Awesome tour company! Carlotta designed a bespoke tour for…read moreour wants - it was fabulous. And so reasonably priced. Highly recommended.

We planed a one day tour for our first full day in Milan. We connected with Tiziana Lo Castro and…read morehad a fabulous 1/2 day tour. We started with the Monumental Cemetery near the AC Hotel Milano by Marriott where we were staying. There were an amazing number of statues from VIPs and their families buried there over the last 300 years. Tiziana had many stories about the various Italian families and individual who were buried there. We then flit about Milan walking through the fashion district (seeing many beautiful people) and ended up near the Duomo. She shared quite a bit about Italian history and the city. We enjoyed our time together.

My friend and I had an amazing tour with Alice. She is patient, knowledgeable and experienced. She…read moretook us on tours to see "hidden gems " of Milan. The things that we saw and learned about would have not been discovered on our own.

We spent two great afternoons touring with Micaela on Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta. Our tours were…read moreprivate and personalized. Micaela booked our boats and amazing lunches, then led us on fun, informative tours of Isola Bella, Isola Madre, and Orta San Giulio. Micaela's knowledge of the history, art, and gardens is amazing- we definitely recommend!!

We were only visiting Stresa for two days and really wanted to make the most of our limited time…read more From several past trips to Italy, we have found hiring a local guide to be an excellent way to maximize the time and get the most of your vacation and Macaela ranks near the top of the many guides we've used in Rome, Tuscany, Positano and throughout wine regions of Italy. We found her online (here) and are so glad we did. Her English is top notch and communications with her by email for booking was very easy. She offers a number of tour options from full or half-day trips, with or without private boat transfers. We ended up booking the full day excursion with private boat transfers and were SO glad. With the private boat-there was absolutely no waiting to go from island to island as our captain Allesandro was always ready to go when we arrived (having been alerted by Michaela at just the right moment to come by for us). By the way, the typical boat seats 30 and is covered but was dedicated just for the two of us. This is an option- you can hire her without private boat but then you rely on the ferries and have to deal with the crowds. Even though the temperature was soaring into the 90s we had a wonderful day. It started with her meeting us in the lobby of our hotel that fronted the lake and we simply crossed the street to the lake where the boat was waiting and we headed out to our first island -Isola Bella. Machaela is versed in history, art and botany (some) and we spent 2 hours touring the palace and gardens-so much better than a canned audio tour. She gave us the full history of the Borromeo family, important historical events, discussed the art and identified all the interesting plants and trees throughout the day. Next we headed over to Isola Pescatori (fisherman island) for a stroll through town then a couple hours free time for lunch. She guided us past some of the more tourist spots and recommended several of the better places. We had a great lunch at Ristorante Belvedere. After lunch it was on to the third island, Isola Madre and a tour through the botanical gardens, renaissance villa and some time visiting the colorful peacocks and pheasants. We headed back to the hotel around 3:30, were dropped off in the same spot just across the street, made payment to Michaels (cash only, at the trips end) and headed in to jump in the pool. A perfect day.

Sergio and his son run the tour group. They are the best. The tour was so much fun. We saw so much…read moreof Lake Como we wouldn't otherwise see. Highly recommend.

From the owner: Il nostro modo di visitare la città è diverso da qualsiasi altro, perché prevede l'utilizzo di…read moreeBike (bici elettriche a pedalata assistita) con montato un iPad e cuffie bluetooth che permettono di visitare la città, la sua storia e i suoi monumenti e piazze mediante una spiegazione audio e testo in 6 lingue. Il nostro è un modo innovativo di vedere la città di Como, primo ed unico nel suo genere! - Our way to visit the city is different from any other because we provide eBikes (electric bikes) with an iPad mounted on it and Bluetooth headphones that will give you the possibility to visit the city, its history, monuments and squares with an audio description in 6 languages. Ours is a innovative way to see the city of Como, first and unique int it's genre.

Went on a saturday afternoon and did the self guided tour which is really looking at the museum of…read morethe chocolate factory. A lot of old tins, molds and tools. I am not the biggest fan of tours. Tours of anything seem to go push my patience so I would save your 2 Euros and just go to the store. Buy pounds upon pounds of chocolate. Minus one star because I asked an employee where something is and she couldn't seem to multi task though I think she understood the question. I ended up leaving still not knowing where a chocolate variety was. They have a few varieties to try. The chocolate is excellent. The solid bar that's coffee flavor is wonderful! And take a picture with the red and white cow statues out front! Accepts Swiss francs and Euros.

Absolutely brilliant personal tour with Giacomo today. Easy to arrange and cover payment, great…read morecommunication before the tour and then we met up on time at the right spot. There was no communication boundary at all, Giacomo was friendly and personable. Giacomo and I spent three packed hours together touring the best spots in Milan including the Sforza Castle, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the Duomo and more. Along the way, interesting sights were pointed out that I would otherwise have completely missed. We did not stop for lunch or snacks, but the best restaurants and little grocery spots were pointed out including the gelato at Ciacco and the cheese at Peck. I had an absolutely fantastic time and rate this as five stars. [Review 10687 overall, 455 of 2019.]

My husband and I had only 2 days in Milan en-route to Cyprus and boy did we make the most of our…read moretrip! Thanks to Giacomo and his wonderful tour of the city, we felt so much more satisfied with the little time we had in Italy and enjoyed it so much more. When he first told me the WALKING tour was 3 hours, I thought, wow, is that nearly enough time to see the city on foot and thankfully it was. Just enough to see the castle, the famous Brera district, the City Center, and lastly the Duomo cathedral. Giacomo kept us highly entertained with his skillful knowledge of the city, it's rich history, it's current status and even tips on where and what to eat to get the FULL cultural experience of Milan. We were jet lagged and probably not the best guests, but he was a great communicator.... kind, friendly, great English, good listener. He even asked us which metrics we prefer for him to use! If you want to have a very PERSONAL tour experience and leave a city knowing so much more than a book or article can offer, I'd highly recommend Giacomo's Milan Tours company. We kept walking by the larger tour groups with their headphones and flags and thought, wow, why pay the same amount for such a lesser experience?!?!? I will be using Giacomo and/or his colleages again. Perhaps when we come back home through Milan to go to Lake Como.

Really cool experience to stop at during your ski day. You can even stay overnight there as well in…read morean ice room! They have a sauna and steam room, serve dinner and drinks, and amazing views.

My son said it was the best hot chocolate he has ever had! Thank you such a beautiful place and…read moreview

Wow! All I can say is that this is an absolute must do if you are visiting Lake Como!! We did this…read moreprivate boat tour of the lake for an hour on the day we arrived and it was the best part of the whole trip. The boat is gorgeous, we were greeted with champagne. And got to explore the lake and see all the different villas. Our driver didn't speak the best English but he was so sweet and took so many great photos of us and play THE BEST MUSIC!!! 10/10 experience. It is pricey, but worth every penny.

These guys were amazing and professional. We had a fantastic experience. We were in Italy…read morecelebrating my parents 50 wedding anniversary. Taxi boat Varenna really did it up right. Everything from the wood trimmed boat, chilled prosecco, to the Andrea Bocelli sings playing in the background. It was truly an amazing experience. Luca was funny and informative and balances out the right amount of commentary to go along with our 1hour tour. I highly recommend and thank them for a great experience.