All drivers were right on time. Most spoke e...
Croatia
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Oct 5 - Oct 18, 2022
All drivers were right on time. Most spoke excellent English. Staying in boutique hotels was great, especially the one in Ljubljana. The hot air balloon ride was spectacular. The bike tour on Hvar Island was the best one - our guide entertained us after the bike ride with wine and pasta in his wine cellar.
This was certainly the best trip we have ever taken. Nikola was immediately responsive to our questions and alerted us each day to confirm travel times, etc. We visited 5 countries in 14 days and the schedule worked flawlessly.
We will definitely use KimKim again for our next trip. Many thanks to Nikola!
Hotel Review
Hotel was very small but our room was large. Each room has a story/history. Their breakfasts were excellent. The location was great - along the canal with a very short walk to the old town. The staff was very friendly and helpful.
Activity Reviews
We saw a lot of the city of Prague on this bike tour. Doing this tour on our first day gave us ideas for places to visit on the remaining days.
This was one of the true highlights of our trip. As we rose slowly above the tree line from a farmers field we floated over Lake Bled and the castle on the cliff. Our "pilot" was great - very reassuring since it was pretty scary at first. We finished with a champagne toast and little ceremony in another farm field. What a memorable experience. And, just as we finished our champagne, our driver arrived at the field to whisk us off to our next adventure.
We took a boat from Split to Hvar and our guide met us at the dock. We rode through vineyards and olive groves and then through beautiful coastal towns. After the bike ride we were driven to our guide's home where he served us wines from his vineyard and a pasta lunch in his wine cellar. What a great experience!
This was the only part of the trip that we weren't crazy about. The car ride from Dubrovnik to Perast was quite long, especially since we had to cross the border into Montenegro, which took some time. The trip was originally scheduled for 8 hours and included Perast and Kotor. We opted to eliminate the drive to Kotor. We wish we had opted for the sea kayaking instead of visiting Montenegro. However, our tour in Perast was great and the scenery was awesome.