ITALY Readers's Tips - For anyone going to southern Italy we had two incredible guides that you can contact via email. For the Amalfi Coast:Salvatore Lucibello of Drive Amalfi took us on a tour of the Amalfi Drive.e saw Amalfi, Sorrento, Ravello, Praiano, Pompei.We stopped and had a beautiful lunch in the picturesque village of Ravello with outstanding pizza and homemade limoncello Salvatore is a gentlemen and very cultured.You can contact him at driveamalfihotmail.m.Also, while inside the gates of Pompei you can either take the audio tour or hire a private guide.I strongly recommend the private guide especially if your time in Pompei is limited.We only had 2 hours and we received a very comprehensive tour and fascinating dialogue with Gaetano Amitrano who is an official guide of Pompei.You can email Gaetano at gaetanomecpompei.m.Having this type of one on one interaction with private guides is well worth the extra money.Private guides provide the highlights that really make your trip come alive.I have been on tours with 50 people and there is no comparisonSincerely, Kye Cohen

Could you please tell us the name of the restaurant in Ravello that you ate at I am looking for another besides Gumpa Cosimo for my next trip. We toured in April with Salvatore of DriveAmalfi at driveamalfihotmail.m and he took us to the small village of Pontone which is very near Ravello and we ate the the Ristorante San Giovanni(WWW.storantesangiovanni.mI would agree with Carleen he is very cultured and was the best guide we had on our trip.

David Pugh: We stayed at the Hotel Parsifal in Ravello which was a convent in 1288.We had two dinners in their restaurant and the food was delicious, good service and the prices reasonable.Not to mention the view Maybe you'd like to check it out.

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