Naples, Amalfi Coast and Sicily

Italy | Oct 5 - Oct 18, 2024

Grand Hotel Parker's is a lovely hotel just outside the city center. The rooftop view is amazing and I highly recommend dinner at Georges restaurant - it was one of the best meals on this trip.

Great view and we loved our room with the poo/jacuzzi on the terrace. We would definitely go back and take advantage of their "beach club" below the cliffs. We did have dinner at their restaurant and while it was good, the service was a bit standoffish.

Great location but rooms were very sparse. Definitely not a 5 star hotel. Best feature was the rooftop bar/restaurant.

This place was OFF THE CHARTS! Rooms, location, food, service. Downside was only being there for 1 night! We will definitely go back and stay longer! Also had a fantastic dinner at the restaurant!

Lovely hotel in the center of Taormina. Note that cars/taxis/Ubers cannot drive into the city, so you will be left off a few blocks away and have to haul your luggage into town. Not an issue for us but might be for some. Lovely rooftop bar for an evening cocktail and breakfast.

This one was a great way to end the trip! Beautifully appointed room in a fantastic location. Definitely 5 stars!

Fine for about a 5 hour stop over between flights. A little sketchy entrance and another location where cars can't drive to so we had to walk with luggage a few blocks at midnight.

Luigi was a nice, knowledgeable guide. Definitely helped us understand the layout of the city. Gave us an excellent recommendation for a great pizza place and took us there to ensure we got a table.

Danilo, our Pompeii guide was SO knowledgeable. Only regret was that it took longer to get there due to Naples traffic, so we only have 1 1/2 hours at Pompeii. Could have definitely used more time. The Winery trip was amazing - great wine with a fantastic lunch. I don't think I'd recommend doing that BEFORE climbing Vesuvius..... definitely made it a tough trek uphill! Fabio, our driver, was also excellent.

Cannot recommend this experience more! Valentino was so much fun! Could have stayed there all day!

Had a great day on Capri. Stephanie, our guide, was very nice, although I got the sense she was disappointed that I didn't want to shop! LOL! She kept pointing out shops and trying to get us to go in. Loved the chairlift, although it was covered in fog, so no view at the top. And the Blue Grotto was closed, but the trip around the island was lovely. Stephanie also recommended a great place for lunch which was fantastic.

Concetta might be the one miss on the whole trip. While she was very nice and knowledgeable, she never stopped talking for a minute. Literally, we could not get a word or question in, or even talk to each other. And if we weren't looking in the direction of what she was talking about, she would reprimand us - LOL. I actually cut this one short at under two hours because we couldn't take anymore.

I think this day might be our favorite of the entire trip. Mostly due to our driver (and guide) Sergio! I would recommend him for every trip in this region that you book! The olive oil tasting experience was fantastic at Titoni and thanks for having Angela there to interpret. Going to the salt pans was something we never experienced and it was really amazing and educational. Then Sergio took us to his favorite family run restaurant for a late lunch - what a treat! It was like being back in my Nonna's kitchen with dish and dish coming out with great local wine! Even with two Michelin star dinners earlier in the trip, I think this might have been our best meal! Thank you Sergio!!

Lorenzo is such an amazing guide! I can't imagine anyone else knowing as much as he does. Truly a great experience!

This was fantastic! Paola and Mary were great fun and great teachers. Made pasta, eggplant, fish. Ate everything we made along with local wines, bread, and cheeses. Definitely recommend this one!

Massimo was a fantastic guide. We really enjoyed the Archeological Park and Noto. He had a great recommendation for lunch in Noto that we enjoyed very much.

Everyone needs to see Mt. Etna and Federico was a really good guide. Took us to see the Lava Tube/Cave as well. The wine experience was not great. It wasn't a specific winery, but a wine cooperative where they sold different wines. We definitely would have liked to experience a true Etna Winery, since we had so much great Etna wine in Sicily. Food was okay. Wines were not good.