Best of Spain and Portugal

The itinerary was varied and extensive with excellent commentary from all tour guides.

Saw and experienced so many highlights, not only in the large cities, but also in small villages, such as a charming lunch in someone’s home. Was initially wary of the many optional excursions at additional cost, but they proved to be excellent opportunities and a good value. I don’t really feel that we missed much of what Spain and Portugal have to offer.

It was good to have 2 night stay regularly throughout this tour. It was good to be able to choose various options based on personal preference eg some of the dinners and cultural events being optional.

It is a lot of walking and a lot of exploring. Very beautiful places. I would not have known about it been able to travel to in my own. Great itinerary. Just wish there was more time for photos and alone time (away from local tour guide) so that I could explore my own preferences within a destination. The local tour guides tend to OVER EXPLAIN AND OVER LECTURE literally holding people for a solid 15-20 minutes standing in one spot. Then we are rushing to get our photos because it’s always a race back to the coach.

It was a great introduction trip to Spain and Portugal.

Spain is a very large country and we wanted to see as much of it comfortably as we could. Portugal was also important. I think this trip allowed us to do everything we wanted to do very comfortably. The hotel accommodations in my opinion were excellent. The breakfast every morning was Amazing. The Trip director was very personable and knowledgeable and humorous. Our luggage was managed flawlessly and we never had to carry anything heavy up and downstairs. There was a lot of necessary bus time in order to get to all the places we wanted to visit. But the driver and the director were careful to break that up into manageable stops. There was a toilet on board the bus and the bus was very comfortable and clean. We enjoyed a number of exclusive experiences such as a home-cooked meal in a small village in Spain and a personable tour of a small cava winery. There were others. The Gibraltar experience was definitely worth doing but one day will let you accomplish that and that is what we did. I wish I had brought a bathing suit because there were plenty of times to swim either in the hotel pools or on the Mediterranean. I can highly recommend this trip. My wife and I are in our mid and late 70s and we enjoyed it very much.

I loved the cities…Madrid, Salamanca, Barcelona, Lisbon, Malaga and more. I loved the food specially the restaurants and entertainment on the optional excursions. Gibraltar was amazing to see in person. The weather was perfect in the second half of September. It was fun all around

Wasted time visiting little towns with nothing interesting. Spent too much time on the busses. Poor organization by tour guide.