Seven Day Milan Itineraries

We were very happy with our travel agent, and her choices for a driver and hotels for our recent trip to Northern Italy. Her advice and planning made all the difference to us. Guaranteed, we would not have found the hotel that she recommended in Bergamo on our own - it was the perfect location. We were never more than a 3 minute walk away from it. Our hotel in Turin was also ideally located for our needs. And in Bellagio, she made sure that we had a lake view. We loved our trip, and I have already recommended her company to several family members who are traveling to Italy in May for a wedding. 

Overall, this trip was fantastic!! Everything was arranged for us to the point that we just had to show up and someone took care of us from there. Before departure, all of our vouchers were sent to us along with a detailed itinerary of each day and activity, down to the name of the person picking us up. If something changed, our travel agent thoughtfully texted us the new information. Yes, texted us, because we were provided with a phone that contained our itinerary and all of our vouchers along with a GPS program in case we got lost. We used the GPS a lot! If there were any issues I could easily call our agent or text him and he answered immediately, always!

All of our pick-ups were on time and in very comfortable cars with water provided. All of the drivers were extremely professional in their demeanor and appearance.

We also loved our guides in every city. I never imagined that this would be so intimate. I have only ever been in group tours where you get a headset and there are 25 or more people. There were 3 of us on this trip and it was the 3 of us with the guide. This allowed for questions and explanations that you could easily hear and understand.

The hotels, with the exception of Como, were superb with our favorite being in Florence at the Hotel Santa Maria Novella. Breakfast was always included and it was beautiful as well as delicious! I was sorry that we had booked Como. We had no activities planned there and I am not sure why so we were on our own. I also think it was the wrong time of year (March) to be going there as nothing was in bloom and there was a lot closed. Our guide in Milan told us that we could have done it as a day trip and she could have accompanied us. Oh well, this was the only piece that was not perfect, yet we still enjoyed it. It is a lovely little city on the lake. We took a water boat to Bellagio and walked around and then decided to take a local bus back. It was actually more scenic than the water boat.

The only other disconnect we had was the first day. We arrived at the hotel at 7am after a very long flight and our room was not ready. It took 3 hours to get something ready and it was not what we had booked but that was okay. In retrospect it might have been good to send us out on a city tour by car or bus to give us the big picture view and to kill time. Instead we sat in the warm lobby waiting and waiting.

As I said before, overall this was a fabulous trip. Being able to customize exactly where you want to go is invaluable. Working with our travel agent on getting our activities just right was so easy too. And being taking care of as we were was priceless!

Our travel agency (and our travel specialist specifically) did a great job planning our honeymoon to Italy.  We went to Bellagio on Lake Como, Venice, Florence/Tuscany, and Rome. The hotels were nice, clean, and central, and the transfers booked by our agency were easy and seamless. When I had questions while in Italy, our travel specialist answered my emails promptly. We booked a few tours through this company as well and they were all great.  Our favorite was the 4-hour food tour through Rome where you get to eat food and meet people that you wouldn't have stumbled upon otherwise or found on Trip Advisor.    

This Italy travel agent helped us to plan an amazing trip!  When we told him where we had visited in Italy he arranged a trip that would take us to new and exciting places while touching on our desire to enhance previous experiences.  He modified the number of days in each location according to our wishes and added ideas we had not thought about in our conversations with him!  We spent three days at Lake Como in a beautiful hotel in Bellagio.  We loved exploring the towns, the villas and the amazing restaurants.  We left reluctantly (even though the fall weather wasn't perfect!) and traveled to Milan.  We enjoyed visiting La Scala and seeing The Last Supper.  We left Milan via train set up by our travel agency and traveled to Florence where we revisited sights we'd seen in the past and visited new ones.  (Once again, our hotel was great!) The days there were enhanced by a wonderful trip to small villages and a winery with a great guide and by an amazing cooking class in the countryside!  Upon leaving Florence we traveled by train to Naples and were transported to our hotel outside Sorrento - a beautiful hotel in a beautiful location that looked out on the Isle of Capri.  We enjoyed a day trip to the villages of the Amalfi coast with our knowledgeable driver who made accommodations according to changing weather and even made a reservation for us at a waterfront restaurant.  We had a great trip to Capri on a private tour by speed boat, as well.  We worked with this agency because we wanted to make this trip stress-free.  We can report without hesitation that every driver met us exactly at the assigned time, helped us with luggage, was friendly and informative and very professional.  The hotels were of top quality.  Most importantly, the day trips that our agent set up were amazing!  Every one of them gave us an experience we could NOT have planned by ourselves.  Our trip was worry-free and exciting!  Thank you! 

The trip was planned perfectly. It was exactly what we wanted. Hotels and restaurants were great. We recommend staying at the Spluga Hotel in Lake Como, Piccola Vela in Lake Garda, and Gran Duca di York in Milan. Great hotels, wonderful stay, and great locations.