Hiroshima Walking Trips

A very pleasant experience with some outstanding guides who were very friendly and some who had exceptional in-depth knowledge. The tour itinerary was well adhered to and showcased the beauty of Japan. Certain improvements suggested would be -a the visit to Zojoji Temple in Tokyo may be substituted by some other attraction since there are visits to 2 other Temple/Shrine on the same day and therefore becomes one dimensional; b except for the first 2 days, the buses did not have charging points on the seats, which is essential since the tour involves travelling long distances; c the accommodation provided at Moxy Hotels in Tokyo Osaka were underwhelming and certainly not 4 star as promised in the itinerary. About the guides - the questionnaire unfortunately does not mention the names of our English-speaking guides. Therefore, I would like to specially mention about a Nadia, who was with us in Tokyo – she is such a vivacious personality who endeared herself to the entire Group; b Asoaka and Laura who were with us at Kawaguchiko, Iyashi No Sato Nemba and Kyoto – Asoaka managed the English speaking tourists very well with her local knowledge, beaming smile, extroverted nature and caring attitude Laura, who though primarily managing the Spanish speaking tourists, also mixed very well with us and helped us whenever we sought any information; c Ken Rei, a proud Japanese and an absolute professional, who impressed us with his knowledge – not only of the Japanese culture/religion but having travelled the world, he had very sharp insights and views on a wide spectrum of subjects. The Osaka and Hiroshima leg of the trip was made all the more memorable by his contributions.

I travelled with my grandson, Maxwell, aged 15. We both had a great time in Japan. Our English speaking guides were Akane and Alvaro, who were both very good and very helpful. But the last day at Hiroshima was very disappointing as both my grandson and I were particularly interested in the peace park and museum, but instead we were taken to the train station for lunch/pick up passengers after our drive from Okayama and we then drove to Miyajima and the Itsukushima shrine which only left a very small amount of time to visit the museum. We would rather have gone first to the Peace Museum and, because of our interest in history, we would have stayed on there and met the group later at our hotel. Perhaps you could offer a visit either to the museum for the afternoon, or the shrine a short visit to the museum for future tours, so that people have a choice? I would have given this tour 5 if we could have had the whole afternoon at the peace park.

It was great to have the knowledgeable guides to enhance our visit to Japan. The hotels and transport were high quality. All of our guides were friendly, Ken told the best stories about the history and mythology of Japan

David Solanes is one of the best tour guides we have ever had and we have taken at least 25 tours. He was very professional, funny, attentive, accommodating, and very knowledgeable. Paco out of Tokyo was also great - he went above and beyond to accommodate our request to upgrade to first class on bullet train and made sure we are all ok during the train rides. The only thing that was tough was the monastery stay. Info from travel agent indicated it was an option but was not. It would have been better if there was a hotel option for the convenience of people who can’t rough it.

It was one of the most amazing and lovely experience with the team, especially David Solanes and David Muñoz. Japan, the country has been nothing but special and amazing. The most memorable trip and something that well be treasuring for our entire life.

We had a great trip to Japan and we found Europamundos trip well organised and covered a lot of good destinations. In terms of suggestions, please consider balancing the daily itinerary as some days were very crammed with a lot of spots and walking. You should also consider the age of the group members as everyone will not be able to walk at the same speed or have the same level of fitness. Further, food preferences will need more attention as vegetarian food was not provided for in most places.