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Which tour is better than "Made in Italy" or "Fabulous Italy"
By "better" I mean the number of days spent in Italy itself (the more, the better). I would also like to pay the least for electives. Tell me which tour to choose. I am going to Italy for the first time. Thanks. I really need advice.
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And the number of days is not indicated in the tour program ?? And it is not indicated which excursions are included in the price?
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answered 13 years ago
Yes, is it really that the tour program does not include a stay in the city. I don’t believe it! It’s probably more interesting for you to ask Turpravda?
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answered 13 years ago
Yes, everything is indicated. But in the tour "Made in Italy " acquaintance with such cities as: Verona, Rome, Viareggio, Pisa, Padua and Venice; and in the tour "Fabulous Italy" - Florence, Ravenna, Rome, Verona, Padua and Venice. Which city tour is the best?
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answered 13 years ago
"By the term "better" I mean the number of days of stay in Italy itself (the more, the better)," you specify :)
Well, how can you say which cities are more interesting, for example? See which sights and which cities attract you the most. For example, do you want to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the Ligurian Sea?
Well, how can you say which cities are more interesting, for example? See which sights and which cities attract you the most. For example, do you want to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the Ligurian Sea?
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answered 13 years ago
I would like to see as much as possible. That's why I'm asking. And for the very "sharp" I repeat - the food for the first time.
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answered 13 years ago
Now I’ll ask you how much time you have on these routes - we see six cities and on them every day, or what? Or just admire from the bus window? And you also need to get there, is this a bus route or do you fly by plane? Through Poland or Hungary, if by bus? For me, Florence, Venice, Rome, the rest is
small towns. And I, as a particularly stupid person, would call it "Gallop across Europe", I really can't see anything.
small towns. And I, as a particularly stupid person, would call it "Gallop across Europe", I really can't see anything.
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answered 13 years ago
I would recommend Florence, Ravena, Rome, Verona, Padua and Venice for the first time. But this is my personal opinion. Ttk.k if you go poppy on your own, for example, to Rome or Florence - it's very expensive
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answered 13 years ago
natalie! But yours "is very expensive on its own"
justified by something, the cost of the flight, the cost of hotels compared to these tours? Or how? I would like to confirm with numbers. And I will answer not very expensive!
justified by something, the cost of the flight, the cost of hotels compared to these tours? Or how? I would like to confirm with numbers. And I will answer not very expensive!
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answered 13 years ago
I meant - if a person goes on his own to an individual tour Kyiv-Rome or Kyiv-Flopence for 3-4 days (only in one city). I will write you all the prices later, for example, I don’t remember exactly - but only the Fiumicino-Rome train costs 7.5 euros one way, again excursions, you need to eat somewhere. I remember how I tried to get out with a child on an excursion to Villa Borghese, they told me - maybe only after 3 days. For tourists, there is a ready-made program. Again, you Alex, as I understand it, do not live in Ukraine, I read your reviews, I saw that you recommend booking hotels from Germany.
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answered 13 years ago
Therefore, if you book a hotel from the eurozone, it is cheaper. And if 3 years ago I tried to book a hotel for myself and open an Italian visa - and then I had to contact a travel agency, because. there was a whole problem with the voucher from the hotel. I say this not for advertising purposes, because I don’t work in the tourism sector and in general now I don’t live in Ukraine, but in Italy. I just want to sincerely help a person, because apart from razvodilov, nothing more can be obtained from our travel agencies.
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answered 13 years ago
Here was time, and I looked. The "Made in Italia" tour includes 6 cities, a 7-day stay and costs (including a trip to Venice) 380 euros + consular fee. This price includes bus and excursions (although travel in Rome is not by bus, but at his own expense, which is a bit expensive, but you can buy a ticket for one day). And only 1 night in a hotel (for example in Verona) costs 3 stars about 100-120 euros, and in Rome the same if you book yourself. I am already silent about the fact that if you go by yourself from Verona to Rome - it costs 2 class 66 euros per person. I once went to Florence with a child on my own, chose and booked hotels, looking for tours, and then came to the conclusion that it is better to travel for a tour to contact a travel agency. But I'm more than "Fabulous Italy" (cost about 400 euros), because here you are in Florence for almost 2 full days. And only the hotel 1 night in Florence in the central part costs from 130 euros. So count for yourself.
And at the same time I am for group recreation (for the purpose of tourism, of course, and not tasting such as national sad cuisine or agritourism), so to speak. without knowing Italian, it is very difficult to plan something and look for it yourself
And at the same time I am for group recreation (for the purpose of tourism, of course, and not tasting such as national sad cuisine or agritourism), so to speak. without knowing Italian, it is very difficult to plan something and look for it yourself
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answered 13 years ago
Natalie 1717, thank you so much for your advice and informative response. I would also like to know if it is possible to organize a trip from Florence to Pisa in my free time between program excursions. How much time, including travel there and back, it can take and what is the approximate cost of such an excursion. Still, of course, the following question is of interest: if most of the tourists want to spend their free time between Florence and Ravena in Pisa, is it possible to coordinate this with the group leader and drivers and go there with the whole group. If anyone has this experience, please share.
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answered 13 years ago
You can check the cost of the tour in your tour company, because. a private excursion with a Russian-speaking guide (I can give you, for example, the phone numbers of my friend guides in Florence) will cost from 100 euros per person. You can get to Pisa from the main station by train, the cost of class 1 is about 9 euros, class 2 is 5.80 euros. Travel time 1 hour.
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answered 13 years ago
natalie! By the way, I am from Ukraine, and you are already in Italy. So, I am an ardent supporter of independent tourism. Examples - last year my son flies by low-cost to Venice, three days in Venice in a 3 * hotel, then car rental - Florence, Pisa and a number of towns like Veronna, return to Venice and flight
home is cheaper by 30% -40% compared to TA in Ukraine, but I forgot overnight stays and hotels in normal hotels everywhere. I went to Turkey last year HV-1 cheaper by a third compared to TA, this one
a year I fly to Venice for 13 days (7 days - a cruise on the Adriatic) cheaper than a good five in Turkey. I explain, I fly with low-cost airlines - now there are three airlines, there will be four, it's cheaper than flights, I book via the Internet of an English search engine
the company is cheaper than directly with the hotel, and if you decide decently in advance, then it’s quite profitable.
in fact, "Gallop", in big cities it's an overview with a lathered neck, you really won't see anything, really
in small ones, there will be time to rest a little.
home is cheaper by 30% -40% compared to TA in Ukraine, but I forgot overnight stays and hotels in normal hotels everywhere. I went to Turkey last year HV-1 cheaper by a third compared to TA, this one
a year I fly to Venice for 13 days (7 days - a cruise on the Adriatic) cheaper than a good five in Turkey. I explain, I fly with low-cost airlines - now there are three airlines, there will be four, it's cheaper than flights, I book via the Internet of an English search engine
the company is cheaper than directly with the hotel, and if you decide decently in advance, then it’s quite profitable.
in fact, "Gallop", in big cities it's an overview with a lathered neck, you really won't see anything, really
in small ones, there will be time to rest a little.
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answered 13 years ago
So, I didn’t have any problems with visas, because hotel reservations by an English search engine are recognized at the consulate, I could even pay for hotels on the spot. Yes, about the cruise, I ordered it through an American company directly, everything is fine! So figure out how much they make money from us.
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answered 13 years ago
yes, sure! I know and of course it is better for an experienced tourist to travel on their own. And for example, for the first time I had trouble when I traveled on my own. Because the visa center made a mistake when I signed up by phone and did not accept me on the scheduled day. Then they re-recorded me for 14, and on 28 I had to fly away. I then realized that they did it on purpose. And after that, I applied only to the travel agency. Now I have a completely different status and opportunities.
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answered 13 years ago
I never say that I am very experienced, there is still a lot to learn! Having submitted the documents to the Visa Application Center for Italy on May 5, 21 days before departure, I received visas on May 23 and sat on pins and needles (after all, almost everything was paid. When I called him, then they told me "a visa is done within 12 calendar days, you will receive it!" Yes, the visa center received it on May 21, but I'm not from Kyiv, and the couriers brought it to me on the third day. That's right, but there are travel agencies screwed up so that
people are left with a nose, i.e. with a refusal. Who is to blame? But. agree six cities in seven days, and even take Pisa a bit too much for electives!
people are left with a nose, i.e. with a refusal. Who is to blame? But. agree six cities in seven days, and even take Pisa a bit too much for electives!
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answered 13 years ago
I agree with you Alex! But maybe it suits people for the first time. And about travel agencies - my opinion should be addressed to serious and proven ones (I won’t name which ones, because no one pays for advertising). And I will generally leave the visa center of the Italian embassy without comment. I've posted my opinion about it here many times.
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answered 13 years ago
You see, Natalie! I don’t want to overpay for what I can do myself, neither for services at the consulate from the TA nor for their advertised routes. I choose the routes myself, although until recently I thought it was hard. Everything is on this Internet, just With experience in it, you see a bunch of additional benefits.
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answered 13 years ago
you are absolutely right. My husband explained to me now that in Europe everyone does just that, but it’s easier for them - they are EU citizens, and citizens of Ukraine are always dependent on the visa regime, unfortunately. It can be seen that you are an experienced tourist :-)
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answered 13 years ago
natalie! I don't have such a long experience as a tourist, especially in Europe, but due to the Arab events, I decided to go to Europe to Venice and with a cruise on the Adriatic. Just returned! I am delighted! My wife is perfect! I just can’t understand those who want to learn something in seven days, you can just look. I’ll gather my thoughts, make a report separately for Venice, separately for a cruise. But it’s unlikely that he will be here.
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answered 13 years ago
I'm very glad for you! Please tell us in more detail how many days and you were in the Adriatic not only in Italy? If you write in another place - give a reference!
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answered 13 years ago
Before the cruise, two days on Murano to admire, wander around Venice, after that Cruise on one of the largest cruise ships Voyager of the Seas, fourteen decks (a fairy tale on the water), Venice-Kotor (Slovenia)-Ravena-Bari-Dubrovnik (Croatia) ) -7 days, we return to Venice and rest for three days on the Lido. Find this liner on Google by name, look at this handsome man, I’m not talking about the quality of service and food. The tour is seven days, leaves Venice on Saturday and returns back on Saturday. There were many Italians on board, so it can probably be taken from Italy. The liners of the Italian companies "COSTA" and "MSC" are no match. It comes from the Royal Caribbean company.
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answered 13 years ago
Oh Alex! You are well done! I watched this cruise from Italy, just super! It's not cheap in Italy either, I must tell you. But very beautiful - just super! This is what independent tourism means!
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answered 13 years ago