Italian Glory Reviews

The problems were really only the coach seating was too tight (need more space)...and the hotels (good locations but problems with each e.g. mould in bathroom, air-con not working in some of the rooms, some rooms way too small for 2 people (but we are in Italy), no safe in one etc). Other than that everything else was good....great driver, tour director ...read more & local guides, plenty of choice with optional extra tours. Would have liked more time on some of the optional tours...but we are with a group & understand. Disappointed with one optional extra (but was not the fault of the Tour Director) as we were going to see the inside of a monastery prior to a dinner (this was our main reason for doing this option) & when we got there & couldn't go in (a death had occurred in monastery). As we said totally out of her control. Loved San Gimignano, St Peter's Basillica to name a few. Perhaps Insight Vacations would have been better for us (less people on coach, hotels etc). Thanks for all your help Georgie...you were wonderful.

Excellent tour at a pace which suited us much better than the Swiss tour we booked alongside this tour which only had one night at each place (although it went to a lot of great places). Hotels were good except for Venice (lido) which was a bit too small. Suggest Milan should include the Last Supper. We went back to Milan to see it. If you were going ...read more to drop anything, it might be Pisa with a bit more free time in Milan maybe including a tour of La Scala. The local guides were also excellent.

We loved the tour from the moment we joined it. The organisation, the accommodation, the travel provided and especially the fun of the group that we toured with. We were unsure how we would enjoy a tour however we would not hesitate to join one where possible. We especially liked it being a leisurely tour as it gave us time in each place without feeling ...read more rushed or exhausted from travel. Highlight for us in 2012.