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Jun122011
Tour/Activity
Venice Gondola Ride and Serenade with Dinner
Venice, Italy
My Rating

As a solo traveller I chose to take this package rather than pay for a gondola myself - which is expensive. The Gondola ride was nice, but a bit of a batch job about 6 Gondolas leaving at once, and keeping close to the gondola with the serenader. It was nice to see Venice from the water/canals.
The restaurant was lovely, and the food great - although one criticism was that we were left to find the restaurant ourselves after the gondolar ride, We got a bit lost which wasted some time. Would be nice to have a map or better information on how to get to the restaurant.
Jun112011
Tour/Activity
Skip the Line: Venice Walking Tour with St Mark's Basilica
Venice, Italy
My Rating

Nice to see inside the Basilica and skip the line. Hard for me to rate the walking tour as it was in the poring rain - but it still at least gave me a bit of an orientation of Venice. Our guide spoke very good English.
Jun022011
Tour/Activity
Florence Cooking Course and Local Market Visit
Florence, Italy
My Rating

Unfortunately being a public holiday the markets were closed so we just had the cooking course part of the day. The course was excellent. The chefs were a lot of fun, and we learnt a lot of new things. After making our 6 dishes, we sat down to eat it all with a glass of wine in a lovely restaurant underneath the cooking class. It was a great day, and a nice respite from the tourist crowds in Florence.
May312011
Tour/Activity
Skip the Line: Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor Walking Tour
Florence, Italy
My Rating

Bit disappointed in this tour. We got to the skip the line in Uffiize Gallery but I didn't feel we got to see much of it. It was very crowded, and our guide just selected a few paintings that she talked in too much detail about. Her English was also a bit difficult to understand, so made listening also very tiring. It was good however to see the Vasari Corridor, something that can't be done independently.
May082011
Tour/Activity
Versailles and Giverny Day Trip
Paris, France
My Rating

The time spent at Monet's Garden was great, lots of time to walk around and explore. The restaurant stop at the old mill was in a great location, and a delcious meal. Versailles Palace was very crowded so I didn't enjoy the inside tour (although still good to see the ornate rooms), but enjoyed walking around the grounds. It would have been good to have more time in the garden at Versailles.
May072011
Tour/Activity
Paris Pass
Paris, France
My Rating

Hassle free way of getting around the metro and entry to museums - including quick entry to the Louvre (go first thing in the morning). Don't know if I got my money's worth, but just the convenience of having the card to get around the metro hassle free was worth it.




