Thriving Centers of Italy and France: Best of Rome and Paris Tour

We had a short but action-packed week: three nights in Rome and four nights in Paris. Our Zicasso travel specialist was terrific to work with, very responsive in planning and execution. Accommodations, guides, and activities were all first class and well balanced. We saw all the appropriate sites (Vatican, Colosseum, Louvre, Versailles, Eiffel Tower) and had some great alternative activities (Vespa sidecar tour, cooking and bakery classes, Paris sewer tour!). VIP service at the airports was a game changer. We'll be back.

We had the absolute best vacation and loved working with Zicasso’s travel specialist. The trip exceeded our expectations and everything was so easy on our end. Our drivers were fantastic and always on time.

Our guides for private tours of Pompeii and the Vatican Museums (including the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica) were knowledgeable, friendly, spoke excellent English, and we never had to wait in extended queues.

The hotels selected worked perfectly for our family, with wonderful locations in Sorrento and Rome.

Our travel specialist was always quick to reply to our questions and truly planned a vacation we will never forget. We will use this her again when we return!

We very much enjoyed our recent 15-day trip to Italy. Accommodations were comfortable and clean, and in good locations with a nice breakfast provided. All drivers were professional, polite, and on time.

The tour guides provided to the Colosseum/Forum, Vatican Museum, Borghese Gallery, Uffizi Gallery, and Accademia Gallery were all excellent and knowledgeable. We also appreciate the recommendations for restaurants near the hotel in Rome. All were excellent.

We felt that overall there was a good balance of planned activities and free time.

Our 16-day trip through Venice, Florence, Tuscany, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast, and Rome was outstanding in every detail. Every transfer ran on time, every guide was knowledgeable and warm, and every hotel was a great choice.

Our favorites were the private lagoon boat trip in Venice, the Brunello wine and cheese tour, the pasta class at a Tuscan farm, Pompeii, the Capri cruise, and the Vatican tour. We couldn’t have asked for better planning or support. We highly recommend Zicasso's travel company.

Our trip was short but fantastic and well coordinated by Zicasso's travel company. Zicasso's travel specialist thoughtfully sought to meet our trip goals and did so.

The hotels had the perfect location in Rome and Sorrento and totally met our expectations. The private tour leaders for the Vatican and the Colosseum were fabulous, as were our drivers. We also had the right amount of unplanned time to explore parts of each city.

Our trip back to Rome to fly home included a side trip to Pompeii and lunch in a winery recommended by our driver. It was perfect.

This was possibly the best trip of my life!

Once I arrived in Venice and put myself in the hands of Zicasso’s tour company, I was supremely well taken care of.

I left my passport on the plane, so I was held up in the airport for probably two hours. This was the first time I used the emergency number (or the chat app). The communication was answered immediately and we were able to let my first guide know I was being held up. I thought the first person who helped me was just someone to get me to the hotel, but she was also a guide in the sense that she described many of the things we saw on the way to the hotel. A very pleasant and gracious guide who made sure also that I was prepared for where to be the next day. It was a very great first experience of the tour company’s service.

Throughout this adventure, the guides were outstanding, the hotels were located practically on top of the interesting sites (especially in Rome) and very pleasant to be in.

Also, I continued to use the emergency number or the chat app multiple times. They were very responsive, very pleasant, and perfectly helpful each time. I don't know if I was high-maintenance compared to other clients the tour company has had, but though I felt like it in my mind, I was treated completely graciously each time.

I loved every destination and I loved having a structured tour, combined with a good portion of free time to explore on my own. Perfect.

I was very well guided on each travel day, being met by drivers to drop me off and to pick me up, and the train travel was very fun.

I think there was only one guide who I thought was just going through the motions, but all the other guides were the height of professionalism. I loved being met by our guides at Doge's Palace, which was absolutely outstanding. Walking around old Florence was great fun! The drive out to San Gimignano and Siena was well-planned and well-guided! In Rome, the guide who took us to the Colosseum and Palatine Hill was outstanding, and it was a great outing. (I had also already pretty much visited all the sights since my hotel was practically in the middle of it all.)

The trip to the Vatican was a whole other story. Unfortunately, I forget that guide's name. This guide was also excellent—entertaining, informative, approachable, and professional. The trip to the Amalfi Coast was a long train ride, followed by a very long car ride, but it was worth it. What a beautiful setting! My trip to Capri was absolutely fulfilling and I was a little sad to say goodbye to the guide—we connected with him so well. The next day was our boat tour from Sorrento to Amalfi and Positano. I absolutely enjoyed being guided by our guides! On the way back after that beautiful excursion, we were just cruising along the water, 1970s music playing, wind rushing by and I had a peak moment of happiness. Truly.

This trip was as if the tour company had read my mind and provided even more than I had imagined. I come away deeply grateful.