Experience Italy through Baseball

Our Story

Cardillo Baseball Tours is a U.S. based company specializing in baseball and softball trips to Italy. We organize fully customized Italian tours for existing teams that want to compete abroad or build a national travel team from players and coaches across the country. In addition, we help bring amateur Italian baseball clubs of all ages to the United States for competitive play and cultural exchange.

We build strong relationships with every partner: teams, hotels, and guides, to ensure an exceptional experience. Our mission is to elevate the journey for players and families, because baseball is more than a game; it’s a way of life grounded in teamwork, sportsmanship, and loyalty.

Founder

Mark Cardillo, played college baseball at Villanova University from 2001 to 2005. After graduating, Mark pursued a four-year professional career in the Italian Baseball League playing for teams in Milan and Florence. While in Italy, he became bi-lingual and holds dual Italian citizenship.

Upon returning to the United States, Mark earned a Master of Science degree in Sports Management from Columbia University. While pursuing his masters, he worked at sports organizations such as Major League Baseball and Creative Artists Agency.

In 2017 Mark coached baseball and taught Sports Marketing at the Universita degli Studi di Brescia in Brescia, Italy. In addition, he served on the Italian American Baseball Foundation's executive board from 2018-2024.

He currently resides in Naples, Florida where he coaches a local high school baseball team.