Tasos Mylonas

Just got back from a 9 day trip to Italy planned by Tasos Mylonas and his local team. Tasos and his team (Demitris and Christos) put together a customized agenda that was executed without a hitch. We toured Rome and did an amazing cooking class where we met other lovely travelers. We got to see the preserved ruins of Pompeii. We had the most delightful day touring the Amalfie Coast by boat and we did a super fun walking food tour of Naples. Tasos and team provide a personal touch that helped us feel prepared and supported. Our accommodations were luxurious and unique. We loved that they planned days where we could do what we wanted to for half or whole days while providing us with ideas that we could decide to do on the fly/ on our own, based on our energy level and interest. We found an awesome beach club in Sorrento where we totally chilled and spent the day swimming in the sea and relaxing in the sun! We can’t wait to plan our next trip with Tasos!! Thank you to Tasos and his team. Katie Schmidt and family ❤️🇮🇹😎

Hotel Reviews

Casa Montani Hotel

Rome

Such an authentic experience. Felt like our own little apartment in Roma. Great location.

Authenticity & Character

Old building with modern and comfortable amenities

Location

Easy to walk to many attractions and places to eat.

Staff

Great communication.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Very comfortable beds and gorgeous art, bathrooms and the littles touches that made it feel special.

Hotel Villa di Sorrento

Sorrento

Attentive staff. Lovely breakfast included. Great view of the sea from our room.

Authenticity & Character

Special touches in the decor

Location

Great locations. Could walk to the beach area, shops and great restaurants easily.

Staff

Staff helped us figure the technology of the room and was quick to help us with small requests like ice for our room or great places to eat.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Palazzo Alabardieri Hotel Napoli

Naples

We felt fancy in this hotel. Superb location and attentive staff.

Authenticity & Character

Location

One of the most luxurious neighborhoods in the city.

Staff

We had to leave at 5am for the train station and they had a lovely boxed breakfast for us.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Review

Private Rome Walking Tour

Rome

Our guide Franco was friendly and knowledgeable and was sensitive to the things we wanted to see and know more about. He found things of interest for our teenaged sons.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Franco was kind and patient and made us feel comfortable to ask questions.

Transport

Our trip to Italy was a celebration of our granddaughters’ 10 th birthdays. My husband and I, their moms and the two girls traveled from Venice to the Amalfi coast with Florence, Cinque Terre, Pompeii, and Sorrento in between. I have planned many trips before so I know about the mountain of details there are. But with so many stops I felt I needed help with the planning. Tasos was great from the start - patiently fielding all our requests and changes. Also advising us on what was possible and what we should not try to do. Our accommodations were perfect - I know it’s difficult to find family rooms in Europe but we had a suite for the kids and a standard room for my husband and I with hot breakfasts included. The breakfast at the Magi House in Sorrento was exceptional! Every driver, every transfer was at the time and location described in our itinerary. We went by train to each city with reserved seats. The standout part of the trip, though, was the guides and the private tours. I loved the scavenger hunt in the Doges Palace in Venice - geared for kids but excellent for adults! Gondola paddling was a hoot. Pizza and gelato class in Florence was very informative and fun! Our Pompeii guide was excellent even though it was raining and thundering. Cleared out the crowds! The driver for the Amalfi coast, Pasquale, was full of information and stories. We were wishing we had a little more time in Ravello. The highlight of the trip was the private Capri Island & Grottos tour with Tony. He went above and beyond showing us around Capri, arranging a wonderful lunch and of course sailing us all around the island with music, snacks and conversation. I can’t thank Tasos and the Travel 12 group for their attention to detail, the clearness and completeness of our itinerary and the ease with which we could communicate with them before, during and now after the trip as we are struggling with lost luggage and out of pocket expenses for a delayed flight. I will definitely use Kimkim again for our next big trip.

Our trip planned by Tasos at KimKim Travel was the best vacation my Husband and I have ever taken! Tasos worked to organize our customized Greece trip by listening to what we wanted to do and not do. We flew from Tucson, AZ, to Atlanta, GA, then to Athens, Paros and Santorini Islands. We spent 4 days on the mainland of Athens while also traveling to Meteora and Delphi. The history is like none other in the world! The Plaka District is the place to stay for the history in all of Athens in my opinion and The AVA Boutique Hotel where we stayed had amazing breakfasts every morning and treated us superb. Very comfortable suite w/kitchen. They even gave us welcome and parting gifts! Totally unexpected. In Athens, we visited the Parthenon, Acropolis Hill, the Ancient Agora, National Archaeological Museum. Very historic and great history learned.
Michael was our Tour Guide for The Acropolis & Ancient Athens Mythology Tour, he was wonderful, funny and a great historian.
George was our Private Transfer Driver who drove us safely to Meteora, the oldest Olive Oil Producer in Greece with ancient olive Grove and Delphi and he was great too! He added stops along the way at no additional cost so we could get some beautiful pictures by the sea and history (battle of Thermopylae) that he provided himself. Meteora and Delphi were humbling. The history there and the stories of the Monks from the past to today we will never forget! By the end of the three travel days we were friends with George and he too gave us a parting gift of his very own harvested olive oil and oregano! We're enjoying both today as I write this:)!
George, delivered us to the Athens Airport and we flew to Paros Island. The plane was small and we were cramped. Husband is 6'5" and I'm 5'10" so hard to get around that. Fortunately, it wasn't a long flight.
We loved Paros, didn't want to leave. Don't recommend anywhere that we traveled in Greece to snorkel. Did bring our gear but no coral, sea floor is black rock or rock from volcano eruption and/or earthquakes. Did see lots of small fish though. Water is a beautiful turquoise and just the right temperature in June to swim and enjoy. Don't wear your smart watch in the salt water!
Paros is an amazing Island. Old authentic with new development just as Tasos mentioned. We wanted beaches and that's why Tasos recommended Paros. We spent 4 nights on Paros. Town of Naoussa (where we stayed) and Parikia were great to visit, dine, shop and just go around at our own pace. We had great meals and service everywhere we ate. Never had a bad meal. We stayed at the Contaratos Beach Hotel. Right on the water. Had an amazing balcony that looked right out on the gorgeous pool and then the Sea. The view was fantastic. Employees were awesome at hotel. Always smiling and willing to help whenever needed. Tasos recommended a full day boat trip that we met great people on and had a huge meal that was delicious. All the beer, wine, other beverages and food you wanted. We traveled to many islands, swam and snorkeled. Great day! Naoussa and Parikia were so much fun! We used Panos as a private transfer driver throughout our stay and he was very friendly and kind too.
We took a ferry from Paros to Santorini Island. Very crowded but moved well. We were comfortable on the ride. We arrived on Santorini along with 7 other "Cruise Ships" that day! Santorini is way too crowded at this time of year. Yes, the island is beautiful but don't recommend going here. Way too crowded and expensive. Everything here was more than double the price of Paros and other Greek Islands that are spectacular. Our hotel, Petit Palace Suites, was fantastic. Great view of the caldera, off the crowded track. Room and Employees were fantastic. We took a morning Catamaran Caldera Cruise and thoroughly enjoyed the cruise, ship crew and getting to know the people cruising with us. The town of Oia was beautiful but disappointing because it was way too crowded. Did come away with great pictures from the island though. Wasn't impressed with the sunset. We have prettier sunrises and sunsets in AZ;). We also attended a wine tasting that we were supposed to sip wine, learn about their old vines and the centuries long winemaking process that we would only find in Santorini, but, we were only entitled to sip 4 wines and didn't have any tour or learn about their winemaking process. I think that lasted for 30 minutes. There was no view that I recall either.
After two nights in Santorini, we started our return by flying to Athens late on day 3. However, our flight was cancelled due to weather in Athens. Tasos set us up with "Travel 12" Customer Service through Whatsapp to communicate from the beginning of our trip to the end. Travel 12 was with us all along the way, while Tasos left us to enjoy our trip but monitored the communication. Immediately, Travel 12 was there to support us by offering to find us a hotel with transfers. My Husband stood in line for over 2 hours with Aegean Airlines (partner of Delta) to determine what they were going to do with us. We had to catch a connection the next day at noon for the US out of Athens. We did have insurance and was assured the hotel and flight changes would probably be covered according to Travel 12 so that was a relief. Travel 12 consulted with Tasos and he advised to wait to see what Aegean would do for us because if they offered a hotel with transfers back to airport the next morning our insurance would not cover what Travel 12 was working on for us and that's exactly what happened. Aegean covered transfers and another night stay on Santorini. The hotel was decent and the transfers were timely and just as expected.
Once we finally arrived home in Tucson, AZ, our bags did not. However, Delta tracked them out of Athens and were delivered to our home 2 days later in tact with nothing damaged.

Hotel Reviews

AVA Boutique Hotel

Athens

Wonderful place to stay, great employees, fantastic breakfasts (best on the whole trip!) receive both welcome and parting gifts from them!

Authenticity & Character

Old world classy charm! Chandeliers everywhere!

Location

Historic old city with walking distance to Acropolis.

Staff

Staff was always smiling and exceptionally attentive! There were Employees who stood out but I'm sorry don't remember their names.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Everything was perfect regarding the cleanliness and comfort. Loved the bathroom! Very beautiful bathroom ceiling and chandelier in bedroom:)!!

Monastiri Guesthouse

Kalampaka - Meteora

Beautiful view. Old world charm. Didn't care for different levels in hotel room and bath. Breakfast was just okay. Staff very kind and attentive.

Authenticity & Character

Old world charm. Don't know the history but imagine the hotel is very old with renovations.

Location

Walking distance to town. Loved the town.

Staff

Very helpful and kind!

Cleanliness & Comfort

Hotel was very clean, bed wasn't too comfortable though. Hard mattress.

Fedriades Hotel Delphi

Delphi

Smallest bathroom we've ever showered in. Bed and breakfast very nice though. Great location in town to stroll around in.

Authenticity & Character

Nice feel. Didn't get authentic or a character feel here. Small accomodations.

Location

Right in town you can stroll around in. Ate at great restaurant across the street for dinner.

Staff

Did their job. Was only a one night stay.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Everything was very clean and comfortable beside the small shower that sprayed the whole bathroom.

Contaratos Beach Hotel Paros

Naousa

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Authenticity & Character

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Location

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Staff

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Cleanliness & Comfort

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Petit Palace Suites

Santorini

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Authenticity & Character

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Location

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Staff

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Cleanliness & Comfort

Everything here was PERFECT! Didn't want to leave!!

Avra Hotel Rafina

Rafina, Athens

Didn't stay here because our flight from Santorini was cancelled.

Authenticity & Character

Didn't stay here because our flight from Santorini was cancelled.

Location

Didn't stay here because our flight from Santorini was cancelled.

Staff

Didn't stay here because our flight from Santorini was cancelled.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Didn't stay here because our flight from Santorini was cancelled.

Activity Reviews

Acropolis & Athens Mythology Tour

Athens

Highly recommend it. Michael our tour guide was great!

Quality of Experience

Highly recommend.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Highly recommend.

Transport

Highly recommend.

Local Transfer in Athens

Greece

Great - Highly recommend!

Quality of Experience

The Driver - George!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Loved George!

Transport

Very safe, informative and helpful!

Meteora Sunset Tour

Meteora

Remarkable, will never forget this experience. One of a kind, breathtaking and amazing history.

Quality of Experience

Remarkable, will never forget this experience. One of a kind, breathtaking and amazing history.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Remarkable, will never forget this experience. One of a kind, breathtaking and amazing history.

Transport

Very safe and comfortable!

Private Tour of Delphi

Greece

Tour Guide was exceptional regarding the history information shared. She even extended the tour time because we were her last tour for the day and she wanted us to have all our questions answered.

Quality of Experience

The history and Tour Guide

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Perfect!

Transport

Perfect!

Lunch with Olive Grove View

Greece

Owners were very informative and lunch was delicious! View spectacular!!

Quality of Experience

Remarkable, will never forget this experience. One of a kind, breathtaking and amazing view!

Food

Meals were delicious at the Olive Grove and in Delphi!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

George was very kind, safe driver, shared great historic info, took us to stops that were on the way and even shared a parting gift of his own olive oil and oregano produced from his home! Loved George!

Transport

Very safe and great vehicle!

Local Transfer in Paros

Paros

Panos was very kind, safe and informative about the area.

Quality of Experience

Highly recommend!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Highly recommend!

Transport

Safe and convenient!

Antiparos Day-Trip

Paros

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Quality of Experience

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Food

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Transport

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Santorini Highlights with Wine

Greece

Guide and tour was great - tired us out though in the heat. Wine tour was disappointing. Wasn't a tour and we had a sip from 4 wines (lasted about a half hour). Did end up having lunch at the winery and that was very good.

Morning Catamaran Caldera Cruise

Santorini

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Quality of Experience

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Food

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

Transport

Highly recommend! Great Crew, food and beverages and people touring that we met!

The Greek Wedding Show

Santorini

Cancelled because it was too late in the evening for show start and we were tired and sunburned.

Quality of Experience

Cancelled because it was too late in the evening for show start and we were tired and sunburned.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Cancelled because it was too late in the evening for show start and we were tired and sunburned.

Transport

Cancelled because it was too late in the evening for show start and we were tired and sunburned.

We had several local guides on this trip, and all of them were great with one minor exception. They were very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Their insight really gave much more meaning to the places we visited.

The olive oil tasting outside Kalamata was simple fantastic. Not only was the tasting interesting, the homecooked meal afterwards was the best of the trip.

The in-country assistance during the trip was very quick and extremely helpful.

Hotel Reviews

NLH Monastiraki

Athens

NLH is in an excellent location. Easy to walk around for dinner and attractions. Only minor issue was the noise at night from the street below.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Very helpful although the breakfast wasn't completely ready when they said it would be.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Impero Nafplio Hotel & Suites

Nafplio

Great location with inconsistent but adequate parking options. Suite #7 was nice, although the door was only about 5 feet high. Breakfast was outstanding.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Monastiri Guesthouse

Kalampaka - Meteora

Good location. Staff very helpful and reasonable price for our laundry. Not hard to walk into town.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Private Panoramic Meteora Tour

Meteora

Perfectly paced and hit all the right places. Our guide (Maria) was extremely enthusiastic and on top of things.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Kalamata Olive Grove Tour & Meal

Greece

There are not enough stars to rate this activity. It was the best of our trip. The olive oil tasting was interesting and the guide was a professional who explained how she did her work. The tour of the facility was good. The meal after the tasting was the best of the trip. Incredible home cooked food!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private Guided Tour in Ancient Olympia

Olympia

The guide was very knowledgeable and really explained the site and its significance. Could not have been better.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private Ancient Messene Guided Tour

Greece

Messene was an unexpected gem. It is a BIG site which really let you feel the extent and layout of the town.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our guide was very good and easy to talk with

Acropolis & Athens Mythology Tour

Athens

Hitting the highlights of the Acropolis and Agora with a strong tie-in to mythology. Very interesting!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our guide was really exceptional.

Private Tour of Delphi

Greece

Delphi was interesting and worth visiting.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

This guide was the only one of our trip who was not outstanding. She was OK.

Private Nestor Palace Tour

Greece

We definitely had interest in Archaeology and the site fit that bill well. Many folks might not like that it was just an excavation site, but that was part of its appeal to us. The guide helped explain what we were seeing.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private Epidaurus Guided Tour

Greece

Large scale!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Acropolis of Mycenae Guided Tour 

Greece

This site is older so you have to use your imagination a bit more outside of the tombs. However it is well worth visiting.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Lunch with Olive Grove View

Greece

Good lunch and interesting talk about local life

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Nafplio & Acronafplia Guided tour

Nafplio

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Nafplio Guided Coastal Hike

Nafplio

I nice walk along the coast.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private St Paul's Corinth Tour

Greece

plane delayed, didn't make it

Nemea Farm, Wine & Mythology Tour

Greece

A nice tour of the site and a winery. Really multi-course excellent meal.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Private National Museum Tour

Athens

Very much worth taking in!

Quality of Experience

The trip to Greece was absolutely amazing. Everything about it from the food to the culture was unforgettable. Kimkim provided us a great experience and there was absolutely no hassle when we were travelling. Since, this was our first trip to Greece, the experience was unlike any other and it was unforgettable

Hotel Reviews

Electra Palace Athens

Athens

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Thermes Luxury Villas Santorini

Santorini

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Myrion Beach Resort & Spa Chania

Gerani, Chania

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Manili Boutique Suites & Villas

Heraklion, Crete

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Private Excursion to Elafonisi Beach

Chania

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Private Santorini Driving Panorama

Santorini

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Caldera Cruise & Volcano Visit

Santorini

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

The Athenian Democracy tour

Athens

Transfer with visit to Rethymno

Greece

Private Cape Sounio Sunset tour

Greece

Cretan Villages Food & Culture Tour

Greece

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Palace of Knossos Private Tour

Greece

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Local dinner in Archanes

Heraklion

Local Beach Transfer in Santorini

Santorini

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Useful Information

Greece

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Our food tour with Hercules, triple swim with Nikos and Meteora are stand out events for me. The guides were so knowledgeable and friendly. Athens by Bike is the best way to see the area and our tour of the castle in Napflios was top notch. Athens is a good visit for a day but not more in my opinion.

Hotel Reviews

NLH Monastiraki

Athens

Very nice hotel, clean and friendly helpful staff. Our room was next to techno bar and we could hear music until 4am. For a family not ideal. We should have asked to change rooms.

Authenticity & Character

Our room had a loft and lobby is modern

Location

Centrally located in Athens

Staff

So helpful!

Cleanliness & Comfort

Rooms were cleaned every day.

Adiandi and Amymone Hotel

Nafplio

I loved everything about this hotel. It has a family boutique feel. The breakfast is amazing!! Staff is friendly and accommodating. On mornings when we could not eat, for tours, they made us to go bags.

Authenticity & Character

Uniques art pieces. Worth staying to see.

Location

In old part of town next to shops and restaurants

Staff

The owner so friendly and accomodating

Cleanliness & Comfort

Rooms cleaned every day.

Activity Reviews

Enjoy Athens by Bike!

Athens

Best way to see Athens!

Quality of Experience

Bikes was in good condition and smooth ride

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Totally chill guide

Day Trip to Meteora by bus

Athens

I wish it was not so far away. Teens hated the commute. Loved the tour and monasteries. Maybe better for adults.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private Nafplio Food Tour

Nafplio

I loved meeting the shops and owners. Hercules was knowledgeable and shared so much history with us

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Came to our hotel.

Hiking Palamidi Castle

Nafplio

You have to go into the dungeon. I would have gone mad spending even a day there.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Came to the hotel.

Triple Swim Day Trip near Corinth

Greece

Made the entire trip for us. We loved this experience.

Quality of Experience

Nature and it’s beauty

Food

The snacks and lunch was top notch.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Nikos loves what he does and it shows.

Transport

Nikos drove.

Car Rental Drop-off

Greece

Super easy drop off at departures. Love love love! Wish we could do in the US.

Quality of Experience

Transport

Drop off at hotel, easy.

Hi Tasos was very helpful and listened well to my needs.
He guided me where necessary and I certainly had a great experience. Travelling in March was fine and spring really 'sprung' while I was there. A lovely time of year.
Delpi, Santorini and Nafplio were my favourite places. I rearranged things in Nafplio so I wasn't heading the same direction on consecutive days. Had I known the ferries were running I would have loved to have gone to Hydra. As it was I got to Septses.
My walking guides esp the last two- thanks again Nikos- were exceptional, informative and just fun to be with as was my guide around the acropolis- very well done.
The drive up to the Monasteries and back to Athens was too long within the 2 days time table but the walk around the Monasteries and the monasties themselves were great!
Many thanks for a wonderful time Tasos