Travel Review: Tour of Spain & Portugal, Barcelona, Madrid, Segovia, Porto, Lisbon, Toledo, Granada, Alhambra, Cooking Lessons

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Stephanie B.

6.9.2016

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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:

We had 5 members in our travel party and everyone was absolutely thrilled with our travel company and the agent with whom we worked. The itinerary they prepared for us for Spain and Portugal was perfect and incorporated our interests and desires rather than trying to force-feed us with a canned itinerary. The personal service level and the followup to make sure things happened as expected was astounding. The flexibility to change things at the last minute when unexpected events arose was outstanding ( eg. one of our traveler's sister's announced a wedding near Porto 3 weeks before we left). The selection of hotels, guides, drivers was excellent. We would use them again in a heartbeat for any travel in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, their speciality. I wish they focused on other countries as well but we have Zicasso to help us with the selection of excellent agents for other travel spots! The whole process certainly worked as advertised!! Thank you to our travel agency and Zicasso for a wonderful travel experience. Sincerely, Stephanie B.

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

The restaurant recommendations that our travel agent provided were excellent. The special trip to the market with a top Spanish chef to pick out fresh items for the dinner he was preparing later, followed by the lessons in his restaurant kitchen on making those items and the exquisite dinner itself later that evening were certainly one highlight. Visiting the Alhambra in Granada with a guide who really knew the history and the architecture was wonderful. The quiet little town on the Douro River (Freixo di Espada a Cinta) and it's small, beautiful resort, lovely views and lovely meals made from garden fresh fruits and vegetables was certainly another highlight. Actually, there were so many memorable parts of the trip, trying to make a photo book to recap our travels will be a next to impossible task!

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

We definitely would have stayed longer in the resort in Freixo mentioned above. We would have stayed a bit longer in Porto which is a beautiful city on the mouth of the Douro River and explored the town and the valley a bit more. But that will have to wait for another trip!

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