Italy cruisetour

[MFR]

We are booked on the Regal mediteranean cruisetour this fall which includes 2 days each in Venice,  Florence, and Rome pre-cruise.   We have the land itinerary but there is only basic info--hotels, what meals are included,  and a brief description of each days' sightseeing.  The land tour is provided by the ALOSCHI BASSANI company.  Looking at their website,  all I see are day tours.    Has anyone done this cruisetour?  Any info you could provide would be helpful.  For example,  is there one tour director who stays with us the whole time, or is there a different one for each city? How much walking is there?  How were the hotels and meals?  How would you rate it overall?  Thanks! 

[Essiesmom]

I would also ask this on the ports of call board for Italy, specifically citing this company, and also research on TripAdvisor.  EM

[MFR]

9 hours ago, Essiesmom said:

I would also ask this on the ports of call board for Italy, specifically citing this company, and also research on TripAdvisor.  EM

Thanks.  I did find some posts from several years ago but would appreciate more recent information. 

[geniesue]

We did the Italy cruisetour a number of years ago.  You will have the same tour escort and bus driver the entire time.  In each city you will have different guides for tours,  The hotels are all excellent, as are the meals.  As far as walking the tour of the Vatican has the most walking.  They do skip the line saving time.  We have done  5  cruise tours  with Princess and everyone has been excellent!

[MFR]

50 minutes ago, geniesue said:

We did the Italy cruisetour a number of years ago.  You will have the same tour escort and bus driver the entire time.  In each city you will have different guides for tours,  The hotels are all excellent, as are the meals.  As far as walking the tour of the Vatican has the most walking.  They do skip the line saving time.  We have done  5  cruise tours  with Princess and everyone has been excellent!

Thank you.   That's very reassuring.   We did an Alaska cruise tour in 2014 but other than transportation and Princess hotels, we were mostly on our own.  I figured this would be different.