Everything was perfect! The hotels, and the ...
Italy
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Oct 12 - Oct 20, 2026
Everything was perfect! The hotels, and the tour guides and even the drivers were all wonderful, exactly as decribed and on time everyday. We loved the hotel in Cinque Terre, The Hotel Porto Roca, with the balcony overlooking the sea and town. We hiked the hills and enjoyed the free time shopping and exploring. We enjoyed the beautiful Cathedral complex of Pisa and had enough time to eat lunch where Maria recommended, overlooking the leaning tower. The central location of Colle Val D'Elsa was very nice to be able to drive to the hill top towns. The choices of wineries were all amazing, with views, history, delicious wines and food also. We loved each one and learned that 2 in one day was too much! Our favorite may have been Colle Bereto. They were so hospitable, and had top quality organic wines & olive oil. They even showed us the pasta being made for our lunch that day, delicious! The amazing landscape and historic hilltop towns were beautiful, we loved getting lost in these towns, and eating gelato along the way. Lucia was very accomondating in every way, even when we had a change on the last day of tours. We will recommend KimKim and it's tour companies, and plan to travel with them again. Maybe Austria? Thank you and Ciao!!
Hotel Reviews
Wonderful quiet historic hotel in the heart of Florence. Great location and delicious buffet breakfast!
Such a wonderful location and great balcony! The rooms were very spacious and clean, and the food was all delicious. We especially loved the breakfast buffet. Thank you for sending the shuttle to come pick us up at the bottom of the hill! Loved It!!
Activity Reviews
Our very nice driver with Maria, our guide, arrived on time to travel to Pisa. Maria was very informative and sweet and explained all about the Catedral complex. It was all so beautiful and amazing.
Beautiful drive, and our driver was wonderful. The Chiappini Winery was so beautiful, we even were able to meet the owner. We enjoyed delicious organic wines, and a wonderful meat and local cheese tray. We purchased a case of wine to be shipped home. Wonderful!
Montalcino was beautiful, could have spent more time there, but we really enjoyed the winery, Podere Le Ripi and their innovative way they processed their wines. The wine tasting and lunch was absolutely wonderful with a view to match!! We purchased several wines and olive oil to ship home. We enjoyed Montepulciano and the historic wine cellars there, fascinating! Could have spent more time in the town, but really enjoyed visiting the copper shop, and shipped 2 items home. And of course enjoyed gelato!
All the history and beauty of the hilltop town we absolutely loved!!! We enjoyed all the shops in San Gimignano, not enough time there, so we may have to go back to both San Gimignano and Volterra. There were many museums in Volterra that seemed interesting, but only had time to explore one. We enjoyed the winery Podere La Marronaia, and the view while having lunch and the wine tasting was wonderful! We purchased olive oil and wine to ship home.
We had a change of plans this day, which was our last day, and elected not to go to Siena. I feel it would have been rushed and we should spend more time there. We really enjoyed the sleepy towns of Castelinna and Radda, which were beautiful. We stopped at the winery Colle Bereto, and were very impressed with the detail they placed when processing thier wines. The wine tasting and lunch were outstanding! Homemade pasta using the wheat they grew there and made that morning, delicious! We purchased olive oil and wines to ship home. The main building was an old church from 1300's which was beautiful, along with all the landscaping. We then travelled back to Florence and enjoyed shopping and dinner near our hotel.
Really enjoyed the beauty and serenity of the area! The towns were wonderful and picturesque!!
Enjoyed walking and getting the layout of Florence where we tasted different kinds of pastry breads, also a truffle sandwich. We also experienced a light charcuterie board meal with wine and bread. We walked through the busy night's popular areas.