TOURS FROM SHIP

[ETHANMARCUS]

STAR PRINCESS MAY 28, 2004

ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING

TOUR GUIDES IN ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA), ATHENS, KUSADASI, NAPLES(AMALFI COAST), MONACO, LIVORNO/FLORENCE, BARCELONA. 4 ADULTS FROM USA

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

[Mike Andrews]

For Naples and the Amalfi Coast I personally recommend Salvatore of DriveAmalfi(*****) For Livorno,Florence and Pisa, Paola of Florence Tour (info@florencetour.com)and for Monaco,Sylvie of Azur Guides(sylvie.di.cristo@wandadoo.fr).

 

Mike

[Doris Baker]

For Athens, the tour guide recommended to us is Spiros at *****@yahoo.com We're taking his tour on April 29th. Doris Baker

[Chick's pal]

We used "driverinrome.com" for both Rome and Florence / Pisa. I cannot recommend them highly enough! Check out the website. They'll go wherever you want to go and will give you as much "guidance" as you want or don't want (i.e. will go into sites with you to explain them, or will wait outside.)

 

You give a credit card number to reserve, but you do not pay until the tour is completed.

 

The person in charge is Danielle and he speaks English fluently so you can e-mail him with all of your questions.

 

Even if you took their tour with two people, you'd get more for your money than the ship's excursions. If you can find others on your sailing to share the tour, it's an incredible value. We posted a notice on the "Celebrity Connections" roll call board and easily found people to share.

 

Using a "licensed" or "certified" guide in Italy means you can bypass ticket lines, which will save you time. Not all guides fall into this category (i.e. the people on the street offering their services), so I recommend you go with a reputable tour service.

[cactusrose]

ETHANMARCUS,

 

We have a roll call going for the May 28th cruise and would love to have you join that topic. Here's the link. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/2/OpenTopic?q=Y&s=927093444&a=tpc&m=5443071777&f=4763056957

 

I've gotten quit a bit of information about private tours and other things to do. I'll try to post some of that information this weekend.

 

1972 - Song of Norway, Caribbean

1980 - Hawaii American Curise line, Tahiti

09/01/2002 - Veendam, Alaska

05/29/2003 - Pacific Princess, Alaska

11/26/2003 - Star Princess, Australia/New Zealand

 

5/28/2004 - Star Princess, Venice to Barcelona

 

11/06/2004 - Diamond Princess, Mexican Riviera

 

 

[Glendamcd]

Thanks to Board Members like Mike, we have

lined up our Private Tour Guides for Oct 2004

Brillance of the Seas Trip. They include

Sylvie De Cristo/Villefranche, Danielle/DriverinRome-Rome, Sorrento Limo With

Gennaro in Naples for the Amalfi Coast

We also have Avventure Belissimo lined up for

a 2 hours private boat tour in Venice and

booked a secret Doges Palace Tour on www.Florence.it for Oct 11th. Cruise Critic

works great and we get more and more excited

everytime we read a new thread telling of

someone elses cruise plans.

 

 

SS Norway 1984 South Carribean

Carnival Destiny 1984 Western Carribean

RCCL Voyager 2000 (FAVORITE SO FAR) Eastern

Carnival Glory 2002 Exotic Carribean

RCCL Brillance of the Seas 2004 Med

 

Glenda

[cactusrose]

Doris,

 

I also have Spiros booked. Please post a note to let us know how his tour is.

 

1972 - Song of Norway, Caribbean

1980 - Hawaii American Curise line, Tahiti

09/01/2002 - Veendam, Alaska

05/29/2003 - Pacific Princess, Alaska

11/26/2003 - Star Princess, Australia/New Zealand

 

5/28/2004 - Star Princess, Venice to Barcelona

 

11/06/2004 - Diamond Princess, Mexican Riviera

 

 

[Doris Baker]

Hi, I will let you know about Spyros. He has an adorable website: www.athenstaxi.com

[Doris Baker]

Hi, sorry. Spryos website is *****

[lov2travel]

I would recommend Alessandro Cammilli. He's been our guide for the last two trips to Livorno/Florence. He's very knowledgeable, speaks good english & has a comfortable car with air conditioning. His rates are very reasonable, $35 for four people. He can be reached at alecamma@hotmail.com. Have a wonderful trip!!

[Glendamcd]

Lov2travel-you said Alessandro Cammilli was

$35 for four people? That seems very low for

a guide in Florence. Was that just a walking tour or did he pick you up at the dock and take

you to Florence?

 

Glenda

[janet_99]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Doris Baker:

Hi, sorry. Spryos website is *****<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

 

I am on Westerdam May 19 and just booked Spiros

also for my party of 3--full day tour in Athens.

Am excited about that!

[atakan]

For Ephesus You can contact too

*****@yahoo.com

[cactusrose]

We have Spiros booked for June 2nd. We are also looking forward to this.

 

1972 - Song of Norway, Caribbean

1980 - Hawaii American Curise line, Tahiti

09/01/2002 - Veendam, Alaska

05/29/2003 - Pacific Princess, Alaska

11/26/2003 - Star Princess, Australia/New Zealand

 

5/28/2004 - Star Princess, Venice to Barcelona

 

11/06/2004 - Diamond Princess, Mexican Riviera