点评:I’ve traveled several times with Gianluca de Franceso, founder of Zanna Tours. Gianluca is a licensed tour guide with very good English. He can arrange any services or itinerary you would like; but is very willing to defer to any arrangement you wish to make yourself. My trips with Gianluca have ranged from those where I dictated every thing and place I wanted to see, to those where I said “show me something new”. Even when I laid out the see-list, he always added more. No commute from the airport has ever been just transportation - he always adds sites along the way.
His passion for Calabria, combined with his wide range of knowledge (current & historical politics, agriculture, history, archeology, art, religion and more) have awakened my love of Calabria and have increased my knowledge of history.
Gianluca drives safely & smoothly in a clean and comfortable vehicle (and for those of you who may be worried, with A/C). His recommended hotels / B&Bs, restaurants, sites and activities have never disappointed. With Gianluca / Zanna Tours as my guide, I always feel that I’m am seeing a slice of the “real” Calabria . He has enabled me to see places and experience things that I never could have without him. A cousin whom Gianluca helped me to locate in our ancestral village, a lifelong Calabrian, said of this this year's trip pictures that we were “giving [them] the opportunity to "know" places that even to us Calabrian people are "unknown".
His companionship is enjoyable, and his patience seems boundless. He is extremely gracious in the midst of some very long days. Never once, despite some very long days with me, has he shown fatigue, impatience or indifference. I will continue to travel with him, and recommend him without reservation to anyone seeking a guide or assistance with genealogical travel in Calabria.
翻译:我曾多次与 Zanna Tours 的创始人 Gianluca de Franceso 一起旅行。Gianluca 是一名持证导游,英语水平很高。他可以为您安排任何您想要的服务或行程;但他非常愿意遵从您自己想做的任何安排。我与 Gianluca 的旅行范围很广,有的是我口述了我想看的所有东西和地方,有的是我要求他“带我去看看新地方”。即使我列出了要看的景点清单,他总是会添加更多。从机场到目的地的通勤从来都不是单纯的交通——他总是在途中增加景点。
他对卡拉布里亚的热爱,加上他广泛的知识(当前和历史政治、农业、历史、考古学、艺术、宗教等),激发了我对卡拉布里亚的热爱,也增加了我对历史的了解。
Gianluca 驾驶着一辆干净舒适的汽车(对于那些可能担心的人来说,还有空调),安全平稳地驾驶。他推荐的酒店/民宿、餐厅、景点和活动从未令人失望。有 Gianluca / Zanna Tours 作为我的导游,我总是觉得我看到了“真正的”卡拉布里亚。他让我看到了一些地方,体验了一些没有他我永远无法体验到的事情。Gianluca 帮助我找到的一位堂兄,他土生土长的卡拉布里亚人,在我们祖籍的村庄里找到了他,谈到今年的旅行照片,他说我们“给了他们机会去‘了解’那些甚至对我们卡拉布里亚人来说都是‘未知’的地方”。
他的陪伴令人愉快,他的耐心似乎无穷无尽。在漫长的日子里,他非常亲切。尽管和我在一起度过了漫长的几天,但他从来没有表现出疲倦、不耐烦或冷漠。我会继续和他一起旅行,并毫无保留地向任何在卡拉布里亚寻求导游或家谱旅行帮助的人推荐他。