Czech Republic and Sweden Tours and Trips

This trip was amazing; the tour guide and all the local specialists were fantastic and added to my enjoyment of each city. I liked how much ground this tour covered (Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest, Vienna and Prague) but that does mean you are moving a lot - this is not a restful tour which I loved but others seemed to be taken by surprise by. I highly recommend this itinerary and Trafalger. They made this trip stress-free and so enjoyable.

Michal was the best tour guide! He has a deep knowledge of the culture, history, politics, and people of Czechia, and he made sure we were very well cared for every step of the way. Michal always shared the plan for each day but asked for our input, which made the tour feel very personalized. He chose wonderful restaurants and even helped us order items on the menu that were unfamiliar to us. He seemed as excited to see each site as we were, and he explained every special place with insight and enthusiasm. Michal made the whole trip a lot of fun and extremely memorable.

Even though. we didn’t see the Northern Lights because of cloudiness, we were not dissapointed at all. The sights we saw were amazing! And so varied! The reindeer farm, arctic zoo, Sami museum, hikes, Stockholm (the most beautiful city we’ve ever seen) and many other sites were fascinating. I’d highly reccomend this tour, especially with our tour guide, Mike Volpini, a very knowledgable and friendly person.

It was great! I feel like we really got a taste of life in Finland and Sweden. We saw big cities and remote towns. We tasted cultural foods and saw animals native to the areas we visited. Our guide was very helpful and successful at finding some views of the Aurora. You provided lots of time for the group to get to know each other and we had fun meeting each other.

Pacing of the tour is just right. Hotels were curated well. However, sites visited and activities need much improvement. Maybe the Vienna tour would be nice to have visited places like Hallstatt or Salzburg instead of Bratislava. Local food offered during dinners would have been great if there was more variety. The three countries being under Austro Hungarian Empire for more than 600 years, the food were the same or similar. Furhtermore, our tour was pleasant and so enjoyable as we had a great Tour Director, Anne-Elyse. She's so attentive, caring, thoughtful, sensitive to our needs, kind, and considerate. We, with my family, would be very glad to have her again in our future tours with Insight vacations. Cheers!

The itinerary was good but I found it confusing at times because what was in the printed document was not actually the same as what occurred. For example, the first night in Berlin there were two options in the printed material but in fact there was only one. Not sure if the travel director knew of this but it was not very clear when we started the tour