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Italian Lakes 15-day Small Group Tour
The Italian Lakes Tour was spectacular; beautiful scenery combined with so much history and art. Having the opportunity to stay in Lenno on Lake Como and travel the lake to other villages by ferry ensured a memorable, cultural experience enhanced with wonderful cuisine and wines. The same applies to our time on Lake Maggiore, staying in Verbania; we particularly enjoyed our nights dining in the Plaza watching families and friends come together to dine, meet and listen to the music and/or mus...
Adige River 5-day Cycling Tour
The Adige River 5-day self-guided ride was our first ever organised bike ride. We loved every minute of it. The riding was amazing with great views and lovely villages at every pedal stroke. The towns chosen for overnight stops were really different from each other but all beautiful and interesting in their own right. The trip on Lake Garda was a highlight and really added another dimension to the ride. Bike tracks and small back roads felt safe at all times and the maps and guide were ver...
Italian Language School & Cultural Experience
How do you imagine your Italian language vacation? Dodging cars and buses in a big city, or strolling the lanes of a picturesque hill town? Elbow to elbow with tour groups and commuters, or enjoying the vista of a peaceful, ancient valley? Brief words with waiters and shopkeepers, or long conversations with local residents? Making only memories - or friends, too? The Italian Language School and Cultural Experience looked great online, and after some deliberation, I went for it. 2 weeks in ...
Venice to Mantua
The Mantua to Venice tour was amazing! I can't say enough about how wonderful this experience was. Italy is amazing always, but in this case, it was the staff and tour leaders that made this vacation so memorable. The tour guides took such great care of us - really trying to make our riding enjoyable. The boat staff (including the guides) were obviously happy to be there, worked very well together as a team and made it their mission to make us happy. The food was great, the boat was cle...
Italy Piedmont
Top class experience Regions and panormas covered by the hike were superb and varied. Ours hosts were very friendly and helpful The infrastructures (hôtel / B&B) were excellent. Food and wines were delicious and deserved with the efforts the efforts provided :-) - 25/7/2021
Romagna Cycle Tour
The entire trip was first class from the bikes and their fitting to the GPS and maps with explanations with things to do and see in the area. The route was gorgeous. Rode through orchards and vineyards on roads hardly used by cars....and if there was a vehicle we were given priority as they went far around us. There were some good hills which were rewarded with magnificent views and a hearty appetite. A highlight was the two nights spent at the agricultural farm stay. When riding into Bologna...
Eastern Sicily
Route notes were excellent! We had no problem and it was nice to go at our own pace! The self guided tour of the Baroque towns of south east Sicily is perfect! We would highly recommend. Wouldn''t change a thing! Location of the hotels was excellent. Walking distance to historical sites, and great restaurants. Service was truly amazing! We enjoyed the whole experience. The scenery, from mountains to oceans, the towns, so unique and awe-inspiring; the accomodations clean and varied, all very e...
Eastern Sicily
We had many beautiful days and a number of really good evening meals (often recommended by hotel staff). We were also amazed by the cities of Ragusa, Noto and Syracuse (Ortigia), and were lucky enough to be in Ortigia for the St Lucia celebrations - that was probably the real high point! The trip was superb overall. - 2017
Mantua to Venice Barge Trip
A fantastic trip!! Our two friends, my wife and I joined the Mantua (Mantova) to Venice cycle trip on 13th May 2023. The trip was everything we could have hoped for. A friendly group of travellers joined our Tour Guide Helmut and the wonderful team on our vessel – The Vita Pugna. Weather was not great, but we still completed all days riding. The meals on board were exceptional and we tried many dishes local to the areas we passed through that normally would not be on my menu selection. ...
Puglia Farm Stay Tour
After a wonderful week we reluctantly departed our agritorismo yesterday and are now in Bologna. Greg and Sylvia, along with Silvia’s parents Franco and Marisa, were the most wonderful and generous hosts. The accommodation in the farmhouse was very comfortable and the food and wine excellent! The program was perfect and Greg and Silvia made sure we visited the hilltop towns in the surrounding countryside and experienced all the culture, food, wine and history the region has to offe...
Resia Pass to Bolzano
My wife absolutely loved it and said it made her feel like a teenager again! The pickup and drive up the hill was great and the driver was multilingual and friendly. The trails are mainly to a good standard and match the tyres provided and the V brakes were good enough for the task although it did not rain on us. The bikes were also prepared to a good standard with no faults that I could see and crisp gear changing. The GPX file downloaded to Komoot gave faultless navigation. The ...