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. 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...read more 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.

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 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.

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, Canada and Scotland. One of the main disappointments for me was the location of some of the hotels (not always in the...read more 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.

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 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 was a wealth of knowledge, great personality, very vibrant, entertaining, fun and very competent. He had great attention...read more 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!!