Colosseum underground tour - Walks of Italy worth the $$?
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We also took the WOI tour of the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and the Forum-including the underground.
I hated it. Our guide was a real dud, very repetitive, redundant, he had no spark, personality, humor or charisma. He was not in the right line of work as a tour guide. I also had trouble with understanding his very thick accent and had trouble with the headset. And the colosseum underground was the worst part.
-I don't think I'd miss much with the underground part even with an excellent guide though, it's just not that interesting to me.
Part of the colosseum tour was lead by a dedicated colosseum guide and she was great, I really enjoyed her and she brought it to life for me in the way I had hoped Walks of Italy would. But instead WOI put me to sleep!
I hated it. Our guide was a real dud, very repetitive, redundant, he had no spark, personality, humor or charisma. He was not in the right line of work as a tour guide. I also had trouble with understanding his very thick accent and had trouble with the headset. And the colosseum underground was the worst part.
-I don't think I'd miss much with the underground part even with an excellent guide though, it's just not that interesting to me.
Part of the colosseum tour was lead by a dedicated colosseum guide and she was great, I really enjoyed her and she brought it to life for me in the way I had hoped Walks of Italy would. But instead WOI put me to sleep!
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Huh. We used WOI in October 2013 for their Colosseum underground night tour because I couldn't get the official website to cooperate and it was one of the highlights of my husband's trip and I enjoyed it as well. Our headsets worked great and I thought it made it easier to hear him. I guess the guide is everything. We actually had two guides and I must admit the first one was better, but overall it was a great tour. We also really loved the experience at night. It just lended additional atmosphere somehow. I also loved that it was very uncrowned despite several tours happening simultaneously. Maybe we're easily pleased.
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Cjar, I think "the guide is everything" is true. The guy we had was about the worst guide we'd ever had anywhere. But he was a nice guy, I hate even saying he was bad, because he certainly did try. Just not his talent.
"Maybe we're easily pleased" could also be a bit if that, I'm sure my husband would tell you I'm NOT easily pleased lol.
"Maybe we're easily pleased" could also be a bit if that, I'm sure my husband would tell you I'm NOT easily pleased lol.
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This has been the only tour I've taken where I was not pleased. I've done a number of other walking type tours--mostly with London and Paris Walks and City Guides in Paris--where I was really not satisfied. In every other instance I was able to hear and understand the guide easily. With the WOI tour, I simply could not hear or understand him, in part because of the headset but also because he was not a native English speaker AND he spoke to quickly and seemed to be out of breath a good bit of the time while we were walking, which added to our difficulty in understanding him through the headset. So after a while struggling with him and the headset, we just gave up and tuned out. I don't consider myself easily displeased, so I don't think in this instance it was a case of unrealistic expectations.
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