the arts and sciences are equally presented.
Passionate about travelling and discovering new places, by the early 80’s her interests in people and traditions direct her to the role of managing director of an IATA travel agency and tour operator. Her enthusiasm leads her to be in charge of creating new packages for the agency’s particular clientele and the business grows rapidly, successfully running their own tours and coaches all year round.
Inherited from her family was also a passion for all forms of art, and by the mid-80’s Barbara decides to combine her arts and sciences studies to become an expert in the field of art conservation including teaching and training. By the mid-90’s Barbara becomes art director and event organizer for some major national and international art and antique fairs.
By the end of 2001 after taking a brief pause in her life, Barbara relocates to Sydney with her two beautiful children, continuously searching for new experiences. As you can appreciate, in Italy, art and beauty are represented everywhere and it didn’t take Barbara long to realise just how much she was missing the daily contact with her beloved art and soon returns to the idea of lecturing in Italian art and culture.
Many attended her lectures including: ‘Old Masters and their workshops in Renaissance’s Florence’ (Le Montage- 2 series of 8 meetings), ‘Botticelli’ (Domain theatre Art Gallery and NSW State library), Caravaggio (Domain theatre- Caravaggio exhibition), ‘Giacometti’ guided tour-lecture (Art Gallery of NSW) and many more. Lectures that take people into the magic of the man behind the artist.
If you ask her what makes her happy she will answer: “Looking at the marvelled expression of people for the beauty, the unexpected, the unusual, the unnoticed has always given me lots of joy and I have always worked in creating the atmosphere for people to marvel at”.
In 2003 Barbara accepts an offer to teach Italian Language and Culture in the worldwide and prestigious Italian not- for-profit organization, ‘Dante Alighieri’ in Sydney and simultaneously offers additional courses at the Mosman Evening College.
Not wanting to burn the candle at both ends, Barbara in 2010 decides to open her own language centre. She still conducts some Italian language courses at the centre to this day.
With a burning love for all things Italian, Barbara is now torn, when she discovers she has fallen in love again…..this time….with Australia!
How to combine her two loves?
In 2013 Barbara establishes a tour operator business within her language centre, offering fully organized and escorted tours to adult students, their family and friends. She personally escorts the tours herself, and everyone gets that one on one personal experience, attention to detail and 5 star treatment.
With her contagious passion for life and expanding tour operator business Barbara introduces ‘We love Italy-tours’ in 2017 continuing her passion and long term commitment to introducing, expanding and enlightening many more clients to the Italy she loves.
“We love Italy and know you’ll love Italy too with We love Italy Tours!” Barbara Bertini
Passionate about travelling and discovering new places, by the early 80’s her interests in people and traditions direct her to the role of managing director of an IATA travel agency and tour operator. Her enthusiasm leads her to be in charge of creating new packages for the agency’s particular clientele and the business grows rapidly, successfully running their own tours and coaches all year round.
Inherited from her family was also a passion for all forms of art, and by the mid-80’s Barbara decides to combine her arts and sciences studies to become an expert in the field of art conservation including teaching and training. By the mid-90’s Barbara becomes art director and event organizer for some major national and international art and antique fairs.
By the end of 2001 after taking a brief pause in her life, Barbara relocates to Sydney with her two beautiful children, continuously searching for new experiences. As you can appreciate, in Italy, art and beauty are represented everywhere and it didn’t take Barbara long to realise just how much she was missing the daily contact with her beloved art and soon returns to the idea of lecturing in Italian art and culture.
Many attended her lectures including: ‘Old Masters and their workshops in Renaissance’s Florence’ (Le Montage- 2 series of 8 meetings), ‘Botticelli’ (Domain theatre Art Gallery and NSW State library), Caravaggio (Domain theatre- Caravaggio exhibition), ‘Giacometti’ guided tour-lecture (Art Gallery of NSW) and many more. Lectures that take people into the magic of the man behind the artist.
If you ask her what makes her happy she will answer: “Looking at the marvelled expression of people for the beauty, the unexpected, the unusual, the unnoticed has always given me lots of joy and I have always worked in creating the atmosphere for people to marvel at”.
In 2003 Barbara accepts an offer to teach Italian Language and Culture in the worldwide and prestigious Italian not- for-profit organization, ‘Dante Alighieri’ in Sydney and simultaneously offers additional courses at the Mosman Evening College.
Not wanting to burn the candle at both ends, Barbara in 2010 decides to open her own language centre. She still conducts some Italian language courses at the centre to this day.
With a burning love for all things Italian, Barbara is now torn, when she discovers she has fallen in love again…..this time….with Australia!
How to combine her two loves?
In 2013 Barbara establishes a tour operator business within her language centre, offering fully organized and escorted tours to adult students, their family and friends. She personally escorts the tours herself, and everyone gets that one on one personal experience, attention to detail and 5 star treatment.
With her contagious passion for life and expanding tour operator business Barbara introduces ‘We love Italy-tours’ in 2017 continuing her passion and long term commitment to introducing, expanding and enlightening many more clients to the Italy she loves.
“We love Italy and know you’ll love Italy too with We love Italy Tours!” Barbara Bertini
Roberto
Italian based, Roberto is Barbara’s younger brother and lives in Genoa with his wife and two sons.
In the early 1990’s Roberto and Barbara’s life merged and for many years, as they worked together in art events and exhibitions.
Roberto, proves the magic behind staging events as both customer service and technical team support manager.
Roberto, is known for his kindness, problem solving attitude and his perennial smile as well as his passion for Italy, great Italian food and wine, he is and enjoys great company.
In Italy Roberto’s main role is communication technology which is also his passion, so it is not unusual to see him going around with more than one mobile phone ‘telefonino’ in Italian or ‘little phone’ in English.
At We Love Italy Tours Roberto takes care of any last minute logistics or any technical mobility aspects of the tours. Roberto is also our ‘ears’ in Italy ready to alert us of any new Festivals ‘Sagras’ or off the beaten track restaurants or trattorias. It’s not uncommon to see him on the tour on weekends or special occasions of a particular event persuading Barbara to take the group to a special place.
In the early 1990’s Roberto and Barbara’s life merged and for many years, as they worked together in art events and exhibitions.
Roberto, proves the magic behind staging events as both customer service and technical team support manager.
Roberto, is known for his kindness, problem solving attitude and his perennial smile as well as his passion for Italy, great Italian food and wine, he is and enjoys great company.
In Italy Roberto’s main role is communication technology which is also his passion, so it is not unusual to see him going around with more than one mobile phone ‘telefonino’ in Italian or ‘little phone’ in English.
At We Love Italy Tours Roberto takes care of any last minute logistics or any technical mobility aspects of the tours. Roberto is also our ‘ears’ in Italy ready to alert us of any new Festivals ‘Sagras’ or off the beaten track restaurants or trattorias. It’s not uncommon to see him on the tour on weekends or special occasions of a particular event persuading Barbara to take the group to a special place.
