By Shivani Vora

Travelers can live the celebrated sweet — and authentic — Italian life by taking a half- or full-day tour on a Vespa, the popular two-wheeled Italian motor scooter that many locals rely on to get around. Several companies offer excursions on the scooters; with most, tourists ride as passengers while the driver is their guide, but a few tours give visitors the chance to drive the bikes themselves.

"To ride a Vespa is to see Italy through the eyes of Italians," said Uri Harash, the founder of the Italian private tour company Perfetto Traveler. "You get intimate with the streets and the area you're visiting in a way that's totally unique."

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