Dalia Bouzerar

My family and I booked part of our trip to Spain and Portugal through KimKim, and we had a great experience. This was not surprising as we have taken several trips with KimKim's help, and they were also wonderful. Our local specialist, Dalia, was fantastic! She was extremely helpful during the planning stages of the trip, and she did an excellent job of communicating information to us during the trip as well.

We stayed in Seville, Mérida, and Lisbon. All of our accommodations were very nice, clean, and comfortable. Our hotel in Mérida had even served as a convent and hospital at one point, which we thought was very cool.

We had several tours and guides booked through KimKim, that we really enjoyed:
Dalia recommended a Flamenco and Tapas tour in Seville, which was both fun and tasty! Teresa, was our guide for the evening. Born and raised in Seville, she was able to give us really interesting history and facts about both the city and Flamenco. The show was a lot of fun, and our tapas was very good thanks to Teresa's recommendations. 10/10 experience.

Alejandro was our driver to Ronda and the White Villages, and he did a fantastic job navigating the rather tricky and treacherous mountain roads. He also had a lot of great facts to share with us along our drive.

Alfredo was our tour guide in Ronda. He did a very good job giving us the history and cultural significance of bull fighting while still being very open and honest about the moral and ethical questions that it has raised in recent years. He didn't try to sway us to any sort of conclusion, but allowed us to draw our own. As a native resident of Ronda, he had so many great stories to share with us during the rest of the tour.

Eduardo was our driver to Italica, Mérida, Evora, and Lisbon. He was both courteous and kind.

We had a quick stop off in the Roman ruins of Italica. We would highly recommend visiting it if you are able to. Alfonso was our guide, and we loved his tour through the arena and city. He was able to create a great picture of what the city would have looked like in its heyday.

Mérida is a very interesting city to visit with a fantastic Roman theatre and Roman artifact museum. We loved our tour with Marco despite the rainy weather.

Evora was our first stop in Portugal, and it was a wonderful introduction to such a beautiful country. The bone chapel is fascinating and a must do if you are in the city. Our lunch was another highlight. We had a reservation through KimKim to a restaurant where there are no menus. You simply show up and they start bringing out the courses of the day. Sometimes they tell you what you are about to eat, and sometimes they wait to tell you what it is till after you've actually tried it. It was such a exciting way to try a different country's cuisine. Marie was our guide, and she was phenomenal. We loved her energy, and she was extremely knowledgeable. Couldn't recommend her enough.

On our first full day in Lisbon we did a city walk and food tour with George. There was definitely no shortage of food. By the end of the day we all felt like we needed to be rolled back to the hotel. George has such a fun personality and we loved exploring even more of the cuisine Portugal had to offer. Word of warning to those taking this tour: Come hungry!

On our final day in Portugal we went to Sintra. We had George (as our driver this time), and yes, he made lots of food jokes. Claudia was our tour guide. We visited four very different castles/palaces and we enjoyed them all. Claudia was a great tour guide. There were guests at one of the palaces we visited that stopped her to ask what tour group she was with because they had overheard her descriptions to us and were so impressed. Yet another amazing tour via KimKim.

We are so grateful to KimKim and its partners for making yet another trip unforgettable!

Hotel Reviews

H10 Corregidor Boutique Hotel

Sevilla

Authenticity & Character

Location

Easy walking distance to several important landmarks.

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Parador de Mérida

Mérida Badajoz

As fans of history, we really enjoyed staying in a hotel that was once a convent and hospital. Very cool.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

The front desk staff was great. The staff at the hotel restaurant were not the best.

Cleanliness & Comfort

BessaHotel Liberdade

Lisbon

By far the best continental breakfast we had during the trip. Great selection and very good food quality.

Authenticity & Character

The hotel was a tad modern for our taste, but obviously that is just a personal preference.

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Activity Reviews

Sevilla Tapas & Flamenco: A tale of Triana

Seville

Our local specialist recommended a Flamenco and Tapas tour in Seville, which was both fun and tasty! Teresa, was our guide for the evening. Born and raised in Seville, she was able to give us really interesting history and facts about both the city and Flamenco. The show was a lot of fun, and our tapas was very good thanks to Teresa's recommendations. 10/10 experience.

Quality of Experience

Food

Having someone local to the area was extremely helpful in choosing our dishes. Teresa knew exactly what to recommend based on our groups preferences and food allergies.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

It was a walking tour so transport was not really applicable, but I clicked it on accident so now I have to commit to it.

Ronda & White Villages Day Trip

Seville

Alejandro was our driver to Ronda and the White Villages, and he did a fantastic job navigating the rather tricky and treacherous mountain roads. He also had a lot of great facts to share with us along our drive. Alfredo was our tour guide in Ronda. He did a very good job giving us the history and cultural significance of bull fighting while still being very open and honest about the moral and ethical questions that it has raised in recent years. He didn't try to sway us to any sort of conclusion, but allowed us to draw our own. As a native resident of Ronda, he had so many great stories to share with us during the rest of the tour. The White Villages themselves are very fascinating, and the views can't be beaten.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Evora day trip on the way

Spain

Evora was our first stop in Portugal, and it was a wonderful introduction to such a beautiful country. The bone chapel is fascinating and a must do if you are in the city. Our lunch was another highlight. We had a reservation through KimKim to a restaurant where there are no menus. You simply show up and they start bringing out the courses of the day. Sometimes they tell you what you are about to eat, and sometimes they wait to tell you what it is till after you've actually tried it. It was such a exciting way to try a different country's cuisine. Marie was our guide, and she was phenomenal. We loved her energy, and she was extremely knowledgeable. Couldn't recommend her enough.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Lisbon city & food tour

Lisbon

On our first full day in Lisbon we did a city walk and food tour with George. There was definitely no shortage of food. By the end of the day we all felt like we needed to be rolled back to the hotel. George has such a fun personality and we loved exploring even more of the cuisine Portugal had to offer. Word of warning to those taking this tour: Come hungry!

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Sintra & Cascais private day trip

Lisbon

Claudia was our tour guide. We visited four very different castles/palaces and we enjoyed them all. Claudia was a great tour guide. There were guests at one of the palaces we visited that stopped her to ask what tour group she was with because they had overheard her descriptions to us and were so impressed. We did not go to Cascais so that we would be able to go to all of the palaces in Sintra. All four of them were so unique that I am glad we made that decision.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

We loved allllll our guides especially Nuria and the gentleman who took us to the amphitheater in Merida.

The buses were great- minus the pick up in Madrid- the man was a tad gruff with us. But we loved allllll our the sights and tours and guides

The best part of this trip was Dalia. She was on top of things with a positive attitude. She helped us quickly and took care of the few issues that popped up.
Recommendations were very good. The kids and the older folks enjoyed the trip.
Choice of hotels also was excellent.
Except for one driver, they were all quite accommodating . The tour guides were informative and also nice with the kids.
Thanks for helping us create memories.
Now let’s plan for the next trip

Hotel Reviews

CATALONIA EIXAMPLE 1864

Barcelona

Comfort and great location

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Location

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Hotel Catalonia Plaza Mayor

Madrid

Great breakfast Great service

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Becquer Hotel

Seville

Family accommodation was great Breakfast quite good

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Hotel Pintor El Greco

Toledo

Great ambience Great breakfast

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Activity Reviews

Free time in Toledo

Toledo

For the older folks would consider transportation Would add a little more free time or increase tour time to see more stuff

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Ronda day trip with Exciting Buggy experience

Spain

Kids really enjoyed it

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Prado guided visit for Kids!

Madrid

Great but kids weee a little bored

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Barcelona Panoramic city tour with Sagrada Familia tour + Parc Guell

Barcelona

Guide was excellent

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Private transfer : {{start_location}} to {{end_location}} with day trip to Zaragoza

Spain

Driver friendly and accomodating

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Madrid Panoramic Guided Tour

Madrid

Need an another day in Madrid

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Sevilla Guided Tour

Seville

A little longer tour

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Toledo City Tour

Toledo

Tour a little short

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Dalia was amazing. We loved everything she planned .

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Midtown Apartments

Barcelona

Great Location and great space.

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Activity Reviews

Group Barcelona Sunset Sailing Experience

Barcelona

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Modernist Barcelona: Gaudi's Highlights

Barcelona

Quality of Experience

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Transport

Our trip was great and everything that was planned provided a wonderful introduction to Spain. All our drivers and guides were on time and easy to connect with. We meet Dalia for a wine and olive grove tour, we really enjoyed it, thank you Dalia. Both the train and air travel was uneventful, something that we really appreciated given we were not familiar with using the trains in a European country. We will definitely use Kimkim again . This is our second trip planned with this company and neither disappointed.

Hotel Review

Hotel Gran Via

Barcelona

The room was very large and very clean. Even though our room was located on a busy street , there was no road noise. The hotel is centrally located, we walked everywhere. Lots of restaurants and tapas bars nearby. The breakfast selection was all inclusive.

Authenticity & Character

I like the dining room with all the molding.

Location

Close to everything

Staff

The hotel has an agreement with doctors that visit , no charge. Not something you want to have to access but good to know if you need to see someone

Cleanliness & Comfort

Very large room with good closet space

Activity Review

Sevilla Guided Tour

Seville

It was interesting to learn that the statues are paraded in the street during the Easter season.

Quality of Experience

Our guide told us about the Easter celebration, it sounded like a wonderful experience. Makes me want to visit here during Easter

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our guide shared info about beer and olives.

Transport

Everyone was always on time.

Dalia was very helpful in planning the trip. She helped us narrow down the places we wanted to see and figure out which cities would make good bases for side trips. Vejer de la Frontera was charming white village and we’re happy Dalia tipped us off to Fondación MAC sculpture garden (or rather, sculpture in a natural setting) outside of town. It was good to have quick phone access to her during the trip when we needed a doctor and when no one could direct me to the car rental place. Best of all, she found two excellent bird photography guides for John who took him to great locations he could never have found otherwise. The other guides were good too, especially Marco, who led us on a walk through La Breña Natural Park and knew about all the local plants, and Joaquin in Cordoba.