Reviews for Our Local Guides

Paulo was a wonderful, charming, and entertaining guide. His extensive knowledge of Matera and surrounding area made our experience in Matera even better. I had my seven year old with us, and Paulo was amazing at involving him during the tour, accommodating all our needs. Thanks Paulo, the tour was a highlight on our trip.

Our experience with Paolo and Guides of Italia was great. Very knowledgeable, responsive and friendly.

Paolo is an excellent guide. He guided our group of 4 on private walking tours of Matera and Lecce and recommended that we stop at Grottaglie, a town known for its ceramics. Paolo is engaging and knowledgeable about the history, culture and food of the region. He provided great recommendations for restaurants and things to do during our stay. We would highly recommend Paolo!

Wonderful time in Puglia! Thank you Paolo for the fantastic guidance and suggestions and your guided tours. The trip would va e not been the same without you

Ragusa and Noto are beautiful. Roberto was a great guide. On time, flexible to our interests and a very nice guy. Total comfort in his great car. Thank you, Roberto!

Roberto was a wonderful guide! This was our second time visiting Pompeii. Even though we have been before, we learned so much from him. We had 3 children with us, ages 11, 13 and 17, and they were engaged the whole time. Would highly recommend him as a guide!

Our tour was perfect, covered many of the major items and views but also lots of off the beaten path items. Paolo had tons of great information and facts for us.

Cosimo was very knowledgeable and made our visit to Matera very interesting. he arrived on time, very polite. Definitely to visit Matera is necessary a guide and I recommend him.

Francesco was excellent! He gave us all of the overview as well as enough detail to understand what we were seeing and the historical context. The pace was excellent. Highly recommend!!

Our guide was Stefania. We booked a private tour for our family of 6. She was energetic and fun, but her presentation was a bit disorganized and not always accurate. I expected a more detailed discussion regarding the history and culture of this fascinating city (at least beyond what I had already read). Overall a pleasant experience, but not stellar or impressive.