Cat48

I read about PK Travel/Greek Taxi Tours on Cruise Critic & Tripadvisor and began communicating with Potoula in April, 2013 for our October, 2013 cruise. We were a group of 8 and they answered all of our questions, helping us to plan for our full day in Athens and gave us very specific instructions on meeting our tour guide when we got off the ship, for our tour in Athens.

Demitris was there when we came out of the port terminal at 7:30am with a sign with our name on it and a great big smile on his face. We began our day’s journey in a very nice Mercedes mini bus for 10. The eight of us were so comfortable, it was the best vehicle we had on all of our private tours!

We got to The Acropolis and were dropped off really close to the main gate. We had plenty of time to tour this amazing site and take plenty of pictures. As we were ready to leave to meet Demitris, where we had been dropped off, it was unbelievable how many people were coming in to tour. We had to really navigate our way out with all the people coming in. So glad we took their advice and got to The Acropolis early and were able to enjoy it!

We continued with our tour as Demitris continued to tell us about all the amazing sites we were seeing and then gradually, we arrived at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier, just as the changing of the guards began. We were all able to get off and we got such great pictures.

We were then driven to the Plaka neighborhood and there we toured the Agora ruins, did a little shopping and had a wonderful lunch in a little restaurant that Demitris recommended.

On our way back to the cruise port, Demitris stopped at this wonderful Athens bakery, “ Konstadinidis”. The baking area was all open and you could see the bakers actually creating all the wonderful Greek pastries. We had the best Baklava ever!

So glad that we booked a private tour and that we chose PK Travel. It was an amazing day! Thank you, Demitris for all your great suggestions and for your expertise in timing our tour so that we saw the most of Athens in our, One Day Tour, that was a very special day! We were back to our ship, Carnival Sunshine, with time to spare……….

RomeInLimo :)

Recently returned from a 12 day cruise on the Carnival Sunshine. I organized one tour myself with RIL and joined another cc member for three others. All four tours were excellent!

Messina Port: Mount Etna & Taormina, our driver/guide was Lucas and he picked us up on time and did an wonderful job giving us a great tour of Mt Etna and Taormina and on our return to the ship a little tour of Messina.

Naples Port: Ravello, Amalfi & Positano, Carmine did a great job driving on those very narrow roads and even took us to Sorrento on the way back. Beautiful tour!

Civitavecchia Port: Rome Highlights, Mike got us to Rome and drove right up to the sites, we did very little walking, amazing! Mike got our Coliseum tickets with one stop and we walked right in. Gave us a phone to call him when we were done, he was there in one minute. At the Vatican, we had Chiara (RIL) private Vatican guide. Chiara was wonderful! Took us to the St Peter Basilica too.

Livorno Port: Pisa & Florence, Elizabetta got us to Pisa gave us time to take pictures and enjoy Pisa. Showed us all the sites in Florence and then recommended a great place for lunch. Got us in the Accademia in the afternoon and then a nice pleasant drive back.

Jany, our contact at RIL, is so great to deal with. I started communicating with her in Dec. 2012 and asked a ton of questions and she responded so quickly. Can't say enough about RIL, Jany and all the wonderful drivers, guides, that help make this such an amazing trip.

Highly recommend using RIL!!