Travel Review: Family Trip to Spain, Madrid, Barcelona, Flamenco Performance, Gaudi Architecture

We worked with this travel agent to book our trip to Spain.  This was the first time taking our children (3 of them......16, 14, & 8) to Europe and my wife and I had not be in Europe for over 15 years.  It was very important to work with an agency and individual who would make sure accommodations were suitable for 5 people.  I talked with a few agencies and this travel agent was the first to basically insist that we talk live over the phone to really get a feel for what we were looking to see and do.  Our agent worked with us to tailor our trip and really explain the different parts of the country and what would be the appropriate trip for our family based on the time of year, weather, etc.    After multiple conversations and email exchanges we decided to focus 4 nights in Madrid and 4 nights in Barcelona with a few excursions from each.  The accommodations in both cities were phenomenal.  Both hotels were ideally suited for walking each city.   The trip was a once in a lifetime trip for our family and was largely made so due to working with this agent and her company.