Best of Mediterannean!
Italy | Sep 16 - Oct 6, 2023

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Susan K.
Chico, CA | Reviewed on Oct 23, 2023

Hotel Reviews
Makris Beach Hotel Santorini
Kamari

Great location, very nice staff, comfortable rooms, very good breakfasts. Our only suggestion would be for the breakfast meal to open earlier than 8 am.

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Makris Beach Hotel Santorini
Kamari

Great location, very nice staff, comfortable rooms, very good breakfasts. Our only suggestion would be for the breakfast meal to open earlier than 8 am.

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Ippokampos Beachfront Hotel
Naxos

This was our favorite hotel! We had a great ocean view, the atmosphere was very relaxed and we could walk easily to many places. We recommend you continue to use this hotel for visitors to Naxos!

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Sweet Home Hotel
Athens

Very quaint hotel located on a quiet street in Athens. The staff was very friendly, the rooms comfortable, and the breakfasts were cooked by the owner's mother. They even had free home-made liqueurs for us to drink.

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Hotel Olimpia
Venice

Great location, comfortable rooms, very good breakfast, and friendly staff.

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Hotel Orto De' Medici
Florence

This hotel had the friendliest front desk staff! They were cheerful and very willing to answer questions. The location was on a relatively quiet street for being so centrally located. The breakfasts were very good.

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Hotel Villa di Sorrento
Sorrento

This hotel was not a good experience for us. The traffic in front of the hotel was constant and very loud (motorcycles, honking horns), and it didn’t stop until after midnight. With the exception of one young man, the front desk staff was not very friendly, any request we made seemed to bother them. They charged us to use a beach towel for our water excursions, which we did not expect. Also, the breakfast was very limited compared to all the other hotels. The only eggs included in the free breakfast were boiled, and they only had 3 or 4 eggs ready at 7:00 am. We had to boil them ourselves once they were taken, and we had to pay if we wanted fried eggs or omelets. We would not recommend this hotel. We would have preferred to be on a quieter street, even if the location was not as centrally located.

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Activity Reviews
Sunset Catamaran Caldera Cruise
Sunset Catamaran Caldera Cruise
Santorini

This tour was excellent and highly recommended!

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Santorini Farm Tour: Food & Wine
Santorini Farm Tour: Food & Wine
Santorini

The tour guide and the cook, who was a young man helping his father on the farm, were really good. We thoroughly enjoyed helping them cook a meal.

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Private Naxos Food & Culture Tour
Private Naxos Food & Culture Tour
Naxos

This tour was great. We felt like we got into some out-of-the-way places and the tour guide, who was well-known in the local town we visited, was very friendly.

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Acropolis & Athens Mythology Tour
Acropolis & Athens Mythology Tour
Athens

This tour was fantastic, despite us being late due to a misunderstanding of the meeting place. The tour guides were accommodating and the group was very nice about it.

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Venice Highlights Walking Tour
Venice Highlights Walking Tour
Venice

This tour was really good too. We learned a lot about Venice's way of life and how it's changed over time due to tourism. We also got to see many sights and learned a lot about its history.

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Morning Florence Highlights Walking Tour
Morning Florence Highlights Walking Tour
Florence

This tour was also great. We visited the Accademia Gallery and learned a lot about the city.

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Tuscany Day Trip from Florence with Chianti, Siena & San Gimignano
Tuscany Day Trip from Florence with Chianti, Siena & San Gimignano
Florence

This was a really good tour. We particularly enjoyed the winery and the meal provided!

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Capri Island & Grottos Boat Tour from Sorrento
Capri Island & Grottos Boat Tour from Sorrento
Sorrento

This tour was good! We could have walked to the meeting point rather than had a driver take us but it was very enjoyable nonetheless.

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Private Pompeii Tour & Mount Vesuvius visit with light lunch
Private Pompeii Tour & Mount Vesuvius visit with light lunch
Pompeii

This tour was really good, although there was a misunderstanding about the included light lunch the guide was very friendly and asked to take us somewhere to eat.

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Colosseum & Roman Forum Tour
Colosseum & Roman Forum Tour
Rome

This tour was really good, although it was very crowded. The tour guides explained this was due to a lot of pent-up travel demand because of COVID.

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Vatican Guided Tour
Vatican Guided Tour
Rome

This tour was very informative and interesting. It was also very crowded, but that was the only way to really see the sights.

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Local specialist: Marianna Blatsouka