Best of Italy: 5-Day Escorted Tour from Rome

100% recommend!! If this is your first time to Italy, I highly suggest you do this excursion. It’s a bit rushed but you get a taste of several regions so the next time you return to Italy you can spend more time in the cities you like. Patrizia, our tour guide, was professional, coordinated and spoke perfect English. Our driver, Luigi, was patient, drove safely and wore a black blazer everyday, so professional! He always kept the bus clean and tidy. I and my 2 young adult children, 17 & 20 loved it and hope to return in the future. Bravo Patrizia and Luigi!

Overall decent 5-day comprehensive tour of Northern Italy. Great way to see the hidden treasures of Italy that are not typically advertised for tourism. Given a short period of time over 8-9 cities/town, the turnaround is quick and leaves very little time to do various things. Therefore, it is key to be efficient with time and have a personal itinerary build ahead for each place, that you can follow during the limited free time that you have. Additional optional tours are not included in the initial fees, so beware of additional costs. Meals provided at the hotels are subpar so lower the expectations going in. Overall enjoyed the tour and met some great fellow vacationers.

This trip was more than I expected, on this one you done see Rome unless you book additional activities. However this is still so worth taking. I went to areas of Italy I wasn't aware of and the countryside views are amazing. The guide we had Clara was super, very kinda and always looking out for the safety and accountability of the large group. She also was very knowledgeable and offered lots of suggestions on food, wine and areas to visit. So many beautiful things seen on this tour, however my favorite was Pisa with the leaning town. It was breathe taking to me. I also enjoyed just the beautiful area with the mountains and greenery. Also so many beautiful churches to see. Amazing tour I think. Also lots of walking was involved and on 2 occasions the meals provided weren't the best but definitely edible. Overall amazing time. Definitely would recommend for first visit to Italy .🇮🇹 💚🤍❤️

The coach was uncomfortable, far too tight , impossible to have a little sleep , it was like being on a domestic flight with easy jet , horrible. For this reason alone a wouldn’t book again, the trip was good apart from the bus , also charging 1 euro for water on the bus should have been free , making guests make their on way back to hotel because they didn’t book the extra cost trips was unheard of , the included dinners and lunch’s were terrible,

It was very informative and fun. I like that the schedule gave you free time to explore as much or as little as you like while still providing you with memorable experiences and knowledgeable tour guides. The guides were all excellent! Stefano gave us clear information to find our way around. This is a great option for persons who want to see Italy in a short period of time. The bus was also very comfortable with AC and WiFi, which made longer drives pass quicker. My only recommendation is that the tour should advise guests that many churches in Italy restrict entry if your shoulders or knees are exposed. Luckily I had a scarf for my shoulders but got to wear none of the shorts I packed. At least travelers who aren’t aware of these restrictions can pack or plan accordingly. All in all, when I consider what we spent and what we received, it was great value for money.

Booked the tour after reading the brilliant summary. As my first ever tour, I was looking for a jammed packed agenda with knowledgable guides and good quality hotels to stay. The summary also read that due to the amount of activity, the tour was not suitable for the less abled which was a big tick for me as I thought this would mean there would be an active group. However, the reality was very different. The tour group was made up of 54 people(!!) with the average age being 60-70. The activities in turn were slowed down as most of the group struggled with pace and needed constant toilet breaks. The hotel rooms (Hotel Raffaello Florence and Hotel Delfino Mestre) were just awful. Basic poor quality, thin walls and noisy neighbours meant I didn’t sleep well. They were both claiming to be 4* but were barely 2*. The provided food was the lowest quality and I had no choice in what I ate it just turned up. In summary, be aware of all the detail before booking, I wouldn’t book again ever.