Is Soleto Travel worth it? The data verdict
Soleto Travel rates 4.44★ across 379 verified reviews — genuinely good, short of exceptional. Its trips run about £291/day — pricier than the market median. The complaints below are consistent enough to take seriously before booking.
Where Soleto Travel scores
What travellers consistently praise
- Knowledgeable, warm guides and drivers
- Smooth transfers and logistics
- Well-chosen, centrally located hotels
- Comprehensive itineraries covering key sights
- Personal, family-style small-group experiences
The consistent complaints
- Poor pre-trip communication and late documents
- Itinerary or hotel changes without warning
- Inconsistent food and some tired accommodation
- 'Private guided' tours sometimes lacking an actual guide
Both lists distilled from the same verified review base — we publish the bad with the good.
In travellers' own words
“WOW, we got lucky with our Tour Leader (Alessio) and driver (Mr Peno) - so well organised, so informative, moments of awe, laughter and just a wonderfully”
“We thoroughly enjoyed Discover Matera and the Taste of Salento tours. It was like staying with good friends who want to show you around all their favourite pl”
“We were failed by the tour operator in 3 key areas: 1. we were not met on arrival and the hotel had been changed without telling us. We were homeless in Palermo at 1am. On departure, the taxi to take us to the airpo”
“Reasonable accomodation good drivers no guide support you are on your own . Though the tour is advertised as private guided tour Only accomodation and private car booked no guide support the driver is said to be d”
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