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Cheryl P

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Dec282012

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Rome Walking Tour and Cooking Class

Rome, Italy

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5 star rating: Highly Recommended

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We had so much fun!!!
We spent four days in Rome and the cooking class at "That's Amore" was definitely the highlight of our visit.
The walking tour was fine, gave us a sense of the area and a quick visit to the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain - but cooking with our small group (6 people) and Fernando in the middle of the restaurant was just so much fun!
Fernando taught us how to make three different pasta noodles from scratch, cavatelli, ravioli and with any mistakes we made linguini. :-)
This was not a boring class, we visited, laughed and had a blast through the whole thing - the ravioli pasta was so long we had to stretch out the door into the street. Random people stopped to snap our picture - ha!
Once the pasta was done it was wisked into the kitchen where it magically turned into three fantastic dishes, which of course we ate - along with a couple bottles of wine and scrumptious dessert and coffee.
We will cherish the memories from this afternoon forever!

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Dec272012

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Small-Group Ancient Rome and Colosseum Tour: Underground Chambers, Arena and Upper Tier

Rome, Italy

My Rating
5 star rating: Highly Recommended

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Wonderful - so worth spending the extra money for this tour!
Small group with red-haired Rossana as our guide was fantastic - she was very knowledgeable about the area and history.
It was incredible being below the colosseum floor where the gladiators waited for battle, then high above on the top tier with panoramic views of the Forum and Palatine Hill.
Because this tour takes you where most of the public doesn't get to go, you really see, hear and feel the colosseum in a different way than most.
This tour lasted almost four hours but felt like four minutes - the time flew by.
If you can - TAKE THIS TOUR!

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Oct292011

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3-Day Italy Trip: Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento and Capri

Rome, Italy

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5 star rating: Highly Recommended

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Great tour! Guides were well informed and friendly. Loved the hotel in Sorrento, gorgeous location and lovely rooms. The day trip to Capri and the afternoon in Pompeii were the highlights.
This tour was well worth it!!!!
The only negative was Naples and having to wait an hour in Naples on the return trip for other groups to join us, could lift Naples out and it would have been better.
The return shuttle in Rome left us off two blocks from our hotel instead of at our hotel, which wasn't awesome since we had luggage and it was late at night.
But overall we were happy with the tour.