Kimkim Trip Reviews for Spain

Having Raquel plan our trip for our family of five took the stress out of it and made the trip so much more enjoyable. She gave us several itineraries to choose from and balanced self guided and guided tours very well. We especially enjoyed our guide, Danny, in Barcelona. Barcelona was the highlight of our trip. The tapas welcome was also perfect for our arrival and welcome to Spain. I would definitely book another trip through Kim Kim and recommend it to others.

My sister and I decided we wanted to take a trip to Spain together, however neither of us had the time to plan all of the details. This is where kimkim came in. The travel quiz goes over things such as budget, what your travel style is, what kinds of activities you enjoy, etc. You are able to customize how much planning kimkim does for you. We decided it would be most helpful for us to have our hotels and transportation booked, but that we would like to book our own activities. Then we were connected with our local specialist, Yuri. Kimkim had a curated list of trusted hotels in each city we planned to visit, and we were able to go through and select the ones we liked. Yuri was even able to upgrade us to a nicer hotel for the same price for one of our stays! All of the hotels were excellent. One of the highlights of our trip was a free walking tour Yuri set up for us in Madrid. The guide took us on a custom tour of the city based on our interests and what we had seen so far; his knowledge of Madrid and it's history was remarkable. Unfortunately, a few days into our trip, I left my phone in the car that transferred us to the train station. This is where Yuri really became MVP. He was able to contact the company, and they were able to find my phone and mail it to me at our final destination!! He went way above and beyond, and was so kind and helpful when this happened. Overall, we had an amazing trip to Spain. Kimkim and Yuri made the planning process and the trip itself smooth and seamless. Yuri was invaluable, and we cannot thank him enough for all of his help!!

Hotel Reviews

H10 Corregidor Boutique Hotel

Sevilla

This hotel is in an excellent location, the staff are very friendly and it is beautiful. Our room appeared to be newly remodeled, it was bright and inviting. This was our favorite hotel on our trip!

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Hotel Cortezo

Madrid

This hotel was in an excellent location, we were able to walk for all of our sightseeing in Madrid.

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very walkable

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bathroom could've been a little cleaner

Hotel Astoria

Barcelona

Beautiful hotel in a great location. Very walkable and close to the metro. The room and bathroom were very spacious.

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Activity Review

Private Madrid Highlights Walk

Madrid

Our walking tour of Madrid was one of the highlights of our trip!! Our guide, Enrique, did an outstanding job of showing us around the city. He came up with a custom tour on the spot based on our interests, and what we had already seen in Madrid; it completely exceeded our expectations. He even took us up to a rooftop spot for a drink with a beautiful view of Madrid. It made the tour even more memorable and special. After our tour, Enrique gave us a list of bars and restaurants to visit, and even told us what he recommended ordering at each spot. So not only did we get a custom walking tour, but we also got a custom tapas tour!

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The entire planning process was wonderful. Beatriz was a pleasure to work with and very responsive for developing a customized Itinerary. The serviced provided went beyond planning our trip. During the trip Bea stayed in contact with us and ensured we had support of weekends. Rita who was available on the weekend also went above and beyond to resolve an minor tour issue. This team is outstanding.

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Pestana Plaza Mayor Madrid

Madrid

Incredible hospitality.

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Perfect central location for exploring Madrid

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The staff were so friendly and always available to address your needs and questions.

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Vincci Albayzin Hotel

Granada

Hotel is located just out side of the City Centre which is ideal for exploring the city but not in the mix of the busy areas.

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They could not have been more accommodating. All staff were available to provide the support needed…

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The hotel is in need of updating

Hotel Regina

Barcelona

Great location for walking to all places of interest as well as access to the Metro…Staff were wonderful and happy to answer and and all questions… very familiar with great restaurants

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Activity Reviews

Guided Visit of Seville

Seville

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Tapas Culinary Experience

Madrid

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Guided Visit of Madrid: History, Culture & Architecture of the Capital of Spain

Madrid

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Train Madrid to Toledo, Guided Visit of Toledo, Train Toledo to Madrid

Madrid

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Train Seville to Córdoba, Guided Visit of Córdoba, Train Córdoba to Seville

Seville

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Private Transfer {{start_location}} to {{end_location}} via Ronda

Spain

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Guided Visit: Alhambra & Generalife Gardens

Granada

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Flamenco Show in a Sacromonte Cave

Granada

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Barcelona & Gaudí: An Architecture Walk

Barcelona

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Day Trip to Montserrat & Penedès Region Wine Tasting

Barcelona

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I was very overwhelmed when I first started to plan our family trip to Spain. Turning to KimKim helped me to organize what I wanted to do and create the details I wanted with the assistance I needed. I enjoyed the flexibility of getting help only where I needed it and still having a hand in much of the planning, but with expertise behind me. Yuri was able to make recommendations and ensure that I was on the right track for what my family needed.
Many of the excursions we did that he booked were great, and we had some truly amazing guides who taught us so much more than we would have gotten from our trip had we only toured on our own.

Activity Reviews

Private Walk in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter

Barcelona

We did this tour on our first full day in Spain and it was a perfect start to our trip. Our tour guide was Tati and she was amazing. She told us so many great stories about the legends of Barcelona and their traditions. She was great with my kids and had fun activities for them and great visuals for them to better understand the history. We were smiling and laughing the whole time, while learning so much about the gothic area and Catalan as a whole. Tati set the standards high for the rest of our trip and we kept referring back to her and how great she was.

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Understanding the history of Barcelona and Catalan traditions.

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Tati was absolutely amazing and made this tour amazing.

Private Tapas & Flamenco Experience

Seville

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Wonderful trip Spain and Portugal! All aspects were extremely well organized, planned and executed. All guides, drivers, hotels and all aspects of travel were excellent. Not one detail was lacking. I am usually extremely picky about hotels and look for great deals. They did both! I don’t think I have ever stayed in such unique and accommodating hotels that were of such good class. They talk with you on the phone to make sure that your personal interests ans well ans unique needs are included in your tour. Just wonderful.

Marina planned an excellent trip to Spain that was truly off the beaten path! For all of our excursions, we had local guides who were personable, knowledgeable, and extraordinarily helpful for any questions we had or recommendations for places to eat. We greatly enjoyed our bike tour of Barcelona that hit many of the famous Gaudi houses, our small group tour of Montserrat accompanied by a wine tour, our private tour of La Sagrada Familia, our cooking class where we made paella, and multiple private walking tours that got us quickly acclimated to each city we visited! Marina was always available for any questions we had and offered additional recommendations for places to go and eat.

Our family trip to Spain was absolutely fantastic! The entire process with Marta (and KimKim) from start to finish could not have been better! Everything was planned meticulously, and Marta was always promptly available with guidance, expertise, and assistance. The drivers were always on time and professional. The hotels were all luxurious and right in the middle of all the action in each city. The Flamenco Show was so quaint and intimate, it felt like we were at a private performance. And beyond a doubt the guides and local experiences really made the whole country come alive! Boris made the tapas crawl so much fun. Miguel brought Barcelona alive with his wealth of knowledge. Manu made our trip to the coast an absolute blast. Jorge showed us the history of Madrid’s streets. Elena braved the weather in Segovia to show us all the ancient nooks and crannies. Pablo transported us back in time with his vast knowledge of Seville’s past. And Geza pointed out all the things in the Royal Palace we would have missed without him! This trip truly exceeded all of our expectations. We are so thankful for all the effort that went into planning such a fantastic trip for our family. We look forward to picking out another destination and letting KimKim handle the rest!

Hotel Reviews

Hotel España Ramblas

Barcelona

Fantastic hotel in a lively location! Highly recommend!

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H10 Villa de la Reina Boutique Hotel

Madrid

Beautiful hotel in a great location with very friendly staff! Highly recommend!

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H10 Casa de la Plata

Sevilla

Beautiful hotel in a fantastic location! Super helpful and friendly staff! Highly recommend!

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Activity Reviews

Tapas Walk in Barcelona

Barcelona

This was an awesome way to dive into the Barcelona tapas scene - Absolutely delicious!

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Private Tour of Barcelona & La Sagrada Familia

Barcelona

Miguel really made Barcelona come alive with his vast knowledge of the city - both the people and the buildings!

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Day trip to Medieval Girona and Costa Brava

Barcelona

Manu was a blast! His connections made for a really enjoyable trip to off-the-beaten path places.

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Highlights of Madrid Walk

Madrid

Jorge really made us feel like locals as we strolled through the streets of Madrid!

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Train Madrid to Segovia, Guided Visit of Segovia, Train Segovia to Madrid

Madrid

Elena brought us to magical, out of the way places on our tour!

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Flamenco Experience

Spain

Such an intimate environment with a passionate performance!

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Guided Visit of Seville

Seville

Pablo was fantastic! His vast knowledge really brought us back in time through Seville's history.

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Madrid’s Royal Palace Private Tour

Madrid

Geza was great! He really pointed out all of the things that would have escaped our notice.

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Working with Carmen was great.

Hotel - was nice and 15-20 min walk to Las Ramblas. It was clean and breakfast was good. However 2 different locals said it was in a “sketchy part of town”. And while I felt safe walking around there were many homeless people outside the hotel and it wasn’t nice to look at. The hotel did not have air conditioning (or it was broken) and I asked for a fan several time but they did not have one. It was unseasonably warm. There was a slight mix up with City taxes that you prepaid as hotel did not see them being paid but Helena straightened it out.

Tapas Tour - Carla was the best! She even gave some recommendations for other things.

Girona/Costa Brava - I already gave you feedback on the tour guide. The places we visited were beautiful. No stores were open in Costa Brava.

Sailboat tour - this was nice. The Spanish guitarist was amazing. Waters were choppy as it was very windy. The crew gave us blankets and were very helpful

Drivers - waited about 10min on arrival. But no issues.

We had a wonderful time in Madrid. Irene was very efficient in organizing every detail and responded quickly to every question I had. Madrid is a beautiful city and easy to navigate. We also made a day trip to Toledo, which was an interesting historic city with a stunning cathedral but is also very touristy with lots of souvenir shops.

Hotel Review

Hotel One Shot Luchana 22

Madrid

The hotel was in an excellent location right next to a metro stop. It is a beautiful historic building but the room was small and very plain. I expected a little more character. The restaurant downstairs served an excellent breakfast and we also stopped several times for a glass of wine.

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The building was beautiful and historic but the room was small and plain. We had just a small open space around our bed for our luggage. The bathroom by comparison was quite roomy and the shower was excellent. I would have been willing to pay a bit more for a larger room.

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Very clean but too small. By the time we reached Madrid we had been traveling nearly 3 weeks and would have liked to spread out a bit.

Activity Reviews

Eco TukTuk

Madrid

Very informative and a good way to start our visit.

Tapas tour

Madrid

My favorite experience. Our guide was friendly, spoke very good English without a heavy accent, and was very knowledgeable. We had a great time trying Spanish wines and tapas

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Especial Dinner and Flamenco show

Madrid

The food was very mediocre. I noticed that only two other Americans came for dinner; everyone else came just for the performance. The dancing was interesting and energetic but a very modern, extemporaneous style and we missed some of the more traditional, flamboyant aspects of the dance.

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We wasted time taking a cab. It would have been much easier to get there by Metro but the address was unfamiliar. It would have been helpful if our itinerary had indicated the Metro stop closest to the venue

Walking tour in the World Heritage city of Toledo

Spain

Beautiful city and worth a visit but be prepared for lots of other tourists and souvenir shops everywhere you turn. Our guide was a wonderful Spanish lady who had lots of information to share but her English was heavily accented and we had to listen very closely to understand her, which got very wearing after 3 hrs.

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The train was excellent. We took a cab from the station to the location where we met our driver

Spanish Cooking Master Class in Madrid

Madrid

One of our most fun activities in Spain!

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Karenina organized a great 10 day tour around SW Spain. Of all the places I enjoyed Granada the most. Probably because the guide Marta put in the extra effort for the Tapas tour and the trip to the White Villages in the mountains.

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Private Transfer {{start_location}} to {{end_location}}, Hike Caminito del Rey

Spain

It was the first time my driver had been to the Camino Del Ray, so it took a little time to find the entrance. The entrance was not obvious; but the driver was determined asking several of the local guides, and personally walked with me to ensure I got to the right place.

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Planning with Kimkim results in a very memorable trip! My siblings and I as well as our spouses were delighted with the experience. I planned a ten trip to Spain with Yuri and his knowledge was invaluable. Because Kimkim has so many great contacts and activities to choose from we were able to tailor the trip our interests. The resulting trip had the ease of a formal tour group but the privacy of handling arrangements ourselves. We visited Seville, Granada and Barcelona. All of our transportation was handled smoothly and comfortably.

Hotel Gravina 51 in Seville was such a luxurious experience. The facility is gorgeous and so well maintained. Although the bathroom is a bit small it was so well appointed I didn't mind that a bit. My bathroom at home is even smaller and not nearly as nice! The staff was very charming and the daily breakfast offerings were extensive, creative and well-prepared, perhaps the best meals we had in Spain. In Seville the highlights were our tour of the Alcazar, a Flamenco show and our cooking class. Our guides Penelope and Pilar were well versed on the history of Seville and insightful, passionate and just delightful to spend time with. Our cooking class with Ana at Fresh Cooking Spain was also a real pleasure. Her facility is gorgeous. We had fun preparing traditional Spanish foods and enjoyed eating them on her beautiful terrace.

In Granada we stayed at the Parador, right on the grounds of the Alhambra and this was also a great experience. My main quibble there was that we had twin beds, something Americans don't experience much. It was wonderful being located on the ground of The Alhambra. It is a bit of a hike going down into the town center but it was just what we needed to work off some calories. Our guide of the Alhmabra, Edu, was thoughtful and intelligent. Clearly Yannat Tours and Kimkim have a gift for discovering talent. The Alhambra and Generalife gardens are not to be missed, such a remarkable layered history. We also had two tours with Food Sherpas. We did not enjoy these tour guides as well. We weren't as impressed by the Food Sherpa guides in Granada. The guide for the market took us to two nice spots but she didn't seem to know much about food. The guide that did the wine tasting was a bit arrogant and I didn't feel that the wines she chose were very well representative of Spanish wines. Although all four were from Spain one of them was a Merlot, and another was an Albarino that was not from Rias Baixas.

We stayed at the Hotel Regina in Barcelona. The room product was a little rundown and there wasn't much sound proofing so one heard everything the neighbors were doing or talking about. The location is very convenient however and the breakfasts were good. In fact on the day that we left early in the morning for our balloon ride they prepared fabulous to go bags for us. They did not charge extra for this service and it was so considerate that they accommodated us in this way. The balloon trip was the highlight of our trip! The pilot was so skilled that none of us felt any anxiety. The views were spectacular, I can't describe how breathtaking it was when we rose above the clouds and saw the
Pyrenees! However our visit to Montserrat was cut very short. Our balloon ride ran longer than expected so all we were able to do was take the gondola to the top and then walk to the bus for the trip down. It was disappointing to not see anything in the monastery and we did not have lunch as stated in the itinerary. Perhaps the tour tries to cram too much in? I would recommend separating the two activities. But again I can't stress enough how much we loved the balloon! Our architecture tour was also a highlight. Our guide educated us on Guadi and his contemporaries and Sagrada Familia is a wonder. She also gave recommendations on things to visit on our own. This city is so gorgeous and has so much to offer.

We had to drop two activities from our plan and in the end this was a good thing. I would encourage anyone planning a trip like ours to build in plenty of time to explore on their own. We found the Spanish people to be so warm and welcoming and always felt safe walking on our own. I only wish Google Maps was easier to use for walkers. I heartily recommend planning a tour with Kimkim and look forward to exploring another country with their expert planning and guidance!

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Gravina 51

Sevilla

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Parador de Granada

Granada

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Hotel Regina

Barcelona

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Activity Reviews

Tapas & Flamenco Experience in Seville

Seville

The theater is a gem, small and intimate and beautiful. It was so fun to walk in to our seats on the front row. Pilar is outstanding!

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Private Mediterranean Cooking Class

Seville

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Private transfer from {{start_location}} to {{end_location}} with Ronda visit

Spain

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Private Walk in Granada, The Alhambra & Generalife Gardens

Granada

Here as in other sites we visited with a tour it is such an advantage to have skip the line access.

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Taste of Granada Walking Food Tour

Granada

Our guide was not very knowledgeable about food, disappointing.

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Granada Wine Tasting

Granada

We were not as impressed with our guide as she is in herself.

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Day Trip to Montserrat & Hot-Air Balloon Ride

Barcelona

Our balloon ride was the highlight of our trip, heartily recommended1

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Private Gaudí Architecture Walk with La Sagrada Família

Barcelona

Our guide taught us a lot about Guadi and his contemporaries and gave us recommendations for see on our own.

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Private Visit to Seville’s Cathedral & Alcázar

Seville

Our guide Penelope is a treasure!

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We recently returned from a wonderful trip to southern Spain. Our travel itinerary was prepared by Luis of Hidden in Spain, and was exceedingly well done. Pretrip info was extensive. All accomodations were centrally located inthe historic districts of the cities we visited. Tours and tour guides were excellent, and we saw so much, both in the cities, and beyond. Of particular mention, an outstanding flamenco performance followed by dinner with Guido, a wine tasting visit to a sherry bodega, and a delightful olive/ olive oil education at a scenic hilltop olive plantation. One guide, Kate, who guided us for two tours, hosted us for a spectacular at home tapas/ wine pairing dinner. Travel arrangements in country, by bullet train and bus, were a positive experience. I can strongly recommend Luis and Hidden in Spain if you want to visit Spain in depth.

Marta was an amazing agent to work with. Very responsive, pays attention to detail, and did a great job taking into consideration our preferences and constraints. Have highly recommended KimKim to our friends and family because of Marta's excellent work.

We had a very good time overall In Seville, the Hotel Gravina was very nice, the guides Penelope and Pillar, and the cooking school coach, Ana, were all great. The guide in Ronda was ok, not quite a good as the Sevillanos. The Parador in Granada was also very nice. Eduardo was a great guide. The food sherpas (Mollie, Katya) were fine, but their work was harder with us (most of us are foodies, Christina went to chef school and owned a wine shop, Lance works as a food expert at a high end grocery store in Dallas, so we already knew a lot). The Barcelona hotel, the Regina, was not as nice as the other two, as pertains to the rooms. The breakfast was very nice). The hot air balloon ride was a highlight of the trip and wonderful. Scheduling could have been better, though I'm unsure where to lay the blame. We arrived late for the tour of Monserrat, and it was basically cut very short as a consequence. The guide, Mateo, repeatedly apologized, and I'm not sure how he would have been with the amount of time he usually has to guide. The Gaudi guide, Ana, was also great.

My sister worked with Yuri to plan our family trip to Spain and every detail was taken care of. We had the most incredible trip with wonderful guides and once in a lifetime experiences! We definitely plan to use KimKkm again.

The museum, architecture and cultural tours organized were great. Local tour guides were great and very informative. This service was great that I could have all of the logistics, etc taken care of for me. But I don’t think the tapas tours were worth it. For the price paid, I didn’t expect to have to worry about cleanliness or food quality or safety. For both Seville and tapas tours, I was taken to places that were dusty and with food sitting out. I would skip tapas tours type of activities for my next trip.

I was always intimidated by the concept of trip planning. But kimkim is the best tool I have found so far.
I can adjust my schedule and to-dos based on my pace. And the "self-guided tour" information on this site is very helpful on the days I don't want to book a tour, and allows me to wander around the city with some ideas in my head.

Did have some trouble adjusting the number of guests during booking cuz one of the people ended up not coming. But Yuri my appointed travel specialist in kimkim was able to change that for me very quickly.

A five-star experience!

We had a really excellent experience! Some activities that we planned ended up being closed due to the off-season, but the rest of our itinerary was really easy to plan and then the activities were extremely enjoyable. Great recommendations on hotels. The only complaint is that some changes were tricky to process once we got there. We would recommend for others, especially on your first trip to a new city. Yuriy was excellent to work with and very knowledgeable.

It was a seamless experience from start to finish even though I was very sceptical about going though and online platform that I knew nothing about. I was initially attracted to the itineraries online when I was searching for places to visit in Spain and then I was impressed by how much information was available to me through their website. We have always organised our own travel arrangements, however I will happily re-use Kim Kim again and have already recommended to our friends. Two groups are now using them for their next holidays in other parts of the world. We really enjoyed the private guides and having drivers at each stop along the way to greet us and get us straight to our accommodation and the flow of information and constant communication from Alfonso was brilliant! We couldn't fault anything!

Activity Reviews

Ancient Bath Experience

Spain

Private Extended Visit to Sagrada Família

Barcelona

Planning and booking were just okay. I wouldn't use the service again. There were gaps between communication from Katerina which only became concerning as we were coming up on our travel date and hadn't received documentation. This was the most $ we had ever spent on a vacation and while I see the value of an app combined with some service from Katerina, I would have liked more hand holding. One of the main benefits I was hoping for and that was promoted was having someone local where we were traveling who knew the ins and outs of where we were going and could recommend great experiences. Virtually all experiences that were booked for us were available on Viator. On some occasions there would be a driver who would take us around or pick us up at a train station or airport while on others we were on our own. I couldn't quite understand the difference. We were traveling over the holidays and Katerina told us everything would be closed on Christmas and New Year's. I was a bit nervous but absolutely everything was open so I ended up booking activities for us at additional cost. Unsure what happened there, and is just an example where local information didn't pan out. On a couple of occasions I had to reach out to Katerina on the app but others at Espiritu Travel responded as apparently she was on vacation as the same time as us. They were very helpful. Katerina was also on vacation while we were planning the trip so that was the explanation for the delay in communication and why our travel documents were delayed. We were traveling for 3 weeks so would need laundry services. Katerina indicated the hotels would be able to provide but none of our hotels had laundry service. We were able to find laundromats. There were some other things like a flamenco tour that was a 15-minute cab ride shortly after a 3.5 car ride to arrive in Granada. We just didn't go, it was too much driving and a rest after arriving would have been better timing. I had requested 3-star hotels to keep the budget down but would have liked to have more input to the location of the rooms or option to upgrade. We also had two adult children w/ us, boy and girl, and needed twin beds. That wasn't available at (just) one of the hotels, they said it hadn't been requested by KimKim. In Seville there was only 1 tour planned (e-bikes, really fun), and then in Porto there was nothing planned at all so I spent more to book things. It was New Year's but again, everything was open. All that being said, it was a really memorable trip, some of our guides were fantastic, others just average which was fine. Bumps in travel are always expected but I wouldn't use KimKim or Espiritu Travel again and now that I'm more experienced I'd feel comfortable just planning the whole trip on my own. I read a lot of reviews before booking with KimKim and others seem to have had a great experience so not sure what to make of it.

Activity Reviews

Tapas Culinary Experience

Madrid

We had done another tapas tour in Barcelona and while there was zero history shared, the guide was a lot of fun. Here was the opposite, he talked too much, not allowing enough time for the group to interact. The food and drinks were really good, however, and a couple in our group were vegetarian which was handled really nicely, there were good options.

Train Madrid to Toledo, Guided Visit of Toledo, Train Toledo to Madrid

Madrid

Toledo was a highlight of our trip and our guide Natalia was wonderful. She was born and raised in Toledo and was very knowledgeable and generous with information, even sharing her phone number with us if we had a problem while we were traveling. The train ride to Toledo was fine and Natalia and a driver picked us up. We took a cab back to the station at the end of the day and met a really fun cab driver. We were curious about the 'new' Toledo and we asked him to take us through that part of town which he obliged. Just a really nice person and we had a lot of fun.

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Guided Visit of Granada Through Its Scents

Granada

This was a really unique idea but I think they just haven't figured out the execution yet. It's intended to be a tour of the 'smells' of the city. The guide takes you around and pulls out small papers for you and then sprays them with a scent he referenced in his talk. He was very passionate about the idea, and we even ran into him later at Alhambra and he was very friendly, offering to help with any questions. I had asked our tour planner about this one a couple times because I didn't think it was a good fit for us but she thought it was. I wish I had more strongly declined.

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Guided Visit: Alhambra & Generalife Gardens

Granada

The guides really make all the difference and this was a first-class experience. We toured with a group through all of the beautiful grounds. This is a must when you're in Granada.

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Seville by E-Bike

Seville

Super fun. Be aware you don't actually cover much ground and you do need to drive through crowds. But really a lot of fun.

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Train Seville to Córdoba, Guided Visit of Córdoba, Train Córdoba to Seville

Seville