Travel Review: Italy Family Vacation, Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Venice, Murano Glass Factory, Vespa Ride, Cooking Class

What a wonderful experience!  Our agent in the US and our Italian representative really helped make this a fantastic family vacation.  I always know that sometimes things can go wrong when traveling and trying to organize 2 families and 8 people, that is where travel agents such as ours can really make a difference.  We started our trip with a delayed flight which caused us to miss a connection.  We contacted our representative to let him know we wouldn't arrive in time to make our first scheduled event in Venice, he reassured us that he would help rearrange everything and still have someone there to transfer us from the airport to the boat to the hotel....and it worked!  We had so many fantastic experiences from a vespa tour outside of Florence (not recommended if you aren't comfortable with motor bikes, it does take some getting used to) to a truly unique experience organized by our travel agency where we met up with some more family members at a private home in Tuscany for a traditional Tuscan Lunch overlooking rows and rows of Olive trees, such a wonderful family and gracious hosts!  While there, we even had a last minute request for all 8 of us to participate in a cooking class at a restaurant and our representative was able to make it all work for the very next day. 

We visited Venice, Florence and Milan and the accommodations selected by our travel agent were perfect.  Their locations were central to everything, well appointed rooms with luxurious bedding and the staff were very attentive.  Overall a spectacular trip to remember.