We are Jean Rivaldi – a bilingual, dual citizen of the U.S. and Italy and Francesca Peretto – a multi-lingual Italian teacher based in Bologna, Italy.
We met in Bologna in 2021 at language school. I was a student in school for a year and Francesca was the ever-patient teacher encouraging everyone to speak a little more Italian than we did the day before.
During that year we found that we shared a love of travel, a love of meeting people and a love of discovering what’s around the next corner. One day, over a spritz we discussed our dreams for the future. We both wanted to share the things we loved most about Italy and its language, food and culture from an insider’s perspective. And a very different perspective than most tourists experience on a point-to-point tour.
From that moment Vero Viaggio took shape. Now we’re on a mission to redefine your Italian travel and language experiences. We invite you to see what’s around the next corner with us!