Thank you, Luca Orlandi and your team at Rome Private Excursions, for collecting up all our crazy list of ‘want to do’s and making it happen!
They didn’t miss a bit. With only one week to visit we never felt rushed but were able to be present to each moment, with many delightful extras added in!
Exploring Castel Gondolfo then on to Rome’s Appian Way, Catacombs, Church of Quo Vadis, the footsteps of St. Paul…to touring the Colosseum & Roman Forum with Maria Laura, followed by an afternoon at Campo de Fiori, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps, all while pointing out so many amazing sites along the way.
Rome Private Excursions gave us the chance to travel across Italy to see the countryside, instead of speeding by train. Our drive took us through different towns, different regions, with the varied landscapes. And with our driver, Manny, we were able to find out more of what we were seeing, to be able to appreciate even more the people and all the work that makes Italy such a beautiful country.
Stopping in at the castle town of Ferrara then onto our stay in Bologna, he made sure that all we were hoping to take in was realized. And then onto Venice. I am really very grateful to Luca and Rome Private Excursions for offering this drive.
They delivered us through the maze of travelers so that we could purchase tickets to Venice. During our stay there, their tour guide Sara shared the unique history of Venice, life in Venice today, and guided us through St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace. Her depth of knowledge, her love for her home, her willingness to open up her world to us, gave to us, like Luca has to Rome, and Maria Laura has to sites she shared with us, and Manny has to the Italian countryside, made us feel not like strangers waundering through but like friends coming home. Thank you to each of you.
Can’t wait to come back to Italy … with Rome Private Excursions.