Undiscovered Italy
23/08/2019 · By Katie Shaw
To celebrate experiences that bring Italy to life, here are a few of our favourite unique activities that truly take you to the heart of this beguiling country.
Read more2023 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.
Please Note: For departures 27/09/2023 you will overnight at the Mercure Chambery hotel in Chambery.
For departures 11/10/2023 you will overnight at the Hotel Le Cinq Chambery in Chambery
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3.8 / 5 · 68 reviews
Jonesy
Submitted 22/May
Wonderful trip. Excursions etc were interesting and very well organised. Good balance of free time, two days during the week in Sorrento were ideal as the travel down is quite tiring. New hotel in Sorrento was lovely, beautiful pools, amazing breakfasts. Tour manager Chris was superb. The only rail delay was totally beyond GRJs control but all onward coach travel was rearranged with no fuss. Chris was also very helpful in advising us about a trip to Naples on our free day. A memorable journey that fully lived up to expectations. See you next year!
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Steve T
Submitted 8/May
Absolutely fabulous experience and well above our expectations.
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SJH
Submitted 7/May
Fantastic holiday Ria our tour manager was brilliant she made sure we all knew where we needed to be and at what time, any problems (there we a few, mainly with Italian train times) were dealt with quickly and we were kept well informed. The itinery is hectic but enjoyable, as an extra on one of our free days we took a tour up Mount Vesuvius great experience, quite a climb so good shoes and reasonable level of fitness needed we can thoroughly recommend this tour.
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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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