Travel Empress Blog

We were very pleased with the tour of the Northern Italian Lake district, Venice and Milan we just completed, booked through Empress with Globus Travel. The scenery in the lake district, which includes views of both the Alps and the Dolomites, is breathtaking. We took boat rides on both Lakes Como and Maggiore, stopping to visit such beautiful sites as Bellagio and Isola Bella. We traveled at the foot of the Italian Alps, spent an afternoon in Switzerland and traveled through the Dolomites. Venice is magical. Wandering through the city, crossing footbridge after footbridge is amazing. I had not thought I would enjoy Milan, which is so industrialized, but the old part of the city, with its immense cathedral, galleria, and, of course, La Scala opera house, were beautiful. We believe we got very good value with Globus and would travel with them again.