Full day shore excursion to Florence and Pisa from Livorno with tasting

Our bus driver was trustworthy in the scary Italian traffic. Our guide was bursting with knowledge and love for the region. It was quick quick quick. We ran through Florence and saw the major sites and enjoyed time at Pisa. I wish I could do a review of the rest of our group because they held us up but our guide was wonderfully patient and kind with them anyway.

Weather dreadful, but that didn't diminish the enthusiasm of our 2 guides for the day. They were very well informed, spoke very good English and the tour was very good value compared with those on offer on the cruise boat. We had to take the ship's shuttle bus to the meeting point but on the return trip, we were returned to the ship itself. A full day in Florence and Pisa - worth every penny. Highly recommended.

The 3 1/2 hr bus ride was way too long. We were not aware it was that far so consequently didn’t have enough time to visit Florence or Pisa. I would not recommend this excursion.

The excursion all in all was very nice. The rainy day didnt slow us down only other people on the excursion showing up late (or not at all) to the meeting points. The guides were friendly and knowledgeable and gave great information. The tasting was below average imo but the wine was tasty. We had about 2 hours to explore Florence and then to head back to the Bus and make our way to Pisa. More time in Florence would of been great but we expected it as it is a shared tour with time constraints. Pisa we paid for a train to the tower and had about 20-30 mins to explore before we had to make our way back and getting on train and heading back to bus and the ship. on each meeting point a grp was late but the guides were excellent getting us to the ship on time.

It was great for the value. We had a great time in Florence. They contact us as soon as get to the port. Everything went great.

This was such a wonderful experience with our two boys , 15 and 8. They loved the tour and the guide was amazing. It was easy to find also which was important as we booked this as a shore excursion. Thank you so much for an amazing day.

Alice was our guide and Ricardo our bus driver. Both were excellent. You would be lucky to get Alice as your tour guide. My mother had a medical problem on the bus and Alice had presence of mind to get her a bag of ice, called ahead to the ship and ordered a wheelchair.. never seemed to mind the problems we had and accommodated my elderly mother and aunt nicely.

My wife and I did this tour from the cruise ship terminal on Sept 5, 2019. There were a lot of issues though: 1. There were TONS of people that signed up for this same tour. But most everyone spoke either English or Spanish. Why not separate them so we don't have to hear each other's language (and thus EVERYTHING twice?!). It got really annoying after a while. It ended up being a lot of wasted time we could have been learning more from the guide talking about things on the ride up, and while there. 2. Not much time! The logistics of this tour could have been faster/smoother. By the time you get wait for one of the first buses from the cruise ship terminal (which is a separate fee), to go to the area of town for the main buses, it takes a long time. Then there is a long ride out to Florence (there was also an accident on the main freeway route, so it was another hour to go a different way). So we only had 2 hours of free time in the city. Next time, I would consider just taking the train there instead. 3. The tasting was at a restaurant (with only one bathroom). When we got there, we could see all our small plates ready in the kitchen. But then it still took over 20 minutes for them to start serving it. Then they didn't even tell us what we were eating. It was good...whatever it was! 4. The tour guide kept telling us in a (joking way) to put a great review of the tour on-line. But then she kept repeating it, also handing out papers to a link to their Facebook page. Now it was starting to look pushy and desperate...jesh..stop! On the plus side: The time in Pisa was about an hour, which is about right. There isn't much else except for the leaning tower. There is (slow) wi-fi on the bus, although they didn't even tell us until the way back.

A comfortable bus and great guide, I cannot remember her name but it was the tour on July 31st. We enjoyed Florence and Pisa and some good information along the ride. She kept everybody on time so we had no worries about making it back to our ship on time.

Great tour for the price, the tour guide explained about where we visited on the bus. We had free time to explore on our own.