Review: Luxury Birthday Trip to Italy, Milan, Cinque Terre, Siena, Amalfi Coast, Lake Como, Pompeii, Hot Air Balloon Ride, Biking

There are absolutely to many to list them all but here we go. The lakes region of Lake Maggiore and Lake Como were absolutely beautiful. Not to be missed if you like lakes and mountains and beautiful scenery. Venice of course is something that every tourist to Italy has to see. A city built on water. After that we went to Portovenere and the area of Cinque Terre. Five cities built on the side of the mountains along the Mediterranean Sea. The first town Riomaggiore is by far the most beautiful to see and visit. Portovenere was a wonderful surprise as a beautiful laid back town that is the gateway to Cinque Terre and someplace we could have easily spent an extra couple of days. Florence with its beautiful churches and museums was fantastic especially since we had the wonderful surprise to be met by our agent there and meet the person that made this trip possible. We did a bike trip in the San Gimignano and Siena area that was wonderful. One of our favorite things was to do a hot air balloon ride over the hills surrounding Florence. It lasted about an hour and was an experience not to be missed. On to Pompeii then Sorrento where we visited Capri and were driven along the Amalfi coast. With our love for the water this part of the trip was especially perfect. Lunch at the Norman Tower arranged by our agent was one of the best meals the entire trip with one of the best views anywhere. It ended in Rome and just as the temperature dipped to the mid 70's so it was perfect for seeing some of the most incredible history on the planet. We didn't want it to end. Again we can't thank our travel agent enough for being one of the most enjoyable parts of putting this trip together with all her help suggestions and followup.