Travel Review: Italy Vacation, Rome, Sorrento, Positano, Siena, Pompeii, Trastevere, Food Tours

Had a great trip. Having an Italian travel company gave us confidence things would go well. 

They picked an excellent selection of hotels.

It was great to have private drivers for various transfers and private guides for touring.

Two negatives:

1. We booked a private guide for a " food tour" of the Trastevere district in Rome. The guide took us to one restaurant and we were served a selection of meats and cheeses and some wine. Not much of a tour.

The food tour in Sorrento was completely different. We toured a family run mozzarella factory, lemoncella  making place, made pizzas and toured an olive grove and oil making factory, Much better!

2. The driver who took us from Rome to Sienna could not find our hotel. We crept  through the city while he asked for directions at least 3 times before finding the hotel. The only other time we had trouble with transfers was at the Rome train station. Usually, the driver was right there with a sign with our name. This driver was no where in sight. I walked around the station twice looking for him. I finally called the help phone number the agency gave us, and with their help, connected with the driver, who turned out to be the guy who couldn't find the hotel in Sienna!