My mom has had Italy on her bucket list for as long as I can remember. We originally booked a preplanned coach tour of Italy in 2020, but of course everyone knows what happened in 2020. So we cancelled. We decided to go in 2022, and we picked the PERFECT time to go. Our family friend Lisa came along with us, and we had such an amazing time. The tour group we went with was Gate1Travel, and our tour guide was Mauricio, who is from Rome. He was a wonderful tour guide!
Venice
We stayed on Lido Island, visited Murano where the island is known for glass blowing, and San Marco.
St Marc’s square, and tower
Rialto Bridge
Bridge of Sighs
Florence and Tuscany
Winery tour and wine tasting at Montecarlo Fattoria il Poggio
Quick stop in Pisa for views of the leaning tower of Pisa
We saw the Duomo, replicas of David, and the actual David by Micheangelo
Dinner at Villa Machiavelli - a beautiful winery with amazing food and drinks of course
Enroute to Rome, we stopped in Assisi - a holy city. The church and city itself date back to 1200. Its older than the Vatican.
In Rome
St. Peter’s Basillica
The Vatican Museum
Piazza Navona for Lunch
Trevi Fountain
Pantheon from 125 A.D.
Spanish Steps
Coliseum by day and night
Roman Forum
Sorrento Via Pompeii
Walking tour of Pompeii, it was incredible! There were still grooves in the cobblestones from chariots! It was incredible to see how well preserved the city was.
Capri
Probably one of my favorite things that I’ve done in Italy. Capri is just beautiful. We started in Ana Capri - the highest village on Capri. Then took a little walk to the view point which was beautiful. I took one of the chairlifts to the top of the island and then we took a cable car down to the lower town. We took a boat ride around the island which was BEAUTIFUL. That a place like that actually exists on this planet is amazing to me. Gorgeous. Then we took a ferry back to Sorrento.
Amalfi Coast and Positano Drive, and Sorrento
Beautiful scenic drive with a few photo stops. We spent two hours roaming around Amalfi, but my favorite part was stopping on the beach and picking up sea glass with mom. She loved it so much.
