I took a Cosmos tour of Italy in 1996 and was pleased overall with the tour. My travelogue is here: http://members.accesswave.ca/~tvor/italy96b.htm

The only thing i wasn't as happy with is that in cities you don't stay in the city center though you are always near public transportation. We saw and did a whole lot and covered a lot of territory. The thing i liked about our tour is that we stayed three nights in Sorrento and four nights in Rome. That was nice so that it was a break from moving to a new hotel every night. We took some of the optional tours (meaning, they cost extra) and did stuff on our own for other periods of our free time.

Diane Johnston Halifax, NS