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Italy's Best Reviews

37 Italy's Best reviews from past travellers that booked with Global Journeys.
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Great trip around Italy! 0 , VIC, Australia, Jun 2023
Dealing with Global Journeys was so easy and Toni our travel agent made the booking process hassle free. The tour itself was a great insight into Italy and a fantastic way of seeing all of the highlights. Our guide Gianluca was fantastic. Only negative I would mention is the accommodation in Rome - very poor first hotel and the last hotel in Rome was ...read more just too far from the city centre, so I recommend not booking additional nights at the hotel once the tour ends. Overall a fantastic tour with a great guide and great group of people.
Great tour through Italy   0 , VIC, Australia, May 2023
The Cosmos tour Italys Best was just that. A great tour, lots of interesting places to visit which was very well organized by the tour guide. The hotels were all good, although the first & last hotels are usually out of the way, which in this case was true. It was an "on the go tour" , up early, breakfast and on the road. We walked many kms on lots ...read more of cobblestones and walked up many steps. Lots of highlights which were too many to pick out a favourite, just beautiful little villages or magical places like the Isle of Capri or Lake Maggiore.
Italy’s Best 5 , NSW, Australia, Sep 2019
Loved our trip and will be booking again in next 12 -18 months for another Cosmos tour. Most hotels were great. Could only find fault with one hotel which wasn’t that great. Tour Director, Daniela was great, fun and very informative. Our driver, Lorenzo was fantastic. He was very friendly and a good safe driver. We felt very comfortable with his driving. ...read more We had a great bunch of people on the tour and had a lot of fun together. Only one person on the tour that spoilt things for others as she was never happy with anything and complained constantly about everything. In the end no one could please her so it was best just to ignore the comments and have a good time.
Cosmos tour - Italy’s best 2 , VIC, Australia, Sep 2019
We enjoyed all the travel stops, Venezia, Milan, Cinque Terre and most of all Capri. People travelling with us were fantastic! Coach host Patrizia and driver Vinchenzo were the best and couldn’t do enough for us. It was a busy on the go trip which was needed if you wanted to see so many interesting places. Accommodation was not always the best, in some ...read more places I’d rate it a 2 star while others were very good at 4 star. I would recommend Cosmos overall for an enjoyable and memorable tour.
Best of Italy 2 , WA, Australia, Aug 2019
Highlights for me were the optional Tuscan farm dinner and our stay at Lake Maggiore (the scenery was breathtaking). A nice surprise was Milan and Genoa, both pretty cities with lots of trees and parks. My tour was late Aug/early Sept and it was very hot and humid.

The majority of people on the tour were very friendly and came from Australia, USA, ...read more Canada and Scotland.
One of the main disappointments for me was the location of some of the hotels (not always in the city or town) so if you weren't doing all the excursions and wanted to explore on your own it was very difficult. My booking experience with Global Journeys was very good and I had no issues to speak of.
Italy’s Best by Cosmos 7 , SA, Australia, May 2019
Global Journeys was great, would definitely use them again. Not so sure about the Cosmos tour. Itinerary was rushed, optional meals were not good. Most accommodation was a long way out and not very good.
The best way to travel around Italy 7 , VIC, Australia, Nov 2018
The Cosmos Best of Italy tour was extremely well organised and executed. The communication right from the word go by Madeline Lewis from Global Journeys was absolutely brilliant, and we were also very impressed with the tour arrangements such as confirmation of tour, information on the tour etc. provided.

10/10 for our tour leader, Jian Luca. He ...read more was a wealth of knowledge, great personality, very vibrant, entertaining, fun and very competent. He had great attention to detail to make sure that he could provide anything we might have needed. In addition, the driver, Stefano, was very competent and about the best we’ve experienced. The local guides were also brilliant. Five star plus.

We loved the entire tour. The program was intense but not overly. Always something of interest, but with enough down time. Very well planned, and the opportunity to see quite a lot of Italy. All the accommodations were clean and comfortable. Each had its own charm.

Our overall rating of the trip is 10/10. We'll highly recommend it to the people we know. The itinerary is excellent because it encompasses all the regions of Italy. Thank you so very much Cosmos & team for having arranged the magnificent trip we took!!
Great visit 6 , NSW , Australia, Nov 2017
A great trip around a beautiful country. I travelled with my daughter late 2017 and we both feel that we enjoyed an insightful and enjoyable snapshot of this fascinating country.
This trip certainly provided the best of Italy wonderful historic cities, amazing. 7 , QLD, Australia, Oct 2017
The cities visited were amazing and a comprehensive overview was provided. The weather was perfect and Italy delivered it's best. I love this country and Cosmos provided mostly good hotels but a couple didn't quite deliver. The time provided to explore was terrific and the guides provided good commentary.
Wonderful 9 , NSW, Australia, Sep 2017
We had an amazing time on this tour. We chose to travel with Cosmos because they seemed the best value, and for what we paid we were extremely happy with the inclusions. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and helpful, our group while large was a good mix, the coach was comfortable and with one or two exceptions the accommodation was great. The ...read more tour itself took us through so many wonderful places in Italy, there wasn't a day wasted but the pace was manageable. Make sure to budget for the optional excursions, we did almost all of them and they were very much worth it. And booking through Global Journeys couldn't have been easier, we will definitely be using them again.
Very Professional and thoroughly organised fun holiday 12 , SA, Australia, Sep 2017
We consider the entire 14 day "Italy's Best" tour of Italy one continuous highlight, whereby each city or place visited in Italy presented a "Wow" factor, whether it be because of historical significance, architectural marvel, or cultural appreciation. The cities and places making up the tour were fantastic and I don't think that a better itinerary ...read more could have been provided.

The group of 42 people including ourselves all got on well and we had a great time together, and we think that the mix of people from different parts of the world and from different parts of Australia made the tour all the more interesting. Our tour director Flora was great, she was professional and extremely knowledgeable and was also fun to be around. We all felt that we were in good hands with Flora at the helm and no request or issue was ever too much trouble for her to personally address. Georgio the driver was also great, whereby he had excellent driving skills and strong familiarity of the roads which made us all feel safe throughout the entirety of the tour. Georgio was also very well organised with the luggage handling on arriving at, and departure from, each hotel.

The quality of the breakfasts at each hotel was second to none, and the included dinners were of high standard as well. We had only 2 minor issues which we do want to bring to your attention however,..the included dinner at the hotel in Perugia (La Meridiana), did not include drinking water, whereby this had to be purchased, which we thought was quite unreasonable and poor, and the shower at the Grand Hotel Du Park et Regina at Montecatini was way too small with clingy poor coverage curtains which resulted in flooding of the floor area, which made showering extremely uncomfortable.

I trust that Global journeys will review these 2 small items in good faith for the benefit of future tours. We want to say thanks to Global Journeys for an excellent tour package provided, and to yourself Jemma for all your personal efforts and assistance provided to us from when we first signed up for the tour, right up to our departure date. We will definitely consider Global Journeys and Cosmos again for future holidays. Thanks again,
Worry free holiday and a wonderful time through Italy   3 , VIC, Australia, Aug 2017
Italy's best was a wonderful taste of all the places you would like to return for longer stays. The tour guide was great and everyone on the tour got on well together. A couple of the hotels weren't the best. I would like to thank Georgie for a wonderful job organising everything. It was all done smoothly and all documents were received on time. I ...read more would definitely use Global Journeys again.
Mother - Daughter trip to Italy 10 , VIC, Australia, Aug 2017
My mother and I went on our first trip overseas together and we decided to book with Cosmos and tour Italy. My mother had used Cosmos before but this was my first time.

The tour was Italy's Best and it was an amazing tour. I had a wonderful time. Our tour guide, GianLuca and our bus driver Antonio were amazing and full of knowledge. They had to cater ...read more to our needs several times as we are vegetarian and we found that it was a bit difficult to get vegetarian meals in Italy. We both found it a bit frustrating with our dietary requirements and we were offered meat a couple of times. So if you are a vegetarian you may struggle a bit with some meals.

I found the excursion to Pompeii/Sorento was very rushed, we visited Pompeii in the morning - Pompeii is amazing but its a full on day. This gave us very little time - 3 hours in total - in Sorento and I was lead to believe we would be staying in Sorento but we weren't. I found a lot of the hotel accommodation was very far from the city centres, so if you weren't doing the optional excursions you were at the hotel - and most of them had little to do around them.

I personally found some excursions were pretty rushed and there wasn't enough free time - unless you chose to not do the excursions, but you want to visit all the famous landmarks while you are there!. The weather was extremely hot and some of the hotels that were chosen didn't have proper working air conditioning either so that made it a bit hard to sleep some nights. I have too many highlights to mention! I really did have an amazing time and made some wonderful memories.
Italy dream come true   0 , VIC, Australia, Aug 2017
I got to see everything I wanted to see and lots I did not know I would want to see, that is the glory of using a tour to see a country, a great experience visiting so many famous places with a great group of fellow travelers under the guidance of a great guide. Unforgettable memories that I now carry with me and regularly reminisce.
A great tour at ...read more an affordable price that has given us the adventure of a lifetime.
Absolutely the Best 3 , WA, Australia, Jun 2017
A must for everyone. The best of the best of Italy. There wasn't much we didn't see and wow what we did see was totally awesome. Loved everything. The tour totally covered the best of Italy from north to south. A must for people who want to see the main attractions and learn about Italy. A great tour guide and group of people, an unforgettable ...read more tour.
Trip through Italy to all the best parts 4 , WA, Australia, Apr 2017
Our trip was great. All the people on the tourgot on all very well and our tour guide was exceptional. Hhe had a sense of humour and advised us along the tour what to expect that day and the next plus was very informative. Enjoyed the Colosseum, Vatican, Cinque Terre, Pisa, the Swiss alps, Venice, Assisi, loved Pompeii and Capri. The accommodation ...read more was different to Australia with no kettle. I think if you like to have one in your room, I'd advise taking a small kettle , with tea or coffee and dried milk would be a great idea. Our first hotel loved the darkness of the room but we love a bit of coolness in our room and some hotels were not allowed to have the air conditioner on so luckily it wasn't too hot. The weather at this time of the year in April was just right. We did have rain but this occurred on just the day that we were mostly in the coach so it didn't cause any problems. I'm think some of the optional excursions should have been included like the last meal.
Good Christmas/NY holiday in Italy 9 , NT, Australia, Dec 2016
This is my first tour with Cosmos. I was made aware by my friends that it is not in the same league as Trafalgar and Insight Vacations which I normally book. I considered the Cosmos tour as the itinerary was heaps better compared to other providers at that time. I was glad I went ahead booking my holiday as I enjoyed the tour. The tour itinerary provided ...read more a lot of free time to explore places we visited which was my main concern with previous tours I have done. There was not a lot of included meals in the ititnerary which meant more flexibility. I was surprised that there were 41 of us in the group but it all worked out in the end as everyone was considerate except for one incident in Pisa where we have to wait for an hour for one guest who in the end we left behind after our wonderful tour director, Mattia, made a difficult decision.

Mattia, our Tour Director and Nino, our Coach Driver were wonderful. They were friendly and accommodating and nothing was too hard for them. I like how they consider loo breaks for long journeys and they wait outside the bus exits offering to help those that may need assistance getting off the bus. They even organised drinks at our accommodation in Venice to toast the New Year. Accommodation wise, I found the location of where we stayed in Rome (Green Park Pamphili and Holiday Inn San Giovannie) and Venice (Holiday Inn Venice Mestre) too far from the centre of town. Comfort wise, accommodation at Montecatini, Venice, Perugia and Holiday Inn San Giovanni were good. Green Park Pamphili needs some renovation, Star Hotels President in Genova needs to fix its heating control as we had to open window to cool down room), Hotel Atlantico at Lake Maggiore had narrow and short beds.

Appreciated the included breakfast in our accommodations, but breakfast provided at Hotel Atlantico (Lake Maggiore) and Hotel Ascott (Sorrento) leaves much to be desired. Included tours offered were good. My favourites were in Florence, Cinque Terre, Lugano and Assisi. Enjoyed most of the included dinners, except that you have to pay extra for bottled water. Best included meal was in Rome (Christmas lunch) and Sorrento which was our farewell meal. Local guides provided were knowledgable and with a good command of English. Optional tours were provided to us which includes special dinners to experience local cuisine. Best optional tours I took for me were in Capri, Pompeii (with hail at the start of our walk), Positano (despite the bad weather). Best optional dinner I joined was in Venice.

WiFi availability on the coach was good as you can catch up on your email and/or read news. Our tour bus broke down while we were in our optional excursion in Positano and a replacement coach was provided within the hour with the same comfort except for WiFi. Our coach driver, Nino, was so good that I can relax and doze off. No sudden braking or speeding. Just constant. I found the tour good value for what was offered. I will not hesitate joining another Cosmos tour if the itinerary suits me.
Italy - Simply the Best 4 , WA, Australia, Oct 2016
This was our fifth Cosmos tour. Cosmos promised us a taste of Italy on this tour which is what we got. The regions covered included the rolling hills of Tuscany, the fishing villages of Cinque Terre, the northern picturesque lakes combined with Alps, Venice with its canals instead of roads, ruins in Pompeii, the absolutely stunning Amalfi Coast and ...read more the historical city of Rome. Each region was so different from the other. Our group consisted of 44 with the majority being Aussies. Each day started very early to ensure that our Cosmos coach was the first coach at the destination. As we were leaving the other tourist coaches were arriving. The tour ran on schedule and as always was very professionally organised. We did all of the optional excursions and they were truly worth the money. The hotels were all of a very good standard, with our one at Lake Maggiore being upgraded to give us sweeping views of the lake and alps. Overall a terrific holiday and would highly recommend this tour to others wishing to see Italy. Thank you Cosmos for another enjoyable adventure!
Wonderful trip to Italy 3 , New Zealand, Jun 2016
Global Journeys (Leanne) is wonderful to organized the trip for me and my friend which was great and much appreciated. Everywhere was interesting and exciting. The tour was well organized Tour Director (Ingrid) and Driver (Giorgio) were both wonderful and extremely professional. There is no way you would have seen and done so much if you had traveled ...read more independently so it's good value for money , my friend and I chose this tour because unlike other tours, it covered most of Italy of all the main places we wanted to see. The majority of hotels were great, several were outstanding, one not so good but we were very impressed with overall standards. I will definitely book my tour with Global Journeys again and recommend it to all my friends and family.
One of the best tour of Italy 3 , VIC, Australia, May 2016
This tour was one of the best tour of Italy that I have been. The tour covered the best and beautiful places of Italy from north, Lake Maggiore, to south, Positano. The tour director Savio is very friendly, helpful and liked by everyone. He has great knowledge not only of Italy but also Italian cooking and was teaching us how to cook Italian food while ...read more we were on the coach. The south of Italy is very beautiful. Will revisit again in the future.
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