点评:My husband and I traveled independently in May 2025 starting in Lucerne, Switzerland and ending in Rome, Italy, moving from place to place by train, boat, and bus (free from driving a car). In Locarno we took the Centivalli Panoramic train to Domodossola and arranged for Davide to meet us at the Domodossola train station to take us to Lake Orta on our way to Stresa. Without his assistance we could not have seen the Lake Orta area because there is no public transport there. He took us to the sacred mountain devoted to St Francis of Assisi and let us wander on our own through the chapels, then dropped us in the village of Orta where we had lunch at a lakeside restaurant before taking the tiny boat taxi to the island where we walked the path of silence. We returned to the village for an afternoon coffee where we called David who picked us up and took us to an unexpected viewing of the statue of St Charles, a huge statue on a scale comparable to the Statue of Liberty, located in a park on top of a hill overlooking Lake Orta. We would not have discovered this site on our own because I had not read about it in guide books and it was so worthwhile and memorable. After St. Charles, Davide drove us to our accommodation in Stresa. Throughout the day he answered our questions about Italy and the sites we were visiting. His English is excellent so if you don't speak Italian (which we don't) you will have no problem communicating with him. He is an excellent driver who knows his way around all of the hairpin turns on the Piedmont roads. He is a very likeable person who is easy to spend the day with--I felt we were with a friend rather than a tour guide. If you need private transportation and are wondering who to hire, look no further. David's Blue Taxi service is your best choice. He is very responsive to emails or phone calls and his price is reasonable. You can be confident if you book a tour with him that you will not be disappointed.
翻译:2025年5月,我和丈夫独自旅行,从瑞士卢塞恩出发,最终抵达意大利罗马,途中乘坐火车、轮船和巴士(无需开车)。在洛迦诺,我们乘坐Centivalli全景列车前往多莫多索拉,并安排Davide在多莫多索拉火车站接我们,然后带我们前往奥尔塔湖,途中再前往斯特雷萨。如果没有他的帮助,我们根本无法欣赏奥尔塔湖的景色,因为那里没有公共交通。他带我们去了供奉圣方济各的圣山,让我们自由漫步于教堂之间,然后把我们送到奥尔塔村,我们在湖边的一家餐厅吃了午饭,然后乘坐小型水上出租车前往小岛,在那里我们漫步于静默之路。我们回到村子喝下午咖啡,打电话给大卫,他来接我们,带我们去参观了意想不到的圣查尔斯雕像。这座巨大的雕像规模堪比自由女神像,坐落在俯瞰奥尔塔湖的山顶公园里。我们自己是不会发现这个景点的,因为我之前没有在旅游指南上读到过,但这次参观非常值得,令人难忘。离开圣查尔斯后,大卫开车送我们去了斯特雷萨的住处。一整天,他都在解答我们关于意大利和景点的问题。他的英语很棒,所以即使你不会说意大利语(我们也不会),和他交流也完全没问题。他是一位优秀的司机,对皮埃蒙特道路上的所有急转弯都了如指掌。他非常和蔼可亲,和他一起度过这一天很容易——我感觉我们更像是和一位朋友在一起,而不是和一位导游在一起。如果您需要私人交通工具,并且不知道该雇谁,那就不用再找了。大卫的蓝色出租车服务是您的最佳选择。无论是邮件还是电话,他都非常及时回复,而且价格合理。您可以放心,预订他的行程绝对不会让您失望。