CICERONI Travel Traveller Reviews

Smooth transfers comfortably achieved. Excellent hotel. food beautiful. Balance between visits and rest periods. Fantastic tour manager and academic expert.

Top marks for academic input-impassioned and knowledgeable. Courteous. Classy. People of integrity.

As I have come to expect from Ciceroni this was a well planned trip made all the more successful by having Juliet Barclay on board who had so many connections and added items to the tour made it all the more enjoyable. We had our backpacks stolen from our room in Vinales whilst we were asleep but we were quickly taken back to Havana to get our replacement passports sorted but this did not affect the rest of the party (that takes some doing!). I shall be travelling with them again - can one say more. Lyn Collinge

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8 packs and unpacks too much for a 12 day trip 2-2 1/2 hour lunches complete waste of valuable time. Comments nd explanations from Cuban woman and Cuban man were good.

Always in control and dealt quickly and efficiently with problems that arose. Always in control and dealt quickly and efficiently with problems that arose.

A 10-day guided tour to Havana & W Cuba. Most enjoyable & informative.

Ciceroni Travel looked after us beautifully. Excellent tour manager & lecturer & local guide.

With an extremely well-organised programme, led by Tom Duncan, we stayed in the 5* Hotel Phoenicia, very well-placed to walk into Valletta, although we several times were taken by minibus. There were 22 of us, mostly grandparents, and the less able to walk quickly were never hustled.There was a concert every day, mostly in the evening, in beautiful settings, a historic theatre and the Cathedral and another church. On the first day we visited the ancient town of Medina, the first capital of the island, and on the last day we drove to a massive prehistoric temple, and finished up for lunch at an excellent waterfront restaurant in a fishing village. There was a pleasant mixture of organised events and free time. We also saw the elegant interior of an inhabited town house, and the 'Three Cities' on the other side of Valletta's larger harbour. Glorianne Mizzi, an excellent local guide, filled us in on the history of Malta. It's an enjoyable place to visit, as everyone speaks English. although the architecture and people and the Maltese language combine elements of Arabic, Sicilian and French. All in all a delightful visit.

Ciceroni specialises in 'cultural' holidays. Their office was very efficient. but also friendly. Tom Duncan, who started the business, is extremely knowledgeable on both art and music; he also saw to it that we had good meals and restorative coffee breaks.and competent drivers. I would rate this firm very highly.

This was a wonderful art history holiday at Christmas. It was beautifully organised down to every single little detail, we were very comfortable all the time, the other people were very nice (quite a few of them had travelled with the organiser before), we saw a great deal of Prague which was beautiful, the hotel was fabulous, the weather consisted of blue sky and bright sun every day....

This tour could not have been organised more beautifully. Every single detail had clearly been meticulously thought out, so that every minute of every day, and indeed any slight deviation from a plan, were seemless. From the very beginning at the booking stage right to the end of the tour, it was very nice to feel so comfortable and at ease and completely secure.

It was excellent

Excellent

I have travelled with Ciceroni on several occasions and they are always excellent. This was a tour in Malta which included the third Valetta Baroque Festival. Tom Duncan arranged all the tickets and the music was wonderful, in a variety of settings including the magnificent Co-Cathedral in Valetta. The whole trip was run seamlessly and I would highly recommend Ciceroni to anywone thinking of taking a cultural or art tour. Sue Mortimer Toronto, Canada

Tom Duncan is the very best tour operator. He is an art historian and he is therefore able to take us round galleries and museums with great knowledge. His tours are always well planned and go smoothly. In some countries he uses the expertise of a local guide, and always has a good one.

Excellent service and care from Ciceroni. Brilliant Maltese guide. Mixture of music, sightseeing and rest, very well balanced. Phoenicia Hotel in a very good location, but for a 5 star hotel there were some things such as housekeeping, some service that did not merit that grading. But it was very busy for the music festival and had a lively atmosphere

Ciceroni never fail to deliver first class service in a relaxed but very efficient way. No client is not given very good care and attention. They manage to make a group of disparate characters blend together in happy harmony.

Excellent trip