Southern Italy and Sicily

The tour director was excellent, bus driver fabulous, local specialist great and group fun.

Great local guides, TD very informative. Mt Etna and Pompeii were the highlight of my tour. To actually be in the town where The Godfather was filmed was a great experience. From coastline to countryside I loved seeing the landscape change. Enjoyed hearing the history/stories of places we visited. This was my second trip with Trafalgar. Purchased my tour from the last minute deals. Consultant made my purchase so easy checking my information Making sure I received all the discounts I was entitled to being a return customer. Would recommend Trafalgar to anyone who is considering a coach tour.

The trip was great - covered a lot of territory and had interesting and fun extra excursion tours. There is quite a bit of steep walking and steps so it is not for everyone.

I don't think I would change anything. The pace was comfortable, the sites were historical and interesting, the landscape, wow what breath taking sceneries! Our tour guide and coach driver made us feel safe and well informed. Well organized. As the old saying goes "why fix it if it ain't broke". This trip and the other trips we've purchased through Trafalgar have all been great value for our money.

Fantastic trip. Lots to see and do. It is very busy, however you can choose what you wish to do. This itinerary covers a lot of miles and there is a fair amount of time on the bus. A warning though if you can’t walk a lot this may not be the trip for you. Southern Italy and Sicily are very hilly, lots of up and down hills. I would have preferred to see some vineyards or working farms that produce the olives or lemons.

Daily excursions were good. It would be nice to have name tags. You meet a lot of people very quickly and name tags would help.

Well paced itinerary to interesting locations. Great Tour Director, Anna and Driver Antonio made the trip enjoyable. Wonderful food, wine and treats.

This tour has everything: the scenery, the food, the history & the fun! Prepare to fall in love with Sicily! Our native Sicilian tour guide and driver made everyday special. I had a great time! Recommended.

This was such a well-run and memorable tour — everything was thoughtfully planned and smoothly executed, which made it easy to just relax and enjoy the experience. It fully met (and even exceeded) my expectations, especially thanks to our amazing tour director and driver, who went above and beyond to make the trip smooth, fun, and informative. The local guides were also incredibly knowledgeable and added so much depth to each stop. If you’re thinking about visiting Southern Italy and Sicily, I can’t recommend this tour highly enough — it’s a fantastic way to experience the region.

The trip included all the special places to visit in Sicily. We took all the add-ons so we wouldn't miss anything. It was a little expensive, but worth it.

Enjoyable trip, wonderful guide . Fantastic group

The itinerary was full each day, busy with beach and hillside towns to explore. Trafalgar’s bus transportation from place to place was very comfortable and afforded time to rest and enjoy the scenery between stops.

A good mixture of history and information together with down time to explore at our own pace

We had the best group of people on our bus. They made the trip such a great time. *personal info removed by Feefo* our tour guide was the best she was funny and kept us to our time schedule. This was our second trip with this company and we would definitely do another one.

The hotels were supposedly 4 stars. I highly doubt Johanna Park Hotel is a 4 star hotel in terms of service, quality of hotel, and location. The service was poor and front desk person was rude. There was loud banging at past 10pm and when I complained the front desk person pretended he could not understand me. I had the worst food/meal in Italy also at this hotel- dry chicken, leathery fish, unrecognizable soup or watery pasta dish. Trafalgar prides their hotels being close to the city center yet this hotel was not and we could not explore since it did not seem to be walkable area. The free farewell dinner just so so. We were in Italy - finding good meals should be easy. Being My Guest at Daniela's farm was one of the best meals I had.

Very active itinerary. Beautiful. Great dinning. Our tour director was wonderful.

Loved being taken on this tour by a native Italian. Enjoyed tour greatly.

This was a great 10 day tour of Southern Italy & Sicily. All places I had never been before. Pompeii was my WOW moment, it has always been on my bucket list. The Trafalgar staff, Tour Director and our Driver, were awesome! I enjoyed discussions on Italian and Sicilian culture, education and food as Simone drove us safely around some of the smallest roads!!! All the food provided and experienced on our own were top notch. I also enjoyed meeting new travelers from across the globe and even some from our own backyards. The optional tours were all worth the extra $$ to fully experience Southern Italy and Sicily. This was my first Trafalgar tour and I would highly recommend them as a tour company.

We had great time on our tour. The tour director and bus driver were terrific and were so helpful with my wheelchair. The bus driver had it opened and waiting for me at every stop. He and the tour director assisted me with my wheelchair so I was part of the tour at every stop. My husband and I appreciate all the assistance they gave me. They worked hard to take care of the needs of each person on the tour. was knowledgeable and shared all his expertise with our group. was a super driver even when he had to drive the bus in some challenging situations. Thanks to both of them for making this trip a memorable one.

Hotels should be upgraded and in the city, not outside or up the hill Easy access to the city is important, so you can see the local area and people

Tons of fun. Hotels could have been better.

We were all over southern Italy by bus.

You should include an early check in at first hotel at start of trip esp for visitors who had over nite flights. It’s unpleasant sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for check in when you are exhausted. One or two of the local experiences were unnecessary- esp in Palermo. Didn’t need to hear about the mafia killings or a guide of the food market. . Our tour director was excellent.

It was fabulous !! The day was filled with always something to do and always free time too!

It was a little too much some days, could just be because it was very hot. Some of the local tours could have been shorter so we had more free time.

Great itinerary, interesting places visited, well run by tour guide

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The Itinerary for southern Italy was great met some fabulous people. However a couple of the hotels we stayed in could do with some improvements

It’s thorough but not enough time to explore each town. A lot of the optional excursions should be included in the package. Dinners are pricey and not worth it. Some of the hotels in this itinerary are sub par . Our travel director is perfect! Funny, knowledgeable, patient and accommodating. I think it will be better to add more days so the schedule wouldn’t be that hectic. Going to shops that are recommended by the company should be eliminated. We waste so much time there instead of exploring other places. Pls omit the tour about mafias. It was a waste of time. Nobody was interested.

Good itinerary

Carefully selected by experts for the maximum immersion experience, expert guides, wonderful driver, and tremendous restaurant selection. Gianluca is a STAR and the driver could drive a bus through the head of a needle!

Our tour director and driver were great! Keep in mind this is definitely more of a go go vacation then relaxing but worth it. The sights and experiences you will have will be memorable. I agree with a lot of other reviews that the hotels were not great. Being from the US our definition of a 4 star hotel is different than European standards so keep that in mind. Two of the hotels we stayed at were not great. The The hotel we stayed at in Rome was 25-30 minutes from the city center and there was nothing to walk to ie restaurants or stores. The other one was just disgusting and we took pictures to show the front desk to get our room changed. We were thankful that our tour director was there and totally agreed with us that we needed to be moved. We did get our room changed and it was a bit better than the first.

Fantastic opportunity to experience Sicilian life from the beauty of the countryside to the magnificence of the towns and cities.

The itinerary was perfect as well as the hotels in which we stayed! Some of the optional attractions that we purchased or not as good as we had hoped. Some of the dinners that we attended did not provide the quality that we expected although there was plenty of food the quality was lacking..

we could not understand one word the tour guide spoke. His accent was so strong and he spoke so fast that it made it impossible to understand him! He should NOT be a guide for English speaking Tours. When asked a question directly he went on and on and never did give a direct answer. A lot of important information was missed by our not being able to understand him. Most everyone on the bus felt this way !! Also too much time on the bus and not enough time to relax at some of the lovely hotels where we stayed. It's not necessary to see how many places we can go in a day. One stop per day is enough. Not two to three hours drive between each stop before getting to the hotel !

The hotels in Rome and Tormino were dirty and molding. We had 8 people in our group. I was embarrassed because I recommended Trafalgar. Kept the trip from being excellent. Also need to have more time to shop and visit the cities on the tour. The tour guide was outstanding. She was the best part of the trip.

Gratuities should not be included in tour.

I liked seeing so much in 10 days but would have liked to have a couple afternoons off to be on my own and explore a bit.

The overall trip was good, especially because of the experience and charm of the travel director. However, the choice of hotels were shockingly poor.. Of the five hotels we stayed at, 3 were extremely subpar and far below Trafalgar standards. In these three hotels, I was subjected to mold in the shower, chipped paint, toilet paper stuffed in keyholes between adjoining rooms, dispensers broken off the bathroom wall and left loose and broken in the tub, rooms assigned near construction sites right out the hotel window, with chunks of concrete and rusty iron building structures as the “view”; and last but not least, I, as senior citizen in my 70’s, was put in a position where I had to lug my luggage (weighing:about 50 lbs.) up a dozen stairs to the street level from a basement exit of the last hotel we stayed in. This hotel did not even have a ramp I could use, never mind an elevator to street level. ,

It's a wonderful itinerary! I can't honestly fault it, except perhaps we could have spent a bit more time at Positano, a place we all loved and enjoyed.

itinerary was fast paced, Hotels in Sicily were charming, clean, but a little out from main towns, a lot if uphill walking, for those not used to it, steep climbs at some points but the views were amazing, The only thing I’d have liked is a little slower pace, more time than an hour in Sorrento to browse , otherwise I have been with Trafalgar before and will again our TD was great, she was incredibly patient, well informed but mostly made it fun,

The trip was actually good. Just know this is a packed itinerary with very little free time. Hotels are not really in the city center, except for Palermo, so even if you had some free time, there isn’t much for you to do. Travel Director, was top notch. I have never been on a tour before but doubt I will ever get a tour director as good as again. Coach was always clean and got us to our destinations safely.

It was a non stop visiting of sites. You see a lot on this trip and there is a lot of walking so bring your walking shoes. The accommodations were mostly good hotels, the Rome hotel was a little far from any sites. I think I would have been just as happy with one less hotel.

Our tour director and bus driver were the best! Very professional, welcoming, knowledgeable, and took care of our individual needs. The hotels were good. I wish we had more time in each of the towns, however. A way to do this would be to not have so many optional evening dinner trips. It was a good sampling of the region. I liked our tour of Agrigento the best.

Beautiful and amazing places to see

The hotels were terrible! The only exception was the three night stay in Taromina. The hotel in Agriento was a dump! Two of the optional excursions were far and not worth it once we got there. One in particular was Syracusa the guides on a few were actually boring! No infection protocol on the bus.! A couple come on trip actively ill coughing and act even missing dinner one evening. They did not wear masks and infected over 50% of the bus by day four. We all got sick including the tour director. Why was nothing wiped down? Why would we continue to rotate seats spreading the germs. ? This all needs to be addressed. I have never seen such a lack of infection control on any tour I have taken.! . I have an already notified Trafalgar. Between the horrible hotels and the lack of infection control. This did not turn out to be an enjoyable vacation.

Everything is excellent except some hotels. Please make sure you select 5 star hotels for you to deserve 5 star over all rating. Miami tour guide and bus driver are excellent they deserve to get more than 5 stars..we had a good time. 👍👍

It was great itinerary I couldn't wish for better one but I wish that many optional excursions were included in the price as it wasn't cheap and optional restaurants/trattorias were not so grossly overpriced: when you are experienced traveler you know what the real price is : this was 3 times more than it should. We were overcharged.

Such a beautiful place and wet had the best travel director, Gianluca. He made it fun and interesting. Loved this trip.

If you don’t mind being busy and want to see the most you can see this trip is perfect! Our tour director () was nothing short of amazing! She was friendly, professional, knowledgeable, and an amazingly efficient as she organized a million details and moved us seamless through the schedule. Our bus driver () was incredibly skilled as he navigated crowded city streets and mountainous roads. There is a fair amount of walking on the tour so be aware. Loved Taormina and Cefalù and would have liked a bit more time in both. Local specialists were very knowledgable. Our favorite excursion was definitely the farmhouse dinner. Italy is a beautiful and hospitable country stop reading now and book this trip!.

The itinerary was everything I always wanted to see and visit. I and my daughter were so happy to experience some of the best of Italy. Very interesting and beautiful cities and towns and the food was amazing. Our tour director, Elvira was absolutely the best and we really enjoyed and appreciated her knowledge and help. She is truly an asset to Trafalgar.

Great experience! The best tour director in Gianluca!

It was very interesting and everything was perfect except due to Labor day and the Jubilee we were unable to tour Rome. Otherwise no complaints.

We had a fantastic experience with Trafalgar! We felt it was an excellent value for the price. We were able to see so much in the course of 10 days! There were a few things we would have changed, but overall we were very happy with the company and the TD Elvira and driver Alessandro! - The use of WhatsApp to communicate is great - but we’d appreciate a little more info. What are we eating? What should we wear or bring along? - Be prepared for dated hotels with small tubs/showers. Everything was clean but certainly not luxury. - Consider omitting the included dinner at Johanna Park hotel. It was inedible. I think we all would have rather had free time for dinner in Sorrento,

Beautiful ,delicious, educational but a bit too much for me. Very fast paced. Would have liked a little more down time. People with knee and or back issues should be prepared (hills, stairs and on and off the bus) Tour guides were all friendly and knowledgeable. Very skilled bus driver. Hotels were decent, but be prepared for no AC. We were told they only turn it on after a certain date. But overall we were able to sleep. Personallly needed a couple days rest when we got home. Overall this was a very nice trip. Happy to have traveled with Trafalgar.

It is very busy but there is so much to see!! All the extras are worth it. Great tour director and amazing driver . I don’t think you can change a thing!!

If you have the desire to see Sicily this was an excellent tour. We were able to see quite a bit and learn a lot about the region. Food arrangements were excellent throughout the tour.

I enjoyed the historical and religious sites very much. Our local specialists were very knowledgeable however the guide in Syracuse was a bit difficult to understand. Our travel director Gianluca and our driver Gaetano were outstanding. The hotels were nice but I really did not like the location of the Rome hotel - it was too far out of the city and not near public transportation. As I arrived a day early I had to take a taxi multiple times to get to the centre of Rome and back again. I really did not enjoy the food experiences except for the last night - and my family didn’t really care for the fish. I understand that might be because Sicilian food is flavored differently but the meat I had at most of the meals was quite dry.

Trip was great! Our guide was outstanding. I will definitely recommend Trafalgar to my friends.

Not enough leisure time. They will go to an area, give you an hour 20 minutes to walk half a mile, shop, eat, ***, and get back to the bus a half a mile away. Then when you get to your hotel, you have 2 hours to relax and unpack before dinner. Extend the lunch and shopping time by an hour, and it would be better. The Auto Grills need to stop. Same thing here. But you pull into a convenience store, stand in line for 15 minutes to ***, try to order food. pay, then wait to get your food, then eat, get back to the bus,...way too rushed. I want a real restaurant, not convenience store sandwiches. Lunch time needs improvement.

We loved this trip. We have travelled Trafalgar many times and know you are up early and on the go. There is lots of walking , often on uneven roads so running shoes needed. The itinerary was fabulous. Tour guide and driver were wonderful. Driving skills of driver was amazing. We met wonderful friends and had a great tome