Hello,
We will be in Florence & Rome April 4 & 5 2017 and are looking for shore excursion companies other than those on the cruise ship. Can anyone direct me to which companies to use? Thank you.
Terri
Posted by
San Diego
1540 posts
Viator.com is a tour consolidator and they can sell you tours on smaller local tour companies. I used them in Italy, France, and Estonia. I found it very convenient to see which tours are available in each location 1/2 day, full-day, a few hours.......I found lots of choices.
I was very pleased with all the tours I have booked thru them.
Posted by
Abruzzo Mountains
1090 posts
I took six tours with Context Travel in Florence and Rome this summer, and all were very good. I see they do offer tours from cruise terminals in both cities. I don't have experience with those specific tours, but I think Context does a very good job and I like their small tours (max 6 people).
Posted by
Brooklyn, NY
4347 posts
Try toursbylocals.com. We used them last summer on a British Isles cruise.
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
In addition to any responses you get here, look at Cruise Critic. Here's their Italy Ports Forum: http://tinyurl.com/bwqtmhk
Posted by
Kansas City
182 posts
We used RomeinLimo for Florence/Pisa and Rome. We got a guide for the Vatican through them also. We found a group on our Cruise Critic roll call to share with us. Both drivers were excellent, on time, friendly, and informative. The Vatican guide was amazing as well. If we were looking to do something similar again, I wouldn't hesitate to use them.
Posted by
Austin TX after living in Boulder CO for 25 years
1175 posts
Look at smartcruisetours.com too.