I knew that I needed help organizing my trip ...
Italy | Oct 23 - Oct 27, 2024

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Laura D.
Boston, MA | Reviewed on Nov 18, 2024

I knew that I needed help organizing my trip to Italy, because I had never been there before and I wanted to be able to relax while I was there with my college age daughter. I reached out to kimkim after seeing great reviews, to request trip planning for a 5-day trip to Varenna, on Lake Como, and Verona. The response to my request was super fast, which I appreciated because I contacted them just 6 weeks before my trip. Eleonora asked lots of questions, and then proposed a list of hotels and activities in each place. First, we had the most incredible view of Lake Como from our hotel balcony - it was magical. She recommended shopping in Bellagio (across the bay from Varenna), which was so adorable and had so many wonderful little shops and spots for aperativo. She signed us up for a tour of a beautiful historic villa, with a boat to drive us dock to dock. Then we drove to Verona to our next hotel, which was very centrally located in a beautiful historic district, just steps from the collosseum ruins. We had a food tour with Miriam - who was the highlight of Verona for us - who took us to taste local olive oil, wine, cheese, cured meat, candy, pizzetta rossa, and a traditional Veronese cake. I have limited mobility and so Eleonora went out of her way to research things that we could do that were within my ability, and our hotels were right in the center of everything in both Varenna and Verona, so we were just steps to delicious food. There was an issue with one of our hotel rooms, and her associate local Gabriele, solved it within 15 minutes. They made the trip easy, efficient, and enjoyable which was exactly what I wanted.

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Hotel Royal Victoria
Authenticity & Character
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Cleanliness & Comfort
Hotel Milano & Spa
Verona
Authenticity & Character
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Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Activity Reviews
Afternoon at leisure in Bellagio
Afternoon at leisure in Bellagio
Lake Como
Lake Como boat tour and guided visit of Villa del Balbianello
Lake Como boat tour and guided visit of Villa del Balbianello
Italy
Private food tour of Verona
Private food tour of Verona
Italy
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Local specialist: Eleonora Arrigoni