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Alice L

Alice L

USA

May102011

Tour/Activity

Seine River Cruise and Paris Canals Tour

Paris, France

My Rating
4 star rating: Recommended

My Review

The canal tour was an interesting way to see other places in Paris. The tour was especially interesting to my friends who have never seen locks before. I myself really enjoyed the 1.36 miles underground waterway tour, which I've never experienced before.

May092011

Tour/Activity

Seine River Cruise and Paris Illuminations Tour

Paris, France

My Rating
4 star rating: Recommended

My Review

I don't know if I might have missed it, but I thought the Illiuminations Tour would have allowed us to at least get off at the Eiffel Tower to take pictures at night, but that didn't happen, but we did enjoy the Seine River Cruise, which was fun and a relaxing way to see the sights, and the cruise guy even sang a French song, which sounded very nice, even though I don't understand French!

May082011

Tour/Activity

Paris to Bruges Day Trip

Paris, France

My Rating
4 star rating: Recommended

My Review

We had a great time touring Bruges. The tour guide spoke excellent English. I was told Paris Vision, where this tour was organized, has the best English speaking guides. We really enjoyed our walking tour and cruise, though would have preferred a longer time to have lunch and do some shopping. We had to rush thru' lunch and rush thru' buying Belgium Chocolates at only one shop, and didn't have time to visit a few more of the shops. Overall however, we really enjoyed the day trip to Bruges, it's a beautiful place!

May062011

Tour/Activity

Montparnasse Tower 56th Floor Observation Deck

Paris, France

My Rating
3 star rating: Worth doing

My Review

We were quite disappointed that the roof was under renovation, so we couldn't go up there to take pictures.

May062011

Tour/Activity

Paris L'Open Hop-On-Hop-Off Tour

Paris, France

My Rating
4 star rating: Recommended

My Review

We bought the two-day pass, and really enjoyed visiting all the famous sights. I did find that one driver did not stop at all the stops, and by the time I asked him to stop, he said wait for the next one, which was like a mile away! In Rome, the driver stopped at every single stop! When he didn't stop at one place we wanted to see, we had to wait for the bus to do the entire route before getting back to the spot where we want to get off, that sure wasted some time! Overall however, we had a great time touring Paris on the HOHO bus.

Feb272010

Tour/Activity

Florence City Hop-on Hop-off Tour

Florence, Italy

My Rating
4 star rating: Recommended

My Review
Unlike the Rome Viator hop on hop off bus, we find that there's a few things the Florence bus could definitely improve on. The various stops need to be more clearly designated on the ticket voucher. Unlike the Rome Tour, certain stops did not have a specific location, e.g. in front of X cafe, or a street address. We got to Florence around 1015am the day of the tour and had already missed several buses that stop at the SMN train station. So we walked to Duomo, but the area around Duomo does not allow vehicles, so we had no idea where the bus stop was. I called the tour guide shown on the voucher, and I was advised the line is no longer in service. Thank goodness a local who spoke excellent English actually walked us to a tour bus stop! We took Tour A, and to be fair, there are stops where it is clearly identified on the voucher, but for the ones that include three places, like the Duomo stop which included Duomo, S. Giovanni and S. Lorenzo, clearer designations will be much better! The signs at the various stops need to be clearer and bigger. It will be nice if the signs are like the ones in Rome, which were big and easily identifiable, with the color of the bus as a background. Other than the above two items, once we got onto the bus, the tour was just as great as the one in Rome, which we all truly enjoyed.

Feb252010

Tour/Activity

Rome Hop-on Hop-off Double Decker Bus Tour

Rome, Italy

My Rating
5 star rating: Highly Recommended

My Review
We had a great time visiting Rome for the first time using this bus tour! Each stop was clearly marked, and most importantly all the stops were clearly designated for the visitor on the voucher, e.g. in front of certain cafe. It was very easy to find the stops, and the bus was very clean and the audio was great! I did some homework and matched Rome's top 10 sites to the bus route, and even if the bus didn't stop right in front, the site was close enough to walk to and enjoy. I have already recommended this tour to friends, and will definitely use Viator to plan my London and Paris trip next year!

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