Travel Review: Spain Tour, Barcelona, Madrid, Cordoba, Granada, Malaga, Ronda, Seville, Alhambra Tour, History & Culture

Our travel agency was most efficient and helpful in making last minute changes even with one day's notice.

Our main reason for deciding to arrange our travel arrangements in Southern Spain with an agent was so our travel time would be efficient.

We could not understand why we went from Madrid to Seville by train and were not scheduled to alight in Córdoba for a night as the train stopped there on the way. Instead we had a day trip from Seville which meant 3 hrs travelling in a van with no microphone system with a guide who had very limited knowledge of Córdoba. Our visit to the highlight of Córdoba, the Moskita and Cathedral was with an audio guide.

Our main concern was we were not consulted nor given the option on the times nor class of train travel we would prefer nor were we given the option to fly from Malaga to Barcelona instead of a 6 hr train trip.

We would have preferred to visit the Alhambra early morning or late afternoon not 1pm exactly 1hr after ariiving in Granada. It was too much of a rush and in the heat of the day.

By the last day we were looking forward to the driving tour around Ronda area as described in our itinerary but when we met our guide to our surprise we were going on a walking tour.

We were given a sample itinerary of the trip but when all the bookings were made we were provided with the itinerary a couple of weeks before we were due to travel which was not exactly the same as the original itinerary. 

The lack of consultation on the details of the trip was my main concern. We would have preferred to make informed decisions of whether to spend more time or money to ensure our trip was suitable for us.

The hotel choices of this travel company were above average and in good positions.

Overall this company organised the trip most efficiently  with no hitches.