Luxury Europe Tours & Vacations

The overall trip was wonderful as we went Positano to Tuscanny to Venice to Greece.Perhaps we tried too many places in a short time but in each place in each place the accommodations were superb the dining excellent and the staff always extremely pleasant and helpful.Positano was a wonder as well as the Amalfi coast ,then on to tuscanny for 6 days in a beautiful spot,so quiet then onto Venice which was very busy and a little hard to navigate but it was very hot and we walked along ways and through the glass factories but it was good and I,m glad we went there and then to Santoini which is hard to believe it,s so beautiful but again we stayed at a remarkable place far from the crowds so that was good and we had a great day sailing-that gal can make some outstanding Greek food to eat on the boat.Then to Naxos ,also busy  with many tourist ships but for us a nice quiet place,very comfortable with good food and right by the beach.So it was very good and we were extremely well looked after and several places had a cake and champagne for our 50th.I could not eat all the food they brought.

We had a fantastic trip with the Zicasso travel company. They helped us plan the perfect itinerary for our family (two adults and three kids aged 17, 14, and 10). They listened to our desires for an active family vacation and went above and beyond with all of the details!

We spent two full weeks in Croatia and had so many memorable and beautiful experiences. They set up friendly, knowledgeable drivers in a comfortable air-conditioned van. The accommodations they booked were all fantastic, from boutique hotels in the middle of the old towns in Zadar and Split to larger resort hotels in Hvar and Dubrovnik.

Our favorite experiences were ones we would have never found on our own, including a private biking tour and dinner at a restaurant in old town Hvar, a boat ride to Trogir, and the Blue Lagoon out of Split, with a stop at the most marvelous island for the most impressive and fancy lunch I've ever had. Other highlights were a history and gastronomy tour in Split; a biking tour outside of Dubrovnik, followed by a cooking class and amazing home-cooked meal at a family home; a kayaking tour out of Hvar; a private boat tour to the Blue Cave, with snorkeling; and a visit to Mali Ston to enjoy fresh oysters on the boat of the oyster farm owner, who explained how they caught the oysters and treated us to the freshest oysters and mussels we've ever had!

Our contact from the travel agency was always very quick to answer questions before and during the trip.

We loved Croatia – the history is amazing, the people are friendly, the food is great, the architecture is stunning, the national parks are gorgeous, and there is so much to do and experience. Everywhere we went, we felt 100% safe, and everything was very clean. The Adriatic Sea has crystal-clear, beautiful water.

You absolutely must visit Plitvice Lakes (stunning waterfalls and lake) and Krka National Park if you have time. It is beautiful, less crowded than Plitvice, and teeming with frogs, which my boys loved finding.

Split was my absolute favorite city. It’s amazing how they have incorporated newer architecture among the centuries-old buildings for an amazing old-town experience. Dubrovnik has stunning ancient walls and fortresses, Zadar is beautiful and has a great waterfront promenade, and Hvar is a vibrant and fun beach town.

The travel agency always set us up with local guides and drivers who really added to our experience. We loved having private tours instead of being with a huge group!

I'm so glad we booked through them and would encourage others to do the same!

Our travel agent was good when it came to being available and responsive, she stuck with our budget had ideas of where to go and what to do. Her husband was also nice and happened to meet us in Rome and was able to make us reservations at a great restaurant. the hotels we were at were at central locations which was nice and convenient. she had good tips and tricks as well for each of the cities. 

We had a few issues though, in Rome the tour guide did not meet us on time and did not have us on their schedule, they did scramble and we did not miss our tour. In Sorrento our tour to capri was cancelled which was not her fault, the guide said it was due to weather but then next day it was nice and sunny and we saw other tour boats go out, but we never got a phone call that day to go out. that was a disappointment, we still went to capri on our own though. In Greece, our sunset tour in Mykonos was late and that scared us since we had the mishap in Rome, but we were still on our tour. 

some suggestions for our agent would be to update her restaurant recommendations, some places did need reservations when she did not mention it, and some places had a new chef. some of her tour guides were not the people she had said it would be, especially our driver for the amalfi coast, who mostly drove us to places, he was not too informative about the coast as she had described, so much so that i fell asleep during the drive! and a few of her tour guides she scheduled for us, did not follow the itinerary to a tee, and left us a bit early 45min to an hour, which i believe we paid for the full time. and our guide in athens, took a smoke break a few times and said she had an 'emergency'