Northern Italy Including Cinque Terre

It was a wonderful trip - did not feel the need to see Parma ham or Parma cheese. Would have rather had opportunity for more time in Cinque Terra.

Great guide and driver. Milan hotel was not central to anything and not a great facility. No real time was spentin cinque terre or lake como and trip should be same length of time but with 2 or 3 less places to visit.

Excellent experience from beginning to end. The organization and attention to detail is greatly appreciated especially when travelling overseas. Our tour guide and driver went over and above to ensure everyone was happy and taken care of. I have already referred Trafalgar to friends and family.

If you like looking at beautiful lakes this trip has a lot of that. You spend a lot of time on boats, especially if you do the optional experiences. The tour director and bus driver were very good - as I have come to expect. All the local specialists were excellent. The downside for me was that the included activities and optional experiences were very similar. Because the cities we visited were relatively close together they didn’t vary much. It just felt like too much of the same thing . The prosciutto factory and cheese factory tours were the notable exceptions and very enjoyable. The optional farm dinner, while pricey, was a definite highlight of the trip and very worthwhile. The hotels all had comfortable beds BUT their air conditioning was very poor. The hotel in Parma had no working a/c the first night. This was a huge problem given the 100 degree heatwave with humidity that lasted the whole trip. This was my 4th Trafalgar trip and the least enjoyable. Still it’s Italy!

We visited an amazing number of venues and saw beautiful country. The weather was quite hot in August.

The itenaerary was excelent! I particularly liked that we focused on one area in one country only and stayed in each location for two nights. This way were were able to learn and see a lot without being rushed or stressed.

This was my second tour with Trafalgar. I thought the first tour (Italian Holiday) couldn't be beat. BUT the Cinque Terre tour exceeded my previous experience and expectations. Well-planned and well-paced. Included experiences were excellent and the optional experiences were worth the extra Euros. Local Specialists were superb. And, as always, our coach driver was excellent and Tour Guide, *personal info removed by Feefo* is just the very best. The beauty of Cinque Terre and the lakes is breathtaking. All the small towns were charming and welcoming. If you want to feel immersed into the slower pace and genuine culture of Italian life, this is the tour for you!

Great tour. The tour director was awesome.

Wonderful trip with lots of fun packed in the tour. It was great to see so many different aspects of the country and culture.

Our tour director *personal info removed by Feefo* was very positive and excited to show us his home country. I especially enjoyed exploring smaller villages and towns that I would have otherwise never thought to visit. I hope in the future to visit more countries with similar lesser known cities and towns.

My experience with my tour was out of the world. It was amazing and beautiful. Loved every day of the tour and *personal info removed by Feefo* our guide and our driver *personal info removed by Feefo* were so kind and the best.

Nice to see less touristy villages and scenery

GREAT TRIP SHORT BUT SEE A LOT

This trip is packed with many activities and extra excursions. We had a wonderful tour director, who made the trip very pleasant - she was a lot of fun. So much to see in a short space of time and it was well worth it. Consider the extra excursions for a real experience. I had a wonderful trip and will be using Trafalgar for my next trip to Portugal.

The Northern Italy tour was excellent. This was my first Trafalgar Tour and it was wonderful. The tour was enhanced by the tour director and the driver . I felt safe and comfortable on the bus and gave a smooth ride. was amazing, her knowledge and upbeat personality made the trip very interesting and pleasant. They are a great combination. Clearly, the Italian scenery speaks for itself! The stops on the tour were perfect with city stops and country views as well. Both the sea and lake trips gave a lovely comparison of scenery.

This was our fourth trip with Trafalgar and it was fabulous! Our tour director, Lisa, was really well organised, knowledgeable, articulate, good-humoured, efficient and caring, and our skilful driver, Stefano, ensured everyone felt safe and comfortable throughout the trip. The coach, as always, was sleek and modern; smooth and comfortable with excellent views from all seats on the daily rotation. Our itinerary was really well balanced (boat rides, coach rides, train rides, walking tours, free time; mountains, lakes, cityscapes, countryside) and, for a relatively short tour, it was incredibly well paced - we never felt rushed. We had plenty of time to wander the side-streets, shop for gifts and souvenirs, taste all the pasta and pizza, sip Aperol spritz and cool off with gelato. Our hotels were clean, comfortable and conveniently located, and the delicious included breakfasts set us up for the whole day ahead. The final hotel on Lake Maggiore had a beautiful pool where we relaxed before the long trip home to NZ. (We always book an extra night at the end of a tour - to slow down and reflect - and strongly recommend it if you have the time.) There were so many highlights that it is impossible to choose a favourite. We loved all the walking tours (the local guides, without exception, were superb) and we were so glad we signed up for all the optional extras, apart from Como (where we had already spent three days prior to the trip). The divine dinner in the countryside, panoramic train ride to the alpine village of Sant Maria Maggiore, visit to exquisite Lake Orta, tour of the extraordinarily beautiful palace on Isola Bella and everything else in between will remain etched in our memories to years to come. Everyone was great company and we made lovely new friends. It really was the happiest of holidays! Time to start saving for the next trip…

Great trip! Recommend spending 2 days in Cinque Terre and 2 days at Lake Maggiore.

The trip was incredible! The tour guide and were excellent! We highly recommend this tour!!!!

We have done many Trafalgar and Globus tours as a family of six. There were some disappointing aspects of this trip. First day in Milan, nothing was included. There were two extra activities but both were extra cost. So if you did not get the extras, essentially there was nothing part of the Trafalgar tour in Milan, you were on your own. One of the extra pay for dinners was disappointing. On previous tours, these have been great. This one was also touted as having lots of food by the travel Director. That was not the case. Portions were small and some of the dishes came out cold. The cost for my family of six was not worth the food or experience.

Beautiful itinerary with gems of Northern Italy….. lots of free time, great learning experiences, , excellent guide and bus driver!

Great itinerary! I visited places I didn’t even know existed or would have ever visited.

The written itinerary did not do the actual trip, places justice. More detail would help. Possible to add websites for traveler to research. For example, the hotels were average, contemporary, and in odd to questionable areas. Was this to control cost, accommodate the group, or availability? More historic hotels would add to the ambiance of the experience. The schedule was very busy with many optional experiences. Would have liked more free time with not having to choose between free time of optional experience. Buffet breakfast at hotels was good because of the choices. Other meals included were not as appealing. One meal choices were pesto pasta, fish, or vegetarian.

Great cities that aren't the usual tourist spots