Family-Friendly Trips to Italy

From start to finish, our 12 day honeymoon (organized by Giulia) was absolute perfection. We went to Rome, Pompeii, Sorrento, Florence, and Venice. From the get-go, I felt I could trust Giulia to curate the best experience for us in our budget. A few standout things for us: First of all, the accomodations were incredible. Great locations and very high-quality. Second, we were very appreciative of the level of communication and service both ahead of the trip and during the trip. You know exactly where you need to be and when and all transfers were exactly as expected. No matter where we ended up, we could be rest assured that someone with a sign with our name on it would be waiting for us. Even during the trip, when one of our tours had to be adjusted (not Kimkim's fault), the team was super quick to come up with an alternative. Third, all the tours and experiences were just awesome. Special highlights were our private tour of the Uffizi Gallery, our private walking tour of Venice, and our day trip being driven around Amalfi.

A small anecdote to just highlight the level of service: a few weeks before our trip, Giulia had to contact us that because of last minute Jubilee changes, we needed to move our Vatican tour time to ensure we could see everything. While in Rome, we overheard another couple at dinner find out in real time that they wouldn't be able to go to the Vatican because they were scheduled to go at our original time. We told them that our travel agent had been so on top of it and sorted out this issue weeks ago!

We would definitely use kimkim again for a future trip!

I took 13 students to Italy this spring and we had a phenomenal experience working with Chris and the KimKim team! We spent 10 days in Rome, Sorrento, and Florence studying the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. Our guides, particularly Stefania and Carmine, were absolutely incredible and my students and I learned so much. KimKim handled everything and it was such a smooth process. My school was so impressed they want me to lead a similar trip in the future. I cannot recommend KimKim enough!

We used Melanie for our family with 2 teenagers. When planning for Italy, we tried to plan on our own at first but it was quite overwhelming especially coming from the US and for 13days. It was worth using Melanie's planning services especially with our limited time to travel as a family and to make the best use of our time! Our two teens kept saying the following " the way she planned this makes complete sense! and the tour guides were so nice and tailored the tours and conversations to their interests! that they loved the tours and felt it was well paced " Things that would have stressed us out, like navigating pickups, arranging tours to, how to navigate the train systems, Melanie planned every detail out. We were so relaxed with very little to worry about, and she had people everyday make sure that we were good with our day schedule. She planned it so that the kids and parents got to do the "right amount" of tours, down time, exploring on our own. It's so funny , it's hard to imagine these things can be stressful on a trip, but when you are working with Melanie, and once you are in the trip, we all started saying, that makes sense to arrange this on this date, and this place first... at one point the trains needed to be switched and she took care of it seamlessly. All the stuff I would read online on Italy travel planning before caused a bit of anxiety when they were planning their own trips, but with Melanie, we didn't have to worry about it, because her itinerary and services just worked. Additionally, when my girl and I got sick, she followed up with us on how to best get care. It felt very comfortable, like you had family helping navigate you through Italy. We will for sure use her again when we come back to explore other parts of Italy. Communication was very prompt, and drivers were kind and courteous, and Melanie and Agoda were fabulous in taking care of each step. Highly recommended !

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Della Conciliazione

Rome

perfect spot! close to vatican and yet only 20min walk to main shopping and sites. Didn't realize this hotel was right in front of the most charming brick laden street , quiet little souvenir shops, 3 gelatos all within the same street, outside restaurants patio dining, but yet quiet and right amount of bustle to make you feel part of something. Lovely beautiful hotel. Great breakfast. Lovely staff. Highly recommend. clean !

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So' Lifestyle Hotel Sorrento

Sorrento

The best hotel for Sorrento, when the beachclubs can only offer so much, like more tanning than anything, this hotel had a wonderful beautiful pool to refresh. Highly recommended! even had gluten free breakfast! Kind staff and very clean and modern

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VENICE TIME HOTEL

Venice

perfect place, beautiful, great breakfast, people were so kind and welcoming Beautiful courtyard. Close to everything yet quiet and feels like a secret getaway from all the bustle to relax at night. Even had gluten free breakfast!

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little alley , safe but literally close to the main areas

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Activity Reviews

Vatican & Sistine Chapel Tour

Rome

The tour guide Melanie chose was fantastic! He was so knowledgeable and knew how to weave through the crowd! There were crowds of people, but Melanie's arrangement allowed use to bypass all the lines and just get in, the guide showed us all the key pieces and you could see all the correlation with the other. Fantastic and quite amazing tour!

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Appian Way by E-bike: Tour with Catacombs, Aqueducts, and Food

Rome

family loved this experience! Tour guide that Melanie picked was great, tailored the tour to the kids interests, so kind, and the. biking and catacombs was truly an experience for them. HIGHLY recommended!

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Colosseo and Roman forums adventure

Rome

Our family loved this, great tour and guide, highly recommend private tour, get a lot more information!!

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Day trip from Sorrento to Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius

Italy

OUR TEENS LOVED THIS! They way that Melanie our Kim Kim Agent timed the tour was perfect so that it wasn't too terribly hot. They really had a good experience with the tour guide, he was fantastic, he was so enthusiastic and our family could really get a first hand look at how they lived. He was a great storyteller,and could not have been with a better tour guide for Pompeii! Mt Vesuvius was fantastic also! Both timed just perfectly.

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Private boat tour on the Amalfi Coast

Italy

Must do! Our teens loved the private boat, had a bathroom, very clean, sunbathed on the desk, and skipper was so kind and flexible. Spent the whole day stopping and shopping and swimming in the sea. Clean nice boat

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Venice Gondola Ride

Venice

Amazing gondola ride, our tour guide we didn't realize was so famous! He even sang for us! Our teen girls loved this.

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