Hi Elena,
Thank you so much for coordinating a fabulous trip of a lifetime to Italy. Your suggestions and your knowledge of our travel area was spot on. All of the transfers, tickets for events and train tickets were all on track . The drivers and tour guides were fantastic.
Franca and Fiorella did a great job! They listened to us and answered our many questions in a timely fashion. We have never used a company to book such a large trip. It was a very good experience. If I had to do it again, I would not have changed much. I would have liked more time in Tuscany!!
PREPARE FOR YOUR TRIP
Cell phones in Italy work a little differently than in the US. Very rarely they come with a contract. 90% of them actually come with a pay as you go rechargeable SIM card.
I've recently returned from my (first ever) trip to Italy, and it was absolutely amazing! It was by far the best vacation I've ever taken. Roby made all of the arrangements based on our discussions of what we would like to see, and all of them worked out smoothly and were perfect.
Ciao Alessia, the best part of the trip for us was Venice. It is a truly magical place. We enjoyed the tour of the palace there. Also the boat trip to Capri was wonderful! I am so glad we didn't cancel that. Finally we took a bus trip from Sorrento to amalfie city and positano..
Alessia,
Thanks for everything, it was a great trip! It hasn't been fun going back to work this past week though. :) I think the wine tasting in Vicenza and gourmet tour in Venice were definitely highlights and we really enjoyed the cooking class too. I'll upload a photo to the website once I finish going through all the pictures I took, I took a lot!
SPECIAL EVENT
The Venice Film Festival is held every year at the Lido of Venice, in the historic ‘Palazzo del Cinema’ and in the surrounding buildings. For ten days, the Lido turns into a minor version of Hollywood, with many international actors, that - I’m sure of it - also love to take the chance to visit such a fantastic location and - I bet - feel even more like movie stars.
We can't say enough good things about all the tour guides and drivers we had. All were on time or early, very professional and all had great fund of knowledge, especially the driver we had from Firenze to San Gimignano and Siena and back. Her name was Mafalda and she was so pleasant and charming and full of useful and interesting information, I felt we became good friends:)
We loved our experience in Rome, the Hotel Montecarlo was wonderful, and having the skip the line tickets allowed us to truly have a wonderful day-filled experience.
Ciao Laura,
I want to thank you personally for planning our trip so perfectly. Everyday went very smoothly, nothing was confusing, directions were very clear and so helpful.
Ciao Roberta,
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner .. my husband and I travel to Italy frequently, but never did we have such an amazing experience!
We had a great time and were very pleased with the trip that Cultural Italy planned for us. I would have to say that Siena and Venice were our favorites. With Wine country coming in a close second. All in all there was something for everyone and we were sad to see our 12 days go by so fast.