Interested in connecting with others on this trip. We plan to arrive in Geneva on 6/2 then go on to Chamonix and Aosta before arriving in Turin on 6/6. My wife and I are interested in planning for any of the evenings on the trip starting in Milan where we have "dinner on our own ..read more

I looked at this new tour and noticed something I don't recall seeing before. The pricing for the ships has 10 categories. The tour website doesn't have any access to deck plans to explain the 10 levels. I was just wondering if anyone has seen this before and can explain the 10 levels? I don't recall there being that many different pricing levels in the past. Perhaps it's something new. I haven't been on a small ship tour ship 2021. The ships being used are ..read more

I added a day on the front and back end of my trip. Any suggestions for an extra day in Lake Como? In Rome I'll find a private or small group tour of the Colosseum since it's not part of the Tauck tour. But, open to other recommendations for Rome too ..read more

Venice is to ban loudspeakers and tourist groups of more than 25 people, in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city ..read more

I just read this interesting article about a leaning tower in Bologna Bologna's leaning tower sealed off over fears it could collapse https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67599067 ..read more

Hello. We are traveling, via train, between Lucerne and Milan. We’re taking 2 consecutive tours. I have researched myself crazy, and can’t figure out how to do it. I find lots of info on train travel in each country, but not Between countries. We just want the direct train, with as few stops as possible. I know that’s less scenic, but we only have 1 full day in Milan. Any info you can provide would be very appreciated ! Thank you very much. Alice ..read more

We’re going on this the ITALIA BELLA: ROME TO VENICE in June of 2024. Kids are 13 and 11. Anybody been on this tour before? Any recommendations or things to think of? As soon as this tour ends we hop over to England for the Castles and Kings 8-day tour. Finishing it up with a couple extra days at Paris Disney. Going to be a once in a lifetime trip for us so if there’s any suggestions or tips, we’d love to hear it ..read more

We are recovered from post trip Covid. Fortunately we got sick on the next to last day, we had Paxlovid with us (had a hard time convincing our Drs. to prescribe it before the trip) and as far as we know, no one else got sick. FYI, we had the new Covid vaccine 3 weeks before our trip and wore masks on the plane. Have no idea where we got sick. Now the trip. This was an ideal trip for us. Other than Venice (which we love) we had not been to any of the other locations before. Milan was interesting (usual big city stuff ) and I will post some of the "cemetery" pictures which were mentioned above ..read more

Which Dolomites rifugio does Tauck take you to on Day 8 of this tour, while staying in Cortina d'Ampezzo ..read more

We will be going on the Sept 15 trip and am wondering if anyone has been on this trip this year - 2023 - and any highlights from the trip ..read more