Rome 9-Day Tours and Trips

Well organized trip and the staff whom we worked with were super professional and made sure everything worked perfectly for us. I know there had to be issues, but we as guest never saw an issues.

This itinerary is excellent in providing a traveler with a great visit to 3 of the wonderful cities in Italy. We spent 3 days in Rome, Florence, and Naples which seems like a lot of time, but there is so much to see in those 3 days that it proves to be fairly intense for a couple of mature adults (ages in the upper 60s and low 70s) as well as fairly intense for an 18 year old granddaughter. It was unusually hot for mid-June this year. Overall, the trip was awesome including our travel director , our driver , and the local guides. We saw the Vatican, Coliseum, and St Peter's in Rome, had two dinners in Tuscany, and were enamored by the beauty of Venice. We also went to Assisi, Pompeii, San Giananoto, Murano, and Burano.

Coverage of the Vatican was light without entrance to St. Peter’s or the Sistine Chapel, due to the recent election of a new Pope. But, touring the Pantheon, the Colloseum, Borghese Gardens, Piazza del Popolo, the Spanish Steps, and the Trevi Fountain made up for it. Alberobello, with its Truli houses, was fascinating. Matera was amazing, and our visit to Polignano a Mare was a dream. The highlight of the tour for me was the boat tour around the Island of Capri. There are no words to describe the beauty. And Positano was the icing on the cake.

We have seen and learned more than I ever expected on this tour. We have booked with Expat in the past and will continue to book with Expat in the future. Our tour guide are most so knowledgeable and friendly and really take the time to help us learn and explore the beauty and history of these countries so we do not miss a thing. I am in awe of the drivers expertise at maneuvering these buses through the cities and narrow roads of Europe with ease. Always an adventure!

The cities, Rome, Florence and Venice, that we visited were wonderful. We saw a lot and had some wonderful experiences as well. We were on the go but it was well worth it! Italy is a country you have to visit!

This was an amazing experience largely as a result of our Tour Leader, Antonio. He joined us late on the first day in Rome having stepped in (and up) for the designated Tour Leader as they had to drop out last minute. He'd just finished another tour earlier that day and had flown to join us in Rome. Despite this he set about introducing himself to everyone and straight away we felt a connection and knew we were in safe hands. Over the next nine days he took great care of us from making sure I had no cheese on my pizza to looking out for our kids (who were also on the tour with us) when they tagged along on one of the excursions, from making sure we all made it to the train station on time and together to making extra arrangements for some of our group who had some mobility issues. At every turn Antonio was there, corralling, caring and communicating every day of the trip. Don't get me wrong, Italy and the sights are amazing but having a great Tour Leader like Antonio can make something special into something amazing and he certainly did that every day. The tour itself has some long days and early starts but because of that you get rewarded with amazing sights and sounds every day from Vatican and Colosseum in Rome, Pisa and Cinque Terra from Florence, Capri and Pompeii from Naples, Lake Como from Milan and beautiful Venice. A good balance (in our opinion) of busy days and free days. This tour is a great way to see most of what Italy has to offer with the comfort of rail travel (shorter journeys between locations, roomy seats and great views of the Italian countryside) and if you're lucky enough a great Tour Leader like Antonio to bring the whole thing together. All in all an amazing experience.