Review: Honeymoon in Italy, Rome, Florence, Venice, Cinque Terre, Capri, Colosseum, Wine Tasting, Cooking Class

I know Cinque Terre was my idea, but I think the next time, I would not do a tour and instead maybe just have the day to spend in one of the specified areas on our own. The tour guide didn't really show us anywhere we NEEDED to see or do or eat. They pretty much just took us to each town and we really had no time to do much but take pics. The train there is really slow and small and I almost thought my husband and i would be separated!  The group was large, it was actually amazing that no one got left behind. It was cute that one couple on our trip got ENGAGED!!  We also met some cool people on the tour, but we would've just loved to just chill at the beach all day. It was a nice intro to the area, now we know where we would like to stay next time.

The Colluseum/Ruins tour was SUPER early and our hotel was much farther than we thought. We almost missed our group! The guide was very knowledgeable, but didn't grab us like the guide in Florence. Maybe her delivery was a bit dry, not sure. It was also a bit rainy and did clear up while we were walking around the ruins, which was nice to see. Those early early tours though are hard, we missed the breakfast offered at the hotel.

The tour to capri was not at all what I imagined. Thought we'd be on a boat touring the island. We really only had time to go to the top of anacapri, which was amazing. I think the downside was that we waited for the blue grotto (which was opened for the first day after being closed for 5 days). I def know that it was something I wanted to see and it was really cool, but after reading reviews on it I wouldn't have minded missing it to be able to walk around the city. But we were going with the group. It was not at all a full day tour, or at least didn't feel like it. We had no time to shop, which was something I was looking forward to. It was pretty much either go to the top of anacapri (which I wouldn't have wanted to miss) or shop in the area, couldn't do both.

The hotel in Sorrento was a bit rude to us when we first arrived and being that it was the one city we were staying at the longest it was a bit upsetting. My husband did complain and the staff turned it around. The room is very tiny!! And we were really lucky to have an awesome view of the water and Mt. Vesuvius. Otherwise, It would've been claustrophobic. The walls are also really thin and unfortunately a baby was staying right next to us that cried all night. But I liked our location, a bit far from the city center, but the walk is not terrible.

Travel Company's Comment

Dear Michelle,

Thank you for completing your Zicasso trip review!  After our email correspondence upon your return regarding how much you enjoyed your honeymoon, we were looking forward to reading more about your excitement in detail.

It is wonderful to hear how you appreciated the stress-free planning and amazing travels.  It sounds as though you had a wonderful time, however we did want to take a moment to address a few of the concerns that spotted your review. 

In regards to the timing and scheduling, you are very correct in saying that it is difficult to see everything within a limited amount of time, and still find opportunity to relax.  We are highly aware of this and try to work with our clients to better understand where their priorities lie.  You wanted to see so much that we did try to arrange this with only one activity per day in order to give you some down time, but still offer all the sites you wished to see and activities you wished to experience.  

I am sorry to hear that the Cinque Terre tour and the tour to Capri were not what you had expected.  We include descriptions of the tours in our proposals so you can better understand exactly what to expect - for example the land travel on the island of Capri rather than just a boat tour around the island.  It is very lucky that you were able to see the Blue Grotto as you had wanted, since it had been closed for days before, and the tour was an 8 hour tour, so unfortunately it would have been very difficult to add any more to your trip to Capri that day. As for the Cinque Terre, we've received great positive feedback for this tour from past clients as it provides a nice overview of all five villages as a day trip from Florence.  Because it is a group tour, it is a bit larger than the other small group tours you had, however it was a great solution for your budget and allowed you to see all of the Cinque Terre with a guide. If we had known previously that you had just wanted to relax on the beach, we might have suggested just train tickets to Monterosso, but as you said, you now know exactly where you want to visit next time. With the tour in Rome, it was not as early as some other tours being as it started at 8:30am, and many of our clients prefer this in the summer as you are able to avoid some of the heat.  We are glad that you found the guide to be highly informative, even if they weren't able to captivate your attention as your favorite guide in Florence did. 

It is very difficult to see everything in one short trip, and we are glad you enjoyed your honeymoon!  As you said, now that you have been able to enjoy a very thorough overview of Italy, we hope you'll be able to make another trip to the areas where you'd like to spend a bit more time to see in detail and relax.

Thank you again for travelling with our company.  We wish you all the best in your future travels and in your new life together!