Hello! We would like a driver for 2 moms and our 14 year old daughters. We will be in Florence and want to visit some nearby towns. Anyone have any driver tips? My husband usually drives but he's staying home!
Posted by
Holmdel, New Jersey, usa
30 posts
Touch base with your hotel for driver references. Driving in and out of the major cities is horrible. RS guide books also has suggestions.
Posted by
Happy Valley, PA
672 posts
Based on comments in the Travelers' Helpline and the RS Italy guidebook, we booked a full-day (10 hr) private tour into Tuscany in March 2011 with Giuseppe Aulisa of Florence Tour (www.florencetour.com; [email protected]) . Guiseppe and his wife, Paola Migliorini, own the company. Their 8-pasenger mini-van was very comfortable and Giuseppe (a native of Florence) was very knowledgeable and passionate about Tuscany. We worked out all of the arrangements with Paola by e-mail months before we left and Giuseppe was very punctual in meeting us at our hotel in Florence on the arranged day. The way it worked was that Giuseppe dropped us off at the center of sevral towns, and then we arranged for a time to meet him to go on to the next town. The Rick Steves Florence and Tuscany guide was all we needed to negotiate the towns (Volterra, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, and Siena), so it was pretty easy. We were always a few minutes late getting back to the van, but Giuseppe was very patient about it. I highly recommend Florence Tour.
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OP
little rock, ar, usa
62 posts
Thanks so much! I'm emailing them now. Hope I'm not too late!!!
Posted by
Long Beach, CA, USA
360 posts