Private Excursions - Rome, Florence/Pisa, Genoa

[sarar]

We will be on a Mediterranean cruise in may and visiting Rome (Civitavecchia), Florence/Pisa (Livorno) and Genoa, can anyone recommend any private tour companies for these Italian cities? TIA

[CruiserBruce]

If you look down the board, you will see MANY recommendations for tour venders in those ports. For example, there is a huge thread on the wonderful Rome in Limo, which operates in Rome and Florence/Livorno. Booking in multiple ports with them typically earns a discount.

[maidncruze]

We had great success with Domenico from Private tour in Italy.

 

http://www.privatetourinitaly.com

[sarar]

Thanks maidncruze, i will take a look at private tour in italy on my day off tomorrow

[maidncruze]

Sarar,

 

If you need any more info on them let me know. Friends of ours are using them this weekend in Rome/Florence.

[sarar]

Thanks Maidncruze, we decided as a family that we didnt want to do Rome as it was difficult with the wheelchair when we did it 10 years ago, but would like to look into Florence/Pisa, anyway off to work I must go for how and thanks for all your help, Sara

[renroc13]

Romeinlimo does a nice job is various ports. We booked them for 8 a few years ago. Great guide small van.

 

Karen

[ROCruiser]

Highly recommending Nicola Scovenna. We had him for our Livorno/Florence/Pisa tour in February and had an amazing day. His van is equipped with free Wifi. He also arranged our tour for Naples/Pompeii/Sorrento/Positano. nicola.scovenna@gmail.com or livornotoflorence.com

[GeezerCouple]

We had two amazing private tours with:

 

Dr. Dino Margiotta

 

Licensed Tourist Guide of Rome (License n° 4650)

Ph.D. of History - University of Rome, La Sapienza

MP- +39 3498850834

E.mail: rometourguide@libero.it

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/DinoRomeTourGuide

it.linkedin.com/in/dinomargiotta/

P.I. 12122601003

 

He did his PhD research in the Vatican archives, so we had him take us on a private tour of the Vatican.

(Yes, there was overlap with the larger tours, but we went at our own pace, and also took some private detours.)

 

The day before that, we had him give us a half day tour of Ancient Rome, and that was terrific.

 

He was great about pacing things for us, and stopping for more detail if we were interested, or "moving on" if something didn't interest us quite so much - one of the real advantages of private tours.

On this tour, we went over a bit on time, because we were enjoying it so much.

(No extra charge, but we gave him a nice tip.)

 

He's very much an "academic", so if you are looking for a guide who will be full of jokes, he's probably not the right match.

 

But to *learn* about the history and culture of the area, he's the tops.

 

We also had a private tour of the Uffizi in Florence, and I'll try to get the name. She gave us a lot of background on some of the political intrigue behind the times, which was fascinating.

 

She also "kept going" long past the time, and didn't take any extra money.

We got the feeling she LOVED the artwork and sharing her knowledge.

 

We were with Italian friends for the general "Florence overview", and scheduled the gallery tour after they left.

 

GeezerCouple

[dogs4fun]

Another nod for Rome in Limo.

[sarar]

We have done Rome before and decided in the end to stay local in Civitevecchia. We have booked Andreas at tours-europe.com for Florence/Pisa.