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Italy | Oct 19 - Nov 2, 2025

Mark
Mark L.
Dallas, TX | Reviewed on Nov 05, 2025

Melanie listened to our entire wish list and produced an incredible two weeks in Italy.

Hotel Reviews
Palace Hotel Lake Como
Como

Beautiful hotel, perfect location and a very welcoming team of professionals. Room very spacious for Europe and comfortable in every way.

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
Everyone was very welcoming and helpful.
Cleanliness & Comfort
Parlamento Boutique Hotel
Rome

If you love boutique hotels you will love the Parlamento Boutique Hotel. Located on the 4th floor of a 500 year old building, the hotel is perfect for visiting all the old sites of Rome.

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
The small staff was amazing and very kind in guiding us to restaurants and local sites in Rome.
Cleanliness & Comfort
Caution to those who are unable to use stairs. The building has elevator service but not to all rooms from the 4th floor lobby.
Antica Locanda dei Mercanti Milan
Milan

Very fun hotel with a great location in Milan for tourists.

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
Very helpful team of professionals who took the time to help us plan our day in Milan.
Cleanliness & Comfort
Palazzo Castri 1874
Florence

Beautiful oasis in Florence.

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Villa del Sole, Siena
Siena

Lovely hotel inside the old gates of Siena.

Authenticity & Character
Location
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Activity Reviews
Lake Como Boat tour
Lake Como Boat tour
Lake Como

Guide was amazing. Very friendly and full of fun facts and local lore.

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Our guide/captain was amazing.
Transport
Lake Como is beautiful!
Milan last supper tour with skip the line tickets
Milan last supper tour with skip the line tickets
Milan

Our private tour guide was full of information and very friendly. The extra effort in walking us back to our hotel through the ancient sites of Milan was a real treat.

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Guide was extremely knowledgeable and loved Milan. We fell in love with Milan during our time with him.
Transport
Cinque Terre and Pisa Day Trip
Cinque Terre and Pisa Day Trip
Florence

Beautiful day with our private guide. She made the entire day so much fun.

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Guide was very fun and full of energy. Loved the day because of her.
Transport
Very comfortable van.
Guided Walking tour of Siena with Cathedral
Guided Walking tour of Siena with Cathedral
Siena

This was a surprise gem of a morning. Loved the local lore and the cathedral is spectacular. Guide was fantastic.

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Guide was fantastic. Loved all the local lore she knew of the city.
Transport
Tuscany wine and Hills
Tuscany wine and Hills
Siena

A very fun day. Balance between winery and local villages. Would suggest a change in the second Winery. After visiting Talosa another top rated winery would have been preferred.

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Guide was so much fun and the driver was an expert navigating the sharp turns in the countryside.
Transport
very comfortable van.
Cooking class in Siena
Cooking class in Siena
Siena

A must in Tuscany. We had a great evening of cooking, drinking and eating!

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Dennis could not have been more fun with his sarcastic touches and warm heart.
Vatican & Sistine Chapel Tour
Vatican & Sistine Chapel Tour
Rome

A must afternoon while in Rome. Tour was full of information with an expert navigator of history.

Quality of Experience
A private tour enhanced the experience of visiting the Vatican.
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Excellent guide. Very knowledgeable of history and the significance of the artifacts we were looking at.
Colosseo and Roman forums adventure
Colosseo and Roman forums adventure
Rome

Excellent morning walking through 2000 years of history.

Quality of Experience
Was looking forward to this morning and it met all expectations.
Guides, Drivers and Staff
Guide was fantastic. Knew how to navigate the crowds and provided us a well balanced view of ancient Rome.
Local specialist: Melanie Rapuano
Melanie
Melanie Rapuano
Local specialist in Italy | Replied on Nov 06, 2025

Hi Mark,

thank you so much for being such lovely guests and for making us feel part of your trip with your comments and photos. To some it might just be work, you design an itinerary and that's that, but to me, it's so much else too!
I can't wait to help you book your 2027 trip to Italy.

A presto,
Melanie