Melanie at KimKim was amazing!
Italy
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Apr 20 - Apr 29, 2026
Working with Melanie was fantastic and everything I wanted and more! She worked with me months in advance to plan the ideal surprise anniversary trip for my wife in Italy. She communicated immediately and thoughtfully, did her research to find options and made great suggestions. I especially appreciated her guidance is not overscheduling! The free days were some of the best days of the trip!
We loved learning about historical places, buildings, art, etc. Florence cathedral, Uffizzi and walking the district across the bridge were fantastic. Our days in Sorrento and Amalfi coast were heavenly and loved the day trips to Path of God's and the coastal towns. Ravello was a neat gem. I wish we had more free time there to explore the towns and places like Ravello. Pompeii was the real highlight for us and wish we had dedicated a while half day there instead of 2 hour tour. We ended in Rome only 1.5 days so of course would love to go back and spend more days in Rome and Florence. The walking tour the last night in Travestere was absolute highlight! Will plan to do that in every city next time.
The hotels were fantastic, arranged transportation from hotel were great, and bullet trains a nice splurge.
The only less than ideal experiences were the Murano tour - it was short and a sales pitch to buy instead of showing us the area.
Hotel Reviews
Pleasant hotel.
Amazing ambiance! Breakfast was out of this world!!!
Beautiful romantic room, breakfast was like in a high end palace room, amazing! Staff were excellent.
Activity Reviews
The Vatican and Basilica are world wonders. Our personal tour was 3 hours but still rushing literally. Our guide was nice buy talked too fast and felt like he needed to rush. It was nice to get past long lines but I think I would have preferred going myself and using audio guide but then would need whole day there.
Absolutely amazing. Coast drive and visiting towns were great but wish we could had a few more hours to really explore each town, get lunch, etc. Path of God's hike tour was amazing.
Amazing! Loved the guide and the lunch on mountain side! Wish we had thought of breaking off at end to walk to Positano.
We thought we would get a tour and learn about glass making. Instead they did 10 minute demonstration of glass blowing and then spent rest of time showing us their store. The pieces were amazing but we had wanted to really learn and see glass blowing and what is done on the island. I dont k ow if they didn't have people to take us around that day or this is the tour. We were disappointed with this.
This is 10 stars!!! Wow a magical evening! The guide Toni was spectacular! About 10 in our group, great food and wine, great explanations. We went to 3 restaurants then Gelato. Too much food in the end! I wish we had planned this in every city!!!
Its Venice and a gondola, so amazing. But not too exciting in our opinion. The guide didn't do much and Venice is sort of dirty. The sunset part was nice.
thank you so much for your lovely review. I'm so please we were able to plan the perfect surprise trip and it all worked perfectly!
As I mentioned in my email, I do apologise that the Murano experience was not what you expected, we have already emailed the supplier to check why it was more about selling and less about the actual glass making. I agree, the gondola is one of those must do's but it's also just that. We extended the time as a little Easter egg surprise for you, it's... Read more