Milan 8-Day Tours and Trips

Very well professionally organized vacation tour. Special kudos to the tour guides Eva, Maria & YuHua who put in all the efforts to make us comfortable and well informed.

Very busy agenda. Loved staying in the same hotel multiple nights, less packing. Both were terrific. Knowledgeable and fun. Loved the less touristy restaurants and local attractions. Even made time for Easter mass in Bergamo! A bucket list item!

Traveling by train was different and required very strict time constraints. However, every day was an adventure and our guide helped us make the best of the adventure. Antonio was amazing.

We loved our Italy trip; all of the hotels, accommodations and tour director were great. One thing that could have been better was the meal that was provided at the hotel in Florence. It was average and did not highlight the delicious food that Florence is known for.

I was amazed by how much we were able to explore and enjoy on this trip. Antonio was an amazing guide and I felt like he worked very hard to give our group a great experience! Definitely worth it. I would do it again!

This was my first solo walking holiday and it won't be my last after the experience I had. The location on the shores of Lake Como and the Hotel Regina were fantastic. The hotel had great facilities being the pool and lake for swimming and the balcony rooms overlooking the lake and mountains were great. The hotel staff were also very friendly and efficient and the food was very good. The group I was with was large being 16 including the guide but we all got on fine. The guide, Nigel was excellent. You could tell immediately he was very experienced in this type of activity and if there were any incidents whilst walking he would sort it out. His knowledge of the surrounding area was very good and he had a great sense of humour. He also never rushed the group and explained from the start that if you didn't want to do something then that was fine. This was your holiday and you did what you wanted! Nigel also communicated very well. We had a briefing at 7pm each evening before dinner and then he repeated it again at breakfast. We knew exactly what we were doing and this was in line with the itinerary. The picnic's on the walks were very good and we had minimal waste which lived up to one of Explores sustainable values. The walking at times was hard but Nigel explained that you do it steady and slow and was very encouraging. When you had finished you had a real sense of achievement as it would be easy to give up especially on the climbs up! The scenery was stunning and we were lucky to have great weather, only thunderstorms overnight! Also the rest day (albeit mine was not that restful as I went to the Castle in Verenna which was a hike in itself!) is much needed and I would ask that Explore keep that in! Overall a great experience and I have already booked another holiday with Explore in September in the Dolomites and Lake Garda for walking and cycling.