Review: Spain Family Vacation, Seville, Barcelona, Madrid, Granada, Triana, Sagrada Familia, Alhambra, Food Tours

We took a 12 day trip through Spain, beginning in Barcelona and ending in Madrid.  Our travel agent and this company did a fantastic job putting our itinerary together--first soliciting our input to craft an initial draft, and then customizing it based on our continuing conversations. 

We sought out a travel agent because we were traveling in a foreign country with small children, including a 2-year old.  Given these special circumstances, the most important things for us were (1) making sure the travel agent was trustworthy and that the logistics would be smooth; and (2) choosing activities that were age appropriate to keep our kids engaged during the long trip.  With this in mind, our travel agent and his partners put us in the able hands of an amazing group of travel guides and drivers, each of whom were knowledgeable, courteous and professional (great with kids and amazing at unearthing hidden gems that would not have been covered in guidebooks and travel forums--eating tours in Triana (near Sevilla) and Madrid were a particular joy).   As we had hoped, this travel agent paid close attention to detail: sending over an incredibly organized and detailed travel itinerary (with pictures to help us with the portion of the trip that was self driving).

Having an agent located in Spain (and born in raised in Madrid) was invaluable in that he has first hand knowledge of all of the various cities, including the particularities of summer travel in Spain (HOT!) and close contacts with various hotel managers (got us great rooms in each hotel).   

Perhaps most importantly, this agent and his company's efforts didn't end after we had paid for our trip: our agent maintained contact throughout our trip via text, making sure that we were on schedule and could make on the fly adjustments as necessary (including deftly dealing with a large taxi strike that impacted most of the major cities).

Spain spoke for itself, but this company and our travel agent made sure our trip uncovered as much of the country as possible in such a short time.  Highly recommended.