Travel Review: Luxury Spain & Portugal Vacation, Seville, Lisbon, Barcelona, Nerja, Ronda, Granada

This trip surpassed our expectations.  We have traveled pretty extensively in the US, Europe and South America.  I am pretty much a do-it-yourselfer and do a LOT of research into everywhere we go.  We like to stay in unique properties and do not enjoy being herded along with a big group into the usual tourist traps.  But this year was particularly hectic for us and I did not have time to plan our trip so I relinquished control to this travel company through an inquiry to Zicasso.  

I received an immediate response to my request through Zicasso from 3 companies, but liked the itinerary that this company proposed.  They seemed to "get" what it was we wanted to do more than the other agencies.

Once we selected our travel company, our agent was very prompt in answering questions, tailoring the trip to the kind of experience we wanted. When I had questions about some of the items he proposed, he get right back to me with clarification.   He helped us sort out the "must-do" from the "nice-to-do".  

The drivers the company arranged were prompt, courteous and were a wealth of information about life in the cities we visited.  The guides were extremely knowledgeable and friendly. It was wonderful to not to have to wait in any lines to get into museums, palaces, monastaries, etc.  

As other travelers with this company have mentioned before, the agent likes to meet his clients at some point during their trip. He met us for a glass of wine at the Parador in Nerja and we enjoyed putting a face and personality to the person on the other end of our emails.  That was definitely a special, personalized touch.