Best of Paris Tour in a Week

My wife and I enjoyed two wonderful weeks in France. Our trip was excellently planned by our travel agent at this France travel agency. In Paris, we stayed at a very nice, small hotel with the perfect location. The hotel was surrounded with streets filled with stylish boutiques and outstanding restaurants and cafes.The hotel staff was most considerate of our needs. We visited just about all of the major attractions. We particularly enjoyed our excursions to Versailles and the Louvre Museum. We stayed three nights in Bayeux, an ideal location to explore the Normandy invasion sites, museums, and cemeteries. Bayeux is a very walkable city and filled with its own treasures such as the Tapestry Museum. Our comfortable B&B was minutes from the museums, Cathedral, and fine restaurants.We spent our last four nights in Amboise, a great base to explore the castles, chateaux, and wineries in the Loire Valley. We stayed at a wonderful B&B that had its own beautiful gardens and served superb breakfasts.Our accommodations throughout our trip were excellent. The hosts, guides, and drivers provided by our travel agent were dedicated to making our vacation special and memorable.

We had a tremendous week in Paris on a three generation family vacation. Our travel company put together an itinerary that not only included all the places we had asked to see as well as a few others, but also put considerable thought into how we would experience each one. Not only did we see the major sites but we had private guided tours at the Louvre, at Versailles, of La Marais, the Islands/Notre Dame, and at the Eiffel Tower which allowed us have a much more intimate experience because we could ask questions and discuss what we were seeing with guides that were very knowledgeable and personable.  Beyond these private tours, our travel company also arranged a private boat cruise on the Seine River, a six course dinner on a glass enclosed double decker bus to see Paris at night, and a private macaroon baking class (so much fun). Our travel company also worked with me to find and reserve a couple of special dinners for the family, one at a Michelin star restaurant and the other at a restaurant on the 56th floor of a building overlooking Paris and the Eiffel Tower during its evening light show. We came back exhausted in the best way with wonderful memories of our family's first visit to Paris.

Our travel company was great to work with. The owner and her team listened to what we wanted to prioritize and our concerns and then came back with a draft itinerary that clearly showed they had paid attention and weren't just repackaging the last tour they put together. They were responsive and creative as we fine-tuned the itinerary. One example was in helping find the right hotel for our large party of seven. I had initially assumed we would target larger hotels and look for interconnecting rooms (7 people in our three generation family group but four were children) but quickly realized those options were very limited as European hotel rooms are considerably smaller than those in the US and rarely interconnected. The travel company came up with a creative solution by finding a boutique hotel where we could take four rooms that would be the entire floor of a small wing in the hotel, thereby giving us the privacy we were looking for since we had the whole floor of the wing. The hotel was perfectly situated on a quiet street but only two blocks over from a major retail area and the Seine River, just opposite the Louvre. We also especially liked that we had the same guides for multiple days, and so we got to know them. Also, we had the same driver for the entire week we were there. He was the first person we met after clearing customs when we arrived and the last one to see us off at the end of the trip. Each of these people had worked with this travel company for a while. Our agent and her company were very professional throughout. She was at the hotel when we arrived to meet us and give us an orientation of our week in Paris and was available throughout our stay. I would give this company the strongest recommendation if you are considering working with a local agent for a trip to France.

Working with Zicasso was great!  Our contact person was responsive to our questions and got us a sample itinerary quickly.  She was very helpful in adjusting the itinerary to meet our family’s needs.  She was also helpful in guiding through what would be reasonable expectations in terms of days in each city, day trips that might work with our locations and re-arranging the order of the cities to help with flight costs.

Once we started our trip we had another contact.  She was amazing!  She was quick to respond whenever we had questions.  On the day we arrived in Paris, we were supposed to meet a tour group on a street corner for a tour of the Eiffel Tower.  Unfortunately, the meeting place was changed and we were not informed.  The street corner was quite a distance from the Eiffel tower so we couldn’t just ask at the information desk as we were no where near it so we just waited.  Eventually, when we were 15 minutes past the meeting time, I emailed and called our contact.  She got back to me pretty quickly and figured out that the meeting place had changed.  By that time, our tour group had left.  We were pretty frustrated, but our contact made some quick phone calls and got us added onto another group at a later time.  We were really grateful as we didn’t really have any significant down time in our schedule to come back to see the Eiffel Tower another day.  She even offered to reimburse us for a dinner for our trouble.  Amazing customer service.  In regards to the mix up to begin with, I don’t know if you have any say in meeting places, but our original meeting place on the street corner was a bit odd as it was a good 15-20 minute walk from the Eiffel Tower and it doesn’t really seem to make sense why it was so far away when there were obviously many groups meeting right at the base of the tower.

London - This may have been our favorite part of the trip (but it was all amazing so it’s hard to pick!).  We were thrilled with the location of our hotel - in the theater district.  It is a lovely part of town and we walked around a lot.  We were also right next to a tube station which was handy.  The hotel itself, including the staff was fantastic.  The meeting places for various tours was clear and it was pretty easy to get around (really glad we didn’t rent a car as the driving looks terrifying!).

Paris - The hotel was very pretty, but incredibly ornate and the rooms were small, a little less kid friendly than the other hotels.  Honestly, the small room size was actually what we were expecting in all the cities, so it wasn’t a big deal.  Our day trip to Versailles and Giverny was excellent.  Our guide was very good.  The walking tour of Île de la Cité was also very good - it would be good to mention the amount of walking for certain tours.  That day we had the walking tour in the morning, about 90 minutes break, then the Louvre tour in the afternoon.  We decided to walk from the hotel to  Île de la Cité which was probably a 45 minute walk.  We ended up walking for probably 8-10 hours, including walking the 400 some steps to the top of Notre Dame, that day and were exhausted (it also happened to be 90+ degrees out).  If we had known how much walking we’d be doing that day, we would probably have taken a taxi.  The Louvre scavenger hunt tour was probably our least favorite event of the trip.  The guide was very nice, but the scavenger hunt was not that great.  Our kids are 11, 15 and 18 and I think are a little too old to have been very engaged by it.  It also seemed like we were just rushed from one part of the museum to another looking for the next “clue”.  There were some things we weren’t interested in and others that we would have rather spent more time.  There was a lot of walking there and after spending the morning walking in the heat, I think we were pretty tired.  The Louvre is so big that I don’t know of a better way to see it, but those were our thoughts.

Barcelona - The hotel was very nice - it’s too bad they limit the air conditioning because it was very hot there too.  We did expect the heat, but were a little surprised at how few places had air conditioning (or kept it at a pretty warm setting).  The hotel staff was nice, but some of them didn’t seem very knowledgeable regarding locations of restaurants or meeting places.  The one thing we would have liked to have known ahead of time is regarding Park Guell.  We had an open afternoon and there suggestions on our itinerary to go to the beach or to Park Guell.  When we asked about the beach, we were told that the only one that was recommended was about an hour away by bus - we were told the others had a lot of vendors and that at those beaches, we could expect to be approached to buy things every 30 seconds.  When we asked about Park Guell, we were told that tickets need to be purchased a day in advance (on the itinerary, it seemed like we could just show up, get a ticket and walk around).  Luckily, we were able to work it into our schedule because it was worth it!

Rome - The hotel rooms were small, but nice.  The staff was pretty nice, but not especially helpful with our transportation questions.  On the day we were to see the Colosseum, we planned to take a taxi as it was pretty far to walk.  We asked the front desk staff the night before about getting a taxi (because there were 5 of us) and were told we just needed to come to the lobby when we were ready and they would call one.  That day, we found out that if we wanted a taxi for 5, it should have been scheduled in advance.  We were basically told to walk to the taxi station on the corner and hope that one with enough seats came by.  After a bit of a wait, we did get one, but it was pretty stressful since by then it was much too late to walk and get there on time.  In general, transportation was the biggest issue in Rome since none of it other than shuttles to and from the airport was arranged.  We loved the city itself.

Thank you to our travel planner and her company for helping us plan and schedule an amazing trip to Europe for our grand daughter’s graduation from high school.  This was a multi-generational tour - grandchildren, parents and grandparents.The trip was a year in the making to see the highlights and do some of the not to ordinary experiences in London and Paris, plus an extension to Budapest, Salzburg and Munich for the grandparents.  Our travel planner was attentive to our desires to do and see certain attractions, but also she suggested sights and activities unique to the places we were to visit.  She located condos in center city which were accessed by walking or public transportation to the major sites on our itinerary  ( We purchased Oyster Cards in London to make for quick and easy access on public transportation.)

Upon arriving in London we settled into our condo and then took off on our first adventure to ride on the Coca-Cola London Eye with  beautiful views of the city and then do a thrilling ride on the River Thames.  To highlight the activities in London: (the parents had previously visited London and Paris two times and the grandparents three times)  tour of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral; in the evening  of the second day it was a dark, cold and rainy setting the stage for our Jack the Ripper Tour.  It made the walk on the cobbled alleyways eerie and thrilling reminding us of days gone by.  On our second full day we visited Wimbledon with behind the scenes visits of facilities used by the press, broadcasters and the world’s best tennis players.  Our grand daughters and their mother play tennis so it was very exciting for them to see the grass courts and to envision the championship players on center court.  Back to center city to visit the Tower of London to see the royal jewels and to hear the history of the castle and of those who were executed there.  Day three we were able to see the various stages of the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace,.  We didn’t have to stand in line for hours, as we had done in the past, but instead were able to see the inspection, Old Guard, New Guard, Palaces and were even able to march alongside the Guard and the Ceremonial Bands.

Leaving London, we arrived in Paris and were met and transferred to our centrally located condo.  On our first full day in France we traveled to Normandy via train.  We visited the Caen War Memorial, the Normandy Landing Beaches walking on the beaches where so many lost their lives fighting for our freedom and for those in other countries.  After lunch we visited the American Military Cemetery to remind us of the human sacrifice.

We purchased 4-day Museum Passes in Paris in order to visit the museums on our own time frame: the Louvre, the d’Orsay, the Rodin and the Palace of Versailles.  We put on our walking shoes and walked to the museums and other major sites: Notre Dame, the Eifel Tower, the Arc of Triumph and the Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise over the next four days.  In the evening of our second full day in Paris we did a Gourmet Food Tour walking in the Les Halles-Montorqueil section of Paris.  We sampled wonderful pastries, cheese, sausage, wines and candies from this famous area.After seeing Versailles three times before we were excited about the unique visit our travel planner had arranged for us.  We did a bike tour in the town of Versailles, purchased items for a picnic lunch and then pedaled out to the Palace grounds.  We explored Marie Antoinette’s Hamlet, and the Petit and Grand Trianons, picnicked at the end of the Grand Canal and skipped the lines to tour the Palace.

To end our tour in Paris and to send the grand daughters and their parents off to home, we highlighted the last night with a dinner cruise.  We all enjoyed the fine cuisine and the beautiful night time views of Paris along the River Seine.

We as grandparents continued our journey to Budapest, Salzburg, and Munich.  Staying in centrally located hotels we were able to walk to main attractions and to easily meet our guides for our tours.  In Budapest we did a walking tour of Pest learning about the history, legends and myths while visiting the major sites.  Our second day we took a market tour in one of Europe’s finest halls while sampling several foods and drinks.  Leaving the city we visited a winery-owned restaurant in Etyek for lunch and then drove to a family run winery for a wine tasting.Leaving Budapest we went by train to Salzburg via train.  (We found the trains comfortable, clean and an easy way to move from city to city and country to country. 

Doing the “Sound of Music” Tour was a highlight for us after enjoying the movie over the last fifty years.  We also visited the Fortress of Hohensalzberg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthplace, did a Mozart concert at the Fortress and toured the beautiful Salzkammergut area. 

Onto Munich for three days.  We enjoyed a walking/driving tour of the city with stops at the Bavarian monarchs palace, the 1972 Summer Olympic Park, the BMW Plant and the famous Hofbrauhaus.  On day two we went outside the city by train to the see King Ludwig‘s castles.  We marveled at the natural beauty of the Alps and villages and the magnificence of the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles.  To complete our stay we took a five hour tour to the Dachau Concentration Camp.  Our guide gave us a detailed tour of the camp and the memorials.  A sobering experience and “lest we forget” all those who lost their lives.

The total trip was remarkable and a special thank you goes out to our tour designer for her expertise and diligence in making everything work together in our time frame.  Her attention to detail was awesome: we had a detailed itinerary, all necessary vouchers for attractions and travel, excellent guides and accommodations.  We highly recommend this company and our outstanding agent.

Hello Mario,

First let me say that Betty and I had a great time in France. Your service before and while we were on the trip was excellent. Any time we had an issue or potential issue you responded in a timely manner and were able to correct the things you could. Also, all of our drivers were excellent. Too much use of Vans rather than cars but no big deal. And your rep in Paris was also excellent, sorry I don’t remember her name .So what follows is our detailed assessment of the tour. I’m going to try to break it down into categories, Hotels, Hotel Location, Tour guides, activity and grade each.

Paris:

Hotel – ( A+, 5.5) This hotel was excellent. It set our expectations for the rest of the trip. The hotel was beautiful and so was the room. We had a view of the Eiffel Tower, as we requested, but unfortunately had to position ourselves in different areas of the room to see it. It would have been nice to wake up and have a view from the bed, however this was not possible from either suite we had at the hotel. I think it may have been possible from other mini suite tower view rooms.

Hotel location (A, 5) Close to attractions, louver (right across the street), Orsey, and dining. Also close to Metro station to get around Paris.

Day 2 – Seine river boat ride – (A, 5) – Very nice boat, delicious food (maybe the best we had in France as far as Steak goes) and great atmosphere. Only issue was finding the pier. No guide.

Day 3 – VIP Guided tour of Paris (B, 4) – I don’t know if we saw everything that you had listed in the itinerary but we definitely saw a lot. I know we are in total control of most of our tours but we have to rely on the guides to make decisions as we don’t know what is going to happen. That being said, there was a lot of walking on the tour, 7+ hours. We did take breaks and had a lunch break and also took the metro, I think once. But we walked up to the Sacré-Cœur and then down after visiting. It was quite a chore considering we have already been walking so much. I didn’t know at the time but the guide should have taken the funicular up and pointed out the things he did on the way walking down.

Guide – (A, 5) – Very nice, interesting and knowledgeable. Selected a nice restaurant for lunch.

Day 4 – Day trip to Versailles (B, 4) – The tour was excellent, about 6 couples in the morning and just Betty and me in the afternoon for the gardens/grounds. The reason for the B rating is again because of all of the walking. After walking around the Chateau and close in gardens all morning we had another 4 hours of walking around the rest of the splendid gardens and grounds. It was disconcerting to see that golf carts were available to rent to visit the grounds but we didn’t have one. So I must say after two straight days of almost nonstop walking we were exhausted.

Guide – (A, 5) As with most of the guides, nice, friendly , interesting and knowledgeable. Also pick nice restaurant for lunch

Day 5 – Free day – (B, 4) – Not really a free day per say, you booked us in the Louvre so we spend a good portion of the day WALKING around the louvre. Can’t remember if we did anything else that day.

Day 6 – Free day (A, 5) Again not a real free day, you booked the Tower. The Tower tour was again excellent. It was with a group of 4 couples with the guide.Guide - (A, 5) - nice, friendly , interesting and knowledgeable.

Day 7 – Day Trip to Champagne & Reims – (A, 5) – Excellent tour, both Reims and the Champagne wineries. Also very good lunch

Guide – (A, 5) - Again, nice, friendly , interesting and knowledgeable. Also pick nice restaurant for lunch. Went over and above.

Day 8 – Paris Catacombs – (A,5) – Very good tour, very very interesting and different.

Guide – (A, 5)- Again top notch

Day 9 – pastry & Chocolate tour in Le Maris  - (D, 1) – Paris trip derails! This could not be booked as a pastry and chocolate tour. We went into ONE chocolate and ONE pastry shop. We got to sample one small piece of chocolate and ½ pastry each. Yes, we had to split a pastry. Did a lot of walking around Le Marais which we had already toured on Day 3 guided tour.

Guide – (D, 1) – The one guide that we had who did not come close to the others. She spent the first 1 hr. talking about baguettes and croissants and how they’re made after purchasing one of each at a bakery. Never mentioned the preparation of the pastries or chocolates. This was not supposed to be a bread tour. We’ve already eaten untold numbers of baguettes and croissants.  Felt like she pocketed the budget for the tour, if there was a budget. Very very disappointing. It was just me, Betty  and the guide.

Day 10 –Moulin Rouge Show and dinner – (A, 5) – Show was superb and dinner was excellent. Could have had a driver return us to the hotel.

Day 11 – train to Saint Tropez – (A, 5) – high speed train. Don’t know why but it was the only high speed train we took on the entire Trip.

Hotel – (B, 4) – Nice room but bed almost on the floor, very low. Had the only room in the small hotel without a back patio. Very pretty hotel and breakfast was good. Staff very friendly.

Location – (C- , 2.5) – This is a two part location answer.

 First, the hotel was in the middle of nowhere, at least 2.5 KM from anything, on an unlit road. Really too far to walk into town or to a beach. Taxi fare to either was 30 euros. We did make a mistake and walked to the nearest beach, 45 minutes? The beach was a disaster, one of the ugliest, dirty (with sea debris) beaches I have every been on. I say it was a mistake because we had to walk back to the hotel in total darkness and it was very nerve-wracking to say the least. On our subsequent tour we saw many beautiful beaches but they were far from the hotel. After that experience we opted for a taxi into town for diner and back (60 euros for a 7 minute trip each way).

Second – St. Tropez should not have been the base to tour the French Riviera. It is on an extreme side of the Riviera too far for a tour starting point. The town itself is nice but doesn’t compare to others we saw on the tour or to “high end” harbor towns we have visited elsewhere. Maybe a stay in Cannes with two ½ day Riviera tours, one to the east and one to the west.

Day 12 – French Riviera tour (B, 4) – It was a very pleasant drive however we didn’t stop very often to see the sites. Stopped at one beach, the “second” Normandy invasion location and Cannes. I guess we drove through Antibes and St. Maxime. We really did want to see and spend so time in Monaco. On the phone before the trip you told me that your guide said it may not be possible because of road work. The real reason was that it was much too far away from St. Tropez to get there on a day trip.  Quick tour and lunch in Cannes were very good.

Guide – (A, 5) - Again, nice, friendly , interesting and knowledgeable. Also pick nice restaurant for lunch. Don’t know if we could have seen more.

Day 13 – Free day

Day 14 – Taxi to Aix-en-Provence (B+ , 4.5) – We used a lot of Vans instead of cars. Even though most were Mercedes they don’t drive like a car and are not as comfortable.

Hotel – (A, 5) – nice hotel, Room was excellent, breakfast good and staff very nice.

Location – (A, 5) – Couldn’t have been better. Central to everything.

Guided tour to Aix – (A, 5) – Very good tour of a very nice city

Guide – (A, 5) – Just like all the other A, 5 guides. Friendly, knowledgeable, interesting.

Day 15 – Guided tour of Marseille – (A, 5) – Visited all the sites of Marseille, Not the prettiest city in France.n way too much graffiti. Tour should have included lunch, it was from 10 to 2. Most tours run a little longer and you can’t get lunch in France after 3 PM.

Guide – again (A, 5)

Day 16 – free time

Day 17 – Train to Toulouse (B, 4) – was not high speed train. Made at least 10 stops took 4 hours for maybe a 2 ½ hour trip.

Hotel 1 – (D, 1) – Don’t know how this hotel maintains it’s 4 star rating unless we had the absolute worst room in the place. The room had an odor, was so small I had to move the TV every time I walked past, Don’t know if I would have fit in the toilet room (closet), Had a view of a brick wall and trash cans. If you go to the web site, the patio they show is now a trash dump. Please do not use this hotel again.

Hotel 2 - (A, 5) – This was a great hotel. Almost came up to the one in Paris. This should have been the original hotel for the tour. More centrally located and head and shoulders above the first one.

Location – (A, 5) – Very centrally located next to the very lively square.

Guided tour of Toulouse – (A, 5) – Saw all the major site of the city

Guide – (B+ , 4.5) – not as personable as the other guides. Knowledgeable, interesting.

Day 18 – free day (only full day of rain for the entire trip)

Day 19 – Train to Bordeaux (B+ , 4.5) – Should have been high speed if available. This is true for all trains

Hotel – (A, 5) – nice hotel nice room. Breakfast not that good because they brought everything in and hot food was lukewarm at best. Good selection and great Brownies for snacks later on.

Location (A,5) – close to Tram and walkable to old section of city.

Guided tour of Bordeaux – (A, 5) – Great tour of all the sights. Tour could have been longer. Bordeaux was our second faverote city after Paris.

Guide – (A, 5) – As all the other 5’s. She also met us at the restaurant where we were having lunch instead of the hotel. Saved us a fifteen minute walk back and forth.

Day 20 – Free Day

Day 21 – guided tour of St. Emilion – (A, 5) Great tour, great town. I think we had 5 people total plus the guide.

Guide – Can’t recall his name – (A, 5) – Another 5 guide.

Day 22 – free day

Day 23 – Train to Tours – (B, 4.5) – Again not high speed. I don’t know if there were high speed trains available but is seems like there should have been at least on some of our train rides besides the first to ST. Tropez. Also don’t know why we went to St Pierre des Corp, 25 – 30 minutes away, when there is a station in Tours 5 minutes from our accommodations. We left Tours from that train station.

Hotel – (B+ 4.5) – Not really a hotel but bed and breakfast. Innkeeper was very nice, breakfast was good. Room was also very nice but on the third floor with no elevator. While I didn’t have to carry our 48 and 30 pound luggage up the stairs I did have to lug them down three flights. The innkeeper insisted on taking them up and I’m sure that was a chore.

Location (A, 5) – good location to visit Tours and restaurants.

Day 24 – Guided tour of Loire Valley Castles (C -, 2.5) – This should have been a highlight and to some extent it was. It gets a C- rating for a number of reasons. I am not giving a separate line for guide since there was no guide and our driver was on the nasty side. So, #1 no guide. They gave us “information pens” that we had to hold next to our ears that explained what we were going to see. This was while in the NON AIRCONDITIONED Ford van.  It was hard enough to hear the silly thing with open windows but the driver and front seat French passenger decided they were going to have loud conversations which made it more difficult. I had to tell them to be quite. We also could not take the device out of the Van. #2. As mentioned, the driver was obnoxious for any number of reasons. #3. The drive to the castles was excessive and took the majority of the tour time. I don’t know if there is a town closer to the Castles to stay in but if so it would have been better. Tours is nice but not a must see. #4. Time at each castle was insufficient to take in the splendor and enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity. You couldn’t stop for a second so there was no time to read anything in the castles. #5. Lunch was a joke. Why we drove all the way back to Tours for lunch just to have a very rushed substandard lunch is beyond me. Maybe too much packed into one day, should have been divided into two.

Day 25 – Guided Vouvray Wine tour – (A, 5) – Interesting tour with lots of information. Only one other couple and the driver. We may have been a little “wine toured” out by this point. We had already been on quite a few.

Guide – Again I can’t recall his name – (A, 5) – Another good one.

Day 26 – Train to Caen – (b+, 4.5)  - Not high speed

Hotel – (A, 5) –I’m giving the hotel a 5 because it was a nice hotel with nice room and good breakfast but I felt a little second class as our room seemed to be in an annex of the hotel. You had to walk through the bathroom area in a hall way area that was dark until you walked in and then open another door to take a different elevator, that didn't service the main building,  to the room. It was a very strange set up.

Location – (B+, 4.5) – very centrally located in Deauville. Deauville is a very beautiful city but extremely far from the Normandy beaches. I think it took us 2 hr. to drive to them. I know you said you liked Deauville better than Bayeux but Bayeux is one hour closer to the Normandy beaches, the reason for the visit.

Day 27 – D-Day beaches tour – (A, 5) – Quite a moving experience. Would have liked to see a little more

Guide / driver – (A+, 5.5) – wish I could remember his name. He was excellent, one of the best if not the best.

Day 28 – Train to Paris – (B+, 4.5) – Not high speed. Again I don’t know why we came into Caen when there is a train station in Deauville. I guess the connections weren’t there.

Hotel – (A, 5) – Top of the line

Location – (A, 5) – great location as note before

Day 29 – free day but you booked the Orsay

Day 30 – Taxi to Airport – au revior France. Don’t know why the driver never told the doorman he was there. I think he was worried about the parking but shouldn’t have been.

So as I said when I started this, we had a great time in France. We were a little tired after the long flight and the first few days of a lot of walking but we made it. Giving equal weight to each graded activity the final score is 4.5. Now the trains may have brought it down a little and unfortunately I don’t know if there were high speed connection between our destinations but I would have thought there should have been at least a few. I would have to give your personal score an A+ 5.5. As I said your service before and while we were on the trip was exceptional. However that doesn’t change the total score from a 4.5. The two poor tours, which both should have been highlights, the trains and the first hotel in Tours really affected the score.

ThanksJoe & Betty