Vienna to Rome Trail Standard 2025-26 (Classic) - 9 Days

Customer reviews & ratings

• My guide and driver were awesome! You need more of Claire and Will! Booking was easy, although I used a flight agent. I could see everything on the website. FTAs were really great.

  Charles Wilkinson Feb, 2020 Verified

• Good trip, fast paced though. Great trip manager/driver, very helpful and welcoming even when we joined an already started trip. I'm familiar with the operator and other similar companies, so I kinda knew what to expect. I decided to give a try being a modular trip, I personally don't mind as my goal was not really to bond with the whole group, I took a tour as it was easier to move around between counties in a short time. But it's definitely different, as people have already 8 days bonding together so you can't be really be part of any of the small groups already created. There's no introduction with the whole group, you just join at a dinner (again, I don't mind as I'm not really into the "introduction games" that are usually on the coach when a trip starts, so this was good for me) but might be people that would like to know the whole group and have an ""official" intro. Having more time in cities would be good, as you spent many time on the bus and arrive late to cities (specially in winter, it's already dark) and sometimes have to leave the next morning. I'd prefer to leave very early (you can then sleep in the bus anyway) than to leave until 9:00 am, lose the day in the bus and arrive until is almost dark to the next destination. I'm a morning person, not a party one. Most cities visited were good, places to visit, included activities (except for the one in Slovenia- Ljubljana, a few hours in a city, at night, should not count as a country stop), hotel was far, needed too take a taxi back. It said it included a little walking tour, which we didn't do, as everyone else was doing the optional activity and they will know the city during it. But I didn't, so I was just drop-off to the center. Having more included activities would be good, the "best" ones are the add-ons, and still if you don't do them there's no always other options to use that time. The salt mine in Krakow, you'd have to wait in the bus if you decide not to to do it. In Slovenia, I did not do the add-on activity and just walked around town, which is small and at night when we arrived there's no much to do, and have to make your way back. Venice, I did not do the optional either, and even when I loved the city, after 7pm there's nothing else to do but to wait the people that did do the activity because we have t leave the island as a group. In Rome, you do not see the Vatican nor Colosseum as it mentions, it depends what day you arrive. In my your we did not go to the vatican and the colosseum we did not see it as it mentions in included activities. If you want to pay as add-on, to enter, that is until the last day at 9:30 am, it is worth it (however that's the day when this tour ends and were no planned activities, so some people already had flights that day and were not able to go. Good local guided at concentration camp and Budapest. Perfect/enough free time in Budapest and Venice (other cities not enough in my opinon). Loved that we have free wifi on the bus to plan your day on next destination. Did not like (and that's every tour) that you don't really get to see first and last city listed (and it counts as a country). you need and additional night before and after if want to know the city, on your own. I'd like you have "medical masks" for people who are sick, as they cough and sometimes don't cover their mouth, or even of the do if would help to prevent germs. People already in the trip have been sick for a week, so new people get sick almost immediately. Please improve accommodation, multiple share is already a down for me (double share is best), there's no room keys for everyone, some hotels are far from the center, very small rooms (the one in Krakow- Ibis hostel was double share and still suitcases barely fit, shower in inside the room, not inside the bathroom, and door is transparent, so how do you shower with the other person in the room?! awkward). No soap in Budapest hotel (I feel soap for washing your hands is kinda basic) I'm not 35 yet, but this is not my way of traveling anymore I guess, fast paced, parties, multi share hostels. So might be my last tour. Before and after my tour, I traveled by myself, and Europe is very travel-friendly, so I do recommend going by yourself if you don't feel like partying and staying in hostels.

  Anonymous Jan, 2020 Verified