We had a terrible tour of the Roman Coliseum and Forum. Our guide was sick and had almost no voice…read more He said he'd had a fever the day before. He was completely unenthusiastic about what he was showing us. I'd had an excellent tour 10 years ago but this was my husband's only tour of it. He felt cheated. Please encourage your sick guides to stay home and get someone else to do the tour.

If you're looking for professionalism, knowledge, expertise and organization, look no further! We…read moreused Sireon Tours for car transfers and a private tour in Positano and Carpi and I cannot say enough about it. Ask for Rita Iaccarino, who was our contact and incredibly responsive to all of our questions, changes we made, etc and did everything via email which was very convenient. Every driver was professional, vehicles were impressive and pricing was competitive. Our private tour of Capri was all arranged and we didn't have to lift a finger. The local tour guide hired was excellent! I would highly recommend Sireon Tours if you're looking for some help with scheduling a tour in Italy.

If you're in Sorrento at the height of the holiday season you can't miss hearing the Toot, toot and…read moreClang clang of the Sorrento Train. It's just a little white land train which goes round the town and takes about half an hour. If you've just arrived, it's a great way to get your bearings and if you've already been there a while it's nice to be able to drive past your old haunts with a Toot, toot. It costs EUR6 and you get a headset to plug into the audio guide which is available in several languages. We took the tour twice - that's how fun it is (or how sad we are).

Do not waste your time and money on this train tour. It is 35 minutes wasted--taking you to the…read moreport, the square, two churches. It is connected by "traditional " Italian music. The recordings sometimes are difficult to hear--the headset connections need to be cleaned.

Our driver, Nello, was amazing. He was there to greet us in Naples airport for a trip to Sorrento…read moreand gave us fun informative quizzes about the area along the way. He is a local for Sorrento and gave us a great recommendation for dinner every nite (see Trattoria de Emilia). He obviously has good relationships everywhere he goes and knows just about everyone since he's been a driver for 20 years. Our second day was whisked off to the Amalfi Coast and he siggested a new route to allocate our time best in the places we really wanted to go to. He also gave us great stops along the way we never would have known about (grotto, ceramic shop..) and were well worth it. He suggested a restaurant for lunch, and though, as the previous states there may be a deal between the drivers and the restaurants, we didn't have to pay for the driver's meal nor did we feel pushed into going to this restaurant. It also was not as expensive as the below states. Our third day started with an Olive Oil factory tour and off to Pompeii and a winery at the bottom of Vesuvius before we took the hike to the top. He also took us to all the best stops for pictures along the way and got us a lemon sorbet treat. Yum! Personally, I think the cost of a private driver for Sorrento and the sights is absolutely worth every penny. You are on your own schedule, can change your trip at any moment, and something I would do again and again. Nello is a must!

We visited Sorrento on May 6th. Our friends made a reservation in advance with Alviani Viaggi…read moreprivate van service to take us to Sorrento. When we arrived via cruise ship, the driver from Alviani Viaggi, Nello was waiting. The van was late model, clean and comfortable and Nello's English was good. Off to Sorrento where Nello parked and we arranged to be back to continue on to the Amalfi coast drive. But actually, we discovered later the four of us wanted to stay in Sorrento but thought the other wanted to do the Almalfi drive. Nello seemed to be pressing us to get going because we had a lot to see and we wanted to be back to the ship at 4:30pm. Nello took us to a restaurant of his choosing for lunch. We had seafood pasta (I had pasts pomodoro as I am not a big seafood eater), a seafood platter, 2 liters of house wine and dessert. The location was nice and we ate and were presented A BILL FOR $300 US!!! Yes, a lunch for 4 people and the driver for $300 US dollars. When I asked Nello about a pizza place I was interested in he said it was in a dangerous neighborhood. So we were taken advantage of and not happy. I initially thought to say avoid Nello but then I decided the company probably knows about it since Nello has worked there for many years. I would avoid Alviani Viaggio at all costs in the future.

Showed up late and tried to pack 9 large adults into a minivan for a 8 hour tour. They offered zero…read morealternatives and no refunds.