Spain’s Fascinating Highlights Tour in October

Our travel agency planned a two week, multi-city trip for us, covering Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Granada, Seville, the White Villages and Barcelona.  They arranged in-country hotels, transportation, drivers, guides, restaurant reservations and tours.  They did an excellent job on all fronts:  Professional, friendly, thoughtful and thorough.  Highly recommended.

We had an amazing 10 day trip to Madrid, Cordoba, Sevilla, and Granada arranged by this Spain travel agency!  Our travel agent helped me plan our customized itinerary, giving great suggestions for hotels, restaurants and things to do in each city.  All arrangements and tours were flawless!  We had several private tours and our guides were knowedgable and extremely enjoyable to spend time with...our guides in Sevilla and in Granada were just wonderful!

I would highly recommend this travel agency to anyone!

España es espectacular. 

La guia especialista es de primera  siempre estuvo muy atenta y dispuesta a ayudarnos. Este tipo de viaje es el que buscábamos donde hay tiempo para conocer pero también para relajarse  y disfrutar a nuestro ritmo. 

El no tener que estar preocupado por buscar un taxi, estacionar tu auto , si no que un chofer  buscándote en tu hotel  o el aeropuerto eso es lo máximo, llegar al hotel y tener todo organizado y listo con la habitación que pediste, salir de paseo a nuestro ritmo y a nuestro horario es algo que anhelábamos conseguir. 

 Durante  nuestros traslados el personal excelente, los guía en su mayoría también. Disfrutamos muchísimo en Segovia, Granada, Palmas de Mallorca, Valencia, Toledo, en Sevilla tuvimos el mejor tapas tour con un guía que sabía del tema. 

Solo espero llegue el día para volver a planificar otro tour con ustedes. 

Gracias por todo, 

Spain is amazing.

The tour specialist was always very attentive and willing to help us. This is the type of trip that we were looking for, a trip where we had time to discover places, as well as time to relax and enjoy the journey at our own pace.

Not having to worry about transportation or parking, but instead having a driver to pick you up at the hotel or the airport is the best thing ever. Getting to the hotel, and finding everything organized and ready as well as being able to explore the city at our own pace was something that we had been looking for.

The staff in charge of our transfers and our guides were excellent. We enjoyed a lot visiting Segovia, Granada, Palmas de Mallorca, Valencia, and Toledo. in Seville, we had the best tapas tour, and a very knowledgeable guide.

I can not wait for the day we get to plan another trip with you.

Thanks for everything.

Perfect! This was our first experience using Zicasso, and we were extremely well pleased with the concept, and with the company we selected. Our planning for this trip of 17 days in October began in January, when we first selected them among the companies we were referred to, and outlined our plans, desired itinerary, and interests in an extensive telephone conversation with the rep.He and we were in frequent touch by email and phone over the next two months to refine our program. We decided to drop one city from our itinerary; we altered our original flight plans for arriving/departing Spain, added/subtracted some activities; approved places where we might want a guided tour and those where we would not. Throughout, the rep was an effective and capable advisor, offering suggestions (include a visit to Toledo), using his expertise to recommend the best itinerary for the trip based on train/air times and choke points (how to include a stop in Ronda); taking local holidays into account, even quickly preparing an alternate itinerary at one point when it appeared our party would have to be just 2 rather than 4.We signed a contract and paid a deposit in March to finalize our plans. In ensuing months, the company worked to nail down the details: train and air travel within country; pickups/drop-offs at hotels/airports; car service for excursions by road; reservations at hotels we had chosen based on the rep's recommendations; tickets for museums or events, especially those that often need to be obtained in advance. We had chosen from the start to do our own research and selection of restaurants, but the company also offered an extensive list of possibilities in the various places were visiting; and once we made our decisions, the company kindly made all the reservations for us, fitting the exact times in with our schedule of other things. All this was magically and effectively done for us without a lot of effort or time on our part, so by October 1, there was little to worry about except boarding the plane.From the moment we landed at Barcelona, to the date we departed sixteen (actually seventeen) days later, everything went like clockwork. It became clear that the rep and his team were personally committed to ensure that things would proceed without a hitch. By reports from drivers and guides, they often knew before we did that we might be running a little late somewhere, and made small adjustments accordingly.  Of course, there were minor snags - in one case, due to a miscommunication between a guide and a driver, we couldn't find our driver, and he couldn't find us; and in the jammed ancient streets of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, we were surprised to find a vehicle could only get as close as two blocks from the front door of our hotel -- but those were rare exceptions.  In addition, we and the rep communicated as needed by phone and text, for example when we decided to cancel a reservation at one restaurant. More important, when our airline cancelled our departure flight with one day's notice, we of course had to work out our alternate flight with the airlines directly, but the company took some pressure off by getting our stay at our hotel extended (and of course adjusting our transport to the airport).Hotels: In the four places where we had set up overnight stays (Barcelona, Granada, Sevilla, and Madrid), for which the company had recommended the hotels, we were very happy with their choices. We had expressed a preference for smaller hotels  in a historic building, and the rep's recommendations did not disappoint - everywhere, we found wonderful accommodation with friendly, helpful staff (most also had their own restaurant). After the trip, we tried to agree on a favorite - but all were favorites, albeit with different features.Guides: Last, but most important, was the rep's success in selecting such excellent guides for our city, museum, and food/wine tours. In each case, our guide was a native of the city we were in; in each case, they were not only expert in their fields but had a lot of great, interesting information to impart about local customs and legends, shopping, and institutions. Our guides added immensely to our enjoyment and learning from the trip – they made a world of difference.The "bottom line" is that if/when we plan more travel in Spain, we will definitely work with Zicasso, and hope to have the chance to work again with this company and their rep.