Travel Review: Luxury Tour of Italy, Rome, Florence, Siena, Venice, Cinque Terre, Sorrento, Pasta Making & Cooking Class

 We visited Rome, Sorrento, Siena, Florence, Cinque Terra, Verona and Venice,  With all the transfers we were met on time at our hotel and driven by courteous, professional drivers.  Leaving the driving (and parking) to them, particularly in overcrowded Italian cities, towns and villages made travel a breeze everywhere we went.  Giving absolutely no thought to roads, navigation and parking was delightful and allowed us to take whatever time we wished at every spot we visited.  In between the transfers we had so many memorable experiences, it would take too long to relate here but a few that stood out as expected or were unexpected surprises; simple shopping at an historic outdoor market followed by a personal pasta making and cooking class in a unique setting on Rome's only island in the Tiber River; a visit to Santa Clement Church in Rome under which 2000 years of history beginning from Eutruscan civilization through Roman and the Middle Ages is uniquely restored; a visit to the spectacular site and fascinating walled town of Civita di Bagnoregio (think Machu Piccu) and daily breakfast on the terrace of the hotel on the Grand Canal in Venice.