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pmuzzy17 Mar 10th, 2012 08:34 AM

Venice Private Tour Guide
 
We will be in Venice 2 days pre-cruise and 3 days post-cruise. A prior trip to Italy was wonderful with the help of the Fodor forums - private guides in Rome and Florence exceeded expectations.

I need help with Venice Italy now, please.

Dates are early October. We will be on the Grandeur of the Seas and Greek Isle tours. All help is appreciated. Thank you.

spiceolife Mar 10th, 2012 09:36 AM

We very much enjoyed our tours with Walks of Italy ( www.walksofitaly.com ), and they offer some great tours in Venice. Also if you are planning things in advance, try and get access to the secret rooms of the doge's palace. We missed it when we were there because all the slots were filled. Good luck!

bobthenavigator Mar 10th, 2012 09:57 AM

We have used Roberta Curiel from walksinsidevenice.com
She is a life long resident and speaks very good English.

pmuzzy17 Mar 10th, 2012 03:55 PM

I am grateful for your advice and will look into both suggestions. We have time. Thank you.

pmuzzy17 Mar 10th, 2012 04:12 PM

Do you have any advice for Santorini, Mykonos, Split Croatia, Corfu, Crete?

jujubean Mar 10th, 2012 05:37 PM

Contact Tours by Roberto at: https://sites.google.com/site/toursb.../home/about-us.

We used his referral guide in Venice last year and she was wonderful.

loveners Mar 10th, 2012 11:58 PM

For Venice, I highly recommend the lovely Nan McIlroy http://yourfriendinvenice.com/

She's happy to customize, is clear about her pricing, offers lots of suggestions and is prompt with email communications.

amyjsmith09 Mar 13th, 2012 09:07 AM

Not sure if this will help: http://bookboon.com/en/travel-guides...e/rome-english -free e-book travel guide download.

pmuzzy17 Mar 13th, 2012 04:18 PM

Thank you all. Loveners, can you tell me more about the tour(s) you took with Nan McIlroy? I have contacted her and she sounds lovely - just like you said.

pmuzzy17 Mar 22nd, 2012 07:06 AM

All booked for pre and post cruise with Nan. Thank you so much for the advice all!

pmuzzy17 Dec 18th, 2012 10:56 AM

Our plans changed and we arrived a few days earlier than originally planned. This resulted in confusion with our initial tour but as luck would have it, we were able to attend a wine tasting instead. How fun!

Nan McElroy was a lovely American in Venice and a pleasure to deal with. Our guides for both a walk through Venice and the Doges Palace were knowledgable and fun. I highly recommend her.


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