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Spain Travel Agent Review: Solo Trip to Southern Andalusia Region, Food, Culture, History & Cities

After visiting Madrid and other surrounding cities, Barcelona and Valencia in the past, I was looking for a trip focused on the southern region of Andalusia. This trip was very well organized including the cities visited, the transportation from city to city, the tours offered and the hotels. The private tours were excellent and comprehensive. The hotels were also of the highest quality and the combination of activities throughout the trip were perfect for me. My travel designer was also available 24/7 by email or phone.

Luxury Spain Tour Review: Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Granada, Seville, Valencia, Barcelona, Avila, Segovia, Cuenca, 1-Month Trip

I can't say enough good things about our experience with the travel agency. My husband and I spent a month traveling in Spain -- two weeks of it with close friends; another two weeks with family. We stayed in Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Granada, Seville, Valencia, and Barcelona. We had expressed a preference for boutique hotels in the center/old city area that would be walkable in all of these cities, and the agency got us great hotels in each city. We were able to walk most places, including to restaurants for dinner. There were no "hiccups" in any of our hotels. A lovely breakfast was included at all of them. The travel company arranged a driver to take us from one city to another, except for 2 train journeys and one intra-country flight. For the trains & flight, a driver transported us & from the stations/airports. They also arranged day trips from where we were staying to Avila, Segovia, Cuenca, Ronda, Montserrat, Figueres, and Girona, with a driver and local guide for each of those cities. And let me just say that ALL of our guides -- in the seven cities we stayed as well as for the cities we visited on day trips -- were fabulous. The travel agency delivered an "A Team" of knowledgeable guides who resided (and usually had grown up) in the cities we visited. The guides knew the city, the history, the architecture, the art, the cuisine, the culture, etc. We felt like we could ask about anything that piqued our interest and get an informed answer. The guides and drivers were always on time, like clockwork. We had such a delightful trip that I'm afraid I'll be disappointed by any future travel agents I work with. One more point I'd like to mention: from our very first phone call, the agents at the company were wonderful listeners. They heard me when I expressed what we were interested in and how we hoped it would be structured. They delivered us an itinerary that was exactly what we were hoping for. Our trip was not one that they'd planned for someone else and recycled for us. It was designed exactly to fit our hopes and preferences. That counts for a lot with me. I'd recommend this travel company to anyone I know who is wanting to travel in Spain.

Spain & Portugal Luxury Travel Review: Barcelona, Girona, Figueres, Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Cordoba, Lisbon, Flamenco, 2-Week Trip

My wife and I had a wonderful two week trip to Spain and Portugal. This was our first time in either country and we decided that we wanted to experience a variety of cities to get a flavor of the countries, see culture, history, and enjoy ourselves. We worked closely with Patricia at the travel agency both in developing the itinerary, figuring out the best places to go, and in figuring out the logistics around everything you need to do to make a 2 week, multiple city trip as seamless as possible.Patricia and the agency were terrific. We wanted to develop a broad itinerary with a combination of staying in major cities, having the possibility for day trips, reducing travel time as much as possible, and having exposure to different cultural backgrounds. We visited Barcelona (with a day trip to Girona/Figuera), Madrid (day trip to Toledo), Seville (day trip to Cordoba) and Lisbon. Patricia and team had outstanding local guides lined up in each of these places - tailored to the subject of the particular tour. We saw Dali - we had a Dali expert. We went ebiking, we had the owner of a bike shop who runs a tour business as well. We did Flamenco and tapas in Seville - we had a multi-talented Flamenco dancer who helped us understand the background of the city and its connection to dance and music. The guide choices were terrific.Patricia and team also were very strong logistically. In the process to set the itinerary, Patricia offered hotel choices and when I wanted something a bit different in some places, she had terrific additional options as well. Travel & transfers were all top notch, smooth, and well coordinated. She also helped reservations for dining and recommendations for places as well. When, late in the process, we wanted to add two friends to part of our trip, the process of adding them was seamless and easy. And responsiveness was unbelievable. She and her team were always available via WhatsApp (and responded immediately) to any questions. I always felt that if we needed anything, Patricia and her team were there to help.

Luxury Spain Tour Review: Madrid, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Toledo, Art History, Food & Wine, Football

I cannot say enough fabulous things about the luxury tour company. It exceeded every expectation my husband and I had for customer service, care, attention to detail and planning our 12-day tour through Spain in mid-January.

We are seasoned world travelers and have been on many amazing and wonderful adventures. We've had great experiences with many tour companies, but none compare to the level of expertise and excellence of this tour company.

We simply told our trip planners that we wanted to go to Spain, and didn't know exactly where or what to do or see. They took it from there -- all by email, though they certainly were available any time by phone had we wanted to talk. We prefer email. They asked about our interests, what level of accommodations we wanted, how physically active we wanted a tour to be. They then emailed a sample itinerary. We tweeked it some. And voila. They planned a trip for us that was magical and memorable on all levels.

We were greeted at every stop by a driver and taken wherever our schedule directed. All of our plane and train travel in Spain was arranged. All we needed to do was show up. When we arrived in Barcelona, as well as Madrid a week later, there was a taxi strike. We worried how we would get to a soccer (football) match in Barcelona. Our young woman guide for two days simply said, "Don't worry about it. I am your eyes and ears, and I will take care of it." And she did. A driver picked us up, delivered us to the stadium, and waited for us at a nearby location until after the match, when he ferried us back to our hotel.

On our day in Barcelona that was planned for all things Gaudi, it was raining quite hard. Our guide that day did some quick thinking and as I told him, took lemons and made lemonade. He and our driver took us to a small company town outside of Barcelona that Gaudi had designed. In fact, the small church there that he designed served as a first impression of his large cathedral in Barcelona. Then our guide took to a former hospital that exhibited fascinating architecture and history. By the time we finished touring it, and following a delightful lunch, the rain had let up enough for us to visit more Gaudi designs.

Our guides arranged for us to visit a private Gastronomic Society in San Sebastian, which was so much fun, and our lunch was outstanding. They also got us into the private home/office/studio of two art restorers in Sevilla. After the duo showed us the type of art (old paintings and statuary) they restored, and how they did it in their studio, they invited us to their personal upstairs apartment for some refreshments and lively conversation about Spain, Sevilla, politics and food. So delightful and interesting.

Our entire trip was like this. Each and every guide at every stop was bright, knowledgeable and personable. Our trip planners laid pearls here and there along the way -- small delights and pleasures -- that surprised us and kept us totally engaged in the history, culture, food, wine, art and joy of Spain.

This tour company is 100% responsible for making our trip the amazing adventure it was. We look forward to returning next year. This tour company will plan our trip through Northwestern and Southern Spain and then to Portugal.

If you're interested in traveling anywhere in Spain or Portugal, and you want luxury and the trip of a lifetime to deposit into your memory bank to warm you when you're too old to walk the cobblestones, call or email this tour company immediately. Or email me. I'm very happy to share more details of our heavenly trip.

P.S. Our 12-day holiday covered: Barcelona; San Sebastian; Bilbao; Sevilla; Cordoba; Madrid; Toledo. We took two flights and one high-speed train during that time.

Spain Tour Review: Barcelona, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Sevilla, Granada, Malaga, Madrid, La Rioja, Cordoba, Toledo, Salamanca

We started working with Angela at our travel agency in early fall of 2019, anticipating that our trip to Spain would take place in May 2020. Angela was great to work with. She presented an initial draft itinerary based on the information we had submitted on the Zicasso on-line questionnaire and after we selected this travel agency she was professional in all of her dealings with us, and very easy to work with as we modified the itinerary. We worked primarily via e-mail, although if either party felt a phone call would be better, we communicated that way. Angela answered all of our questions and responded to e-mails very promptly. She further questioned our travel preferences, likes and dislikes, etc. and in the end very much tailored the trip to our style of travel. By late fall we had made our deposit and were ready to travel spring of 2020.And then COVID hit. The trip was postponed until, we hoped at the time, spring of 2021. But because there was still so much going on then pandemic-wise, we further postponed until this year, and the trip finally happened! Our travel agency held the original pricing and even refunded a portion of our deposit in 2020, at our request. They were very easy to work with and we would recommend them highly to anyone considering a trip to Spain.We made our own air arrangements to/from the US and Spain, but Angela made all in-country rail and air travel reservations for us. We started in Barcelona ( 4 nights) and then went to San Sebastian (2 nights), Bilbao (1 night), Sevilla (4 nights), Granada (4 nights), Malaga (2 nights) and Madrid (5 nights). From several of those locations we then did some day trips to places such as Girona, the La Rioja wine region, Cordoba, the White Villages area, Toledo, Salamanca and Segovia. The hotels she booked for us were generally 4 star quality and located in areas of each city that allowed us to easily walk to many of the venues we wished to see. Angela had private guides set up for various city, historic, and gastronomy tours. All of the guides were top-notch. They were knowledgeable, professional and friendly. We also always had adequate time to explore on our own.One other thing that was at first seemingly somewhat insignificant, but turned out to be a very nice feature, was that in our document package that our travel agency provided at our first hotel there was a Wi-Fi Away device. It was basically a personal wi-fi that we took from hotel to hotel so that once we originally logged in we never had to log-in again, or use any of the hotel wi-fi connections. It was secure and easy to use. The directions told us to leave it at our final hotel on checkout and our travel agency would come and get it.Angela provided names of suggested restaurants in the various cities that we stayed at, and she and her assistant, Paloma were available throughout the trip to answer questions that we may have had. They also made arrangements for someone to come to our hotel the day before our departure back to the US to do the COVID test that was required for re-entry to the US.

Review: Spain Tour, Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Seville, Granada, Toledo, Costa Brava, Alhambra Tour, Soccer Game

We visited Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Sevilla, Granada and Toledo.

Our travel agency took care of making hotel reservations and providing us with guides for our tour.

All hotel reservations were fine, good, clean hotels great breakfast included.

Our guides were experts, very knowledgeable, nice and polite.

Our travel agency got us tickets for a soccer game in Barcelona and a bullfight in Madrid, good accommodations.

Only in one occasion, in Sevilla, we could not meet with our guide and had to go by our selves.

When visiting the Alhambra, in Granada, at the end of the visit we couldn't find where our bus was and had to take a taxi. The guide did not return with us.

In general, our travel agency's services were very good, they made our visit very enjoyable and would recommend them to any body willing to visit Spain.