Trip Planning
We can help you plan your trip, give you suggestions for places to stay, restaurants, transport, tours, museums and other attractions. There is a fee of €50 for this service. Other fees for booking train tickets and museums etc. will still apply over and above this planning fee.

Seeing "The Last Supper"
If you want to see Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" in Milan you need to book well in advance. You will find the number (the only one) is normally busy and it can take a long time to get through (I have heard of some people trying for days). We can book it for you for a fee of €5 per person, paid in advance. You will pay for your ticket/tour at the booking office over here shortly before the time of your visit.

Booking Museums and Galleries

You will find details about museums and galleries throughout Italy on our Favourites Page. We have highlighted those that need to be booked in advance (booking is obligatory for some). If you don't, you will spend many hours of your precious holiday time standing in long queues, waiting to get in. Those who have bookings bypass the queue and go straight to a dedicated window, where you pay your entrance fee and pick up your timed entrance tickets. Bookings must be made at least 24 hrs in advance. Sometimes your hotel can make these for you, but to avoid taking a chance, why not let us make your bookings?

Just send an email giving museums, dates and times you want to make reservations (date should be in the form May 27, 2003). We will reply confirming your booking. Once we receive notification that you have then paid our fee (see online payment below) you will be sent your reservation number. You need this number when you go to collect your tickets. We do not ask for payment for the tickets because this is not re-fundable. If something happens and you have to cancel you will only lose our fee not the price of the ticket and fees. Groups of 10 or more should contact us for directly for information. English-speaking guides are also available on request.

Booking Service Fees

Please Note:- Once we have accepted your instructions, our fees and expenses (for example postage) levied for booking and other services will not be refundable in the event of subsequent cancellation by you. We will have already carried out the booking and incurred expense in doing so. We hope you understand.

Postal Despatch Service
If you would like something sent over from Italy just ask us - if we can do it we will be happy to, there will be a small fee which will depend on the request. A variation of this service is if you would like to send flowers, a food parcel etc. to someone living in Italy. It would save you a lot of money for us to organise this here in Italy instead of mailing from the US.

Checking Accommodation
If you would like us to check out accommodation for you we will happy to if it is feasible for us, we may also be able to send you detailed directions of how to get there. A small fee will be charged and this will depend on your requirements.

Individual and Small Group Tours of Assisi

If you would like to see Assisi through my eyes please contact me at least 2 weeks in advance of your visit.

I can pick you up at the train station or your hotel and we will spend a full day (7 hours) or half a day (4 hours) together learning about St Francis and his birthplace.

I will also drive you to see the places of interest outside the centre of the town.

It is very true that Assisi is more than one basilica.

Train Tickets.

Italian railways are in general a good way to travel around. Booking tickets can be a trial however, with long queues and quite a complex system of surcharges etc. If you wish, we can help by taking care of booking your train tickets for you, sending them to you in advance so you have no worries. You can also have the tickets sent to your first destination in Italy if you don’t have time to wait for the post. There is also an option of picking up tickets at any main railway station.

You pay the actual price of the ticket and a fee of €25 per booking. All you need to do is email me with details of your itinerary and of the people travelling. I will get back to you with all the prices and times.

Note:
Due to pressure of work train information can only be looked up for Italy With Us club members or those who pay a deposit of €5 which will be refunded from the final order for ticket purchase.