France Spain Tours and Trips

The entire tour was amazing, taking into consideration this was only my second international experience. My most memorable experience, if I picked just one, was our boat tour in Cassis. But I will say our group (22 people), was just lovely. We were a small enough group to get to know one another and share past, present and future travel stories. Let’s not forget our tour guide, Stephanie . She was lovely. Totally knowledgeable, accessible at all times and she was fun. She is what I would hope for in all tour guides 💕. Our next travel experience will hopefully be either Greece or Italy. And I could only hope that it would be as amazing and memorable as “Essence of France”! Would definitely travel with Collette again !

A great introduction to Andalucia. Craig planned and led an amazing trip. Everything was well organised. The hotels were ideally located in Granada, Córdoba and Seville, but the highlight was our stay in Castaño del Robledo. I'd happily stay in any of them again. The tour was, as advertised, full on and I was pleased that we saw a lot in just 7 days. Craig told us so much about Andalucia and I really enjoyed this. So many highlights: amazing architecture, great food, walking in the hills around Castaño del Robledo, ideal trip companions and a superb trip leader.

A great trip. Uphill walks were a bit challenging at times but worth it for the views. Opened my eyes to how beautiful Mallorca is. An amazing week with a great guide and a lovely group of people. Would definitely recommend.

The Picos trekking is a fantastic experience. The walks are generally on the challenging side of moderate. It is full on. The scenery is absolutely spectacular. The hotel is a lovely typical Spanish family run hotel. Really welcoming and homely. The food is very good and the complimentary wine with dinner excellent. We had all 4 seasons in our week including snow down to the village on the Friday! The night in Potes was also fabulous. But it is Juan Jo the hotel owner, bus driver and guide who really makes the tour. He’s simply excellent in all respects. His wife Sonia, daughter Laura and son in law (chef) Gonzalo were all great. One of our party was taken ill on the first night and she asked to be taken to hospital on Sunday morning to get checked out. Gonzalo drove her an hour and a half to the nearest hospital. He then stayed with her for a few hours, helping out with the language and making sure she had everything she needed. He even sorted out her phone! She was diagnosed with pneumonia so a good job she went!! She ran short of a few bits later in the week and by this time had been transferred to the larger hospital in Oviedo. Juan Jo’s other daughter lives in Oviedo and went to see her and take the bits she needed. Service above and beyond. I highly recommend this tour if you like full on walks in stunning surroundings, coupled with good food and drink!!!

It was rather fast paced. I would have preferred to spend more time at the locations. Too many hotels were too far from a town, forcing us to have meals in-house that did not reflect the locale quisine. All of the local guides were excellent.

Wonderful trip ! Excellent tour guide and coach driver. Well worth the money! Would definitely travel with the same guide Martine. So full of knowledge and experience! Very personable, such a nice lady. And the coach driver Pasquali is someone I would trust to drive me around the world! Extremely professional and courteous! We had an awesome time, and wish it were longer with both of them! Enjoyed every minute!