former med cruisers who did DCL in Rome

[slg]

Need help. Can't decide between Jumping back to Eternal Rome OR Vatican Museums, Peter's Basilica and the Colliseum.

Did anyone do either of these excursions and how did you rate them and why.

Sigh. So many decisions!

[mkmommy]

I did the "jumping back to eternal Rome" on the train. I thought it was a good tour, saw the highlights that were on the top of my must see list. It was rushed though, so not a lot if time to stop and linger, but I knew that going in. Not as much walking as I thought there would be.


I understand lunch has been removed from the 2013 tour, and that is probably a good thing as it should give you some free time.

I think I was in a dream that day and could not believe all the things we saw, one famous site after another .

I picked this tour as I wanted to see the Pantheon, and it was a highlight for me.

[slg]

Oh thank you for replying! What was on the 75 minute tour of the Vatican?

Was the train air-conditioned? Was the scenery wonderful? The train part of it really intrigues me...its a couple of hours that I hope is wonderful.

How was the walking tour?

[mkmommy]

Originally Posted by slg

Oh thank you for replying! What was on the 75 minute tour of the Vatican?

Was the train air-conditioned? Was the scenery wonderful? The train part of it really intrigues me...its a couple of hours that I hope is wonderful.

How was the walking tour?

I was the last cruise in 2011, and we lucked out crowd wise, so if you go when it is busy you may go in a different order . We did the Vatican first basically a short walk from the train station to the Vatican Square then a short tour of St Peters Basilica.

Next it was a bus ride to the Colosseum, a tour inside.

Bus ride to lunch, after lunch it was a walking tour, started near Trevi Fountain which was packed , some free time there, as I remember going in this old church by myself, then walked to the Pantheon, and then we walked to this square which the name escapes me( has the fountain with 4 rivers I think). This was the one place I felt really rushed.

I don't remember much about the train ride, I was too excited to be going to Rome, and then coming back I was like , I can't believe I saw so much.

[slg]

Did you enjoy the walking tours? Were they informative? I wonder why they don't include lunch now.

[mickymania]

We did Romeinlimo for our tour of Rome and loved it. The driver was waiting at the port and was polite and courteous. We also saved a ton of money.

[mkmommy]

Originally Posted by slg

Did you enjoy the walking tours? Were they informative? I wonder why they don't include lunch now.

The walking part was good, they had the whisper headsets so that makes it easy to hear without having to be on top of everyone. I enjoyed the whole tour. I was solo but I plan on doing the Med with my kids and I would do this tour with them.

I think lunch was removed as people complained that it took too long. You really only have 7 hours in Rome , and by the time you add in the bus ride to and from the restaurant you lose almost 2 hours.