Travel Review: Spain 40th Birthday Trip, San Sebastian, La Rioja, Bilbao, Getaria, Pintxo Tour, Guggenheim Museum, Local Markets

This trip was perfect, exactly what my wife and I were looking for to celebrate our 40th birthdays. In talking with our travel specialist about our trip, I explained that mainly we were interested in either a Portugal and/or Northern Spain trip, which a main interest in a lot of great food and wine. Our travel specialist provided some great options initially, both a Portugal-Spain trip and ultimately Northern Spain only trip (given we ultimately decided less time traveling was going to be preferred).  After a few iterations on the itinerary, we arrived at a perfect itinerary with stops at 4 locations, which would provide us a really excellent Basque and Rioja region experience.   In working with our travel specialist on the plans for the trip, I felt he really understood what we were looking for and had a lot of patience in working with me through a few trip options.   After 8 days of amazing food and wine, along with some truly memorable experiences, it became clear that our travel specialist had put together a trip of a lifetime and just what we were hoping for.  And aside from that, we both felt the overall cost of the trip was reasonable given all of the nice hotel accommodations, luxury rental car, and private basque culinary adventure experiences.