A Wonderful Trip to Southern Italy 2025!

Italy | Oct 2 - Oct 9, 2025

A special thanks to Beatriz and the kimkim travel service. Bea was wonderful to work with in planning our trip and made some wonderful recommendations for us to tailor our trip to our needs. Our trip to Southern Italy was perfectly planned and executed. Our extended stay in Naples as our base worked well and allowed us to take our day trips to the city center of Naples, Casserta, Pompeii and our ancestral town. Even though kimkim did not arrange our flight travel, the local staff (Nadia and Natalia) were most responsive to us when our direct flight from Chicago to Naples was diverted to Rome and we were bussed back to Naples later that day. They contacted our driver who was to pick us up from the airport in Naples and alerted the hotel to our late arrival. The Grand Hotel Oriente was a lovely, conveniently located hotel with wonderful staff. We were upgraded to a suite because of our extended stay-which was a pleasant surprise. Our daily drivers were professional and always polite and punctual-most of the time driving Mercedes cars. Only one day did a driver not show up-and once again the travel team got us a driver in no time, with only a slight delay.
My husband and I enjoyed the trip and would not hesitate to select kimkim again to arrange our travel plans.

Grazie !!

Hotel Review

Grand Hotel Oriente

Naples

I shared a review on Tripadvisor The Grand Hotel Oriente was wonderful!

Authenticity & Character

Location

Centrally located

Staff

Friendly, professional, very helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

Entire hotel, rooms, restaurant

Activity Reviews

Private Visit of Naples & Veiled Chryst with a Local

Naples

Loved seeing the streets of Italy with our private guide-very professional and knowledgeable. She tailored the walking tour to my husband who needed to stop and rest occasionally, -much appreciated!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Professional, friendly, punctual-with one exception on the day trip to Trivigno. Driver did not show up -but travel support got us another driver quickly with a minimal delay.

Transport

Private Full Day Amalfi Experience

Italy

Beautiful experience. Glad the driver did the driving-not us!!!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Guided Visit to Pompeii with Archeaologist

Italy

Our archaeological guide was amazing. She had a degree in archaeology. It greatly enhanced our visit to Pompeii. We learned so much more than just seeing Pompeii by ourselves. She also tailored the pace of the tour to us which was most appreciated.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Day Excursion to Capri Island and Anacapri

Italy

Did not do this trip.

The Flavors of Naples: Private Traditional Cooking Class

Naples

Also did not do this activity. Had to reschedule our visit to Amalfi coast on this day. The day of the original tour to Amalfi was raining and my husband was not feeling well, so we rested that day. The local travel support staff helped us reschedule Amalfi for this day and cancelled our cooking class.