Help with excursions

[mjmalino]

We are on a 12-night med from Venice to Barcelona in June (6 of us, 4 adults, 2 kids, ages 11 and 10). We will be stopping in the following ports: Kusadasi, Athens, Mykonos, Istanbul, Naples, Rome, Livorno, and Monte Carlo. In an effort to be a little budget conscious, we would are considering doing some of the ports DIY. My question is which ports, if any, would it be beneficial to actually do a tour, either ship sponsored or private, as opposed to DIY?

[Captain Canuck]

nice to have a guide to explain what you are seeing...same is true of the others but with a little preperation you can do them all on your own...search these boards with the name of each port and you should find lots of advice..upper tool bar third from the right..use the show posts button

[CathyCruises]

I have done all of those ports. I think you need to do an escorted trip in Naples (Amalfi Coast and Pompeii, to get it all in) and Kusadasi (Ephesus). The rest are easy and inexpensive to do on your own.

 

Cathy

[Pat47]

Hi Scuba, don't forget to ask your guide to show you Borghese Gallery

[samavarcruiser]

1) Istanbul

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=924122&highlight=istanbul+tours

2) Naples

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=937345&highlight=naples+tours

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http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=929536&highlight=naples+tours

3) Rome & Livorno

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=943424&highlight=rome+tours

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http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=915838&highlight=rome+tours

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http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=932826&highlight=rome+florence

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http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=910668&highlight=rome+florence

4) Monaco and Nice

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=903085&highlight=montecarlo+tours

[mjmalino]

Thank you for all your help!

[mjmalino]

Has anyone taken a tour in Rome through a company called "Enjoy Rome"? I read about them from Rick Steves and was wondering about them.

[Raysha]

We had a wonderful tour experience in Naples, Rome,

and Livorno this past summer. We were cruising and the

private tours actually made the cruise secondary.

We used easitalytours.com. Max (owner) is

phenomenal...set us up to be met at the ship at all three

ports...The guides were second to none..such delightful and

knowledgeable people..There were four of us and his prices

sure beat anything the ship could offer..plus we got to see

so much more. Our tours "made" our trip! Our ship

had to be re-routed one day and we had no contact with him

(ship email was down), but his guide was there waiting when

we had to port at a different port...and Max personally

called each day to make sure things were going good for

us..Outstanding service. Absolutely not one complaint!