Hello,
I had the opportunity to take a tour of the Amalfi Coast with one of your drivers, Mariano Fiorentino, he was great! He had a knowledge of the area that was, no less, than amazing. He took us to places and showed us sights along the way that only a true native would know. We saw more in a day with Mariano than I saw in three days worth of trips booked through the ship! This trip was for my Mother, she is 86, Mariano took extra time with her to make sure that she was comfortable and that she would fully enjoy this tripl. He is a kind and patient man!
Please know that when I return to this region, I plan on using your company’s and hopefully Mariano’s services again. As I said before, his knowledge and love of this area is apparent and I could not have asked for a better guide. My Mother is still talking about how wonderful he was to her.



Thank You,

Mary Groves

Mary Groves

“We would like to thank Mariano for his wonderful tour. We still talk about our tour and of all the things we hopped to see around Sorrento area. His friendly, personal touch gave us lasting fond memories of the area and its warm people.
We recommend Mariano (Pleasantravel) to enyone who visit Sorrento and Amalfi coast area.

Paul and Joanna Hagarty, Australia”

Paul Hagarty

Hi Mariano,

Just wanted to thank you finallyfor the wonderful times we had with you on our tour of Italy late October. Every minute was an adventure and you did such a great job of showing us as much as possible in a very short time. I change my mind almost daily on what was my favorite place. You were like a family with us. I am so happy we were able to share our family experience with you. You gave us a part of yourself and made us feel we were at home. We loved it and can’t wait to return to your wonderful country to see more.
Thank you again for everything.

Steve (Judy, Tammy, and Sydney

Steve Baldwin

Mariano, I apologize for this long overdue thank you for an unforgettable day for my group in Naples last summer! Our day in Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast, was wonderful and Priscilla was a gem- knowledgeable and attentive to all our desires for the day. There was a meeting at Pompeii which closed the ruin in the morning, so Priscilla and our driver adjusted our itinerary so that we could include all the things we hoped to see. In the meantime, our cruisemates who chose to use a Royal Caribbean tour, missed Pompeii altogether after spending 2 hours sitting on the bus waiting for it to open. They eventually returned to the ship and did not see anything that day. We had a wonderful day driving along the Almalfi Coast, a lovely visit to Positano (Limoncello- yum!) , a wonderful wine and pizza stop with views of the Mediterranean, and a visit to Amalfi. We then went to Pompeii and the guide you arranged for us was wonderful!! He got us into areas not open to the public and was full of interesting stories. Our only regret was that we didn't get to meet you! I hope that one day we can return and you will be our guide. Many thanks again-

Sheri&Mike Herrick

Aloha Mariano,
Your nephew, Stephano, took wonderful care of us during our day on the Amalfi Coast. We will never forget it and look forward to returning and visiting more with your wonderful family. We would like to recommend you to everyone. Thank you, Stephano, and Mario (our driver) so very much.

Dana & Jean Ann

Hello Mariano,
We loved and enjoy our every visit.
BUT....we both agreed that our favorite day was the day we spent with you. We truly fell in love with the Amalfi Coast.
We hope to come back and stay in this beautiful and wonderful area.
You helped make our day most enjoyable and pleasant and we thank you "very much".I think of you often and our wonderful experience. I have been cooking with your olive oil and we plan on having our friends (Mansi's) over to enjoy the wine. Thank you for your gifts and we feel blessed to have met you.
We hope to have the pleasure of your company again in the future.

Best Wishes to you and your family,

Sincerely,

Catherine and David Wild

Catherine and David Wild

Mariano - what can I say...once again you have made our trip to Sorrento the highlight of our Italy vacation and also that our of our 4 companions. Your love of your country shows and also you are extremely knowledgeable and personable. You made our trip the BEST. Thank you again and I hope we see you in the future. Also if you are ever in New York please do not hesitate to contact me for a tour of our CITY....Grazia Miele Carmela

Carmela & Patrizio Aversano

I must tell you we had a wonderful vacation. We loved and enjoy our every visit. BUT we both agreed that our favorite day was the day we spent with you. We truly fell in love with the Amalfi Coast.We hope to come back and stay in this beautiful and wonderful area.
You helped make our day mostenjoyable and pleasant and we thank you "very much". I think of you often and our wonderful experience. I have been cooking with your olive oil and we plan on having our friends (Mansi's) over to enjoy the wine. Thank you for your gifts and we feel blessed to have met you.
We hope to have the pleasure of your company again in the future.
Best Wishes to you and your family,

Sincerely,

Catherine and David Wild

Catherine &David Wild

Dear Mariano,
Many-Many thanks for a wonderful day showing us your area - you really made it special! and thank you for the anniversary present - hopefully we can celebrate another special anniversary with you in Sorrento! Next time I would love to see your family farm.
Many many thanks again for a really special day.....You are #1 in my book!

Carol Velocci

Carol Velocci

Hi Mariano;I just wanted to thank you again for being a warm and wonderful ambassador for your country while we were there. Yourhelpful information about how to navigate through the region and your history lessons helped to make our stay most enjoyable. All of the restaurants and suggestions you made were great... couldn't be better. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know we really appreciate all you did for us and will definitely recommend you to anyone we know who visits that region (though with the USA in financial
turmoil, that might not be for a while). Take care, stay well.With warm regards,Dolores LoScalzo, Camille Vaccaro and June Liccione.

Dolores Lo Scalzo

Mariano,
I wanted to tell you how much we so enjoyed our time with you.We didn’t even think of you as a driver or someone we hired to show us the cites. We felt you was one memebr of our familiy.We have been talking a lot about our tour of the Amalfi Coast having Mariano was one of the highlights. Mariano's knoweledge of the area is great and his driving was smooth and comfortable. The chance to see for the first time authentic Italian Family farm and walk around and taste the fruit off the vine was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Mariano, Thanks again for the good time. Give our regards to your family and hoping your son Luigi will be very soon on of the best Chef .

Carlos (papa) y Carmina( mama) Gamboa
gamboacd@bellsouth. net

carlos Gamboa

Mariano, Thank you for an absolutely wonderful day in your beautiful area of Italy. The six of us loved every minute of the day and I will let everyone know that if they want the best tour in the Naples and Amalfi area, that you are the person to contact. It was the best tour that I've had for many a day!

Bettie

Bettie Tussey

Hi Mario
I would like to thank you for the very special day we had last Wednesday when we toured the Amalfi Coast with you.I would like to let you know that the tour was the highlight of our entire trip. We all enjoyed it very much and particularly your knowledge of the
entire area.Thank you again on behalf of all of us that participated in this wonderful day.
Kind regards
Joey Freudmann

Joy Freudmann

We had the pleasure of Mariano escorting us around Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast. He could not have done a better job. Fantastic. Thank you and I have recomended Mariano to all our friends.

Wayne Foster

Our tour of Sorrento, Positano and the Amalfi coast was absolutely fantastic. Mariano, our guide and driver, did a great job of describing many of the small details about the country and the culture. We were pleased with his command of english and his knowledge of many analogs of Italian vs. American expressions and customs. We highly recommend this service.

Joe & Maryanne Manganello

If you can imagine being met in a foreign country by a member of your family who you have never met and being taken to the most amazing sites in Italy. But at that same time feeling so comfortable as if you have know this person forever, well that was my families experience with Pleasant Travel. Mariano treated us like we were family and I thank him for myself, my family and friends for this wonderful experience.

Patrick Grillo

Ciao Mariano,
Thank you so much for the wonderful day tour of the Amalfi Coast. What a great day we all had and you looked after us all very well, taking us to all the pretty villages along the coast - and the scenery was absolutely spectacular. Your tour was far better than we could have hoped for and the 5 of us had one of the most memorable days of our trip to Italy. I will be recommending you to my friends who may be visiting the Amalfi area in the near future. I also hope that your son has recovered from his knee operation and is beginning to get around OK. Once again Mariano,
thank you so much for a wonderful day Fond Regards Barbara (from Australia)

Barbara Douglass

I just want to tell you what a wonderful and joyous time we had when Piscille and Antonio picked up the Albers party (of which I was a part) in Naples, Italy, on June 23, 2008. We enjoyed the whole day; Piscille was a fabulous guide, and Antonio an excellent driver. Our cruise was wonderful, but our day on the Amalfi Coast, which included a visit to the Family Farm, was the highlight of the trip. Thank you so very very much for sharing that part with us, and for the whole adventurous day. Our pictures tell a great story. Thank you and Grazie. Marlene Kniveton, Stanley Rosenberg, Kathy and Steve Albers

Mariano,
I just want to tell you what a wonderful and joyous time we had when Piscille and Antonio picked up the Albers party (of which I was a part) in Naples, Italy, on June 23, 2008. We enjoyed the whole day; Piscille was a fabulous guide, and Antonio an excellent driver. Our cruise was wonderful, but our day on the Amalfi Coast, which included a visit to the Family Farm, was the highlight of the trip. Thank you so very very much for sharing that part with us, and for the whole adventurous day. Our pictures tell a great story. Thank you and Grazie. Marlene Kniveton, Stanley Rosenberg, Kathy and Steve Albers

Marlen Kniveton

I just wanted to follow up with you and tell you that our day with Priscilla and Antonio on 23 June was absolutely wonderful! Both were extremely courteous and delightful and willing to accommodate our every wish. Priscilla was very knowledgeable about all thing Italian and Amalfi! In addition to our tour through the area, we also enjoyed visiting with your family and partaking in salumi, wine and even lemoncello! I make lemoncello at my home and it was a treat to share our recipes for making this delicious beverage. This day was definitely the highlight of our Italy trip and I would be happy to recommend it to anyone seeking your services.

Steve Albers

Thank you so much for the wonderful day along the Amalfi coast and Pompeii. You were right on time, friendly professional and knowledgable! Our family had a wonderful time, enjoyed some unbelievable sights and learned a little about your country. Stephano thank you so much.

Dan Hayden

I wanted to tell you how much we so enjoyed our time with you. You were like family with us. We didn’t even think of you as a driver or someone we hired to show us the sites. We felt like we were driving with someone from our family and visiting his home. I am so happy we were able to share our family experiences with you. The best part of our trip were the days we spent with you. Our only regret is that we did not get to meet your family. I hope next time we visit Italy we have a chance to do that. On behalf of our entire family, we cannot thank you enough for the time, the history, the stories, the laughter, and the knowledge that you brought to us on our recent trip to Italy. We saw so much and learned so much because of you. You made our short time there an experience that we will remember for a lifetime. We cannot thank you enough for showing us so much and for also sharing your local culture with us. As an Italian family, I can’t tell you how much my dad and all of us enjoyed talking with you, seeing the sites, and stopping at not only the beautiful sites but the places you chose for gelato, pizza, wine, etc. You gave us more than a tour of your country, you gave us a part of yourself and made us feel we were at home. Thank you again for everything.

Bob&Vivian Fiallo

WOW! Where do I start?! Meeting Mariano was the best part of our trip. Reading all the other entries in the guestbook just goes to show how wonderful, passionate & informative Mariano is. The best part was meeting his family & spending some time with them. To think that there has been 9 generations on the farm is amazing. Meeting Leslie the golden retriever was great as well! We were missing our dogs so that was an extra treat. You can tell that Mariano loves what he does and cares that you have an awesome time. He even made sure we were ok when shopping in a busy place in the rain. That's the type of person he is. One day we'll get back to Italy and you can bet we'll be seeing Mariano again!

Dean & Michelle

Hello,
I had the opportunity to take a tour of the Amalfi Coast with one of your drivers, Mariano Fiorentino, he was great! He had a knowledge of the area that was, no less, than amazing. He took us to places and showed us sights along the way that only a true native would know. We saw more in a day with Mariano than I saw in three days worth of trips booked through the ship! This trip was for my Mother, she is 86, Mariano took extra time with her to make sure that she was comfortable and that she would fully enjoy this tripl. He is a kind and patient man!
Please know that when I return to this region, I plan on using your company’s and hopefully Mariano’s services again. As I said before, his knowledge and love of this area is apparent and I could not have asked for a better guide. My Mother is still talking about how wonderful he was to her.

Mary Groves

Hello Mariano,
Your tour of beautiful Sorrento andthe Amalfi Coast was truly one of the highlights of our trip. I have reflected many times about how
preferable your tour of this beautiful area was to taking one of the 'mass tours' that are offered by the cruise lines. We certainly felt comfortable in your vehicle (and VERY safe with you as our driver), and I loved being able to have impromptu stops along the way. I'm also very appreciative that you allowed us to visit Amalfi,Ravello, and Pompeii, but the absolute best memory I have of our entire trip was the special visit to your home. That was such an honor to be able to share that part of your life - please thank your wife and mother for allowing us to visit.
Thank you again, Diane

Diane Stevens