Guests' Comments


My clients, the Simones...group of 6 were DELIGHTED with your tours in and nearby Florence last week. The guide at the Uffizi was fabulous and they really enjoyed their 2 days out to Siena and then Pisa/Lucca. Thanks for everything.

Hope to use your services again.

Livvy L.

We have just returned from our two-week trip to Italy. I would like to give you feedback on the private day tours that we took while the information is still fresh. For the most part we were very pleased with the guides and the information they shared with us. Without exception, they were all very prompt.

Our first excursion was to Siena and San Gimignamo with Simone. The Tuscan scenery was breathtaking and the two towns were lovely & interesting. We found Simone to be informative, articulate, extremely personable and accommodating. It was a very nice day.

While in Florence we also took the private guided 3-1/2 hour tour of the Uffizzi and the Accademia with Laura. I would highly recommend it as it was the best time I spent while in Florence. Laura has a doctorate in Art History and has been an art curator in Paris & New York. She has a wealth of knowledge and is an excellent communicator. This was totally fascinating and worthwhile.

While staying in Ravello we took a private day tour of the Amalfi coast. Rose was our guide. Once again, she was personable and spoke excellent English. This tour was a good way to see some of the lovely towns on the coast all the way down to Sorrento, especially if you do not have a car to tour yourself. Since you do not spend alot of time in any one town it would frustrate a history buff, but it is a great sampler of what the Amalfi Coast has to offer.

Once again, many thanks for all your assistance and for helping to make our trip a success!

Best Regards,
Kathy C.

We had such a great experience with Stefano. We were very impressed with his knowledge of Ostia Antica as well as the general information he provided about Rome and Italy. Ostia Antica was more than we had imagined. What a wonderful site. Hard to imagine why it isn't better known. Our only regret is we didn't have time to schedule another tour to Trivoli...we will next time.

We recommended your company to our Travel Company here in Beaverton, Oregon. Really appreciate your follow through. Your company is on our list of recommended contacts.

Linda & Joe R.

I just have to take the time to write you a quick note letting you know just how much my daughter and I enjoyed our trips to Ostia Antica and Pompeii. My daughter, having minored in Ancient Civilization in college several years ago, was hoping that the information she would get would be specific to her level of knowledge. When we met Stefano (who guided us for both excursions) we knew right away that we were in for a wonderful experience.

Who could say that Pompeii or Ostia Antica could be disappointing? But it is the guide that takes you to these places that really enhances the experience. Stefano was knowledgeable, of course with a Masters Degree in Archaeology, but better yet, he was able to convey his love and respect for the history of each area so poetically. His friendly demeanor and great sense of humor endeared him to us right away.

What more can I say......we will certainly take more tours with you the next time we return to Italy. As we gain understanding of the culture and the people, thanks in part to all of you, we can hardly wait to return.

Thank you again for all your assistance,
Mary J N.
Sarah N.

We just returned from a week in Rome and used you for most of our trip. We had two children (11 and 14) which required some thought to make the trip successful. We were thoroughly satisfied with all of the services that you provided.

Our tour guide Stefano C. is a relatively young archaeologist who clearly loves his field. His relaxed manner was great for the kids and he was always making sure that everything was taken care of (train tickets, lunch, etc.) and that we were happy. We couldn't imagine a better guide for tromping around the acres and acres of Pompeii.

Thanks for the great service. We will recommend you to others.
Keith and Laurie T.

We could not be more happy with the tours we took in Rome and Florence! We speak of them as the highlights of our vacation you. Both guides were wonderful. They gave us an excellent perspective on the Vatican, St. Peter's, and the city of Florence. We will recommend your tour service to anyone traveling to Italy.

Thanks again,
Brian T.

We had a wonderful time you. Our private tours were a highlight. I think you are "guilty" of underselling! Our "Rome in 100 Minutes" tour was a wonderful beginning to our time in Rome. We were pleasantly surprised when our guide (Brenda) arrived with driver in an an E Class Mercedes. In 100 minutes we covered a tremendous number of sights and were provided with invaluable information and insights.

Our private tour of the Vatican museums and St. Paul's was a highlight of our trip. Our guide (Becky) was wonderful, possessing a wealth of knowledge and expertise. She successfully reduced the vastness of the museums to manageable proportions and made it a lot of fun.

Our private tour of the Uffizzi in Florence was also excellent. Laura did a wonderful job.

Thank you. I would not hesitate to recommend your services.

Regards,
Brian C.

I loved your tours and have recommended them to my travel agent and friends. The car was there right on time and the tour guides where the best I have ever had. My mother is 74 years old and can't walk very well, so the tour guides adjusted the tour so my mom could see what she wanted and I could see even more! The driver was always there to pick up my mom and move her around. It was perfect!

Karen C.

We're still traveling quite a bit this month, so this will be brief, but we wanted to let you know that we were thrilled with each tour and tour guide that we had while we were you. The private tours were definitely worth the money. Being able to have the one-on-one interaction gave us the opportunity to ask more questions, learn more and see alot more because we could move along much quicker. Each one of our guides was very knowledgeable and gracious. Italy is certainly a country that we would like to revisit and we wouldn't do it any other way! So many of our pleasant experiences had to do with the tours. Thank you for providing the professionals who turned a vacation into a memorable experience. Please keep us updated on changes, new tours and other countries. Again our many thanks!

Sincerely,
Tom & Nancy S

I wish my wife and I could say we were glad to be home. We miss Italy already and especially our new friends Federico, & Elena. It will be our pleasure to recommend any and all of the tours we took to friends and family. I was also impressed that each of the guides have had a long association with your company and the positive things they had to say about you. By the way, each of the guides had contacted our hotel prior to our arrival. I thought that was a nice touch on their parts. All agreed that September 11th had affected their business greatly, and it is just now that things are starting to pick up again.

March 10: We meet Federico in central Florence for the Walking Tour. We had been by some of the sights we visited before, but Federico made all the difference in understanding what we were actually seeing. It was great spending time with him and having him show us his home town. Federico took us to a church that he had grown up in. He even said he used to play soccer in the church as a young boy.

March 12: Elena came to our hotel in Venice for the Walking Tour. She had a very sore back, but it was all we could do to keep up with her. Again, her insight and knowledge were great. We had a great lunch at a very remote spot that is one of her favorites...and now ours. It was obvious that we were the only Americans there. Elena called our hotel the evening after the tour and said I had overpaid her. My wife explained that we had also overpaid Federico.

Jessica, I don't mind paying for good service and that is what Federico, and Elena provided. Your company also provided good service throughout the process and for that we thank you.

We will certainly visit Italy again. When we do, I will visit your web site and see what else is available for us to secure.

Thank you for making our vacation to Italy a memorable one!

Best regards.
Steve & Susan M.

Our trip to Italy, as always was perfect. We are in what some could say is a travel rut....we go to Italy almost every year, and cannot seem to find our way to any other country...the people, the food, the culture has stolen our heart! Our guides were perfect. After multiple trips to the same place, it is wonderful to have a guide who can take you somewhere you have never been, explain things to you in different ways, and have the innate knowledge of a place that only living there can provide. Each of our guides was unique and exceptional. Each was prompt, professional, and so very knowledgeable, while at the same time personal and charming. Our trip to Ostia Antica was taken on a 70 degree day, with gorgeous blue skies, and azaleas blooming everywhere! Who could ask for more? Our trip to Siena and San Gimignano (sp-help!!) was taken on stormy day, with patches of blue sky wandering in and out...and it still was spectacular- we sampled the gelato that has won the "prize" for being the best you, and also cappuccino that was by far and away the best I have ever tasted! ...and Venice...well, the weather was immaterial, Elena's tour was exceptional. We even had an adorable older Venitian man telling us jokes in Italian that Elena translated for us!! So this service will be recommended by the Joneses!

Thank you.
Jan J.

We had a wonderful time on our trip to Italy. Dennis, Frederico and Elena were excellent guides! Their knowledge of history and art, their deep love for their cities and neighbors and their suggestions for restaurants and sites to see on our own, made our tours with them the highlight of our trip. You operate a very professional, high quality tour service and we will enthusiastically recommend Tours you to our friends. Please forward our best regards to Dennis, Federico and Elena and thank them for making our visit to Italy a treasured memory forever.

Sincerely,
Debbie and Gordon S

We got home a couple of days ago and I wanted to let you know how all of our tours went. We really could not have been happier.

Rome: Michael was fabulous. He is so knowledgeable and had a real talent for sharing his knowledge. We all thought he was fantastic and Rome was one of our favorite places because of him.

Thank you is not enough for what your company added to our trip. Our experiences were simply wonderful. Also, I want you to know that all of the guides offered their help to us if we had any questions or problems during our trip. They recommended restaurants which turned out to be some of the best we ate in during our trip. They were places the locals would frequent and not the tourists. The guides were all kind and generous with their time. We just had a great time with all of them and we learned a lot as well.

Thanks again for all of your help.
It was all terrific.

Very thankfully,
Janet P.

I was going to sit down and write you in a few days to tell you THANK YOU for such a wonderful trip. The guides were all outstanding and yes I have some wonderful comments for your site. What a wealth of knowledge they all possessed and what charming young men!!!

Dennis was a doll for our Moonlight stroll in Rome-we made it earlier which worked out better for everyone-he even put up with half our group getting to the wrong meeting place(wrong fountain) and our search trip to find them-what a charming man and his restaurant suggestion was awesome-a 500 AD wine cellar for dinner!!

Alessandro 's 4 hour tour of the Vatican and his insights into the history of the art and artists was incredible-the Sistine Chapel was even more beautiful than I remembered especially now since the restoration.

All in all our trip was incredible thanks to you and your site. I so fortunate I stumbled into it before we left. The private guides for the 3 of us made our whole trip. Each time we met one of them we kept saying the next one just could not live up to the last one but they just kept surprising us. I will do this trip again with my husband in the next few years and you can count that I will contact you to line up the guides for us as well. Thanks again for a wonderful trip.

Debbie S.

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