Spain Active and outdoor Trips

Exceptional locations and cities in both the north and the south of Spain. Wonderful local tour guides, personable and very knowledgeable on the specific location. However, the structure and switch of Tour Director during mid tour (50% completed) was inefficient and badly planned. This was in effect, two (2) tours placed together and sequential which caused inefficiency during the tour. This should have been communicated to all the Spanish Heritage tour travelers much, much more clearly. Two SEPARATE hotels during the three days in Madrid was badly planned and structured increasing the pace, stress and frustration among many of the travelers who had signed up for the Spanish Heritage Tour. Mostly good and wonderfull, but badly planned and structured by the administration of Insight Vacation. Respectfully.

If you choose to do all of the 'optionals' then you won't miss out on anything, but you will put on a lot of miles! Wear good supportive walking shoes. You are constantly 'on the go'. Be mindful, if you do not do any optionals, then you won't see anything unless you are pro-active and feel comfortable doing things on your own. Keep in mind when figuring the cost of this tour, that the optionals will cost you extra, as well as, all lunches and many of the dinners.

It was a great tour and our guide Maria Diaz was outstanding!! This tour is actually 2 separate tours which we didn’t know when we booked. This led to some duplication and too much added free time for the Heritage tour group. That is my main complaint regarding the Spanish Heritage tour (aka Highlights of Spain and Nortgern Spain)

The tour was sold as a single unit, one group of clients for the entire trip. The trip was in fact two trips with two distinct group of people of differing demographics with days lost in the middle with no mixing of the those continuing on from the fist tour and those on the second Tour until day two. The tour Director did her best at the transition, however it was extremely difficult to manage those departing, those staying and those joining at the same time. The last two days were a waste of time in Barcelona, all the sights had been covered in the first tour and the tour director was busy looking after the second tour groups activities.

David was a fantastic trekking guide. Very knowledgeable of the trails & history of the area, considerate, great at managing group dynamics, organized, and thoughtful. David made the week worthy of traveling from the U.S. I can not recommend him highly enough! Explore was great in organizing most things. There were a few things I'd recommend...that Explore move the packing list items to the final documents (instead of digging through beginning documents and it was difficult to find) and giving the leader our insurance information so we didn't have to dig that up on the trip. All in all, a fantastic adventure and met great people on the trek. Thank you!

A great week of walking headed by David our amazing guide. David’s enthusiasm, professionalism and outgoing personality made each day a wonderful experience. He put 100% effort into ensuring each walk was enjoyable, rewarding and showcased the highlights of Gran Canaria.