Anita Matijasevic

Our trip was great. So many nice tours, everything went as planned. We had a wonderful time.

Hotel Reviews

MeraPrime Gold Design Hotel

Lisbon

Great location, clean room. Staff was nice.

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The Editory Garden Porto Hotel

Porto

Room was small but otherwise no problems

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Évora Olive Hotel

Évora

Room was the nicest of our trip. Only annoying thing was not being able to check in until 4 pm the day we arrived.

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Hands-On Cooking at a Traditional Alentejo Farm

Évora

We had a great time and made a bunch of delicious food.

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Peneda-Gerês National Park Experience: Easy Hike & Cultural Experience

Porto

We loved this. Guide was great, the lunch was so much more food than we were expecting, and delicious. Saw some cool views of the park. Overall a very nice day.

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Such a wonderful lunch!

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Guide Walk of Portugal’s Ancient Megaliths

Évora

Our guide was very nice and seemed knowledgeable. The prehistoric sites themselves probably weren’t worth staying an extra day for, most of the tour was driving or walking to the different sites. Maybe if this tour was combined with something else to make it more satisfying?

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Only saw three different sites over several hours

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Guide was very nice

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Our driver was great

Go West to Belém by Tuk-Tuk

Lisbon

The guide was very nice. However, the tuk tuk itself was loud and uncomfortable. It was hard to see out of the roof covering and we whizzed past so many sites without really taking them in. It probably would have been nice for people accustomed to tuk tuk rides, but for us it was a bit overwhelming.

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Culinary Highlights of Porto: Food Delights & Bolhão Market

Porto

It would be nice if the tour was adaptable to the weather, surely more tasting experiences could be done inside. The day of our tour it was freezing and rainy and we were outside for the majority of it. It also wasn’t a lot of food and my husband was still hungry at the end. Additionally, we didn’t drink alcohol and it would have been nice if the guide didn’t announce it to the group in an embarrassing way at every single stop.

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We had the greatest time in Italy, It started way before arriving. Anita and Rita both help us pick the right places based on what we like (food, culture, cooking classes & local experience) We had several conversation that made our trip unforgettable, down to helping my wife with travel accommodations for her disability and managing a balance between her health issues and allowing us time time to enjoy Italy. They help us with the bringing our daughter from LA and getting her home since she was only able to stay for 2/3 of our trip. All of the tors they set up through LivTours were OUTSTANDING. The tour guides were all scholars of the history of Rome from the tours we took at the Coliseum to the tour of the Vatican. Our Tours were in small groups of no more than 8 people and we moved through security and the long lines with ease. It was worth the money to have these private tour and able to enjoy the sights and not be caught up in lines of tourist, I highly recommend it. We visited Rome, Florence, Levanto, Alba, Milan & Venice. In Alba we had the best personal driver from the area to take us to two well know wine vineyards for wine sampling. There was no worries about driving but just to enjoy the whole day. We also had a tour of the chestnut family who 1st invented what is now know as Nuttelle, which was such a fascinating day. All hotels we stayed at were outstanding. The schedule was even flexible for us to cancel one tour in Milano so we could meet up with my wife's cousin for the day. The train rides were all prepaid for and tickets already validated so there was no panic for us when going from place to place.
I can't thank the experts at KimKim enough for a great trip that we will never forget.

Our trip to Lisbon, Portugal, as arranged by Anita of Kim Kim travels, was excellent and we enjoyed ourselves immensely due to all the advanced planning and guidance we received.

Some highlights included:

On our first day in Lisbon, we had a lovely stroll with our guide Zee who was personable and walked us around the winding streets of the Alfama neighborhood. He was eager to answer any questions and whet our appetites with the number one place for Pastéis de Belém. Yum.

The rest of our trip was as equally successful. Our next day’s outing to Sintra was on a rainy day. Still, our thoughtful and, again, personable guide Nuno drove without hesitation to our various planned itinerary spots. He guided us effortlessly as we navigated the sites we visited — including a modest and tasty lunch place. During our first morning stop in Belem he wisely recommended we eat our pastry warm. Nuno was a pleasure to meet and we appreciated his insights into Portugal’s history and culture.

We also enjoyed two days with Luis who wowed us with his perspective and nimble mind. Quick to anticipate our needs, and answer any questions, he accompanied us on two days travel that included a marvelous winery called Mainova. We really enjoyed the hospitality there. Our charcuterie and wine snack truly satisfied after a morning of site seeing the property and learning about the process of wine making. Luis took our tired but satiated minds back to Lisbon. We couldn’t have been more thankful for his assistance in introducing us to the world surrounding this marvelous city, which included everything from the wind swept peninsula of Arrábida Park to the beauty of Évora’s cathedral, as well as, the spectral Chapel of Bones.

Thank you Kim Kim for this wonderful adventure!

All our guides were wonderful. We especially enjoyed the tours with Enrique in Madrid and Ruth in Barcelona. It was a smooth and seamless trip despite all the cities involved. Hotels were great. We loved Spain. We have already recommended Kimkim to others. You guys did a wonderful job in putting this memorable trip together for us.

Hotel Reviews

7 Islas Hotel

Madrid

Fabulous breakfast. Good location

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Fontecruz Sevilla Seises

Sevilla

Great location and very beautiful decor

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Andante Hotel

Barcelona

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Hotel & Spa Plaza Mercado

Valencia

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Taste Seville: Where Locals Eat Tapas, Drink, & Live

Seville

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Walking Madrid’s Old Town

Madrid

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Monumental Seville on Foot & Visit Real Alcázar

Seville

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Cook Paella like a Valenciano

Valencia

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Paella experience was fun. Guillermo was wonderful

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Barcelona & Gaudí: An Architecture Walk

Barcelona

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Taste Barcelona: Authentic Tapas & Neighborhood Walk

Barcelona

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This trip exceeded all of our expectations. I will use KimKim anytime I do a trip like this. And I will recommend you to my friends. The locations suggested to us by Anita were amazing. Her responsiveness and complete answers no matter what we asked were so appreciated. We particularly loved shopping, touring and eating in Porto, the challenging but gorgeous Sintra hike and our wonderful guide Felis, the great tour with our guide Telma of the Duro Valley and wineries. Breakfast at our Lisbon hotel, Heritage Avenida Liberdade was outstanding but our favorite hotel of the whole trip was the exquisite Eden Boutique Hotel in Boumaine Dades. The owner of the hotel gave us a personal tour of the property and we hope to come back some day. Alex of Lisbon Walker gave us a great tour of Lisbon-- we really felt like we understood the city, and Portugal, afterwards. Our hotel in Porto was great and Manuel gave us a comprehensive orientation and wide-ranging tour. Obidos wasn't that great a stop -- so crowded and our driver Nuno was a bit negative. Our hotel in the Algarve, the Lagos Avenida was so well located and beautiful, with a great rooftop pool and terrific breakfasts. We really enjoyed our 4x4 Algarve Sunset experience and our terrific guide, Carlos. We loved him. We also really enjoyed our Catamaran Excursion--it was a gorgeous day and very comfortable and fun ride. We hiked by ourselves to many beaches in the Algarve and had lots of fun shopping. We wouldn't have changed anything in Portugal really. We are very glad we got to Morocco and especially liked and appreciated Abdulla our guide for our multi-day trip to the desert. He was so interesting and fun to be with. He gave us a wonderful understanding of Berber culture and we will always be grateful for that. He became our friend. Our driver was also really wonderful --I'm sorry I can't remember his name but he was a great driver and very kind to us. As you know, we had an unfortunate incident on the way into our hotel in Marrakesh. My husband was pushed by a man in the alley lunging for his wallet who also hit my daughter. When we finally made it to the hotel they didn't seem to understand what had happened to us and took a very long time --almost an hour to get us into our rooms because hotel staff was busy with other guests. Also the riad we stayed at the first time didn't have the pool we had seen in the pictures and the breakfast service in the morning was terribly slow and the food not that great. We were never offered eggs but we overheard later that they were available. We probably should not have arrived that late into Marakesh and I wouldn't stay at that location again. They were very nice the second time we stayed there, moving us to better rooms than the first time but in general we wouldn't have stayed that close to the palace and the souk if it meant we had to walk that far down alleys from where the car dropped us to the hotel front door. We really appreciated the hands on support we got from Youssef who came with us on our last night shopping in the souk. He was very friendly and professional, and made us feel very safe. We enjoyed buying rugs from Omar in the rug collective but left thinking we probably didn't get that great a deal there. We're hoping the quality made the price worth buying there rather than from someone else in the souk. Our food tour with Morocccan Food Adventures in Marrakesh was probably the highlight of our time there. I can't remember our guide's name but he took us to such great places--it was delightful and we would recommend it to anyone. Our transfers between places were all great, everyone on time, and sending me texts the night before confirming. All the transfers were very professional and made everything happen so smoothly. I'm happy to say that early on my family wasn't sure it would be worth it to use a whole day in the car driving to the desert. But afterwards they said they couldn't believe they saw everything they saw and are so glad they went. It was stunning. The camel ride was longer than I understood it to be and was a little bit difficult and painful to stay on the saddle for some of the girls. But the ATV ride at sunset was beyond great. Our guides were terrific and the experience and views were spectacular. Thank you Anita, Espiritu, and KimKim for arranging such a memorable trip for the six of us!

Hotel Review

Eden Boutique Hotel

Boumalne Dades

this is one of the best hotels we've ever stayed at, anywhere in the world. Can't recommend it highly enough!

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Activity Reviews

Sintra Heritage Hike: Hidden Secrets

Portugal

Douro Valley Excursion with Wine & Olive Oil Tastings & River Cruise

Porto

Telma was so so great! Loved her and all that we learned at the places we stopped. And the Douro was so gorgeous!

4X4 Algarve Sunset Experience

Spain

don't miss this -- the view at sunset is spectacular and our guide so fun!

Marrakech Unseen: A Street Food Adventure

Marrakesh

don't miss this! it's the perfect way to see the souk and try Moroccan food--such a good tour!

Marrakech to Boumalne Dades via Ouarzazate

Portugal

Beautiful drive and amazing hotel -- the Eden --at the end

Boumalne Dades to Merzouga Sunset Camel Ride via Tinerhir & Rissani

Portugal

camel ride was much appreciated but a bit uncomfortable for the women. The ATV ride at sunset was much much better!

Anita Was amazing to nowt only to work but out in the three cities that we visited, there were no hitches no gotchas, no surprises. It was extremely well coordinated with the guides that she set up being so good and so knowledgeable. We will use her again and again for any trips that we make back to Italy and we are trying to coordinate one for the next couple years. Outstanding.

This trip was excellent! Anita did a fantastic job accommodating all of our needs for our journey through Spain.

Accommodations:
The hotels were excellent overall, with just one exception on our final night in Madrid. That issue was related to the hotel staff, not the trip planning itself.

Transportation & Guides:
The drivers were outstanding—each transfer was perfectly on time, and the Mercedes vans made travel very comfortable. I especially appreciated that all drivers and guides contacted us on WhatsApp ahead of time to confirm arrivals, which gave us peace of mind. The tour guides were excellent, and I loved the small-group format of the tours.

Overall Experience:
Our 8-day itinerary was full and exciting, with visits to different cities almost every day. It was a wonderful way to see so much of Spain in a short time. My only recommendation would be to allow a bit more downtime to relax and soak in each destination.

Final Thoughts:
I would 100% recommend KimKim and will absolutely use them again for future trips!

Hotel Reviews

7 Islas Hotel

Madrid

Excellent hotel. Wonderful staff. Breakfast was plentiful! Great location. Rooms were very spacious and clean.

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Near the Grand Via. Great, fun location.

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U-Sense Granada Catedral Apartments

Granada

This apartment was excellent. Great location. Clean, and easy to find. Keep in mind, if you get here prior to check in, you can store your bags at their office 5 minute walk away, and they charge $5 per bag. Also, if you can check in early, there is a $30 ealy check in charge. (one or the other cost will be incurred). The office staff was amazing, friendly and incredibly helpful desite how busy they were. One note, if you use the washer/. dry and DRY your cloths, the dry will completely wrinkle your clothing..so much that an iron or steamer will not remove wrinkles. It may not be worth using it. My jeans were like a crumpled ball of aluminum foil at the cycle end. despite this, Overall - 5 star.. Loved it and would recommmend!

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H10 Palacio Colomera

Córdoba

Great location, excellent breakfast. Room was comfortable and we were abe to check in a little bit early which was very nice. Friendly staff. Highly recommend.

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One Shot Recoletos 04

Madrid

Staff not so friendly or forthcoming with help or recommendations. I felt like I was putting the reception staff out when asking for restaurant recommendations. The room was cozy, clean and comfortable. Since our checkout was prior to breakfast service, the kitchen staff was nice enough to box take a way breakfast for us. Overall and "ok" experience.

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H10 Corregidor Boutique Hotel

Sevilla

Great location, staff and breakfast! We really enjoyed our stay. The lobby area was warm. The hotel bar was fantastic and the bartender was very friendly and accomodating. Highly recommend.

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Toledo Highlights Day Excursion

Madrid

Daniel was awesome. He provided a attention capturing tour and recommended a fabulous lunch spot after.

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Our trip to Spain was wonderful! We thought all of our hotels were exactly what we asked for. Breakfast in Granada and Seville were both a little thin on options but that just might be the average in Spain. All of our guides were very good (would recommend all of them) but Ruben at the Alhambra was the best. Jesus was an amazing driver and human and we really enjoyed our day with him. If we had a do-over, we would have not gone to Nerja and Frigiliana - there wasn't enough for us to do there and both were more touristy than we like. Instead we would have done an additional day in Seville - both of us wanted more time there. Overall, a great trip - Anita did a wonderful job at planning it for us. Any changes we would make are only because we know more now that we have visited.

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Casa Morisca

Granada

Beautiful, very small hotel with a great location. Breakfast could be a little bit better with some more options.

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Absolutely beautiful. Our room was on the third floor with a view of the Alhambra. A very old building with so much of the original character maintained.

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Right in the heart of the old part of the city. So walkable to the Alhambra and the City Center. Easy access to restaurants, etc.

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The staff was fine but not overly helpful. But that said we didn't ask for much

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The room was small but lovely. The bathroom is a little dated. Not a good room for anyone with mobility issues but fine for us.

Las Casas de la Judería

Seville

We loved our stay here. The hotel is absolutely beautiful. Our room was enormous with our own private courtyard. The local was great.

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So beautiful. It has a roof top pool and bar. While it is a little dated, it is an amazing space.

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Right in the middle of old town and very walkable to tons of attractions and other neighborhoods

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They were nice but we didn't have much interaction with them.

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While our room was absolutely enormous with a sitting room and a private courtyard the bed was very, very hard. Also, the courtyard and some of the other (lovely) public spaces had either very little or very uncomfortable furniture so while it is great that they are there, not super usable.

H10 Villa de la Reina

Madrid

We were only here for one night. It is right on Grand Via, so right in the middle of things. Made it easy to walk to what we wanted to eat/see.

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It's pretty but not a historic property.

Location

Right in the City Center - very walkable

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Had very little contact except for check-in and the AC issus

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The beds were very comfortable. Our room was very hot and we had to ask the front desk for help to turn it on, since it wasn't at all intuitive.

Activity Reviews

Granada Tapas Walk: Gastronomic Experience

Granada

Had a great time and ate some very good food. Nice variety of restaurants.

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Food was great!

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Armando was very nice and taught us a lot about tapas and Granada.

Exploring Granada’s Iconic Alhambra & Generalife Gardens

Spain

The Alhambra is incredible. I am so glad we opted for a private tour.

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Ruben was our favorite guide - so much information and very interesting

Monumental Seville on Foot & Visit Real Alcázar

Seville

Got a very good overview of Seville and learned a lot of the Alcazar.

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Our guide was very nice and super informative

Córdoba Revealed: From Mezquita to the Alcázar

Seville

Our guide was great and Cordoba was beautiful but I think the tour could be done in about 2 hours.

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The old town of Cordoba is so beautiful and the history is fascinating.

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She was great and taught us a lot.

Walking Madrid’s Old Town

Madrid

We cancelled this tour since I wasn't feeling well.