Rome Tours & Trips

hotels too far out of cities and issues with collection points.

Everything was great, I just think the hotel was a bit old and had an elderly crowd.

This was an excellent, well organized tour that gave our family of 6 (plus another lovely couple) a great taste of the Amalfi Coast area! Barbara was our fabulous tour guide and Michele was our master driver. We packed a lot in 3 days beginning with a visit to Pompeii and ending with a tour of Montecassino Abbey. Our home base was Salerno. We stayed in a friendly, clean traditional Italian hotel near the train station and within easy walking distance of really good food and shopping. Michelle drove us on day 2 from Salerno to Sorrento, and he handled the wild drive expertly. We had a relatively short visit in beautiful Sorrento and then drove further along the breathtaking Amalfi Coast to Positano, an astonishingly beautiful small town that seems to hang precariously from the mountainside. After lunch and some time for exploration, we took the ferry to Amalfi. What a fun way to experience the Amalfi Coast! It was a splendid view! We had a short visit in Amalfi, enough time to get a lemon ice and explore some shops, and then we took the ferry back to Salerno and walked the short distance to our hotel. On the third and final day, we drove to Mount Vesuvius. It was smart to get an early start because it was getting crowded by the time we headed back down the mountain. The hike was so worth it! The path is wide and gravelly, and although it’s steep at first, you eventually arrive at a check point before making the last trek to the crater’s edge. This was definitely a highlight of our trip! There was a cute shop at the top where you could buy souvenirs and get a refreshment. After Mount Vesuvius, we drove to Cassino for lunch and then Montecassino Abbey which is situated high above the town. Michele impressed us once again with his expert handling of the switchbacks up the steep mountain. The Abbey was a lovely surprise! A wonderful local guide explained that St. Benedict started the Benedictine order here, and we got the full history from the Roman era to WWII and today. It was truly stunning and a nice way to end a full and varied tour of the Amalfi Coast. Like all short getaways, we would’ve liked to spend more time at some of the points of interest including Sorrento and Amalfi. A guided tour of Pompeii would’ve helped us make sense of the enormous archaeological site and prioritize what to see. But, overall, this tour was just what we needed to get a feel for the Amalfi Coast, and hopefully we can return again one day to explore in depth our favorite spots. I would definitely recommend TourRadar, Rabbie’s (which we’ve used twice before in Scotland), and our excellent guide Barbara and fantastic Michele. Thank you so much!