Sicilian Landscapes: Catania-Catania (8 days/7 nights)

Customer Reviews

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  Robin

  · November 27th, 2024
  The tour was first class. Itinerary was well thought out also with suitable breaks throughout for independent activity - and the lunchtime meal beaks were good for sampling fine food, for interaction with others in group and to rest weary legs. The guide was a delight - knowledgeable, friendly and with perfect English. The hotels were lovely and well located. Congratulations to EVERBODY involved in the tour - at coal face and in background.
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  Trip date: November 2024
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  Joseppina

  · October 14th, 2024
  Tour was well organised, full on saw lots of places, included meals were good and group was very pleasant. Would recommend it to other people.
  Trip date: September 2024
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  Farah

  · July 10th, 2024
  I had a lot of fun on this trip and am thoroughly grateful. Angelo, our tour guide, was amazing and went above and beyond to help us. You can tell he loves his job and loves sicily. Our driver, Vino, was exceptional - he got us to our destinations safely, driving was unfussy, and generous in bringing us to hidden spots for better views. Our tour group was excellent (kudos to everyone for always being on time and engaging), and the itinerary was a good mix of informative and free time. Improvements: food catered by external restaurants or partnered hotels should be vetted a bit more extensively as there were some included meals that were slightly disappointing.
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  Trip date: June 2024
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  Ian

  · June 27th, 2023
  Generally speaking the tour was good. Hotels, foods, itinerary, tour guide were all satisfied. the only thing made me unhappy even panic was no taxi driver waiting at Catania airport arrivals although I booked in advance. It's about 22:30, I phoned the emergency number, the lady replied in Italian, we could not understand each other, so she shouted and put down phone. Then I asked an Italian for help. He made a call and got one can speak English. I was told the driver was in a airport bar, then I found the bar was closed and the driver was at outside of the bar, eventually he took me to the hotel, that was very late. The people responds emergency number cannot speak English?! The taxi driver 'with a sign with your surname on it' was not waiting at the arrivals as I was told. What was a shock for a person arrived in Catania first time at late evening and start a tour next morning?!
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  Trip date: May 2023
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  Angela

  · September 27th, 2022
  It was one of the best tours I have ever been on. It was jam packed with excursions every day and our tour guide Angelo was very knowledgeable, friendly and couldn’t do enough for us.
  Trip date: September 2022
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  KONSTANTINOS

  · June 5th, 2022
  My experience as well as that of my wife was excellent and exceeded our expectations! This is also to mention the great job of our guide Placido who made our experience even greater and we thank him a lot!
  Trip date: May 2022
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  MICHAEL

  · October 31st, 2019
  On the whole the tour was good though it felt strenuous at times. The guides and driver did a good job coordinating. The most-used hotel was elegant and well located though it did have problems with air conditioning and hot water. The itinerary could have omitted a few stops, in particular a 2 hour visit to a shopping mall. The mix of travelers was fun. We met people from all over the world.
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  Destination Italia commented on this review

  Dear Michael, many thanks for taking the time to share your comments. Feedbacks like yours can help us enhance the quality of our tours. Actually, you were not the only one who found the tour a little strenuous and didn’t like the stop at the mall: for... Show more
  Trip date: October 2019
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  alexander

  · October 15th, 2019
  Meals need to be improved, especially dinners. Stop at the mall was waist of time. We were not informed about swimming opportunities so we left our swim attire on the bus.
  

  Destination Italia commented on this review

  Dear Alexander, many thanks for taking the time to share your comments. I will pass on your observations to our local supplier, in order to enhance our tours for next year. Best wishes, Giorgio - Gartour by Destination Italia
  Trip date: October 2019
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  Richard

  · October 14th, 2019
  1st nite was awful .no proper welcome. Put in a basement of Il Principe fr dinner very slow service food was awful..cold and boring.air con also broken. Making arancini shoulf have staryed earlier. Dinner was very late. 3rd day we were dumped fr 2 hrs at shopping outlet in the middle of nowhere. No one was interested in designer goods. Skip it and give us more time in Cefalu. Not enough time there to explore. Cheese tasting in Ragusa was fiasco. Forced to leave by other tour guide Daniela after 5 mins even though we had bought wine to drink. In Marsala we had to wait fr Daniela group half an hr. Cut our tasting short. Last night dinner no alternative to fish except salad. Not satisfactory.
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  Destination Italia commented on this review

  Dear Richard, many thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I will pass on your comments to our local supplier, in order to improve our tours for next year. Best regards, Giorgio - Gartour by Destination Italia
  Trip date: October 2019
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  Kevin

  · October 14th, 2019
  Trip to outlet mall was very unnecessary. Planned meals were repeticious snd they had trouble with veggie options. Meals were too late in evening, all after 8 pm. Not enough time in Palermo.
  

  Destination Italia commented on this review

  Dear Keivn, many thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I will pass on your comments to our local supplier, in order to improve our tours for next year. Best regards, Giorgio - Gartour by Destination Italia
  Trip date: October 2019