Travel Review: Luxury Tour of Italy, Rome, Florence, Vatican Tour

Hotels in Europe are a bit different that the standards expected in the US. We stayed at some wonderful beautiful and historic hotels but in one case the room was really too small to be comfortable, especially the bathroom (in Rome), even though the room was very tastefully decorated and high quality. Also it was a surprise that in October heat was not possible in hotel rooms, only air cooling. We had some days that were quite cold and a bit of heat would have been nice. These are things that could not have been "done differently" as they are likely part of the European Green programs. It is worth mentioning that all of the hotels were very well located close to major attractions which was very much appreciated (but again in Rome being close to the Vatican was not our idea of ideal... being closer to other historic areas would have been preferred).

One "activity" suggested and provided by our agent involved a dinner that was "beef overload". This was not a highlight as we are do not eat much meat. We would have been happier with some other arrangement.