Southern Italy Vacation Review: Lecce, Alberobello, Bari, Positano, Cooking Class, Sunset, Boat Ride

Us? Well traveled octogenarians.

Trip? Southern Italy, including Lecce, Alberobello, Bari, Positano and Sorrento and surrounding areas in each location. Planning and execution? wonderful.

It starts with the willingness of an experienced planner willing to understand why his clients have seen enough traditional touring sites and want to forego what many want to experience (done) then figure out an itinerary that will satisfy their desires (done) recogniizing that even reasonably well conditioned folks in their eighties aren't as nimble as they used to be.

Flexibilty? Even on the trip, recognizing that a relationship formed with a local driver might change a planned day trip.

Hotels/B and B's? Outstanding, even with the steps climbed daily to our Alberobello B and B.

Small group scheduling? Wonderful (we lucked out. Only 2 people in a cookng class AND on the Amalfi cruise).

Overall experience? Delightful!! Wife's comment? How someone we've never met could plan such a trip just by written and verbal contact is a credit to him and the travel agency. Thank you to our travel planner.

Outstanding happpenings? Drivers (all except one , and that's not the agency's fault), guides (our Matera guide was a delight and knew Matera inside out) hotels, food (we use TA and local's suggestions), Matera (do not miss this), Giovinazzi, Amalfi sunset cruise, Sorrento cooking class, Capri boat tour, and the overall coordination and timeliness of the trip and how easy our trip planner's planning made it work.

Would we use Zicasso again. Yes...and do we recommend our travel agency... for sure...and our trip planner,of course.

P.S. Go off season. The area hais been found.