Undiscovered Italy
23/08/2019 · By Katie Shaw
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2023 Tour code: ICS23
About the tour
Explore the Amalfi Coast, without a doubt one of Europe's most visually stunning regions. Starting with two nights in Rome, we continue to Sorrento, a pretty town that looks over the stunning Bay of Naples - the gateway to Capri, the Amalfi Coast and the lost city of Pompeii.
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We meet at London St Pancras and take the Eurostar to Paris. We change trains for Lyon, a historic French city on the banks of the Rhône and Saône. We check into a local hotel here where we spend the night.
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3.7 / 5 · 65 reviews
Jenni
Submitted 05 Nov 2022
All the arrangements for moving from place to place were excellent. The hotel in Sorrento was not - we felt - worth 4 stars, as the room was not up to expectations and on two occasions our bed was not made up. The towels were not hotel standard. The tour guide was excellent and we found her always extremely helpful.
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C Martinow
Submitted 05 Nov 2022
Probably the most disappointing holiday we have ever taken in over 40 years. Even before we left there was the fiasco of having to share a standard case or pay an additional £65 for a 2nd case, plus all the additional drama of filling in the form plus sending photos of our passports - none of which worked - resulting in some people not getting their luggage for several days. The oganisation was poor with extended periods of hanging about in places with no seating. Food provided was very basic and not varied – in Italy! The main hotel was not based in Sorrento which made it difficult and expensive to do anything on free days or find alternative places to eat. It had little in the way of facilities, many of the bedrooms were dire. We started in one and had to be moved as the shower was hung over the centre of a bath with a shower curtain, providing nothing to hold on to and was not safe for someone with Parkinsons. The move proved there were better rooms available but it was in no way a 4 star hotel. Neither the guided visits to Pompeii nor Herculaneum showed the best of either site and a lifelong ambition since being an art student resulted in a wasted opportunity. The journey home was 2 very long days (starting before sunrise on the second day) sitting on trains without meals provided and not even an opportunity to see anything of Turin at our final stop over. Everything felt ‘done on the cheap’ and, despite the best efforts of our tour manager, our previous wonderful experience to India with GRJ seemed as though provided by another company entirely.
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Mark Warrick
Submitted 04 Nov 2022
A wonderful holiday with a varied itinerary that included history, spectacular scenery and sunny beaches. Rail travel was smooth and easy and we had some wonderful meals. The hotel in Sorrento was great but its breakfast coffee was best avoided - appalling for Italy - but that was the only poor aspect of a really good time. Tour manager was wonderful.
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Ms Finella Morrison
Submitted 31 Oct 2022
Excellent holiday- Booked before covid so long awaited and lived up to all my expectations Very well organised and a PERFECT Tour Manager I Catherine
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there
Submitted 31 Oct 2022
Wonderful Scenery, brilliant tour manager, great company, good food, lots of fun and travel by train. What's not to love?
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Mrs A CROWTHER
Submitted 30 Oct 2022
Great holiday. V busy at moment, but will write proper review next week. Ali Crowther
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