点评:I need to double down on all the other 5 star reviews here -- Anna is AMAZING.
Book. time. with. her. It will be the highlight of your trip.
The full story: I reached out after trying to understand Piemonte (aka Piedmont) region wines on my own to no avail. I was overwhelmed by the possibilities -- big producer? Small? Something in between? None of those felt totally right to me (we weren't planning on buying a ton of wine which felt somehow wrong, we're wine-curious but not "wine people') but I didn't know any other options.
Anna responded quickly and thoughtfully. She was able to show my husband and I around an absolute hidden gem town in Piemonte.
For folks who haven't been to Italy before: you quickly learn the country runs on relationships. Anna has those in spades -- staff literally light up when she chats with them, you can just tell people love working with her and want to go the extra mile for her and the folks she brings with her (that would be *you* on a tour.) I won't spoil all the things we saw but I will say we never would have found them on our own. (And I don't admit that lightly as I'm regularly a go-to pseudo travel-agent for my family and friends.)
Lastly, she nailed our tastes immediately -- something I couldn't figure out on my own because you just can't gain this type of context on Piemonte like you can with Florence, Rome, Venice, or even Bologna and Turin. Anna picked perfect locations for us: a balance of educational, relaxed, and authentic-cool.
In the end: My only regret is that we didn't spend MORE time with her, but I hope to be able to go back and do a longer tour with Anna and bring some family with me!
翻译:我必须加倍赞扬这里其他五星好评——安娜太棒了。
和她一起预订。这将成为你旅行的亮点。
完整故事:我试图独自了解皮埃蒙特(Piemonte,又称皮埃蒙特)地区的葡萄酒,却无功而返,于是联系了她。我被各种可能性弄得不知所措——大型生产商?小型生产商?还是介于两者之间的?我觉得这些都不完全合适(我们没打算买一大堆酒,这感觉有点不对劲,我们对葡萄酒很好奇,但不是“葡萄酒达人”),但我不知道还有其他选择。
安娜回复得很快,也很周到。她带我和我丈夫参观了皮埃蒙特大区一个绝对鲜为人知的珍宝小镇。
对于那些以前没去过意大利的人来说:你很快就会发现,这个国家靠的是人际关系。安娜在这方面做得非常出色——她和员工聊天时,员工们都兴致勃勃,你可以看出他们喜欢和她一起工作,愿意为她和她带的人(也就是*你*在旅行团里)付出更多。我不会剧透我们所看到的一切,但我必须说,我们自己绝对找不到这些。(我可不会轻易承认这一点,因为我经常为家人和朋友找一个伪旅行社。)
最后,她立刻就抓住了我们的口味——这是我自己无法弄清楚的,因为你根本做不到。在皮埃蒙特体验这种氛围,就像在佛罗伦萨、罗马、威尼斯,甚至博洛尼亚和都灵一样。安娜为我们挑选了完美的地点:兼具教育性、轻松惬意和地道的酷炫。
最后:我唯一的遗憾是没能和她多待一会儿,但我希望以后能和安娜一起再去一次,进行一次更长时间的旅行,并带上我的家人!