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Go Ahead Tours Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
A shorter version of our most popular tour - Experience the magic of Italy's three most popular and enticing destinations - in only 9 days.
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62 out of 64 97% of customers would recommend this tour.
Customer Reviews for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Review 1 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by CMM12214 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:3/10/2012 12:00:00 AM
Location:TX
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by CMM12214 |
March 29, 2012
"Best week of my life!"
I want to thank GoAhead Tours for the fantastice trip and exceptional tour guides on our recent travels to Italy. Our adventure started at the airport in Venice when we walked from the airport to a water-taxi waiting to take us to our hotel. We have never taken a boat to a hotel before! I overheard my husband telling a friend that it was the "best week of my life!" Can't ask for much more than that.
Recommended for: Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+6points
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Review 2 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by EBEMES123 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:03/10/2012
Location:FL
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by EBEMES123 |
March 21, 2012
Venice, Florence, Rome
Thank you to Go Ahead Tours for making our first trip to Italy most memorable. We appreciate the attention to detail and the personal treatment received from start to finish. Our tour director Missia was awesome. Next trip...Dublin!!!
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+2points
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Review 3 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by GSULLIVAN |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/12/2011
Location:CT
Age:60+
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by GSULLIVAN |
December 22, 2011
Couldn't Have Been Better
First trip to Italy. 9 consecutive sunny days. How did Go Ahead arrange that?
3 days each in Venice, Florence and Rome, including side trips to Pisa and Pompeii. Our tour director was fabulous, making sure we saw the most significant sites, filling in details on what we were seeing, selecting good local tour guides, and keeping us from getting lost. Did a ton of walking most days, so we slept well at night. Occasional drawbacks were information overload (so much to see), sites necessarily skipped (so much to see), and exhaustion from walking (so much to see). We were delighted with the whole experience and would reccommend it to anyone not too young (too much historical detail) . Those with restricted mobility would have to make arrangements to not have to do all the walking involved.
3 days each in Venice, Florence and Rome, including side trips to Pisa and Pompeii. Our tour director was fabulous, making sure we saw the most significant sites, filling in details on what we were seeing, selecting good local tour guides, and keeping us from getting lost. Did a ton of walking most days, so we slept well at night. Occasional drawbacks were information overload (so much to see), sites necessarily skipped (so much to see), and exhaustion from walking (so much to see). We were delighted with the whole experience and would reccommend it to anyone not too young (too much historical detail) . Those with restricted mobility would have to make arrangements to not have to do all the walking involved.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Solo Travelers, Art, History, & Culture, Food & Wine, First Time Travelers
+15points
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Review 4 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by VWILBORNE |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/19/2011
Location:SC
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by VWILBORNE |
December 12, 2011
Wonderful Trip
Venice,Florence,Rome Italy! What a trip!
Wonderful weather for the week.
We took the trip due to Thanksgiving week here in the USA.
Can't say enough about the 9 day tour!
Food,Guide,Hotels,Bus,Tours,Tours Guides were so caring.
Wine Tasting Tour in Florence is a MUST!!!
To see David and the master pieces pictures will never do them justice.
Venice is beautiful
Rome....I will go back. Sistine Chapel I could have stayed all day and still not seen everything. There is so much history in Italy and MANY more things,places to see.
I will tell everyone I know to contact GoAheadTours. Stuart Harvey is GREAT.
The tour itself was wonderful. Everyone was so kind and caring.
The guides absolutely love their work and it shows through their depiction of the history.
AGAIN, I will contact GoAheadTours for my next trip.
Wonderful weather for the week.
We took the trip due to Thanksgiving week here in the USA.
Can't say enough about the 9 day tour!
Food,Guide,Hotels,Bus,Tours,Tours Guides were so caring.
Wine Tasting Tour in Florence is a MUST!!!
To see David and the master pieces pictures will never do them justice.
Venice is beautiful
Rome....I will go back. Sistine Chapel I could have stayed all day and still not seen everything. There is so much history in Italy and MANY more things,places to see.
I will tell everyone I know to contact GoAheadTours. Stuart Harvey is GREAT.
The tour itself was wonderful. Everyone was so kind and caring.
The guides absolutely love their work and it shows through their depiction of the history.
AGAIN, I will contact GoAheadTours for my next trip.
Thank you for such a glorious time. My daughters and I had the time of our lives.
Sincerely,
Vivian,Jessica and Jennifer Wilborne
North Carolina
PS Will forward Pictures
Sincerely,
Vivian,Jessica and Jennifer Wilborne
North Carolina
PS Will forward Pictures
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, First Time Travelers, Relaxing Retreat, Experienced Travelers
+9points
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Review 5 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by TAMMYP |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/19/2011
Location:FL
Age:40-49
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by TAMMYP |
December 8, 2011
Wonderful Italian trip
We had a great time touring Venice, Florence and Rome. I felt it was a perfect blend of guided tours and free time to explore each city. Our tour guide was great and gave us lots helpful information as well as wonderful historical background that really enhanced the trip. We highly recommend this trip!
Recommended for: Anniversary Trips, Art, History, & Culture, First Time Travelers
+5points
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Review 6 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by 63695244 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/19/2011
Location:CA
Age:40-49
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by 63695244 |
December 8, 2011
Besides the flights the trip was amazing!!!
This was one of the best trips ever! Everyone on the tour was fun and enjoyable. I made lots of new friends. Our trip director was out of this world. Stewart went out of his way to make everyone enjoy there trip and was so knowledgable! I learned so much and enjoyed every minute while in Italy! The flight arangments were the only really bad thing. But, I knew that as soon as I was givin my flights. There was not alot of suport from the tour to change or make it better. However, the transpertation provided while in Italy was first class and very nice. I would say if you have a chance ...TAKE THIS TRIP! It is amazing.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+4points
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Review 7 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by NIK567 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/12/2011
Location:CA
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by NIK567 |
December 2, 2011
Tour of Venice, florence and Rome
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This tour was at a leisurely pace and got to cover a vast cross section of the the Italy. I thoroughly enyoyed my trip particularly the stay in Venice on my birthday. It was a memorable one in which I danced on a gondola ride into the port of Venice. Bravo the Dina , the tour Director who got us all organized and up and running for 9 days! Excellent!
Recommended for: Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Food & Wine, First Time Travelers
+4points
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Review 8 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by JOCANA1 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/12/2011
Location:IL
Age:50-59
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by JOCANA1 |
December 1, 2011
BEST THAN A DREAM
Tour was wonderfull we enjoyed a lot the tour director, was perfect , she
know how make the tour perfect, I hope have the oportunity to travel soon with goahead, and have the same tour director, thanks go ahead everything in our tour was wonderful, Venice, was wonderful to descover for us in our free time, but this was possible becouse our hotel was close to st Mark church that was very nice from go ahead.
know how make the tour perfect, I hope have the oportunity to travel soon with goahead, and have the same tour director, thanks go ahead everything in our tour was wonderful, Venice, was wonderful to descover for us in our free time, but this was possible becouse our hotel was close to st Mark church that was very nice from go ahead.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Relaxing Retreat, Experienced Travelers
+2points
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Review 9 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by mmwatts |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/19/2011 12:00:00 AM
Location:MS
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by mmwatts |
December 1, 2011
Exceeded expectations
An absolutely fabulous trip. Stuart, our tour director, was so knowledgable on all of the regional histories and details and did a tremendous job in prepping us for each excursion. His timing was impeccable as was his demeanor. Stuart really helped to make this trip what it was. The places we visited and thngs that we saw, the histories we learned were all amazing. It was well worth the time and expense for this lifetime experience. Our only complaint was the air flight booking made for us; rather thanbooking the bettert flights available, we were routed in a way that took 8-10 hours longer than necessary to get there and this is something you don't know about until it has already been done. Big thumbs down on that part of it!.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+1point
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Review 10 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by DDAROSA |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/12/2011
Location:CA
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with a group coordinator/organization
by DDAROSA |
November 28, 2011
Trip of a lifetime!
One of my favorite experiences was the wine tasting excursion in San Gimiagno. It was a fun & special place. I'm so glad I brought several pairs of comfortable shoes for all the walking.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers
+1point
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Review 11 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by Anonymous |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/12/2011
Location:MA
Age:60+
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by Anonymous |
November 28, 2011
Awesome
Excellent trip. Well organized with visits to interesting and fun location.
The tour guides at our different stops were very good and well informed
As for our tour director Dina, she was excellent. You could tell she enjoyed what she did.
Would I plan another trip? Let’s just say plans are being discussed!
The tour guides at our different stops were very good and well informed
As for our tour director Dina, she was excellent. You could tell she enjoyed what she did.
Would I plan another trip? Let’s just say plans are being discussed!
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, Experienced Travelers
+1point
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Review 12 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by JOCANA1 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/12/2011
Location:IL
Age:50-59
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by JOCANA1 |
November 25, 2011
better than expected
The tour was wonderful we enjoyed a lot I recomend to mis Dina as a tour
director she is an especial doing her work she is the person to make the tour be informatic, and best like no one, we will plan our next and hope she will be our director again, so we really recomend the tour and the director.
director she is an especial doing her work she is the person to make the tour be informatic, and best like no one, we will plan our next and hope she will be our director again, so we really recomend the tour and the director.
Jose Ocana
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Relaxing Retreat, Experienced Travelers
+2points
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Review 13 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by EDE JESUS19 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:11/12/2011
Location:IL
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by EDE JESUS19 |
November 23, 2011
best than espected
It was a real good tour better than we think, we enjoyed a lot and think to make
otherone soon the tour director was exelent she was allways ready to help,
she is an exelent person I hope in our next trip be our tour director again.
otherone soon the tour director was exelent she was allways ready to help,
she is an exelent person I hope in our next trip be our tour director again.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers
+1point
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Review 14 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by DHUBER |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:10/22/2011
Location:WI
Age:60+
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by DHUBER |
November 17, 2011
Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall, we were very satisfied with the tour. Because of arranging the tour for 3 persons and 2 different address there were some problems getting mailings coordinated. Fortuantely, the Go Ahead staff was responsive to our phone calls and emails. End result - no problems. The hotels and meals provided through the tour were very satisfactory. The tour director (Alessandra) did an excellent job of keeping us informed and was very friendly and helpful. She was a "fount" of information. I don't know how she maintained her sanity in trying to keep 34 people together and on time. Which leads to the only downfall of the tour; too large and diverse a group. Using the "radio" headsets, you had to keep very close to the local guides. That wasn't always possible because of her moving faster than the slower members of the group. Solution - (a) smaller groups, (b) slow down the guide - more time, or (c). better radios.
Recommended for: Solo Travelers, Trip Of A Lifetime, First Time Travelers
+3points
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Review 15 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
2
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by Anonymous |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:10/22/2011
Location:NC
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by Anonymous |
November 15, 2011
Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
What I liked about the tour: Tour director - Alessandra - was absolutely great! She took care of the group, our schedules, luggage, tours, etc. From the first moment we met her in the airport upon arrival to Venice till our drop off in the airport of Rome, we enjoyed the way she worked with us. We are very thankful to her for the local trip she arranged to see Rome in the evening!
What I did not like about the tour: Very few options what to do and what to see outside of the scheduled tours. We feel like visiting main galleries (such as Uffizi, or Academy) could have been included as optional. We had a great time anyway, but we did our home work and came to Italy well prepared by ordering tours outside of GoAheadTours. We saw people frustrated, with less experience in International travel. They were not sure what to do in Venice on the 1st day we arrived. We all think that having just a dinner planned for the whole day was not enough. Alessandra offered some options but it did not help much if you needed tickets to the gallery (like in Florence). The trip should have been clearly advertised as primarily Walking trip because all of the city tours were set as walking tours with over 4 hours non-stop walk which is good for young and healthy and a big problem for not so young and not so healthy. We had to skip some of the excursion time to find a place to rest (it was over 5 hrs of walking in Florence). This was not too bad in Venice, but in Florence and Rome - it really was a big problem. The food that was included in the tour was great in Florence, very poor in Venice, was OK in Rome. The hotel restaurant in Venice could not accommodate and serve the breakfast to 3 tour groups at the same time. It was really bad in the morning to stay in lines to get food. The dinner on the 1st day was simply not good. We should have been given more time between restaurants opening in the morning and the beginning of the tours. When we stayed in Rome, we could eat breakfast only once out of 3 day stay because of the early time tours that we had booked. Whatever they provided as a boxed breakfast, was just an apple and a juice with a cracker, definitely could be better for the money we paid. I would not recommend this tour for an experienced traveler. It is good for the beginners, for people who are not too interested in Art and prefer city tour vs galleries.
What I did not like about the tour: Very few options what to do and what to see outside of the scheduled tours. We feel like visiting main galleries (such as Uffizi, or Academy) could have been included as optional. We had a great time anyway, but we did our home work and came to Italy well prepared by ordering tours outside of GoAheadTours. We saw people frustrated, with less experience in International travel. They were not sure what to do in Venice on the 1st day we arrived. We all think that having just a dinner planned for the whole day was not enough. Alessandra offered some options but it did not help much if you needed tickets to the gallery (like in Florence). The trip should have been clearly advertised as primarily Walking trip because all of the city tours were set as walking tours with over 4 hours non-stop walk which is good for young and healthy and a big problem for not so young and not so healthy. We had to skip some of the excursion time to find a place to rest (it was over 5 hrs of walking in Florence). This was not too bad in Venice, but in Florence and Rome - it really was a big problem. The food that was included in the tour was great in Florence, very poor in Venice, was OK in Rome. The hotel restaurant in Venice could not accommodate and serve the breakfast to 3 tour groups at the same time. It was really bad in the morning to stay in lines to get food. The dinner on the 1st day was simply not good. We should have been given more time between restaurants opening in the morning and the beginning of the tours. When we stayed in Rome, we could eat breakfast only once out of 3 day stay because of the early time tours that we had booked. Whatever they provided as a boxed breakfast, was just an apple and a juice with a cracker, definitely could be better for the money we paid. I would not recommend this tour for an experienced traveler. It is good for the beginners, for people who are not too interested in Art and prefer city tour vs galleries.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Art, History, & Culture
+4points
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Review 16 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by LHUBER |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:10/22/2011
Location:WI
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by LHUBER |
November 14, 2011
Italy Vacation
We saw what we wanted to and Alessandra was a great leader.
Recommended for: Active Travelers
0points
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Review 17 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by ESTEWARD1 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:10/22/2011
Location:CA
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by ESTEWARD1 |
November 10, 2011
9 day tour of Italy (7 tour + 2 travel days)
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What fun! Great tour director. FABULOUS tour guide in Venice, very good in Florence, pretty good in Rome (we were late, so perhaps that affected it). Days on which we changed cities were pretty long and tiring, but I don't see what one could have done about it. Liked the free time - didn't take any side trips and still FILLED our days.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Solo Travelers, Art, History, & Culture, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
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Review 18 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by 63719209 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:10/22/2011
Location:NY
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by 63719209 |
November 10, 2011
Trip of a life
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I knew I would enjoy going to Italy, but never dreamed I would learn so much and enjoy it so much. Our tour director was so knowledgeable and the individual tour guide were great. The hotels were clean pleasant.
Venice is so tranquil. Very relaxing.
Florence is the place for art. WOW
Rome is beyond explanation. I was at aw.
Florence is the place for art. WOW
Rome is beyond explanation. I was at aw.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+1point
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Review 19 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by AGALNARES1 |
Number of past tours:2
Traveled on:10/15/2011
Location:FL
Age:50-59
Gender:Male
I traveled:with friend(s)
by AGALNARES1 |
November 4, 2011
My Trip with the girls
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We had a fantastic time in our trip with both of my duaghters that have never been to Italy. It was my idea to use go ahead since I have traveled with them before. It was the right decision! Both of my girls were very pleased especially with Stefania our tour guide throughout. She was funny and infomative and very down to earth. Everything went exactly as expected. I will definetly use go ahead again in my future travels.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Food & Wine, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+2points
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Review 20 for Venice, Florence & Rome (9 days)
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by NLYN1 |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:10/15/2011
Location:CA
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:solo
by NLYN1 |
November 3, 2011
Fell In Love With Italy
This was my first visit to Italy and the three cities that I visited - Venice, Florence, and Rome were the perfect combo for my first visit. The tour director was knowledgable, organized, and a pleasure to work with. It was nice to have the choice of the optional tours or to have free days. I did a little of both...a couple of optional tours and a few free days to do things that I wanted to do on my own. I look forward to planning my next trip to Italy.
Recommended for: First Time Travelers
+2points
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