Reviews

My first Exodus holiday

This was my first walking holiday with Exodus…..but I’m sure it won’t be my last. I usually go cycling holidays but this is the first year I have been on my own after losing my husband. My very good friend has been on many Exodus holidays and suggested I go with her this year and see what I thought. Well we had a fabulous time. We were with a lovely friendly group of like minded people who all got on really well. The hotel couldn’t be faulted. The staff were all lovely and the food ….well what can I say……it was first class. i must say I wasn’t looking forward to eating in the same place every night but by the time we returned in the evening I was so glad we were eating the fabulous food and all sitting together sharing our thoughts from the day.

Amalfi coast

Walking beautiful. Tour guide excellent. Pick up from airport disorganised. Hotel adequate.

Exciting and stretching!

Very enjoyable. The number of steps on several of the walks was daunting and I had very stiff legs for days! I think it is more of a 3 rather than a 2/3.

Highly recommended

A really enjoyable week with a good variety of activities. A nice friendly hotel with good food.

Amalfi

This was an excellent trip, great companions and leader. I and several others did think it would have been
better to have the hardest walk later in the week when we had time to build up stamina and acclimatise to
the heat.

Superb hiking holiday

A wonderful hiking holiday of five stunning walks on the Amalfi coast, including the legendary Path of the Gods and a trip around the Vesuvius crater rim. Brilliantly organised to include a mix of hiking terrains, scenery and the Italian coastal towns that were such a joy to visit (plus Pompeii), every day was a scintillating new experience. The family-run hotel was great, the dinners were good, as were the members of the 14-strong group – the like-minded and friendly nature of my fellow group members is something that makes Exodus holidays so enjoyable. Bringing all this together was our brilliant tour guide Teresa, who got us all up and down the hills with considerable aplomb. Highly recommended for anyone who likes hiking, scenery, good company, and a well-organised week’s adventure holiday!

Walking the Amalfi Coast

An enjoyable trip – thanks

I want, above all, to write about travelling to Italy and back by train. I was so pleased that you have added train travel to trips and I really enjoyed getting there and back this way. When I mentioned it to people in my group, most were unaware that it was an option and said they would have done it too had they known it was a possibility. I think it needs to be flagged up much more prominently and perhaps featured more prominently in your promotional material. I booked a couple of extra days here and there and had such a good time exploring cities and extending the holiday.
A couple of notes:

I booked in January? and was given details of hotels at that time. I was also asked to pay an additional £30 to cover hotel costs. I was contacted again much later about the travel arrangements and given details of a second set of hotels. When the train tickets were finally secured, only a couple of weeks before I went, I was given the details of a third set of hotels. Not great as I wasted time printing out details and looking the hotels up. I don’t understand either why the train tickets were not bought sooner. I understood that they would be un-refundable and had taken out insurance to cover myself. Surely, it would have been cheaper for Exodus to buy them as soon as possible? I was also booked on a slow stopping train between Naples and Florence, meaning I lost out on time there.
All the hotels were fine, although I was asked to pay for the Turin hotel. I have been in touch about this already and this is in hand. One point though: the Park Palace Hotel in Florence was lovely and in a beautiful part of the city, but I spent £50 on taxis getting from and to the stations which I thought was rather too much.

A Jolly Good Holiday

We were lucky enough to have the right kind of weather, and as a group we all got on very well, and lead by our guide Veriano.
Loved our day to Vesuvius and Pompei.
The hotel is nice but for me the food was rather dull and unadventurous.
Often after our dinner we would go to the piazza for a walk and coffee.
There were 3 Exodus Group on our particular week, and many of us wanted to go to Herculaneum, and this was arranged for us, as an add on, on our way back to the airport.
Overall it was a good holiday and would recommend.

Fabulous holiday

From the day I booked, Exodus were totally professional. I was greeted at the airport by the very friendly and helpful guide Tony and so a wonderful week started. I was lucky enough to have a wonder group of 16 people of a similar ability, so each day ran smoothly. On one day, the planned route had to be changed due to a land fall, but an alternative route was found. Exodus ensure their walkers’ safety at all times and Tony made sure that everyone felt included. Vesuvius was breath-taking and the views were out of this world. On our free day, all of us went across to Capri and enjoyed the island at our own pace.
The hotel was friendly, clean and e were lucky enough to get a dip in the pool. The pizza and tiramisu demonstrations were great, as by then we had got to know each other so it all the more enjoyable to watch our friend making the food.

Stepping up (and down)

A very good walking area with magnificent views on good days. The week is full on with some extra events thrown in which we enjoyed. The hotel is comfortable and the food prepared by chef is very good. The guide was very knowledgeable about the area and looked after us well.