We had a wonderful Italian adventure. We spe...

Italy | May 20 - May 31, 2024

We had a wonderful Italian adventure. We spent half of our time in Tuscany and the other half in Sorrento/Amalfi Coast.

The communication with Giulia our specialist has been great from day one. I contacted her on our first day in Italy asking for a change and it was made immediately.

Our private drivers/tour guides were wonderful. We loved Lucianna in Tuscany. We liked her so much, that we hired her for a second day to be our driver and tour guide. We would highly recommend her.

We also liked our tour guide Gianne Lucca in Pompei. Our driver for the Amalfi Coast, Maria was excellent. She did an amazing job finding us a place for lunch that was not touristy or busy but with an amazing view and food. We were actually in Scala which looked over to Ravello which we visited after lunch.

The choice of wineries was very nice and we enjoyed all of them.

Our tour in Sorrento to the lemon, olive oil, and wine farm was great. A lovely family owned farm that truly exemplifies the farm to table concept. We had a wonderful lunch there as well.

Our accommodations were perfect in both spots. We always felt like we were coming home to our Agriturismo Frattoria La Loggio and Ivanna was such a nice host and so accommodating. She helped us make dinner reservations a couple of times and a couple of times, we just had our wine and cheese and meat in there since it was so beautiful.

We also really enjoyed our Hotel in Sorrento Vue di Ore. We had balcony views of the sea and Mount Vesuvious. The pool, bar, and restaurant were nice when we wanted to relax after a long day of touring.

Our hotel in Rome was also so lovely but we were there for only on night. I would definitely stay there again as the location is nice but tucked away a bit. Maison Tritone.

The only "glitch" we had was returning our rental car back in Florence. The address was for the office which was closed on Sunday morning and not for the Garage to return. We ended up driving around and around trying to avoid the restricted streets (which we ended up on multiple times). We dropped the car 15 minutes before our train was leaving so we ran to the train station to make it. Unfortunately, our travel companions were waiting for us at the train station with all of the luggage and our communication failed. My husband and I made it on the train with a minute to spare, but our other couple did not. They were re-ticketed for a later train so we all met up again in Naples. It did shorten the amount of time we could spend in Pompei, but everyone was so friendly and accommodating trying to make everything work.

This is our second time using KimKim for travel. I would definitely use them again!