Valencia Tours in August 2027

Itinerary was very good. Always a balancing act regarding visiting all of the "mandatory tourist spots" versus staying in a town an extra day. Taking the trip in mid July was challenging due to the hot temperatures, for me, it has detracted from the overall memories. Nonetheless, Cordoba and Gilbralter were stunning. Our tour director was knowledgeable and skillfull in managing all the personalities (particularly the troublesome ones).

This was an outstanding tour, with one exception. Our bus was without wi-fi for several days. It disappointed me that although we were in several major cities, it took nearly a week to get the part that was needed to repair this. The tour director’s comment that “10 years ago none of these buses had wi-fi, it’s no big deal” was not helpful. For those working remotely and needing to be connected, it was a big deal. Ten years ago, there was no remote work, and if it is advertised that this is available, people make plans based on that information. I ended up using time at the hotel that I could have been out exploring my destination, because I finally had access to wi-fi. Again, it was a great trip but I just wanted to level set about the importance of something that might be viewed as minor to others.

OMG I don’t even know where to begin. First of all they had someone meet us at the airport, holding our names up we get to the hotel out to a Director was waiting for us in the lobby gave us all her information sheets, the whole itinerary for when we were going to be there we had a welcoming dinner the next night they had a flamingo dance show with dinner included set up. I can’t even mention how many tours we went.

La Tomatina was fun, in the messiest way possible. Looking around at everyone at Bunol at the fight and what we got up to at the campsite, I can't imagine travelling with anyone else. The actual fight is intense - come prepared! Be showered off by the locals afterwards was an experience and felt really authentic (in a non creepy way). Back at the campsite we had hot showers, big breakfasts, yummy paella dinner, our tents to pass out in and the kicker unlimited beer and sangria.

The architecture and historical background of the country was amazing. You get a very in depth look at the history of the country and see many beautiful places. The tour guides are extremely knowledgeable and take excellent care of all travelers. However, there is a lot of time on the bus and not a lot of free time to explore the cities. Some of the hotels were not ideally located making it hard to enjoy the location to the fullest. The food in Spain was way more bland than I anticipated and the people of Spain were not very welcoming. In fact, of all the countries I have visited, the people in Spain have been the most rude.

I really enjoyed myself the director was brilliant. I felt some of the hotels were not up to standard particularly in Teledo it was too far away from everything.