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Angie & Kenny P
ליבינגסטון, מונטנה4 שיתופים
משפחה • יוני 2023
AMAZING! I can not thank Cherrye enough! Our heritage family trip planning that took a year then we had to change directions for our trip, Cherrye went above and beyond to guide us and help us with every step of our journey. Your staff that helped us before and during our journey.....Wow!
Thank you, it was reassurance having a personal assistant in Italy available for us at any moment, and yes Gianluca answered every time! We will recommend your company to all and we will be in touch when we go back to Italy
Ciao!
The Printz Family
Thank you, it was reassurance having a personal assistant in Italy available for us at any moment, and yes Gianluca answered every time! We will recommend your company to all and we will be in touch when we go back to Italy
Ciao!
The Printz Family
Written 8 באוגוסט 2023
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JoeRocco
Chicago, Illinois, United States6 שיתופים
יוני 2023
We booked a two week - four city tour with My Bella Vita and it was nothing short of amazing. We were able to customize our trip and have several details such as driver transfers, winery tours, and food tours pre-arranged. Any issues that came up no matter how big or small were immediately addressed by the local contact for the trip. The end of our trip included a heritage tour that I would have never been able to do on my own. They connected us to a distant cousin and we toured the town where my grandmother was born over 100 years ago- truly amazing.
Written 23 ביולי 2023
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rocco16371
פנסילווניה22 שיתופים
זוגות • אפר׳ 2023
Just completed a week heritage tour in Calabria arranged by my Bella Vita. It was nothing short of amazing and we would highly recommend anyone interested in visiting Calabria giving Bella Vita a look. Our main purpose was for family heritage and with prior research by Bella Vita, we were not disappointed. Other points of interest were discussed and our vacation was personalized. Guide was excellent.
Written 3 במאי 2023
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B d A
אתונה, יוון928 שיתופים
חברים • אפר׳ 2023
In town road conditions often chaotic and driving occasionally reckless. Sgning less than adequate but we were compensated amply by the concealled gem and the rough detail and the superior undulating vistas: Aspromonte's Bova, Roghudi, Tropea, Catania,Morano Calabro, Catanzaro to name but a few
חוות דעת על: Best of Southern Calabria and Eastern Sicily
Written 16 באפריל 2023
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2TravVzs
ארצות הברית37 שיתופים
אוק׳ 2019
Working with owner Cherrye via email and telephone was an absolute pleasure and resulted in a truly wonderful itinerary and trip to Calabria. Some of my requests were unusual or challenging, but through exchanges with Cherrye the result was an itinerary which exactly suited the way my husband and I travel.
The guide/heritage specialist who was assigned to us is perhaps the best multifaceted guide (history, archaeology, nature, ancient and current day culture), researcher, and daily helper we have ever had. And we have worked with many private guides in many countries. The preparation he did for both my family heritage quest and to see that our special dietary and allergy issues were facilitated far exceeded my expectations. He was generous with his time, flexible, a relentless researcher and also just a delightful person the share these very special days and moments with. We heard that the other carefully selected guides Cherrye works with are also fantastic.
I was overwhelmed and thrilled with the historical family information he found before and during our trip. We saw the many villages where relatives were from, verified heretofore unknown info AND met relatives - and more! I am still busy entering info into my genealogy research sources, reconnected with a US relative who also has done research, and still extraordinarily happy that I decided to take this trip and to do so with My Bella Vita Travel.
Cherrye has a unique knowledge base from which to "translate" regional culture and options in southern Italy to Italian Americans - really anyone. I have not a single hesitation in recommending her and her travel company. I already hope to return, and will be excited to work with her and make many decisions based even more fully on the recommendations she and her local guides offer.
The guide/heritage specialist who was assigned to us is perhaps the best multifaceted guide (history, archaeology, nature, ancient and current day culture), researcher, and daily helper we have ever had. And we have worked with many private guides in many countries. The preparation he did for both my family heritage quest and to see that our special dietary and allergy issues were facilitated far exceeded my expectations. He was generous with his time, flexible, a relentless researcher and also just a delightful person the share these very special days and moments with. We heard that the other carefully selected guides Cherrye works with are also fantastic.
I was overwhelmed and thrilled with the historical family information he found before and during our trip. We saw the many villages where relatives were from, verified heretofore unknown info AND met relatives - and more! I am still busy entering info into my genealogy research sources, reconnected with a US relative who also has done research, and still extraordinarily happy that I decided to take this trip and to do so with My Bella Vita Travel.
Cherrye has a unique knowledge base from which to "translate" regional culture and options in southern Italy to Italian Americans - really anyone. I have not a single hesitation in recommending her and her travel company. I already hope to return, and will be excited to work with her and make many decisions based even more fully on the recommendations she and her local guides offer.
Written 24 באוקטובר 2019
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CLBurkhardt
2 שיתופים
זוגות • ספט׳ 2019
Bella Vita did an amazing job of planning the towns and hotels for our month in Calabria. I found my grandfathers house in a tiny village near the Sila
Mountains. We watched Mt Etna “belch” & rumble.
Just cant say enough about the personal care we received. Mille Grazie, Cherrye and her team.
Mountains. We watched Mt Etna “belch” & rumble.
Just cant say enough about the personal care we received. Mille Grazie, Cherrye and her team.
Written 8 באוקטובר 2019
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Vivian T
Hurst, טקסס149 שיתופים
אוק׳ 2019
My husband and I have just returned from a once in a lifetime, dream vacation that was arranged by My Bella Vita Travel and Cherrye. We went with two purposes; to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary and for my husband to visit the town of his ancestry. The entire experience was phenomenal. During the planning stages, I changed my mind twice and Cherrye handled it all. Every accommodation was great! We did a cooking class, visited a winery, saw how silk was made, and even picked olives! We also ate too much of the most wonderful food in the world. Our guide, Gianluca, was outstanding. He was professional and overall just a great person. My husband visited his ancestral home and we met with two of his cousins and their wives. Moments like that are so precious. It was something he had wanted to do all his life. Seeing his face lit up with a smile was the best anniversary gift ever!
I highly recommend My Bella Vita Travel ! You will not be disappointed.
I highly recommend My Bella Vita Travel ! You will not be disappointed.
Written 7 באוקטובר 2019
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Anthony S
שיתוף 1
יוני 2019
From the daily excursions to the delicious meals to the well prepared heritage specialists and drivers, this is a stess free tour. Thanks to Cherrye this was a truly memorable experience through the beautiful countryside, mountains and seashore of Calabria.
Include was a day in my mother's village reviewing records. My sife and I walked the narrow streets of this northern Calabrian comune and visited the ancient churh where family members were baptized, married and worshiped, a beautiful and emotional journey.
But, this tour offered more. It was a carefully planned experience into the history, culture and people of Calabria and, as an extension of how it encompasses part of who I am. i heard some familiar words my mother used, saw the tools and methods of her pasta making while at the "cooking school". The demeanor of the women on the street in Cosenza reminded me of her. Each day brought a familiar and emotional recognition that, in a special way, I returned "home".
Include was a day in my mother's village reviewing records. My sife and I walked the narrow streets of this northern Calabrian comune and visited the ancient churh where family members were baptized, married and worshiped, a beautiful and emotional journey.
But, this tour offered more. It was a carefully planned experience into the history, culture and people of Calabria and, as an extension of how it encompasses part of who I am. i heard some familiar words my mother used, saw the tools and methods of her pasta making while at the "cooking school". The demeanor of the women on the street in Cosenza reminded me of her. Each day brought a familiar and emotional recognition that, in a special way, I returned "home".
Written 17 בספטמבר 2019
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Kathy C
פורט לאודרדייל, פלורידה70 שיתופים
זוגות • מאי 2019
We had been hoping to take a heritage tour to Calabria for years. When the time came and we found Cherrye and her company on the Internet, it seemed our dreams had come true. And indeed they had. Cherrye worked with me for quite a long time planning this trip, and I was interrupted a couple of times in planning. The result was unbelievable. EVERYONE who is interested in exploring their Calabrian heritage should book through My Bella Vita.
Ashley was our guide in Reggio Calabria, Scilla, and Pizzo. From the moment she met us at the airport, her warmth and enthusiasm brightened our trip. She is knowledgeable, funny, and very accommodating. We can't say enough good things about her.
After Reggio, we continued to Catanzaro, where Domenico assisted us in the heritage exploration part of the trip. Domenico had done extensive advance research, which we appreciated; he had been to my home village two or three times before we were there! He made it possible for us to meet a 93-year-old relative and even set up a Face Time call between him and my father in the states. It was awesome. Domenico was also quite patient when we badgered him into stopping different places and adding a stop or two to explore something that sounded interesting.
In short, we can't say enough good about our experience with this company. You won't be disappointed if you book with them.
Ashley was our guide in Reggio Calabria, Scilla, and Pizzo. From the moment she met us at the airport, her warmth and enthusiasm brightened our trip. She is knowledgeable, funny, and very accommodating. We can't say enough good things about her.
After Reggio, we continued to Catanzaro, where Domenico assisted us in the heritage exploration part of the trip. Domenico had done extensive advance research, which we appreciated; he had been to my home village two or three times before we were there! He made it possible for us to meet a 93-year-old relative and even set up a Face Time call between him and my father in the states. It was awesome. Domenico was also quite patient when we badgered him into stopping different places and adding a stop or two to explore something that sounded interesting.
In short, we can't say enough good about our experience with this company. You won't be disappointed if you book with them.
Written 8 ביוני 2019
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laural49_13
New Bremen, אוהיו10 שיתופים
לבד • מאי 2019
This review may be a little long, so I’ll get to the point first. Run, don’t walk, to MyBellaVitatravel for your vacation/heritage/refreshing time in Calabria, Italy. Every detail was taken care of with precision, and I say, “love”: love for the country, love for the traveler. During the planning stages, every e-mail was answered. Every time I thought I might be bugging Cherrye to death with questions about some detail that seemed so important to me at the time, she answered graciously and with understanding. The whole process of planning, experiencing, and remembering is an awesome experience. I noticed so many people titling their reviews something like “Trip of a Lifetime”and that is absolutely true.
The rest of the story: In 2003, some relatives on my father’s side made a trip to Mendicino, Calabria, Italy, and sent a slide show of their trip along with some family genealogy to my mother (since my father has been deceased since 1981). I watched this slide show with great interest. I have memories of my great-grandmother who emigrated from Italy, but really never asked her or my grandfather or my father many questions about it. Now that I am quickly approaching the age of 70, it seemed quite remarkable that a 26-year-old single woman would get on a ship to Ellis Island for at least 40 days, then travel 3,000 miles over land (by train?) to Portland, Oregon, and one week later marry a man she had never met (a friend of the husband of her sister who was already living in the U.S.).
So when my younger sister said she’d like to take a trip somewhere with me, we decided “Let’s go to Italy.” I found Cherrye’s Web site online, probably on TripAdvisor, and followed her on Facebook for at least a couple of years. As my sister and I are both still working and she is still raising kids, we weren’t able to work out our vacation times to coincide with one of MyBellaVIta’s small group heritage tours. So we sent our details to Cherrye who worked out a “perfect” schedule just for a private heritage tour/custom vacation. She kept us informed all along the way, making sure the details were going to work out for us.
I have to say that in the past, I have made my own travel arrangements, either staying with friends, or via home stays or friends or where friends recommended. It was new territory for me to hand over the planning to someone else, and I thought the cost might be prohibitive (it wasn’t). But my sister assured me this was the way to go, so we did! As two women, unfamiliar with Italy or any of Europe for that matter, we would have never seen the things we saw or learned the things we learned or felt the feelings we felt if we had rented a car and stumbled around for ourselves.
We already had our plane tickets to Rome. So Cherrye arranged for us to take a train from Rome to LaMezia Terme and then be picked up by a driver and driven to our hotel in Pizzo. It was so beautiful and a 2-minute walk to the town piazza filled with restaurants and gelato shops (a must!) and groceries and everything one would need, including a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea from the balcony. (See separate review for Piccolo Grand Hotel.)
We had opted to have a private driver, and it turned out that the person who did our heritage research, Domenico, was our driver for the three days we toured and fell in love with Calabria. I may not be able to put in words what I feel for this young man but I’ll try. He was kind, intelligent, funny, an excellent driver, and tenacious about showing us where our bisnonna (great grandmother) lived. We got her original birth certificate from the town hall, met the mayor of Mendicino and got a mention on his Facebook page ☺, saw the church where she was baptized, drove the neighborhood where her father was a tenant farmer, and even were invited into two different homes of “possible”relatives. It turned out that we weren’t related, but you wouldn’t have known it by the way they treated us with such respect. With Domenico translating, we learned so much about their lives and the lives of their parents.
Over the next two days, we visited the Statti winery, Nido di Seta (a silkworm coop where we met our travel contact and new friend Miriam), Reggio Calbria, and Scilla.
On Thursday evening as Domenico dropped us back at our hotel, it was hard to hold back the tears as we bid him goodbye. The next morning our driver picked us up, took us back to Lamezia Terme, where we took a train to Rome and stayed for two nights.
Rome was a totally different experience, wild and crazy in a way, but the “skip the lines” private tour of ancient Rome that Cherrye arranged for us was perfect. It was about a four-hour walk in which we saw the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum, plus, of course, stopped for gelato. Our guide on this tour was from Ireland, but living in Rome and an expert at Roman history. One thing I have to note about both tour guides is that though they were young and robust (in their 30's), they kept our pace, which was a little (☺) more leisurely. They knew where all the “rest stops” were (if you catch my drift) and were very watchful of us in the crowds. I felt like I was traveling with a close relative.
The final morning, our ride was there to take us to the airport, and bring us home.
During my stay there, I found out that if you can trace your blood relatives all the way back to the person who emigrated from Italy you can get dual citizenship. There are a few requirements and caveats, but that’s my next project!
I am probably not crediting all the people who helped us properly but if you want an experience that is more than a tour, I recommend these folks extremely highly!
The rest of the story: In 2003, some relatives on my father’s side made a trip to Mendicino, Calabria, Italy, and sent a slide show of their trip along with some family genealogy to my mother (since my father has been deceased since 1981). I watched this slide show with great interest. I have memories of my great-grandmother who emigrated from Italy, but really never asked her or my grandfather or my father many questions about it. Now that I am quickly approaching the age of 70, it seemed quite remarkable that a 26-year-old single woman would get on a ship to Ellis Island for at least 40 days, then travel 3,000 miles over land (by train?) to Portland, Oregon, and one week later marry a man she had never met (a friend of the husband of her sister who was already living in the U.S.).
So when my younger sister said she’d like to take a trip somewhere with me, we decided “Let’s go to Italy.” I found Cherrye’s Web site online, probably on TripAdvisor, and followed her on Facebook for at least a couple of years. As my sister and I are both still working and she is still raising kids, we weren’t able to work out our vacation times to coincide with one of MyBellaVIta’s small group heritage tours. So we sent our details to Cherrye who worked out a “perfect” schedule just for a private heritage tour/custom vacation. She kept us informed all along the way, making sure the details were going to work out for us.
I have to say that in the past, I have made my own travel arrangements, either staying with friends, or via home stays or friends or where friends recommended. It was new territory for me to hand over the planning to someone else, and I thought the cost might be prohibitive (it wasn’t). But my sister assured me this was the way to go, so we did! As two women, unfamiliar with Italy or any of Europe for that matter, we would have never seen the things we saw or learned the things we learned or felt the feelings we felt if we had rented a car and stumbled around for ourselves.
We already had our plane tickets to Rome. So Cherrye arranged for us to take a train from Rome to LaMezia Terme and then be picked up by a driver and driven to our hotel in Pizzo. It was so beautiful and a 2-minute walk to the town piazza filled with restaurants and gelato shops (a must!) and groceries and everything one would need, including a view of the Tyrrhenian Sea from the balcony. (See separate review for Piccolo Grand Hotel.)
We had opted to have a private driver, and it turned out that the person who did our heritage research, Domenico, was our driver for the three days we toured and fell in love with Calabria. I may not be able to put in words what I feel for this young man but I’ll try. He was kind, intelligent, funny, an excellent driver, and tenacious about showing us where our bisnonna (great grandmother) lived. We got her original birth certificate from the town hall, met the mayor of Mendicino and got a mention on his Facebook page ☺, saw the church where she was baptized, drove the neighborhood where her father was a tenant farmer, and even were invited into two different homes of “possible”relatives. It turned out that we weren’t related, but you wouldn’t have known it by the way they treated us with such respect. With Domenico translating, we learned so much about their lives and the lives of their parents.
Over the next two days, we visited the Statti winery, Nido di Seta (a silkworm coop where we met our travel contact and new friend Miriam), Reggio Calbria, and Scilla.
On Thursday evening as Domenico dropped us back at our hotel, it was hard to hold back the tears as we bid him goodbye. The next morning our driver picked us up, took us back to Lamezia Terme, where we took a train to Rome and stayed for two nights.
Rome was a totally different experience, wild and crazy in a way, but the “skip the lines” private tour of ancient Rome that Cherrye arranged for us was perfect. It was about a four-hour walk in which we saw the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum, plus, of course, stopped for gelato. Our guide on this tour was from Ireland, but living in Rome and an expert at Roman history. One thing I have to note about both tour guides is that though they were young and robust (in their 30's), they kept our pace, which was a little (☺) more leisurely. They knew where all the “rest stops” were (if you catch my drift) and were very watchful of us in the crowds. I felt like I was traveling with a close relative.
The final morning, our ride was there to take us to the airport, and bring us home.
During my stay there, I found out that if you can trace your blood relatives all the way back to the person who emigrated from Italy you can get dual citizenship. There are a few requirements and caveats, but that’s my next project!
I am probably not crediting all the people who helped us properly but if you want an experience that is more than a tour, I recommend these folks extremely highly!
Written 2 ביוני 2019
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My husband and I are in Tropea until Sunday. We would like a day tour to San Giovanni
In fiore
Lydia N
Richmond Hillשיתוף 1
Looking for relatives of the Primerano family in Serra San Bruno.
We would love to arrange a trip to that town while we are visiting Lamezia from Sept.7-28,2016.
My fiance's father Francesco Primerano,born in 1910,left Italy in 1913 with his father Bruno and mother Maria to settle in Canada.
Do you have tours to this town? My fiance Bruno Primerano would love to see where his ancestors originated.
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Lydia N
CRM
Catanzaro Calabria Italy11 שיתופים
Hi Lydia! I'm so sorry for the delay. I don't get notifications of messages here and am just now seeing this. We can do heritage tours to any village in Calabria and most places in southern Italy. If your travels take you back to Calabria, please get in touch via email which you can find on our website. (TripAdvisor rules won't let me post my email address or website address!) Grazie tanto!