We booked all of our excursions off the ship or just went on our own. Rome is several miles from the airport or the cruise terminal; thus getting there's is a major cost of any excursion for hiring a taxi or other transport. Overall impression of Rome is that it was crowded, littered that'd to get into sites and see things due to the crowds and numerous hawkers. The history and archeological ...
A long way from port, to city centre, taxi driver, overcharged us on way in, and didn’t give us our change. We visited the usual tourist areas, and did an open top bus tour. Very good . Very crowded and warm, but was great. After the bad start ...
Ajaccio, Corsica (France): I write this sitting on our balcony overlooking this wonderful city. I was surprised by this island, a providence of France. It was quaint, uncrowded, and g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s! Of all the islands visited on our Western European itinerary, this is the one I can see myself retiring on…and not just for the fine French wine or pastries here. We began our visit exiting the port ...
We took the ship's transfer directly to the airport, which got us to FCO 6 hours ahead of our flight. Fortunately there's a lot to do and great restaurants in the airport, which made the wait-time bearable. ...
Toured on a 3 day extension with Paolo Lenzi of Roman Paths. Wonderful insights and we really got to see an amazing amount of sites in this great city. ...