Luxury Spain Vacation Review: Madrid, Barcelona, Cordoba, Toledo, Triana Gastronomy Tour, La Sagrada de Familia, Picasso Museum

Going to Spain fulfilled a lifelong dream of ours and our travel agency went beyond what is expected of any travel company.  We are not novice travelers and over the years we've encountered some disappointments, either with an unforeseen event or a travel agent/company failing to follow through with understood plans, this was not the case with this company.  Over the months leading up to our departure numerous e-mails were exchanged between myself, spouse and our agent explaining what our expectations were and what we wanted to see.  Our agent listened carefully and truly helped us create a vacation experience that would meet all of our desires.  Specifically, our "musts" were easily accommodated and our agent made additional suggestions to enhance our experience.  For example while in Seville, he suggested a day trip through the white villages.  There we saw small villages tucked away in the mountains well over a 1000 years old.  In the process we visited one of the last remaining olive oil production plants, where olive oil is still made by old presses.  We also, drove through a cork forest viewing trees that appeared to be skinned from having the cork freshly harvested, and we sampled olive oil, cheeses, and sherry along with our traditional Spanish lunch.  We had perused Rick Steves' guide, as well as Frommer's and Fodor's and don't recall reading about any of this.  And this was just one of many ideas he had.

But not only did our agent help us plan ahead he stayed current with what was going on.  The day before we left our agent contacted us to let us know about a potential rail strike occurring on one of our travel dates.  He had alternate arrangements made before we were even aware there was an issue.  No day was wasted, no inconveniences to us occurred.  He even provided us with his e-mail and phone number so if there was anything he missed or anything we didn't like we could call and left private wi-fi service for us in every city at no additional charge.  I can't say enough positive things about this company and our agent, I just wish I could give him 10 stars.