Paris to Barcelona Tours

What people love about Paris to Barcelona Tours

• MildredTraveled in October

  5

  The accommodation and services from paris, lourdes and barcelona are excellent. My husband and i are happy for this trip and this is our second trip tour. Our first tour trip was in egypt. We are planning to sign another trip. Thanks! Mildred aguilar

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  Paris, Lourdes and Barcelona
• KristineTraveled in October

  5

  I did the 22 day European Memories trip with my 2 children, ages 21 and 18. It was an incredible experience. Having been to Europe before, I had already been to the many of the major cities but my children had not. I paid for an extra day in Paris to start the trip. It wasn't that expensive and I'm so glad we did that as we got to see all of Paris on our own and had time to go to the Louvre. The people that arrived to Paris on the designated day and started the tour, did not get enough time to see most of the city and started out the trip frustrated. The hotel accommodations were fine for most of the hotels. I just needed a hot shower and comfortable bed. Having three people in a room, my daughter and I often shared a bed and my son had either a pull out couch or cot of some sort. Not always the most comfortable for him. Hotel breakfast in almost all of the hotels was wonderful. A nice assortment of hot and cold items: eggs, cooked mushrooms, tomatoes and bacon/sausage were the main hot dish staples and deli meat and cheeses were always the cold items along with vegetable and fruits. Always a coffee/cappuccino maker, juices and incredible croissants! The tour bus was comfortable and most of them did have a pay toilet, one euro. Note to travelers, always keep one euro coins on you as that is the typical cost to use any restroom throughout Europe. On long trips, rest stops about 2-2/12 hours in were the norm. They would stop at usual rest stops with pay toilets. You can use the receipts from the toilet towards a purchase then in the store, very handy! The guides that we had, 5 I do believe over the course of our trip, were great. Very knowledgeable of the history of the country and the city that we were about to visit. They would give their talk in multiple languages as well, often Spanish and English, occasionally French. When we were in Spain and we had 5 different languages, there were personal guides as well. Upon arrival to a city, the guides would walk us to the city main square and talk about the sights to see, where there was a grocery store, restaurants, etc. and then give us a meeting time and place, often back on the bus. In some cities, we only had 2 hours to see the sights AND get our lunch, which meant no sitting in a cafe for lunch, but more of a grab something from a store or bakery and eat while walking. Some days were very fast paced as we were seeing multiple cities in one day and there was not enough time to see the things we wanted to see before having to get back on the bus to get to the next place. A couple times we arrived out our destination at 8pm and still needed to get a dinner and we had to be back on the bus at 7:30am the next day. I did pay for a couple excursions. The Flamenco dinner was great and the meal was really good, it also came with wine and sangria for the table. The Windsor excursion was a nice change from the hustle and bustle of the city of London. The morning bus tours of the cities were great because you got to see the major sights, and then if my kids and I wanted to go back and get photos, we knew where they were. Some cities we walked typically 10 miles in a day when we had the whole day in one city like Rome. It was nice to have the free time to do what we wanted. The weather was incredibly hot our last week, 99-105 degrees in Italy and Spain. Be prepared. I wore a sun hat and we used plenty of sunscreen and would fill up water bottles when we stopped at a cafe for a meal or at a bar for a cold beer. Also important for women to bring a scarf as you can not enter a church with bare shoulders. We were not told this until we were on the bus heading to the Vatican city and I was not going to spend money on buying something from a street vendor. Bring one from home and save some money. Overall, we felt safe. We did a lot of walking and sneakers were the norm. We met some neat people on the tour and ate some incredible meals from cafes to street vendors and with other people on the tour. You have to be patient, flexible and keep an open mind. In doing so, it will be the trip of a lifetime.

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  European Memories (25 destinations)
• MagdalenaTraveled in July

  4

  Sofia Buchó was excellent, so was Heladio the bus driver and Fillipo the local guide in Rome. Sofia was always taking care of everything and then some with a great attitude. Heladio kept the bus really clean and has good driving skill. Fillipo very knowledgeable and passionate about his job.

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  Enchanted Landscapes (16 destinations)