Polignano a Mare: Boat Cruise with Prosecco

I would have given lower but I don’t wanna do that to Nikki! He was amazing, limited English but I could see he cared for us to have a great trip. My big recommendation is don’t sell more than allowing people at front of the boat. Being at the back of the boat hinders the experience greatly. I wish the only sold enough seats for everybody to be in front. Nikki’s compassion made me far less irritated I could see he felt bad for us and that meant a lot. Highly recommend as the driver of boat very nice guy and super talented at that route he made. Very amazing views.

Nikki was a master boatsman! When we entered into the caves, we were inches from the rocks and yet Nikki was totally in control. The tour is amazing and a definite highlight of our trip. The prosecco and snack at the end were a nice touch. While there were other companies doing the same tour, we were a smaller group and had a much longer swimming time compared to the others. This tour is a must, and do it with Nikki... You won't be disappointed!

Don’t be fooled by the good reviews! The boat tour was rushed, we spent less than hour looking at the caves. Then we spent over an hour “swimming” in the marina. No multiple swim spots as advertised, no swimming near the caves. Instead swimming in a dirty marina surrounded by other boats! One bottle of proscesso for the whole boat - shared with 9 other people! Yet the captain was happy to throw a whole bottle to his friend on another boat. We got the bottle at the very end, not during the cruise as advertised! Beyond disappointed. Waste of our money!! Wouldn’t recommend this tour to anyone!

Do not seat at the front of the boat - you will be soaked through in the first two minutes of the ride. It was a rough ride and the guide wasn’t really explaining anything, just saying that every cave and beach were very important.. it was ok overall but we couldn’t even swim because all of our towels got wet in the first two minutes of the tour.

I spent a lot of time choosing which boat tour to do as I wanted a more luxurious experience on a beautiful boat, but I chose WRONG. The skipper had 3 friends with him and 9 of us were squeezed in uncomfortably crammed as strangers. The crew all spoke Italian to each other, music blaring, ignoring us - 1 of them sporadically stopped to say a basic sentence in English of special viewpoints. No warmth or welcoming manner, more of a speedboat ride slamming the waves, no special vibe, all a rush, I felt we had intruded on “their” day out. At the swimming point, one of them said “you jump now” pointing to the water. No mention of safety or how long wed be there… then they swam to a nearby boat and had beers and oysters with another local!. SO BAD. There was supposed to be soft drinks and prosecco - a bottle was left in a box at end for us to awkwardly pour as strangers, had to ask twice if my son could have a water instead. I looked at other boat tours longingly, wishing I’d chosen them!

Very disappointing and unsafe experience. We were a group of 7 people, including children, and the boat was travelling extremely fast. No one was given a life jacket, and the speed was so high that we had to hold on tightly to avoid being thrown around. We were told to sit at the front of the boat, where the ride was particularly rough. As a result, several of us ended up with bruises.