Sure, the internet is a great source of information when you think you can try book your own custom tour of Italy but what you don't get when you're reading those
"top ten things to do while in Italy" Tripadvisor reviews is you don't get the experience of someone who goes to Italy 3 times a year for many years now.
Why trust anyone else when thinking of going on a private Italy vacation then someone who knows the country and prides themselves on all the details which can make or break the success of your trip?
In my opinion, Italy is one of the hardest countries to travel to because of a few of these reasons below:
Knowing how to travel in Italy,......do we go by Trains or Cars or Buses? Well, I can tell you, you definitely DO NOT need a car near any of the big cities like Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, the Cinque Terre or the Sorrento coast....I drove in Florence once when I first started out and it was a nightmare even finding the rental car return - never again. We go by Train when going from city to city and I book all the Train reservations in advance.. you also have to know that Italy has Train strikes from time to time......I know how to find when those are happening in advance,......when going to the countryside of Tuscany and Umbria to explore, we rent a car because you really cannot get there any other way.
Knowing where to stay in Italy?,....booking the right Hotel or Farm stay in the right location takes years of experience. When people show me where they've booked their stays themselves and then I look where they actually are located, I cringe because most of the time they're not located remotely close enough to the things you want to see and do. For example: want to see the Vatican Church and Museum in Rome so you book a hotel close to there?,....well did you know that ALL, and I mean ALL of the other major sights like the Colosseum, Pantheon, Piazza Navonna, Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps are WAY across the Tiber river not even walking distance from the Vatican area. These are the things that I know.
Knowing about the tourist activities......there's huge crowds at all the main sites in the main cities Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome and the Sorrento coast and all those people want to go there all at the same time....want to have all your tourist attractions booked well in advance for the right times? it literally takes weeks to book all these if you've never done it before, I'm an expert at it and will save you time and money by doing it all for you.
Knowing about the great restaurants and where to eat,.....one of the joys of being in Italy is the food and wine there!........often times when I'm in Italy I see the main Piazza's full of tourists sitting down eating lunch and dinner in the most crowded restaurants thinking they're getting a great meal just because the places are "busy and full" so it must be good right?...... if you see a sign in English saying "no frozen food" on the most expensive square in Florence or Rome,.....RUN, don't walk away from it. Those places are low quality tourist food and high prices......I have so many relationships with so many great restaurants after all these years the owners are like family now. One of best Michelin star restaurants in Sorrento is owned by a man I met in 1997 when he was just the head waiter at the bar Fauno in the Main Piazza Tazzo, I went back in 1999 and he had opened an incredible restaurant that I still go to everytime I'm in Sorrento.....these are a few of the small things that make a big difference when you trust someone to book all of your custom tour of Italy. Let me put together your private Italy vacation so you can have one of the best guided tours to Italy ever.
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