Europe Beach Trips

La Gomera is a quiet and very scenic island. Walks were often challenging with quite a few steep and rocky downhill paths, but some of the scenery was stunning. Very knowledgeable and helpful guide.

We had an excellent travel director in who did an amazing job of moving our full busload of 51 travelers around. We certainly saw the best of Portugal and the local travel guides were extremely knowledgeable providing a very educational trip as well. We chose to do all the optional activities which meant we were busy but we experienced so much more by doing so .

This was a fabulous trip. La Gomera is very quiet compared to other islands in the Canaries. The walking is fabulous with great scenery but be prepared for a fair amount of downhill. We requested that the optional walk be reversed to be predominantly uphill and it was so much better. The hotel was very comfortable with good breakfasts. By choice, we ate out as a group each evening and ate well at a variety of restaurants very close to the hotel. Our tour leader, Raquel, was exceptionally good, as I have come to expect with Explore. This was my 16th trip with Explore and it was as good as always.

This trip gave us a wonderful journey through Portugal North and South, including so much history and culture. We enjoyed trying the different foods, our first funicular ride, centuries old various architectures and wineries and tasting their wines. The sunset river cruise was a highlight and Mass at Fatima topped off the trip for me.

Our tour guide & our driver were amazing! For us though, we learned that it's too difficult for us to get up early everyday and be on the move. Even though we got to see so many things and experience a lot, it isn't the kind of traveling for us. We need to go at a slower pace and have more time to relax. It might be nicer to have some days where the excursions start a little later so folks can sleep in and then maybe have more time in between sightseeing to have ample time in the hotel room for the next outing. We felt rushed at times where we couldn't even change clothing for the dinner events in the evening. We still enjoyed the trip immensely but not sure if we can travel at a fast pace like that again.

This was my first time going to Ireland. The tour was very good. It was also a bit tiring. We had to be up early every day for breakfast and then on the bus but I guess that is the way we got to see so much. Our Tour Guide Denis Greene was fantastic! He let us know every day what was going to happen and what we were going to see. He also let us know about the next days adventure and if we needed anything special for that day. He went into detail about things we were seeing and doing. All of the tour guides for the other tours were wonderful also. Special thanks to our driver Enda who was so great on the narrow roads and got us safely everywhere. He also helped with information. An excellent trip!