Italy on a Budget

My cousin and I booked this tour shortly before arriving to Italy. We are so glad we booked with this company. Our tour guide, Mariana, was amazing. She is friendly, prompt, funny and sweet. We felt like we were touring with a friend. She made sure we had enough time to explore Pisa and 3 villages in Cinque Terre and gave us bits of history and background as we walked.
Cinque Terre is truly amazing and we also appreciated the stop in Pisa to have a chance to climb the tower and tour the church. Mariana’s wonderful personality made us all feel at home and our small group of 9 people got along really well.
I’d love to do another tour with Mariana or Italy on a Budget Tours next time I return!

My husband and I booked a day tour for Wine tasting in Tuscany and it was our favorite experience in Italy! We met our guide in the morning and one other couple. We then piled into a small van and drove about 45 minutes outside of Florence to the first winery. We tasted about 6 wines, and were given a small lesson on wine tasting, as well as a plate of small bites, and tastes of several olive oils. We then drove another 15 minutes to the second winery, where were were given a tour of the facilities and the wine making process. We were served bruschetta with olive oil and 3 more wines. We then drove 10 minutes to the small medieval village of San Gimignano and had 45 minutes to explore the old streets. The day was perfectly laid out, enough time at all stops, and our guide was wonderful. She kept the day flowing, conversation going, offered to take photos of us, and presented plenty of knowledge of the area, as well of Firenze! If we had more time, we would have booked Pisa, or another tour with their company.

We took the day tour from Florence to Pisa and cinque Terre in January with Italy on a budget. They are one of the only companies that do this in January. It suited our itinerary very well. Mariana was a very friendly guide who met us at Firenze Santa Maria novella station at 7 am for our 13 hour tour on local trains. It suited our budget very well as hiring a private taxi would have been too expensive. We got a local feel for the best spots for photo opportunities in 3 villages of cinque Terre. I highly recommend Italy on a budget if you want an authentic local experience from the Italian guides and be efficient with managing train schedules. It needs local knowledge to change 3 trains and go to cinque Terre through Pisa.

The reviews for Italy on a Budget on Trip Advisor’s website are all great (which is why we chose them for our tour), and since there are so many amazing reviews on there, I thought I would instead review via Unilocal.My husband and I traveled to Italy last September and it was by the recommendation of several friends and family members that we researched visiting Cinque Terre. We also wanted to see Pisa, so when we saw that Italy on a Budget offered a tour that included Pisa and Cinque Terre in one day, we were sold. It was so wonderful to visit Pisa and Cinque Terre without the stress of figuring out the train and bus system. The guide Alex was absolutely incredible, he is very knowledgeable and very talented at coordinating the tour.
We also really enjoyed the style of the tour, and we met some really fun people. At each stop, Alex described some history, information, and his reccomendation on what to do, and then you were free to explore as you desired. This tour is definitely for travelers who are up for fast paced walking and stairs as you do have to move pretty quickly to catch trains and buses. The tour was by far our favorite tour during our visit to Italy, and Cinque Terre is a must see, it is so beautiful!