Travel Review: Italy Tour, Rome, Venice, Florence, Vatican, Uffizi Gallery, Doge's Palace, Boboli Gardens

We really enjoyed our tour guides and the walking tours of Venice and Rome. The Ufizzi and Accademia galleries in Florence were outstanding, as well as the Vatican tour in Rome, and we were able to skip all of the lines with our guides who were locals in each respective city.  In fact, we didn't wait in any lines the entire trip! The 1st-class trains we traveled on between cities were the best way to travel and we always had someone waiting with a car when it was time to go the next location. Also, I was originally unsure of what to expect with the Tuscan cooking class that was arranged for us outside Florence, but it turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip. Additional highlights include the Doge's Palace in Venice and the Boboli Gardens in Florence. As with the trip as a whole, both were incredibly beautiful and greatly exceeded expectations.