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Italy with a tour
Posted on 5/18/23 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 5/18/23 at 2:28 pm
Thinking of Italy for 2024 and looking into tours.
Roads Scholar, Vacations by Rail, etc.
We are a bit older and not sure I want to do all the planning necessary to see the highlights.
TIA
Roads Scholar, Vacations by Rail, etc.
We are a bit older and not sure I want to do all the planning necessary to see the highlights.
TIA
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Posted on 5/18/23 at 2:37 pm to Tigertown in ATL
No direct experience but friends of ours took a group tour to Italy. Other than being on someone else’s schedule the major hiccup was a trip to the city where the statue of David is located. The problem is the museum was closed. And is always closed on that weekday but the tour took them there anyway. Sadly I do not know the tour company to avoid.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 2:43 pm to midlothianlsu
FYI. There's a replica statue of David (Florence is the city) that is outside in a piazza in a great location.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 3:12 pm to VABuckeye
Yes, pretty much the same. But the other sculptures in the Accademia are incredible to see.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:27 pm to Tigertown in ATL
All of the tour groups I saw looked actually awful. I’ve been to Italy twice in the last 8 months for a total of 30 days. I’d get a travel agent long before signing up for a tour group. Both trips we made were self planned with a lot of help from TD.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 10:37 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I do not encourage people to go on guided tours, but I have been on 2 of them, both were with Globus and both included Italy. I enjoyed them very much.
Posted on 5/18/23 at 11:09 pm to Tigertown in ATL
Every tour group I’ve seen in Italy looks like a collection of people I couldn’t spend more than a few minutes around.
I’d hire a travel agent long before I locked myself into a half assed tour group.
I’d hire a travel agent long before I locked myself into a half assed tour group.
This post was edited on 5/18/23 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 5/19/23 at 4:12 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I’ve done three GLOBUS Tours.
Italy, Eastern Europe(Ger, Czechia,Slovakia,Hungary, Austria), and London/Paris
All were fantastic. They were a bit brisk, and at times felt like you were on 8th grade field trip. However, they are jam packed with all of the major highlights with time enough to do other things not included with the tour (of course you can pay for Globus’ side excursions or do your own).
All you literally have to do is “write the check”. They do everything else.
I would also strongly suggest arriving a day before the tour starts and staying a day after the tour ends.
Italy, Eastern Europe(Ger, Czechia,Slovakia,Hungary, Austria), and London/Paris
All were fantastic. They were a bit brisk, and at times felt like you were on 8th grade field trip. However, they are jam packed with all of the major highlights with time enough to do other things not included with the tour (of course you can pay for Globus’ side excursions or do your own).
All you literally have to do is “write the check”. They do everything else.
I would also strongly suggest arriving a day before the tour starts and staying a day after the tour ends.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 9:29 am to Tigertown in ATL
Posted on 5/20/23 at 11:40 am to ericberryistheman
Those look great. For our first trip I want to cover a bit more ground in case we don’t go back. Maybe the Rome/Florence/Venice type trips.
Because as I think about it I probably never will go back.
Because as I think about it I probably never will go back.
Posted on 5/20/23 at 12:21 pm to Tigertown in ATL
Never done a tour with Road Scholar, but have friends that have and they loved it. Tends to be pricey.
Make sure to read the itinerary and description of the accommodations in depth. Some like to make their own flight arrangements and spend extra time solo.
Consider using Tours By Locals.
We used them in Czechia for transportation to Germany and we hired a guide through them for a week in Romania.
Would give you a little more freedom and customized itineraries.
Make sure to read the itinerary and description of the accommodations in depth. Some like to make their own flight arrangements and spend extra time solo.
Consider using Tours By Locals.
We used them in Czechia for transportation to Germany and we hired a guide through them for a week in Romania.
Would give you a little more freedom and customized itineraries.
Posted on 5/21/23 at 7:27 am to Tigertown in ATL
Not sure of your religious affiliation but we did a group tour/pilgrimage last summer and other than the airline issues it was special.
We had Mass in every town we stayed including St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, St. Andrew’s Basilica in Amalfi, St Benedict and St Claire’s in Monte Cassino, St Francis’s Basilica in Assisi, St Peter’s in Rome, and the monastery inside Dachau concentration camp. With a few more in smaller towns. Our parish priest lead us and was either the celebrant or con-celebrant each time.
I was lector for the Mass in the church of my namesake; super moving to me.
If I had unlimited time and money I’d love to visit all of those places on my own but having someone who knew what time made sense to be somewhere particular and who could translate for us made a huge difference. Some places like St Mark’s in Venice have huge crowds in the afternoons and evenings but the mornings are pretty quiet. We toured the golden domes and spent quiet time there and the local bishop saw us and asked us to participate in their scheduled Mass even though we weren’t scheduled to.
The group that arranged it was Magnificat in Lafayette. Other than the airline strikes and what not it was excellent.
We had Mass in every town we stayed including St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, St. Andrew’s Basilica in Amalfi, St Benedict and St Claire’s in Monte Cassino, St Francis’s Basilica in Assisi, St Peter’s in Rome, and the monastery inside Dachau concentration camp. With a few more in smaller towns. Our parish priest lead us and was either the celebrant or con-celebrant each time.
I was lector for the Mass in the church of my namesake; super moving to me.
If I had unlimited time and money I’d love to visit all of those places on my own but having someone who knew what time made sense to be somewhere particular and who could translate for us made a huge difference. Some places like St Mark’s in Venice have huge crowds in the afternoons and evenings but the mornings are pretty quiet. We toured the golden domes and spent quiet time there and the local bishop saw us and asked us to participate in their scheduled Mass even though we weren’t scheduled to.
The group that arranged it was Magnificat in Lafayette. Other than the airline strikes and what not it was excellent.
This post was edited on 5/21/23 at 7:31 am
Posted on 5/21/23 at 12:45 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I like to do a hybrid model using day tours. That way I can plan my own itinerary and make my own arrangements but I still get some of the benefits of a tour group - such as meeting new people, learning interesting details from an informative guide and getting transportation to places that may not be easily serviced by public transport. They tend to be fairly cheap or at least a good value most of the time as well. And if you don't like the tour guide or the group of people on your shuttle bus, it's just 6-8 hours out of your trip, not that big of a deal. Another trick you can do is look up the itineraries for the best tour groups and try to copy them. But for a once in a lifetime trip to Italy I think the route is pretty clear: Venice-Florence(Tuscany)-Rome. Maybe squeeze in a smaller place if you have more than 12 days.
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