Travel Review: Luxury Spain & Portugal Vacation, Lisbon, Barcelona, Seville, Granada, Olive Oil Farm Visit, Food Tour, 2-Week Trip

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Jenny S.

2.13.2020

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Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Spain

Portugal

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

it was a great trip. I’m sorry it has taken so long to write this. It was wonderful to have the itinerary with names and contact info for all drivers and guides. Some of these people changed but their replacements were prompt and skilled. I left clothes in a closet in Granada. When I realized this, I called the hotel and they told me they could not send them any where. I then messaged our travel consultant who immediately made arrangements for a courier to deliver them to our hotel in Seville. I had a question about a gratuity for our olive oil visit & texted her. She replied quickly with an answer.
It was difficult to choose between the two agents Zicasso sent to me. I suspect that I could have been pleased with the other agent as well. ( However in the trip we are now working on I needed two and this is probably good to be able to compare.)

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

The olive oil farm outside of Barcelona. It was just the four of us and it was fabulous! (I had been to two in Italy but the other 3 had not.) We’re always looking for experiences and the owners were outstanding. There was a great meal.
Food tour in Lisbon. I’ve done maybe 25 when I’ve travelled and our guide and the places he took us were exceptional.
our daughter & son-in-law liked Granada best.
we did all private tours and most were outstanding.
The flamenco dancing in Seville—our travel consultant had front row seats for us
our driver from Granada to Seville

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

It didn’t start out this way, but I realized that we would be celebrating “ big” birthdays for my husband and daughter. Our travel consultant arranged a birthday dinner in Madrid that had wonderful food but not so good service. I would have called the hotels and a couple of the restaurants and explained. It’s been my experience that places are happy that you’ve chosen to celebrate something special with them.
in several of the hotels I would have upgraded to a larger room.
I probably tried to do too much so I would have gone to fewer places for longer stays.
The hotel we stayed at in Madrid was wonderful. Our daughter had wanted to do something special for her dad so she had made arrangements with them concierge to have champagne and chocolates delivered to our room. They sent notes and could not have been nicer. I would always look for their boutique brand when staying in the countries where they are located.

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