Fun family trip to Spain and Italy
Italy
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Jul 18 - Jul 27, 2025
Beatriz put together a really fun itinerary for us for our trip to Spain and Italy. She was helpful in providing tips and suggestions for things we wanted to do on our own. She took in our feedback and tweaked things as we shaped the itinerary together.
Hotel Reviews
Venice is a really crowded city but where Ai Reali is located is very quiet. It's a short walk to St. Mark's square and has all the restaurants nearby. Hotel itself is very nice, very boutique-y. Suites for families are actually separate rooms. Clean and comfortable and good breakfast.
More modern perhaps than other Rome hotels. Very clean and comfortable. The only thing is that the layout takes some navigating. In some cases you may be going up a floor and then stepping down a half floor.
Activity Reviews
Really fun. And guide Angie was very approachable and knowledgeable.
Never knew about Venetian masks before. This was fun and a good learning opportunity
This was a really unique experience, sure beats sitting in a gondola in a crowded canal looking like the quintessential tourist.
The experience was fun overall, esp the walking tour through Venice. The Murano glass part, there was a bit of pressure to buy. I didn't cave to the pressure as we have done our own glassblowing before and I'm not keen on buying souvenirs but our friends who came along bought stuff and then later regretted it because the similar stuff were sold everywhere in Venice
Every shop we stopped at was great
Marilee our hostess really went out of her way to make this a good experience. She had so much food ready for us, and gave us a little gift at the end, and it was a really long chunk of her day.
This was one of the best activities on this trip. We would never have learned as much if we didn't have a guided tour.