JudiZ

Messina, Sicily

Compared to the other ports of call this was not that impressive. My husband and son climbed Mt. Etna and they enjoyed that more than the tour of the city that I took with my daughter & mother.

Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France

Had to leave too early & the tour was rather short but we went to Nice & Monaco and they were both beautiful & not to be missed.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

We did Barroche Rome which was great. We saw the entire city (all the important sites) & went past the ruins as well. We also had time to see the Vatican. It was an extremely comprehensive tour with a nice meal and a great guide.

Naples, Italy

The women in my family took a tour of Sorrento and the Amalfi coast. It was spectacular & our guise was excellent. We were taken to a beautiful restaurant and had a fabulous meal with a view to match. The men climbed Mt. Vesuvius & toured Pompeii. My son said it was too many volcanos and he would have preferred just doing Pompeii. Thier guise was also not that good and no meal.

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

We did Florence on our own and my only criticism was that we did not have enough time in this port. The bus ride is about 1.5-2 hours each way and we only had 5 nours in the city. So much to do there! The organized tours did not include the Academia Del Arte, where the David was so we went on our own. We stood in line for 2 hours.(We'd been to Florence before but not our kids) Suggest you make reservations. That left us with only 3 or so hours to eat & do the rest of Florence. The bus was very expensive for not that much time. Also the bus left us off rather far from the sites so that ate into our time & we had to walk almost a mile to get back to the bus. Exhausting!