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mondoguide tours of Amalfi coast

Posted by (Illinois) on

HI all, my wife and I will be in Sorrento all day Sept 13-14. We want to take a tour of the Amalfi coast. I have looked at mondoghuide tours, as recommended by RS. They only have one tour scheduled on those days with 15 people already signed up. That means it will the 19 person minibus. I was hoping for the smaller, 8 person van. Anyone know if I can start a new tour signup? or will I automatically go into the already scheduled tour? If I can, I know that at least 6 have to sign up or it will be a no-go. I suppose if I had to pay 300€ to get the van tuor to go, I would just shift to the private car for 330, but 50€ sounds a lot better.

OTOH, is anyone else going to be in Sorrento those dates? Want to share a van or car?

Posted by
75 posts

Maybe email Mondo, I have and he was super responsive!

I am the only one signed up for an Oct. 23rd Amalfi RS tour....anyone out there considering taking the tour that day?

Posted by
41 posts

Thanks to gosulliv4. I did also contact mondoguide and, yes, they did respond right away saying that if I wanted I could exchange my bus trip for a private car, for more €€ as expected. They also suggested that the minibus tour is perhaps more interesting than the van. RS does say that the van is "lightly" narrated. I guess that's because the van has only a driver who must pay attention to the road, while the minibus has both a driver and a guide, whom I suppose is more chatty. So, yet another decision....

Posted by
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I was in the minibus last fall and it was fine. The windows were huge, for one thing. Our guide was Patricia, an Irishwoman living in Italy, who gave just the right amount of narration (in other words she did not talk constantly). I was very satisfied with the tour and recommend it.
Have fun,
Cynthia

Posted by
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Thanks to ponygirl813. Not talking constantly is definitely a plus. We took a day tour in Scotland a couple of years ago and the guide, whjile knowledgeable and siometimes quite funny, never stopped. On the way back to Edinburgh, when everyone was tired, he tried to get the whole minibus to sing along to Scottish folk songs....

Anyway, yes, a little silent time is a good thing on an all day tour.

After emailing back and forth with Mondoguide we have decided on the minibus. Will let everyone know if it fails to meet expectations.

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