With the strong dollar, the days of luxury hotels at bargain prices are back. The Traveling Professor introduces travelers to one of the most spectacular hotels in all of Europe, perched on the cliffs overlooking the Bay of Naples, the gateway to the Amalfi Coast. We'll see Ravello, Positano, Sorrento and of course, Capri. From there we head up to our top-rated hotel in Florence where we will base ourselves for our tour of Tuscany - at the perfect time of year. Luxury is back at affordable prices. See the details on The Professor's newest tour in this blog post.
Whenever we take a Traveling Professor small group tour to the Amalfi Coast, we like to base ourselves in Sorrento. It is easy to get to, full of history, with several cultural opportunities. However, we also like that Sorrento is a charming and bustling little town. There is a wide variety of restaurants and bars. The shopping is good. Sorrento is also one of the best strolling and people watching towns in Italy. So, in deciding where to stay while on a tour of the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento, I have three choices for you.
I got back late last night from leading another small group tour to Italy. We visited Florence, Padua, Verona, Venice, Vicenza then headed down to Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast for a few days. We traveled with as many as 12 adults and as few as six. The weather was terrific, the food was out of this world, the places we visited were glorious and the friendships we made will last for a long time. Read my blog post and find out the highlights of our tour of Italy.
The Traveling Professor started running small group tours to the Amalfi Coast and Italy in 2015. In 2015 we will expand our program to run more tours to the Amalfi Coast along with our regular Italy offerings in Rome, Florence and Venice. Whether traveling solo to Italy or with The Traveling Professor, read the blog post for a 5-day Amalfi Coast itinerary.
We have a small group of 11 travelers enjoying the Amalfi Coast this minute! Our tours of Amalfi, Sorrento, Ravello, and Positano have been nothing short of spectacular. And let's not even mention those authentic lunches high in the hills of the Amalfi Coast. They are without question, some of the best meals I have ever had with scenery that is unmatched anywhere. In the blog post I have put a link to my FB page where you can see the photos and video of our trip.
Our small group tour to Italy consisting of 12 adult travelers starts when we meet in Rome on Tuesday. We have a full and active itinerary planned for the whole time we are there. What I like about this trip (and all of my trips) is that I enjoy the hotels, we tour on our schedule and not the schedule of some big tour company, we have some great guides lined up, the itinerary is paced so that not only is it active, we have some really lazy but fun days like when we drive into the Tuscan countryside to visit some old hill towns and wineries. It will be a fun time in Italy and I invite you to look at our itinerary in this blog post.
For quite some time I have been resisting adding a small group tour to the Amalfi Coast. I wasn't sure if an Amalfi Coast tour really lent itself to the small group tour concept. But after studying and doing some research, I think we have come up with a terrific option for a small group tour of the Amalfi Coast. We'll start off in Rome, visit Herculaneum and Pompeii before moving on to Sorrento. The next day we'll visit Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello. The following day is a tour to Capri. On the last day we relax in Sorrento before heading back to Rome. Read the blog post to find out more about our small group tour to the Amalfi Coast.