Travel Review: Luxury Private Spain Tour, Barcelona, Girona, Costa Brava, Wine Tours, Gaudi Tours, etc.

Definitely not drive!!! That was a nightmare, the GPS was not working right. We drove around Barcelona for 2 1/2 hrs trying to find the hotel. Not knowing ahead about toll booths & which line to get in depending on a prepaid card, cash or a credit card, split second decisions on which way to go in all those round abouts & inside lane or outside almost got us in two accidents. The trip was relaxing & enjoyable until we had to drive. Picking up & especially returning the rental car was not fun! We had to get the car back up on top of the train station where the cars were parked. Sounds simple enough but the driveway up to the roof took us back out into the main traffic, with wrong turns made & a lot of frustration. When we get up to the top, no one told us where to park it. There were other rental car companies & nothing was well marked. There was no one to help because the office up there was closed. We ran all over the area in the pouring down rain trying to look for a sign or something of where to leave it. We gave up, parked it & went back down into the station office. No one was very helpful at all! We had to miss our day tour of Girona because of getting lost on the drive from Cardona. We got to the town finally but the written directions had us in a totally different part of the town than where we were to meet the Guide. After driving around for awhile & a few calls to the tour co. for help, we gave up. We are experienced travelers & have driven in other countries. We have never had this much difficulty! We feel this is not any reflection on the tour company which did a fantastic job in filling all our requests for the trip! Unfortunately we feel Spain is just a challenging country to drive in.