Jan and Tracey - we did the Hotel Bernini Bristol thru RSSC last year, and it was fantastic. We loved the location, could walk everywhere, even though some walks were longer than we thought, the concierge at the hotel gave us wonderful restaurant recommendations every night, we loved being right on the Via Veneto, and our room, had been nicely refurbished, but still had the feel of an old hotel, back in the old days so to speak.

We did not book any excursions in Rome, just did our own research and walked everywhere and saw more than we had anticipated for a first visit.

We also did Pompei in Sorrento and it was very interesting, but now we want to go back and do something different. We did our own roaming in St. Tropez and Monte Carlo and just found our own places to see, eat, enjoy the atmosphere, etc.

Sounds like a great cruise and will look forward to hearing more about it from you, before, during and after!