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Spain Tour & Trip Ratings
Tour Reviews
Debera Armour
May 2024
The initial paperwork indicated multiple options for additional excursions. When we arrived our tour director had already selected which ones we would be offered. T...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
Excellent tour, with a variety of optional experiences. Our guid...
Lane Irvine
May 2024
It’s was amazing . We saw so much went on great adventures . Food and entertainment was amazing . Are travel guide ISABELLA was the BEST #1 coordinator she was alway...
Connie Creech
May 2024
The Best and Worse of Spain, Morocco and Portugal What we Loved: Our travel Guide Alex and our driver Martino Marriott Jnan Palace in Fes Arabian dinners (both) Th...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
The places we had chosen for us by Trafalgar.for dinners, I feel, were not authentic Spanish, Portuguese, and Moroccan restaurants. Some of the restaurants were in ...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
I really enjoyed our tour Director, I thought the bus driver was fabulous, and I really liked most of the sites that we saw. I didn’t care for the sales pushes while...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
We were forced to sit in a room for more than an hour listening to three men hawk various consumer products, and in another instance, couples were pulled from the gr...
Fernando Cediel Franco
May 2024
My feedback is very positive regarding the overall tour and tour guides. The tour Director Phillip was outstanding in all senses: very knowledgeable about all the di...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
1. for me, one of the major 'features' of this (and other trafalgar) tour packages is the strength of the company that stands behind its customers. I had n o fear t...
Mayra Silva
May 2024
Richard and Francisco (bus driver) were amazing. All the locations and hotels were top notch with the exception of the Grand Mogador, it seemed like it was still bei...
Eric Williamson
May 2024
It was a very busy schedule,far busier than I expected. We did not get to enjoy our hotel rooms at all, riding the bus to go for supper for a hour was not needed in ...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
This itenerary was too ambitious and included too many travelers. While I wanted to see these places; I wanted to experience them more and better. Too much time on ...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
The trip was okay. The main problem we had was that my wife has hip problems and wasn't able to keep up. The guide was unsympathetic and would not let her stay wit...
Suzan Preston
May 2024
Our tour manager was good and our bus driver excellent. But there was a lot of information about various portions of the trip that were not made clear to us. 1. "O...
Trusted Customer
May 2024
Sixth trip with Trafalgar and we are thinking about trying a different company! Two years ago we had a total mix up with our itinerary, no one ever got back to us. W...
Editor’s Take
Most trip reviews tend to focus on some or all of these 5 key areas, not all of which may be relevant to you: the tour guide, travel company, service level, country or countries traveled in, and the trip itinerary.
Remember, just because you see a 1 star review doesn’t necessarily mean that person disliked the country
Many travelers sign up with tours to Spain because it is a country deeply rooted in tradition, religion, and the true enjoyment is in the details. Each city and region are different from the other, with different art or food scenes and historical sites.
For example, having a local guide during a trip to Granada would offer a full history into the islamic influence of the city while having a local guide around Barcelona would offer explanations around the conflict between Catalonia and Spain, not to mention the magnificent details of Gaudi and his life’s work.
Negative reviews for Spain tours are usually surrounded in the aspect of time. Most tours have itineraries that visit neighboring cities, and reviews often observe that a day trip was not enough time to take in all that each city could offer. It is also common in reviews to talk about too much time spent in the car during city to city tours and back to hotels.
Therefore, before booking, be mindful of the amount of hours you can anticipate spending in the vehicle and keep it mind that while a review might have negative comments about these aspects, they will also have positive reviews on the tour guide and the quality of the tour itself.
It is also common to find reviews with overwhelmed tourists. While Spain is beautiful and lively wherever you go, it is also riddled with narrow cobbled pathways, stairs, steep hills, and often strenuous long walks to see elevated sites such as La Alhambra. Before heading out for the day, be sure to have a big breakfast and if you are booking in the summer, be sure to wear durable sneakers, a hat, sunscreen and a bottle of water to not overheat.
That said, kindly take into account that while reading a negative review surrounding the sometimes strenuous trips by foot, it is just Spain’s terrain and has little to do with the guide or the tour company itself.
Most tour companies in Spain have guides that are bilingual and clear, which is invaluable when dealing with the language barrier.
If you want a professional take on traveling in Spain, see the Travelstride Spain Guide »
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