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Enjoy a refined take on the art of group travel.
Experience true adventures on these Collette small group tours.
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Explore the world's most beautiful waterways.
Come to know your destination during a single-hotel stay.
Your Tour at a Glance


Tour Activity Level
The activity level for this tour:
You’re a leisurely traveler. You typically take it easy and discover the energy of a new place by people-watching or soaking in the atmosphere at a local café. You can climb at least one flight of stairs, board a coach, and walk unassisted at a relaxed pace for up to 60 minutes without difficulty. You can easily handle altitudes up to 5,000 feet.
You like a balanced approach to travel. Walking two to three miles over the course of a day is no problem for you. You can partake in a two-hour leisurely walking tour, covering up to two miles (with included breaks). You can handle a variety of terrains, from cobblestone streets to moderate hills with relative ease and without assistance. You can climb two flights of stairs with ease. There may be 1 to 2 days on this tour when walking tours can cover 3 to 4 miles over uneven terrain. You can handle altitudes up to 6,000 feet.
You’re an on-the-go traveler. You don’t want to miss a thing, so walking and standing for longer periods of time (2-3 hours) isn’t a big deal. A moderately paced two-and-a-half-hour walking tour, covering several miles, hills, and uneven surfaces, is no problem for you. Walking four miles over the course of a day is very doable, as is climbing into and out of various modes of transportation (tuk-tuk, cable car, zodiac, etc.). You can climb three flights of stairs easily and handle altitudes between 6,000 and 9,000 feet. Expect some longer days balanced with free time to recharge or set out on your own adventure. This level is not a fit for travelers who require mobility assistance devices.
You’re ready to seize the day, whatever it may bring. You lead an active life at home (walking, biking, and half or full day hikes are things you may enjoy) and 10,000 steps a day is normal for you. You can handle longer walking tours (more than 3 hours covering 3+ miles at a steady clip) and activities that involve traversing uneven terrain, steep slopes, standing for periods of time, and varying altitudes and temperatures. You don’t mind being on the go with some early starts, late-nights, and full days. You can handle altitudes of 9,000 feet or higher with little to no issue. This level is not appropriate for travelers who use wheelchairs, walkers, and other mobility assistance devices.

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Shrines of Italy
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Extension Style
The extension style for this tour:
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Experience the destination with a full itinerary planned for you. You’ll be joined by a dedicated Tour Manager and enjoy planned local experiences and sightseeing. In addition, your accommodations, daily breakfast, and any transfers to connect with your main tour are included. (The Tour Manager for your extension may or may not be the same person as your main tour.)
Enjoy a mix of time on your own and some planned tour activities. A local expert is available during part of your stay to guide you during scheduled activities and provide recommendations. In addition, your accommodations, daily breakfast, and any transfers to connect with your main tour are included.
Explore a destination on your own. Your accommodations, daily breakfast, and any transfers to connect with your main tour are included – the rest is whatever you decide! On an independent extension, there won’t be a Tour Manager or local representative present.
Traveler Reviews
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Review on 11/27/2024
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Review on 11/25/2024
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Trip Rating:Most memorable part of this tour was Papal audience, St. Peter’s basilica, Vatican museum, and walking tour of Pompei.
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Review on 11/25/2024
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Trip Rating:Vatican and Pompeii
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Review on 11/25/2024
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Trip Rating:Our trip was amazing. All of the sights were wonderful. The sights were well planned with special privileges given to our group. Our tour guide, Valeria was very knowledgeable about Italian regions and cities. She dealt with some challenging situations with ease.
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Review on 11/25/2024
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Trip Rating:Too, too many to even give an idea of just how memorable this tour was. If anything I would have loved to have stayed an extra day in Assisi and also in Pompeii so as to visit the Amalfi coast. This is a truly beautiful country and our tour guide Valeria was phenomenal and gave us so much more education that I could have hoped for. Would love to come back and would definitely look to book through Colette again.
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Review on 11/19/2024
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Review on 11/19/2024
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Trip Rating:Great Experience during my time in Italy; favorite memorable experience-having the opportunity (twice) to stand within ten (10) feet of the Pope during our trip to the Vatican
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Review on 05/22/2024
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Trip Rating:Tour Manager is excellent! Well informed on the different places we visited. Local tour guide is also great except the ones in catacombs. The driver made us fall safe.
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Review on 05/21/2024
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Review on 05/21/2024
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Review on 05/21/2024
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Trip Rating:Tour guide is the best! I rate him at 1000%. Hotel in Rome is warm no air con! Rest of the hotels are very good! First dinner was not great!
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Review on 05/21/2024
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Review on 05/21/2024
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Trip Rating:In general, it was a wonderful Tour. Except for the choice of two of the hotels, it would have been a magnificent tour.
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Review on 05/21/2024
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Trip Rating:Our Tour Manager is very nice, helpful and very knowledgeable of what he does. Colette is very lucky to have him. Excellent job Mr. Giampaolo. We’re so blessed and lucky to have you as our Tour Manager.
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Review on 05/21/2024
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Review on 05/20/2024
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Trip Rating:I don't favor one place over the other. All the places we visited were memorable in special and unique way. I would love to visit Italy again in the future.
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Review on 05/20/2024
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Review on 05/16/2024
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Trip Rating:Seeing the Pope and having the perfect close seating. The weather was beautiful throughout the tour.
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Review on 05/09/2024
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Trip Rating:This was an excellent tour. It was well run and well managed from the booking to the Tour Manager to all of the local tour guides and the terrific bus driver. The entire experience was a pleasure and it exceeded expectations. It is hard to choose a favorite experience as one day great day led to another.
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Review on 05/09/2024
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Trip Rating:I thoroughly enjoyed the trip
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Trip Rating:Not given aisle seats on the return flight which we were told we would have. Also, did not stop at a gift shop in Asissi where we had hoped to purchase several medals and a few other things.
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Trip Rating:Excellent tour guide, Giampaolo Naso and excellent bus driver. Giorgio. My trip was totally amazing, thank you Collette.
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Trip Rating:Our tour guide in Italy did an outstanding job. Giampolo not sure of spelling of his name. He was very caring and personable and professional. He made sure everyone always stayed together so no one got lost. He was extremely knowledgeable on all the tours. I would highly recommend him and Collette to my family and friends.
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Trip Rating:We saw much more with an organized itinerary and tour guides.
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Trip Rating:Soooo Many! St. Clare of Montefalco- the sweet cloistered nun who gave us a tour, since we are from St. Clare of Montefalco in Michigan. The golden altar at St. benedict's monestary and saying Mass there with our priest, such a small chapel inside a castle. Plus saying Mass with our Michaelite priest at St. Michael's grotto was special too. Our Tour guide Marco was the best! And our bus driver Pasquale was super sweet and an awesome driver!
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Trip Rating:An excellent tour with lots of sites to visit.
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Trip Rating:Great experience! Everything went smoothly and as planned. The meals were great. The tour guides were knowledgeable.
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Trip Rating:The spiritual faith our tour guide shared with us as a church pilgrimage.
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Trip Rating:It was a great "whirlwind" tour. We saw the east and west coasts of Italy, and visited some beautiful places along the way.
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Trip Rating:Timeline was a perfect match.
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Trip Rating:Good service
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Trip Rating:It was a memorable experience to be in holy place like where Padre Pio was.
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Trip Rating:This was the trip of a lifetime for me. The guides the drivers the hotel staff were all wonderful. Everything I expected and would definitely recommend your tour company and look forward to traveling again.
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Trip Rating:The memories I carry from this trip are priceless
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Trip Rating:Excellent and Top-rated tour manager, excellent tour of Shrines in Italy, fabulous foods and an overall fantastic trip. Some hotel staff and hotel accomodations could have been little nicer.
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Trip Rating:Florence day trip; Monte Sant' Angelo - Grotto of St. Michael the Archangel; Sanctuary of Eucharistic Miracle - Lanciano, Italy; Abbey of Montecassino, all the Rome sights.
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Uplifting, Spiritual, Fun, Sensational
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Trip Rating:Start at the start ... the tour manager, Heather Villamiano was outstanding. She was informative, spiritual, caring, fun and an excellent time manager. Also making this pilgrimage a wonderful experience was Antonio, the coach driver, who maneuvered us through the challenging roads with extraordinary skill. The local guides also were excellent, sharing both basic facts and person insights in a way that played to a challenging group of 26, in which there was a LOT of cultural diversity. The sites chosen were excellent, some of them being the places one would expect, such as the Vatican and Assisi. But others, such as the abbey built into the side of a mountain and the Eucharistic Miracle at Lanciano were unique and, for me, even more moving than spiritual "standard-bearers:. The accommodations were good, as was the food..
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Trip Rating:As noted earlier, seeing the first of the Eucharistic Miracles, the one at Lanciano in the eighth century moved me tremendously. I also was fascinated by the abbey built into the side of the mountain, wondering just how an 11th-century society could accomplish what would be considered challenging today, even with our tools, machines and computers to help map out structural soundness.
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Trip Rating:2nd time touring with collette and they certainly met my expectations. Tour guides were knowledgeable.
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Trip Rating:Renewal of wedding/marriage vows at the Holy House of Loreto, shopping in Florence
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Trip Rating:I did not like the fact that every time I called with a question about the flights, someone said I would get a call back from the ticketing team in several days. This delayed making the flight selection and the choice of seats available. One time I called, it was a week and I still had not heard from anyone. Also, when I inquired about arriving at the Cardinal Hotel in Rome 3 days before the group arrived, I was told that Collette could reserve a room at $220 a night. I went online and got it for $58 a night. We ended up making the reservation on our own directly on the Cardinal Hotel site, but then cancelled when our plans for early arrival options changed. By the way, the Cardinal Hotel was not a nice hotel. The service was poor, the bar was small and we got asked/told to move out of it twice because another Collette tour group was meeting there. The location was terrible.
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Trip Rating:Liked the tours and tour guides.
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Excellent experience
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Trip Rating:Activities and accommodations were well-planned and well-executed in Italy. Yes, I would recommend.
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Trip Rating:Excellent trip in planning and follow-through
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Trip Rating:Our guide could have been more knowledgeable about the area. Our group was steered to some restaurants that were not as good as I was expecting
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Trip Rating:I did enjoy the ciesteen chapel
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Trip Rating:Yes I would.
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Trip Rating:They deserve it.
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Trip Rating:Generally unhappy about experience with Collette Would NOT sign up with Collette again (mtgs, airline reservations,poor guides,poor daily plans,etc)
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Trip Rating:STRESS from moment we signed up for trip and thru the trip
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Trip Rating:Hotels were simply ok; beds were rock hard and pillows were wafer-thin. Breakfast was uninspired and the same day after day. The evening meals were awful. The tour manager was also rude to our priest at one point; our priest was explaining the spiritual significance of the various sites and the tour manager made it clear he was offended.
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Trip Rating:Hotels, meals and tour manager. I explained my rating in the comments in the previous section.
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Lack of communication.
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Trip Rating:The tour was very good. Our tour guide was excellent. Unknown by 5 of us on our return home was the fact that the airline cabin crews were on strike which we only found out about after rushing to our gate in Munich. Our trip leader had to get in a line for at least an hour to arrange for hotel rooms for us for the night and change tickets to a 6am flight the next morning. We understand that both Collette and the airline knew all about the strike but no one communicated this info to us.
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Trip Rating:See initial write up. Lack of communication
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Collette travel really fit my needs for my Italy trip
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Trip Rating:So many memorable places traveled. Great tour manager and bus driver. Food was wonderful. Did not have to worry about anything. The price was unbeatable.
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Trip Rating:Great travel tour company. I would highly recommend them
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Trip Rating:Loved the tour but would have liked more time in some of the churches.
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Trip Rating:Great tour. Would have liked more time in some of the churches.
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Trip Rating:provided an awesome tour guide and tour bus driver. Able to provide everything that we wanted to see and do.
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Trip Rating:Loved seeing all the beautiful cathedrals, basilicas, etc. as well as the sights in Florence Also enjoyed some of the side tours
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Trip Rating:Our tour manager Paolo and bus driver Giacomo did a great job and were a pleasure to work with.
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Trip Rating:Seeing the Pope in Vatican City was a big highlight for me.
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This was the most tiring and stressful tour I have ever taken.
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Trip Rating:Our tour took us to many interesting places. I have traveled on many land and sea tours with Grand Circle Travel. The daily pace each day on the tour with Collette was very stressful and hectic because of the very early bus departures. We had 15 minutes to eat breakfast many of the days before boarding the bus i.e. at 6:50 AM the day we were taken to see the pope in St. Peters Square, and many other days at 8 to 8:15 AM. From my past travels with GCT, I believe 8:30 AM should be the earliest bus departure time Incidentally, we were mainly seniors on this pilgrimage. The optional tour to see the Coliseum and some of the popular fountains ($99) was a disappointment. We were taken to the Coliseum where we stood with a tour guide narrating just looking at the structure in one place Upon leaving the site we were driven to the hotel without seeing and sites or fountains. A fair gesture for Collette would be to send a refund to all who took this $99 optional tour. On the plus side, our tour director Giulio and our bus driver Pio were excellent.
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Trip Rating:We saw many beautiful and memorable sites on this pilgrimage and were blessed to have such a wonderful group to enjoy them. Collette should have shown us more of Rome aside from the many churches.
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Trip Rating:Collette reps were helpful and professional assisting us with questions regarding our trip. From start to finish our trip was wonderful. Our guide Giulio was not only a pro, he was personable, extremely knowledge and truly aimed to please all. Our driver Pio was exceptional in all aspects. The only negative would be....not enough time to see all there was to see!
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Trip Rating:We certainly kept on schedule allowing us to see so much. Our tour manager was truly remarkable. Our driver, the best!
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Trip Rating:it was a wonderful experience. Loved having a free day to explore Assisi. More time was needed at St. Peter's Basilica. Wanted to walk the dome, but no free time to do it. Transport to and from the airport was a disaster. Bus driver was late 1 hour going and 2 hours returning from trip. Added stress since I had a driver waiting for me at church.
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Trip Rating:Well organized, food was very good, small group enhanced pilgrimage.
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Great tour guides and bus driver. We saw so much!
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Trip Rating:Great trip. Well paced and planned.
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Trip Rating:The shrines and the Vatican.
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Trip Rating:It was a good pilgrimage. My only suggestion is that Mass should be build in everyday.
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Trip Rating:MY favorite place was Cava de Terreni. Hope there is another day.
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Trip Rating:It was a wonderful trip. Our tour manager was wonderful, very hard working, he tried to make sure everyone got the most out of our trip.
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Trip Rating:Being able to attend several masses said by our priest, Father George. And visiting the Vatican. and seeing the Pope..
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A really great trip - everything very organized
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Trip Rating:Everything!
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Trip Rating:The Sistine Chapel, Our stop in Salerno and the Tomb of St Matthew. Our tour manager Catano was the BEST!
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An Amazing journey in Faith.
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Trip Rating:Everything went so smoothly. We were all well informed of times, places, sites, breakfasts, lunch and dinners. The places we visited were exactly what we wanted but nothing like we were expecting. They were so much more of a visual and spiritual journey. Caetano and Domenico were great. Personable, caring, friendly and seemed to enjoy our group activities when they were able to be involved.
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Trip Rating:Having Fr. George say mass at many sites including 2 monasteries and a cathedral. Getting to see the Pope and having him pass by us so closely was a sure highlight. The Sistine Chapel was simply amazing.
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Trip Rating:Everything especially Guilio, our tour guide. He was wonderful. Very knowledgeable. Very entertaining. You get a 100% on the whole trip.
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Trip Rating:Perfect from start to finish.
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Trip Rating:Yes. Very good service.
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Trip Rating:Visiting the Holy Stairs. Very spiritual experience
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Trip Rating:Great customer service overall
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Trip Rating:Everything was on time and as schedule.
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Trip Rating:our tour guide (Guillo) went over and beyond, we brought our 80 and 81 year old mothers on this trip he was amazing to them . The trip at times were a lot of walking and he did what he could for them and was always so encouraging to them!!!! Your agency is VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM!
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Trip Rating:Stunning and well done!!!
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Trip Rating:The airline experience with Collette was not satisfying, the group was split.
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Trip Rating:It was a wonderful experience, the tour manager and driver were amazing.
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Excellent ! Excellent! We saw & did so much!
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Trip Rating:Everything was so well organized! We got picked up at the airport & at the end of the trip we got dropped back. The luggage was taken to our rooms & picked up at each hotel. No worries! The hotels were very nice & the location for our site see were very Beautiful. We got to see so much in such a short time. From the moment we got up till we went to bed. Our bus drive Rafaella did and excellent job in driving the bus in such small streets. Excellent!! Our tour manager Vincenzo Giordano was so patient, kind, understand, and a world of information! These 2 gentlemen are a huge asset to your company! God Bless you all! Excellent Job! I could go on all day, but I have to go!
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Trip Rating:They were all too beautiful & I can not choose!
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Trip Rating:Driver going to airport was timely and efficient. Driver from airport on return was timely, but seemed to lack experience, drove slowly as if she didn’t know directions or maybe just a slow driver.
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Trip Rating:First the beginning flights wait time were unreasonably long. Because we (I)had no input on the airline of choice, the wait time for the Rome flight at the Philadelphia airport was 7.5 hours through American Airlines. Unreasonable! The special tour guide for the Rome events was horrible. He was to full of himself and absolutely ruined the tour through the Vatican Museum for me.
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Trip Rating:Tour guide and bus driver were beyond excellent!
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Trip Rating:Papal audience and climbing the Holy stairs on my knees
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Trip Rating:Excellent Service. I am highly satisfyed. I am 85 years of age so I do not think I will be able to make another trip. I really regret that. But your Company provides excellent service. Thanks.
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Trip Rating:Excelente!!! Grazie. I am 85 so I do not think I will be making another trip in the future. I really regret that. Thanks!!!
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Trip Rating:Had a good service from the tour manager, the driver and the accommodation from the busand hotels. There was a little complaint about the first night from the hotel cardinals, but that was only small compare to overall experience I had for that trip. If I will take another trip, I hope that our tour groups will take collette again.
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Trip Rating:I did not expect to see all the Cathedrals and tours around the southern part of Italy. very memorable to me that I can never forget all the places we went to visit. I love all the places and the information that was given to us by the tour managers in different places. All of them were very knowlegable of the history of the places we visited. I commend and appreciate all the information and the beauties of all the places we visited .No one can outdo and remove the information for all the information I gathered, it will remain in my memory till I die . I love it.
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Trip Rating:Tour Guide or Tour Manager is Excellent. Driver is Excellent. Places shown are great, interesting...I would like to come back. But...our airline sitting is the worst ever, a lot of couples in the group are separated from each other on a 10 hour flight. Assigned seats are ridiculous and when we asked the airline for us to be sitted together, we have to pay $93.00??? Collette should have done a better job on assigning seats.
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Trip Rating:Places that we visited are nice, great and interesting
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Reliable and worries-free travel
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Trip Rating:Collette offers a great service, from the Sales rep in south Florida to the processing of reservations by sales department. Information is plentiful, cost is fair, and overall hotels and tours excellent.
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Trip Rating:The Tour Manager’s Lack of professionalism and poor knowledge of the Company’s philosophy.
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Trip Rating:the places we visited were fantastic so was the service of or guide and driver, however I thought that to much was packed into the day we hardly had time for lunch or shopping and the evening meals were tasteless not the italian food we had on other trips to Italy on our own
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Trip Rating:the visit to saint Padre Pio
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Trip Rating:Too much scheduled for each day, need more time at each location to absorb the spiritual atmosphere and art work, was exhausted before end of trip. Have more optional dinners so we can discover small restaurants and enjoy local cuisine. Lunch on your own offered some opportunities to do that.
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Trip Rating:Most memorable experience was Florence, one day was not enough. Bus driver Antonio was amazing, maneuvering coach on narrow winding roads and hectic Rome traffic.Rome by night option was misleading, expected to tour the city sights instead it was an average meal.
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Trip Rating:will defiinately recommend. they picked us up at home and brought us back at the end. Very good time.Tour guide was excellent.
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Trip Rating:St.Peters square seeing the Pope.
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Trip Rating:All the hotels for breakfast did not prepare the eggs for human consumption -under cook; very watery . Very young, inexperience help concerns me about the virus that developed that effective half of the group. VERY SCARIE .
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Trip Rating:the tour was excellent for all sights
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Good for Introductory Travel
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Trip Rating:I find the collette office difficult to deal with at best, from my very first trip 5 years ago. I try to avoid the office at all cost. Andrew Baldinin our local rep is great!
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Trip Rating:The tour was great! We were unfortunately combined with another group, most of whom did not respect time issues and were frequently late delaying the entire trip. This is my 5th trip and the value for the money seems to be decreasing, less included meals and tours - they try to "market" this as giving the traveler more free time, but when you are in a foreign county and don't speak the language free time is not necessarily the best. Don't even think about trying to upgrade your airfare, Collette charges an excessive amount, you're better to do land only if you don't want to fly economy.
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Great value for all accommodations , special tours and sights !
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Trip Rating:Great trip , accommodations very good and pace of trip good for me . Wonderful time and memories. Driver of bus and tour guide excellent!
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Trip Rating:Excellent values with high quality treatment from Collette staff
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You took care of every detail perfectly!
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Trip Rating:Every aspect of our trip was taken care for us! What a joy not to have to deal with any details! Loved our tour guides, all the places we visited, and the awesome restaurants! Thank you so much!
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Trip Rating:I loved visiting the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel!
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Trip Rating:Excellent. Could not have been better.
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Trip Rating:Was a trip of a lifetime!
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Trip Rating:I have worked with Collette for over 15 years. The accommodations, meals and guides are always great.
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Trip Rating:Our tour manager and driver were fantastic.
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When in Rome!
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Trip Rating:The whole tour was awesome! Local guides changed some of our schedules which caused us to rush and miss a few things. Overall, a life changing experience.
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Trip Rating:Rushed through on one day. Plenty of options during alone time. A lot of ideas and options given by tour guide. Tour Guide over and beyond. So full of knowledge, patient and always smiling. She went way out of her way to make sure everybody was where they were suppose to be when they were supposed to be.
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Trip Rating:Excellent.
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Trip Rating:All of them were fantastic.
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Personally prefer to have a female main tour guide, they give more info.
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Trip Rating:I enjoyed the Basilicas we visited as this my first Pilgrimage. I’ve traveled to Italy with Collette before to two other locations.
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Trip Rating:The most I’ve paid for a European tour of 10 days, eight actually due to flight in and out. Hotels were 3 1/2 - 4 stars I would say. We had a last minute ( 5 ) day change in Assisi for our hotel stay. Assisi and Padre pio made an impression.
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Trip Rating:Heather V. was great and payed attention to every detail. She spent time with everyone to get to know them and was outstanding on the tour. This was my first Collette trip, and I look forward to future trips.
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Trip Rating:Heather V. made the trip great. We loved it.
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What an inspirational trip and a great tour guide Savio
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Trip Rating:The trip was so inspirational and a great tour guide Savio
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Trip Rating:The local flair of Italy. Each day had something special.
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Trip Rating:Employees were courteous and efficient on telephone
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Trip Rating:Not enough rooms for single guests, too many activities crammed into each day, and not enough time to do activities on own.
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Would use again!!
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Trip Rating:Our tour guide, Marta Adamo, was superb!! She always made sure everyone was accounted for and had such a sweet, funny personality.
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Trip Rating:The tour was great, but exhausting. One day off in the middle of the tour would have helped. Needed a little rest.
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Trip Rating:I loved everything about my trip! It was great:) Yes, I would use Collette again!
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Trip Rating:I had no complaints! It was all my favorite...if I had one complaint it might be that I would have liked to spend more time in certain areas.
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Trip Rating:Excellent, we will be happy to come back.
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Trip Rating:Excellent tour guide and the transport
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Trip Rating:There was a significant number of people in our group, that while up in years (74+), they were still very mobile, yet the guide hurriedly moved on with little consideration of any difficulties being experienced by them to keep up with her.
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Trip Rating:Seeing the Vatican and especially St. Peter's
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need to collaborate with group on what they expect from the tour beforehand
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Trip Rating:handled our group with care, but we should have been advised we could make changes to our itinerary. very disappointed in the inability to spend time at the Pompeii ruins when we were literally at the entrance.
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Trip Rating:Florence was beautiful, but I was disappointed with our visit to Pompeii. The buffet food in the Assisi hotel was terrible. Overall, the food on the tour was uninspiring.
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Go collette
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Trip Rating:our tour guide my first and last dinner,all the beautiful churches every one was so pleasant great trip
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Trip Rating:seeing the pope. rome at night the music,food and gelato
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Trip Rating:The tour covered all of the major attractions and then some. I’d definitely recommend Collette to those who want a professionally guided tour of Italy’s attractions.
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Trip Rating:The beautiful mountain shrine’s were exceptionally beautiful and inspiring
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Well worth the cost
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Trip Rating:Well organized. Great tour guide. Great accommodations and food. Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in seeing Italy
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Trip Rating:Favorite experience was the papal audience. Also the museums and the colosseum . However, the trip was presented as moderate walking, whereas in actuality it was strenuous walking
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Not for the weak of heart
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Trip Rating:More information given at introductory talk, regarding extreme walking conditions. Was a very fast vacation. Traveling on the buses , lunchtime was hurried and stops did not offer variety in good nutrition. Unsafe walking paths to hotels after visiting monastery.
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Trip Rating:Did see beautiful churches
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Trip Rating:the ca at times said they were going to take care of changes and I have to keep tabs on them.
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Trip Rating:Pompei, but I have to say i was surprise that the admission for Pompei was not include in the tour package pricing.This is a sugestion Florence should have at least 2 night stay so much to see so little time...
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Trip Rating:YES
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Trip Rating:VATICAN CITY AND MUSEUM GREAT
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Great tour for someone in excellent physical shape.
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Trip Rating:I felt the tour was very nice and visited some beautiful sites. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and very helpful. The only problem I had was that the literature said the tour was moderate walking. It was much more than moderate. There were a lot of steps and sometimes you were under a time constraint that did not allow enough time to see sites at your own pace.
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Trip Rating:Being at the Vatican and seeing Pope Francis
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I have taken 2 trips with collette and got my money’s worth.
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Trip Rating:I know that I saw things I would never have seen on my own. Wonderful tour guides
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Trip Rating:Our tour guide was kind and knowledgeable. Got us great seats to see Pope Francis
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Trip Rating:The guide was very good but the tour was too busy. I would have preferred either a longer trip or ;less attraction in order to enjoy what I was seeing
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Trip Rating:very informative and helpful
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Trip Rating:Our tour guide made everything work like clockwork-we never had to wait for hotel check in-we were at places on time, everything was explained clearly, things were ready-and we had a primo experience. Our guide was Mariangelo. I would love to take another trip with her.
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Trip Rating:Rome tours,tours to all the shrines, etc.
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Our tour guide almost outshone the sites of Italy!
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Trip Rating:Pre tour info was very good. Our special requests for flights were done. Everything arrived on time. Our guide Mariangela was terrific
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Trip Rating:The food and our guide Ms. Carozzi
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I might go back to Italy again, great time, had a great experience.
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Trip Rating:I was happy with the guide's leadership. We got into places faster, and learned the history of that place without any hassles. Any problems with a traveler was taken care of and we didn't have to worry. Our guide was very professional and everyone had a great time. I will travel with Collette again. From: Darlene
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Trip Rating:I was happy with the tour. I will travel with Collette again.
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Trip Rating:The tour was very nice and the guides were excellant. I think that it needs to be emphasized more that it is for someone fairely active. We had many elderly people and so there were falls and many who couldn’t participate. The hotels were not very good and did not deserve to have a 4 star rating. The beds most of the time were like sleeping on a floor. Also one of the hotels the staff at the hotel was very rude.
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Trip Rating:I explained in earlier comment
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Trip Rating:Collette was responsive to our requests and their representatives were great to work with. The tour manager was outstanding! He made the trip awesome! I would recommend Collette to others.
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Trip Rating:Awesome experience! The Catholic themed locations were exactly what we were looking for. The tour manager and bus driver were outstanding!
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Trip Rating:Excellent service from Collette! Their travel documents were very detailed and helpful. The tour manager was wonderful and very knowledgeable. However, we didn't know anything about tipping our tour manager and bus driver. Otherwise, everything was great and we had a fun time.
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Trip Rating:Loved the pace of the tour and enjoyed the tour manager's experience and help.
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Excellent
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Trip Rating:It was a wonderful experience. If there were any negatives it was the heat which Collette could not do anything about and the unavailability of our room when we arrived. We had asked for early arrival accommodations, even one room so the young ones could change to swim suits and enjoy the pool. This did not happen nor was the restaurant open. The Collette part of the tour was excellent. Our guide was knowledgable, kind and funny. I would highly recommend you.
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Trip Rating:I would say the monastery at Montocassino was the most impressive to me although every part of this tour was impressive. All these shrines had their own special aspect.
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Great Religious Experience
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Trip Rating:****** our tour manager was very good and very very knowledgeable. Sites we visited were exceptional.
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Trip Rating:****** our tour manager was very knowledgeable and shared her experiences with all on the tour. Sites visited were exceptional.
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Disappointment with arrival at the Rome Airport
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Trip Rating:I specifically asked the agent in Cleveland if there would be anyone else on my flight. He told me he could not tell me that. It turned out that there were several fellow travelers from Atlanta on my flight. Also, there was no one at the Rome airport to meet me and take me to the hotel. Had it not been for the Rome Airport attendant, I would not have found the group from Atlanta. I was in panic mode and did not have an emergency phone number. I was ready to take a cab to Hotel Columbus.
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Trip Rating:The Papal Audience and St Pio were the major reasons I wanted to take the tour. I also liked visiting the other tour cities and the Churches were wonderful; however, some of the tour days were too fast paced, especially the last day. We visited 4 Churches and the Colosseum side trip in one day - it was too rushed, not to mention lunch was rushed. Some of the meals left a lot to be desired. The first meal at Satiricus Restaurant was great. In general, the hotel meals were good. The farewell dinner was so so - nothing spectacular. I liked Hotel Columbus because of it's location near the Vatican. Hotel Scapolatiello was the best; however, we had to lug our carry on baggage up steep steps. Our tour manager, did find a way to take the road down to the bus rather than taking the steps the next morning. I was under the impression that all baggage transfers were included on this tour. I think the museum (Florence) and the Vatican and Church tour guides were knowledgeable; however, after the first 10 minutes of construction dates and more dates - I tuned out. In other words, more practical items of interest would have been nice and more time to explore the Vatican and Churches on our own would have been great. Finally, we were at the Church across the street from the steps Christ went up to talk to Pontius Pilot; however, the steps were not on the tour route - a disappointment. All in all, I am glad I took the tour. I also got to make new friends from Atlanta also.
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The pilgrimage was wonderful,but we don't have enough time to explore.
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Trip Rating:Schedules was tight.
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Trip Rating:The very memorable experience on that pilgrimage was when visited the places that was not in our itinerary , it was a bonus and we all loved it, thanks to our tour manager.
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Trip Rating:The tour was excellent! !!! Dan , our tour guide was AMAZING and he made the traveling time fly by talking about our surroundings and stories. He really made the trip AWESOME . The service was EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THAT AMAZING EXPERIENCE
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Trip Rating:Definitely the audience with the Pope and the Vatican. That day was THE BEST
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Wonderful reflective pilgrimage
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Trip Rating:We actually booked our tour through Catholic Tours in Ohio. Mr & Mrs Adair worked directly with Collette Tours to book our trip. Our experience with Collette Tours after initial booking was excellent. Look forward to booking another tour someday with Collette. Only comment about a possible improvement involves a little more information regarding money and credit cards. I did try to get information via the 800 # but the information was not usefull.
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Trip Rating:Very Busy but greatly enjoyed the pilgrimage. I appreciated the added stop to Lanciano to see the Eucharistic Miracle. That same day we visited the Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto. That was definately my most memorable day...seeing Pope Francis up close and personal is at the top of my list also. I was disappointed that we were not allowed in the Colosseum due to a large group of students that entered....we did get a discount for the day but still disappointing.
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Trip Rating:I had a great time
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Trip Rating:Our tour manager Tony was a great guide.
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