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Julia Vitale
Sacramento, CA122 contributions
Jul 2019 • Solo
Few Americans visit Ischia; it is a great way to see an island without the mobs of tourists. It is 5 x as big as Capri, and charming. If you have any interest in actually seeing this island, you've got to book this type of tour, and cover the whole island. It is a bit pricey, but a worthwhile expedition.
The island has 6 towns, and a rugged geography. Known for hot springs and thermal spas, lots of Germans visit here. Ischia Guided Tours took me over the whole island in a 3 hour ride, air conditioned SUV w driver. Silvana provided an in depth commentary on many aspects of the island - history, culture, geology, on and on. I got to see some spas (from a distance) that i might want to visit, and stopped at a beautiful tranquil upscale beach town for a browse. Tour ended at Ischia Ponte, and I walked to the Castle and toured that on my own, then walked about 3 KM back to Ischia Porte to catch ferry back to Sorrento. A delightful day with a fine guide.
The island has 6 towns, and a rugged geography. Known for hot springs and thermal spas, lots of Germans visit here. Ischia Guided Tours took me over the whole island in a 3 hour ride, air conditioned SUV w driver. Silvana provided an in depth commentary on many aspects of the island - history, culture, geology, on and on. I got to see some spas (from a distance) that i might want to visit, and stopped at a beautiful tranquil upscale beach town for a browse. Tour ended at Ischia Ponte, and I walked to the Castle and toured that on my own, then walked about 3 KM back to Ischia Porte to catch ferry back to Sorrento. A delightful day with a fine guide.
Written 10 July 2019
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Thank you Julia :) I'm glad that you enjoyed your day in Ischia!
Until next time!
Silvana
Written 11 July 2019
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KBF2013
Exeter, UK64 contributions
Oct 2018 • Family
We were really keen to visit Ischia for the day and to make the most of it, we booked Silvana’s tuk tuk tour and are so glad we did. The day flew past as we gently travelled around the island driven by Giuseppe. Silvana was warm and welcoming from the minute she greeted us at Ischia Port. We hopped on board and all four of us - husband, me and two girls 8 and 11 - fitted comfortably in the back of the quaint and cosy Ape Car/Tuk Tuk. Silvana gave the tour in English for our children’s benefit and was full of interesting information and facts about the island. Her love and passion for its culture and history were evident and we were all enthused by this peaceful isle. The scenery is breathtaking and the island itself seems unspoilt. There are no chain restaurants or tacky shops here. The locals are friendly too. We enjoyed a quick lunch in a seaside village and lots of photo opportunities. Silvana explained how many films are filmed on the island including the current tv series ‘My brilliant friend’ on HBO and the next ‘Men in Black’. Silvana answered all our questions including the girls’ ones about wildlife and nature. We tasted rucolino, a liquor made of rocket, at a cute wine shop and bought wine as gifts for family. We spent some time on the unique beach at Sorgeto where we enjoyed a very hot spring experience! A first for all of us. As we travelled at the end of October many of the spas were closed but we still enjoyed a yummy ice cream before saying our farewells. We left enthused about both Silvana and the island and plan to return. We had never booked a guide before but this was a wonderful experience we would love to repeat - maybe on horseback next time?!
Written 28 November 2018
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ChevyCh64
41 contributions
Jun 2018 • Couples
Providing a happy launch to my wife’s and my recent four-day vacation to the inviting Isle of Ischia was Silvana Coppa, the private tour guide who runs Ischia Guided Tours. She arrived at our hotel in an air-conditioned taxi driven by a real professional and took us on a 3-hour tour circumnavigating the roughly 4 miles-by-4 miles island. Silvana was friendly, funny, and full of anecdotes and interesting observations as we wended our way along the dramatic sea coast and then up and over the green mountains in the south. She was fluent in English and, although a resident of Ischia and citizen of Italy since she was a small child, turned out to have been born in New York. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and Silvana, and would recommend her services for couples or groups visiting this gem that Americans are just discovering.
Written 6 June 2018
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summerdaisy0222
21 contributions
Sept 2021
We booked a tour back in January 2020 for May 2020. As we all know COVID happened and we were not able to go. Not our fault not their fault. While I know our deposit was not refundable, as were most of the good faith deposits we had put down every other hotel, boat, train, bus , airline ect gave us a credit to use once we were ALLOWED to travel again. I have sent 5 emails now starting in July 2021 since we are planning to go back in just a few short weeks and have gotten no response at all, she has ignored me completely. Every other tourism venue has been more then gracious about extending a credit-not a refund just a credit. This company chooses to ignore. Tourists should choose to ignore them.
Written 22 September 2021
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Glennagc
Atlanta, GA107 contributions
Mar 2021
Ms. Coppa took advantage of a bad time (pandemic) to profit for herself. In all the years of traveling, I have never had a bad experience with tour operators or hotels. In January 2020 I deposited money with Ms. Coppa for a tour of Ischia in June 2020. I fully understood that this deposit was non refundable. When the pandemic hit and Americans were not allowed to travel, I asked Ms. Coppa to move my tour to September 2020. In every experience of mine, It has been the policy of the Italian travel industry professionals that either a refund and credit be made to the client during the pandemic. Again, I had to reschedule the tour for June 2021 and again I have had to move the tour to August of this year 2021. When I made an inquiry to Ms Copa regarding my credit she told me I had no credit ( it didn’t matter about the pandemic). She did offer a discount in June 2021 of 25% that I in my ignorance thought was applied including the deposit. Now, she refuses to acknowledge any kind of discount of any kind.
I appealed to another guide in Rome for advice. This guide reported her to the tourism agencies in Naples. They were shocked by her unprofessionalism. Due to the pandemic, tour operators are offering credits to be used when the client can get there. Ms. Coppa says she had American clients in August of last year. There has been a non-essential travel ban from the USA since the pandemic started.
I am writing this review as a WARNING and a BEWARE of Ms. Coppa’s very unethical and unfair policy during pandemic times. I have many credits now with tour operators (Livitaly, NH Convento Hotel in Amalfi, photographers, videographers, florist, make up artist, musicians). All of these vendors have honored a credit. My advise in these tough times is to find yourself a more ethical fair tour operator. She says she had to set a time limit on rescheduling. This is stupid and unreasonable. Not only has she now an open date in June 2020 to book someone else, she would have had my tour rescheduled and had the balance of the cost of the tour.
These are unusual times for everyone during a pandemic. A reschedule of tour is of no loss to Ms. Coppa. She was still going to get additional money when I came. Now she does not have my business ever again and a bad review to boot. I don’t agree with her statement that her clients understood the loss. She can so easily rebook during this pandemic time. She took advantage of a bad situation to profit for herself.
I appealed to another guide in Rome for advice. This guide reported her to the tourism agencies in Naples. They were shocked by her unprofessionalism. Due to the pandemic, tour operators are offering credits to be used when the client can get there. Ms. Coppa says she had American clients in August of last year. There has been a non-essential travel ban from the USA since the pandemic started.
I am writing this review as a WARNING and a BEWARE of Ms. Coppa’s very unethical and unfair policy during pandemic times. I have many credits now with tour operators (Livitaly, NH Convento Hotel in Amalfi, photographers, videographers, florist, make up artist, musicians). All of these vendors have honored a credit. My advise in these tough times is to find yourself a more ethical fair tour operator. She says she had to set a time limit on rescheduling. This is stupid and unreasonable. Not only has she now an open date in June 2020 to book someone else, she would have had my tour rescheduled and had the balance of the cost of the tour.
These are unusual times for everyone during a pandemic. A reschedule of tour is of no loss to Ms. Coppa. She was still going to get additional money when I came. Now she does not have my business ever again and a bad review to boot. I don’t agree with her statement that her clients understood the loss. She can so easily rebook during this pandemic time. She took advantage of a bad situation to profit for herself.
Written 11 March 2021
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It really surprises me to read Ms Cigallio's inaccurate review, after the long emails exchange we had, where she agreed to the terms and conditions of the booking; after I postponed her tour 3 times and in one of her emails she also writes "thank you so much, you are very generous for this".
I find "very unethical" the way she describes things in this review, making suppositions and depicting me as unprofessional, when all I did was to stick to our agreement, that she now calls "stupid and unreasonable"!
Written 27 March 2021
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wenche71
Bergen, Norway25 contributions
Jul 2019
We arrived with a cruis ship to Naples but wanted to see something else than Capri and Naples (which we have visited several times before) Found Ischia Guided Tours online and sent Silvana an email. I'm SO pleased i did. We had a fantastic tour and Silvana is the best guide you can wish for. We booked our own tickets on the Hydrofoil fra Naples to Ischia and she met us at the quay (at Ischia). The a minibus was imacculate and the driver was great, and Silvana is a gem! Great knowledge and suggested stops at the most perfect places. In fact the islands is so stunning we are planning to go back next summer for 1 week. I would highly recommend booking a tour with Silvana. We had the best time and got to see some beautiful places.
Written 1 October 2019
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Gary S
Moniga del Garda, Italy15 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
Silvana did an excellent job of guiding us around the island, giving us plenty of facts, and then helping us plan our remaining few days. She also recommended us to try the best local white wine we had all holiday (Lefkos). Thoroughly recommend this trip.
Written 5 July 2018
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cdalmolin
Houston, TX123 contributions
Jun 2018 • Friends
This was a wonderful day on the Isle of Ischia with our guide Silvana. We had heard about Ischia but really didn’t know what to expect. Silvana gave a knowledgeable guided tour around the island with stops for pictures and a little exploration. The tour provided us with information about the history as well as attractions on the island such as the thermal parks, beaches and local cuisine. We have definitely decided that next trip we will stay on the island. There was only one boat from Sorrento on the day we visited so plan accordingly. This allowed us about 8 hours on the Island. Silvana was considerate of the needs of our group and graciously accommodated us. She gave us tips for what to see and do during our visit. We had time at the end of our tour to explore the Castle Aragonese of Ischia and we were so glad we did. We enjoyed a bit of shopping, trying local wines and enjoying a little gelato!! We would highly recommend this experience with Silvana and Guided tours of Ischia!
Written 10 June 2018
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trvlnliz
Murrieta, CA36 contributions
May 2018 • Couples
We spent a wonderful day with Silvana in Ischia. We would never would have seen half of what we saw and did, without her. We learned so much from her and can’t wait to go back. Thank you Silvana for the great day!
Written 1 June 2018
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Thank you so much! Greetings from Ischia :)
Written 4 June 2018
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Angela E
Toronto, Canada456 contributions
May 2018 • Friends
Silvana is a wonderful guide and her love of Ischia shines through in her descriptions of the island. We did a day trip from Sorrento and Silvana met us at the ferry port along with Guiseppe, our vintage Ape driver. We had a wonderful overview of Ischia and stopped at the Aragonese Castle and had a bit of free time in Sant'Angelo. Silvana was very warm and welcoming and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with her - it flew by so fast. Would highly recommend Silvana as a guide! For anyone trying to decide between visiting Capri or Ischia - I would highly recommend Ischia. Fewer tourists and a more authentic experience.
Written 28 May 2018
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Thank you! And thank you for the pictures!
Written 4 June 2018
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Can you tell me how much a tour for two costs. What sights do you usually go to? We will be arriving Nov 18 2019 and be staying in Lacco Ameno. Thank you. Lu Ann
Written 3 September 2019
Hello Thank you for your message.
For enquieries and availability you can contact me at my email address on my website.
Best regards
Written 3 September 2019
Zahira M
Majadahonda, Spain
Hola, tenemos intencion de pasar el dia 5 de enero es Ischia, nos gustaría hacer un tour guiado en español para ver lo mas posible.
¿Como podiamos contactar con, Silvana u otra persona para hacerlo?
Un saludo y muchas gracias de antemano.
Written 28 September 2018
Hello, you can contact me by email at info (arroba) ischiaguidedtours . com
Written 29 September 2018
Hello, we are visiting Ischia for the first time next year and would like to do this tour of the island in a Tuk Tuk. Could you advise the price of a half day and full day tour with guide please
Written 11 August 2018
The half day was €180, you pay €40 deposit and €140 on the day. You also need to get the ferry from Sorrento and this was approx £95 return for 2 of us. I booked that online before coming to Italy to ensure we got seats. Hope this helps.
Not sure how much the full day cost.
Written 11 August 2018
Buongiorno, noi siansiamo all'hotel casa rosa terme di Sant'Angelo. Siamo zia e nipotina di 8 anni. Vorremmo sapere fafattibilità e costi. Grazie mille, attendiamo un cortese riscontro
Written 26 July 2018
We are coming August 27 and would like to get a tour of ischia. If you do the boat tour, how big is the boat?
Written 21 July 2018
Hello,
thank you for your message.
For availability and prices you can contact me by email
info at ischiaguidedtours , com
Thank you and best regards
Written 22 July 2018
costo del tour dell'isola per 4 adulti + 4 bambini
Written 11 June 2018
Salve,
Grazie per il messaggio,
dovrebbe mandare una mail a info (chiocciola) ischiaguidedtours punto com
Grazie
Written 12 June 2018
We are staying in Ichia for 7 nights from June 11 and are interested in a half day tour, would you give prices for 2 people please.
Written 11 May 2018
Hi,
Thank you for your message.
Could you please let me know your email address where I can send different tour options with prices?
You can contact me through my website Ischia Guided Tour com
or on my Facebook page ISCHIA GUIDED TOURS.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Silvana
Written 12 May 2018
wam88
Jupiter, Florida
Hi,
We are four visitors eager to book a tour with you at the end of May. Is it possible?
Thank you,
Walter, Diane, Carol and Robert
Written 16 April 2018
Salve, io e mia moglie saremo a Ischia dal 27/4 al 1/05 e volevamo sapere se avete un tour organizzato dell'isola in questo periodo. Grazie.
Written 26 March 2018
Salve,
E' possibile organizzare tour privati di diversa durata per visitare tutta l'isola d'Ischia.
Per ulteriori informazioni mi può contattare via email oppure attraverso la pagina Facebook, Ischia Guided Tours.
A presto!
Silvana
Written 26 March 2018
Hello!
I’ll be staying at Hotel Margherita in Praiano September 11th-18th. Does anyone know how far this is from the Island of Ischia? I would very much like to tour the Island as I have heard it’s breathtaking!
Written 11 March 2018
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