Luxury France & Spain Travel Review: Bilbao, Rioja, Basque Country, Madrid, Toledo, Axarquia, Flamenco, El Cielo, Wine Country

When our son traveled to Bilbao, Spain to study abroad for a semester ( Jan. 2013 ), my husband and I decided we would plan a trip to Spain to visit him. We knew we wanted to see Bilbao, but we also wanted to see some of the other highlights of Spain, so we contacted Zicasso to help with an itinerary. We received emails from two separate travel companies, but in the end decided on these Spain travel specialists out of Madrid. Samuel, the owner of this Spain travel company was our point of contact throughout the process. Samuel was professional, trustworthy and extremely thorough with every detail of our trip. We emailed constantly before, during and after our trip which we completed in May. We had a "wish list" of things to do and he met and surpassed all of our expectations. We spent 12 days in Spain, four days each in various places. The first four days were spent in the beautiful city of Bilbao visiting our son and his host family. We explored the northern countryside of Spain; the Rioja wine region as well as a day in southern France. We then took a train to the exciting city of Madrid, taking in the history and culture of that area. Finally, after a second train ride, we arrived on the southern coast and the Mediterranean in Andalusia. All three regions were very different and gave us a wonderful sampling of the country of Spain. By using Zicasso, and then ultimately connecting with this Spain travel company, our trip was a huge success. These Spain travel specialists took all of the guess work out of planning. They made all of the arrangements, made wonderful suggestions, made sure we were always taken care of and made it to all or our destinations. We had some guided tours and then there were days when we were on our own. The guides were all professional, fun and full of information about their country. We loved our trip and will be talking about it for years to come.