
Yuri Ihnatov
I've been in tourism for 11 years. Been a guide in 50+ countries with big and small groups. Brought celebrities for photoshoots in the Namibian desert, drove motorcycles through Costa Rican jungles and trekked 4000km in Nepal.
What places and activities do you specialize in?
"I always try to create an experience, a story to remember, and a few adventures along the way for my travelers. No matter what you like: history and culture or nature and outdoors fun I will always try to help you create your personal story.
I fell in love with Spain at first sight in 2004. Since then I've done dozens of trekking routes along the magnificent mountains in the Basque region and national parks on the coast, bathed in countless beaches, and drove motorcycles all around the country. The rich history, architecture, and nature of this wonderful country are awe-inspiring. I hope to share my love for Spain with kimkim travelers."
How did you get involved in travel?
"Since my first trip to Nepal, where our guide got lost with all of our warm clothes for 3 days, I have decided to become the best trip organizer ever. That is what I've been doing for the last 10 years. "
Please share a unique travel experience you will never forget.
"My first solo recon mission as a guide in Nepal was in 2012 when I lived with locals and discovered trekking destinations on foot for 3 months. The best days were when I crossed the series of passes in the Makalu region, where you don't see anyone for 3-4 days, and overnight in a tent at the altitude of 6000m in freezing -37C. First morning warm sunshine after a very cold night and magnificent view on one of the highest peaks in the world. The best morng of my life."
Featured trips & expertise

Self-Drive Costa Brava & Pyrenees Mountains - 10 Days
This 10-day road trip takes you through the picturesque landscapes of Costa Brava and the Spanish Pyrenees, offering plenty of chances to explore the region's diverse cultural and natural wonders. From vibrant cities like Barcelona and Girona to the rugged coastline of Costa Brava and scenic Val d'Aran, you'll enjoy Northern Spain's history, cultural heritage, and gastronomy.

Seville & Hidden Corners of Andalusia Road Trip - 10 Days
This 10-day journey through Andalusia pairs cultural hotspots with quiet corners in the countryside. You'll visit vibrant cities like Seville, Granada, and Málaga, but save time for unique experiences in the region's white villages, national parks, and charming Las Alpujarras. Along the way, you'll experience the region's authentic culture and a few areas not typically seen by visitors.

Beaches, White Villages & Seville Road Trip - 10 Days
Embark on a 10-day journey through the landscapes of Andalusia, exploring the vibrant city of Seville, the pristine beaches of Andalusia, and Spain's picturesque White Villages. You'll experience rich cultural heritage, sample regional cuisine, and immerse yourself in the local way of life—a perfect blend of relaxation and cultural immersion.

Self-Drive Northern Spain: San Sebastián, Pamplona, La Rioja & Bilbao - 10 Days
A road trip through Northern Spain offers a glimpse into the region's rich cultural roots and diverse landscapes, from the coastal heritage of San Sebastián to the rolling vineyards of La Rioja. This 10-day excursion includes opportunities to explore unique traditions, cuisine, and architecture that define this corner of Spain, with stops in historic Pamplona and vibrant Bilbao.

Classic Andalusia Self-Drive: Seville, Cádiz, Ronda, Málaga & Granada - 10 Days
Experience the rich history and stunning beauty of Andalusia, Spain's southern region, as you drive through the classic destinations of Seville, Cádiz, Málaga, Granada, and the white villages. This 10-day road trip includes viewing intricate architecture, savoring traditional cuisine, and enjoying scenes of rolling hills and quaint villages dotted with whitewashed homes.

Basque Region & Wine Country Road Trip: Bilbao, San Sebastián, La Rioja & Pamplona - 7 Days
For wine lovers and foodies, this road trip in northern Spain takes you along the incredible Basque coastline with its rugged sea cliffs, charming fishing villages, and gastronomic cities, then into the rolling vineyards and hills of La Rioja and Navarra. Blend city walks with small towns, food tours, and an overnight stay at a winery in Spain's most famous wine region, Rioja.
Favorite experiences
Coastal Walk Along St. James Way
Hike along one of the most scenic stretches of the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route with a private walking tour. The St. James Way offers an easy section outside San Sebastián, meaning you can partake in a tradition that attracts travelers worldwide. This stretch features impressive...
Surfing or SUPing in Valencia
Learn to surf or stand-up paddleboard (SUP) with an experienced instructor in coastal Valencia, which features a gorgeous beach right in the city and several others nearby. Your instructor will tailor the surf or SUP lesson to your skill level, so you can have a safe and comfortable experience as...
Costa Brava Villages: Cadaqués, Figueres, Begur & Palafrugell
Renowned for its stunning coastal villages and rugged coastline with numerous idyllic coves, ports, and beaches, the Costa Brava runs from the Spanish and French Mediterranean border down to just north of Barcelona. A day trip exploring some of the Costa Brava’s most charming villages and beaches...
E-Bike Tour of San Sebastián
Feel like a local while pedaling on the bidegorris (the name of the bike lanes in Basque, in reference to their red color, as bide means "lane" and gorri means "red"). You'll hop on an easy-to-ride bike and cruise around the city, visiting the most iconic spots further away from the central...
Tapas & Flamenco in Seville
Dig deep into Spanish culture and enjoy a quintessential evening with delicious tapas and wine, passionate flamenco, and a stroll through an authentic Sevillian neighborhood. Flamenco was born in Andalusia, so Seville's historic Jewish Quarter and Triana districts are excellent places to...
Live Spanish Guitar Show in Ronda
Enjoy a live, traditional Spanish guitar concert with Ronda Guitar Music. You'll listen to the relaxing sound in a beautiful venue at Casa Don Bosco, a modernist-style mansion built at the beginning of the 20th century. This historic house provides exceptional acoustics and impressive views over...
Recent trip reviews for Yuri
Great balance of my planning and expertise
Spain
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Mar 6 - Mar 18, 2023
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... read more
Planning with Kimkim results in a very memor...
Spain
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Feb 17 - Feb 26, 2023

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... read more
We had a very good time overall In Seville, t...
Spain
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Feb 17 - Feb 26, 2023
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... read more
Family Trip to Spain
Spain
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Feb 17 - Feb 26, 2023

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. read more
Great museum and architecture tours
Spain
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Feb 5 - Feb 16, 2023
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.
Easy planning, best trip planning experience I have so far!
Spain
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Jan 28 - Feb 4, 2023
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!

Thank you, Joann, for your review.
It was a pleasure planning your trip.
We are constantly improving our product, so the next time you book your trip, you will have an even better experience.
See you on your next trip with kimkim.com
We had a really excellent experience! Some ac...
Spain
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Jan 22 - Feb 1, 2023
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.

Thank you, Alex, for your review.
It was a pleasure planning your trip. We are constantly working on improving our product, so next time you decide to book your trip you will have an even better experience.
See you on your next trip with kimkim.com
Unique Vacation Planning Platform
Spain
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Dec 18 - Dec 28, 2022
The platform KimKim provided was to me very useful and effective in putting together a personalised trip plan to a destination which I did not do much research into beforehand. It allowed me to choose the exact elements of what we wanted to see and do, and not just take an entire pre-determined package; but saved me the trouble of communication with tens of tour companies, hotels and transport and ticketing services. I just paid one single bill for it all, and though I did not do an... read more

Samuel, thank you so much for your review. Really happy that you had fun on your trip to Spain. And thank you for sharing information about the hotel. We take them very seriously. I have disabled this hotel at our platform.
Amazing trip with excellently curated guides and experiences.
Spain
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Dec 19 - Dec 28, 2022
We had an amazing experience in Spain for the holidays! Yuri, our Kimkim specialist, was fantastic- flexible, patient and responsive. I cannot say enough about him- I was nervous at first booking a trip through this service- despite the reviews- because I was unfamiliar with Spain and also the idea that KimKim curated our experiences. That said, I would heartily recommend the service to anyone who is interested in traveling to a new-to-them location and wanting to have an authentic... read more

Thank you so much for your extended review, Vanitha.
It was a pleasure helping you plan your trip.
Consider kimkim for your next adventure anywhere around the world!
Best holiday wishes,
Yuri.
Southern Spain - Fast Paced
Spain
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Nov 18 - Nov 26, 2022

This trip has changed my perspective on traveling! I usually wing it with minimal research ahead of time. This was the first time I have had a complete itinerary set up for me and it was great. It allowed my wife and I to meet people and see places that we would have never found.
The highlights of the trip for me were our Flamenco tour and out city tour in Granada. There was so much more to learn about Flamenco and the gypsy lifestyle than we expected. And the fact that our guide was... read more

Hey, Landon.
Thank you so much for the review. It was a pleasure to help you plan your trip. I'll take into account your review of the guide in Seville's Alcazar.
Yuri and Kimkim are perfect!
Spain
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Nov 17 - Nov 25, 2022

I was nervous to use kimkim and now we are complete sold. We traveled to Barcelona, Madrid, and Mallorca for 9 days. Yuri, our travel specialist, is absolutely wonderful. He was quick to correspond and when I was nervous he reassured me on the processes. My husband didn’t know what everything we were doing on the trip. After trains, plains, and shuttle services, he said it was one of the best experience he’s ever had and grateful for this vacation. Everything was taken into... read more

Hi, Kimberly!
What a wonderful review! Thank you so much!
It's very helpful for me to help others choose the proper guides and experiences.
It was a pleasure to help you plan your trip!
See you soon on kimkim! :)
Our guides were for our tours were great. Th...
Spain
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Nov 9 - Nov 19, 2022

Our guides were for our tours were great.
They were very knowledgeable and efficient.
The hotels we chose from the list were amazing.
Great choices to chose from. The wine tour to Rioja was wonderful. Iker did a great job as our guide for the day.
All the drivers were on time and we felt very organized the whole trip. read more

Hi, Suha!
It was a pleasure helping you have a great trip to Spain! Thank you for your kind words about our activities and guides.
Hope to see you soon on kimkim, planning your next trip to one of 60 destinations in the world.
Spain trip - 1 week
Spain
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Nov 3 - Nov 9, 2022
Yuri was a fantastic Spain kimkim planner as all of our planned events and tours went extremely smoothly and very timely. Arrived in Madrid with perfect transfers to hotel, Tuk Tuk tour of the city, Tapas tour the following day and a fun Flamenco dance class with Fernando leading the way. We then moved on to Barcelona in the same fashion via train with smooth transfers.
Toured Sagrada Familia with Maria who was an excellent host. Finished the trip with a sunset sailboat ride and a live... read more

Hi, Steve!
Thank you for your wonderful review. It was a pleasure to help you plan your trip to Spain. Glad that you have enjoyed it and that all went smoothly.
Looking forward to see you soon with your new trip request at kimkim.com
Barcelona and Costa Brava
Spain
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Oct 7 - Oct 14, 2022

The Sagrada Familia tour with our guide Danni was very interesting and he was able to answer all our questions.
We also had a great adventure on the wine tour with Catherine and her husband.
The tour to Montserrat was also good. The only suggestion we would have is to allow more free time to explore all Montserrat had to offer. Our guides, Mateo and Roger, were very informative.
The hotel choices provided by were Yuri were perfect for our purposes. We were very happy overall. read more

Leona, thank you so much for your review.
I will make sure that in the future travelers will have more time in Montserrat to admire and explore for themselves.
Overall we were very pleased. Yuri provided ...
Spain
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Oct 7 - Oct 14, 2022

Overall we were very pleased. Yuri provided the guidance we expected and fulfilled our experience. The trip was great.
Pickup at the airport was a little disorganized but then which airport isn’t. Checkin was good but had to wait for our room. After 15 hours in airports this was unfortunate but again not surprised.
Tour of the Familia Sagrada was great. Danny was informative and helpful. What a place!
Wine tour was also great. We’ve been on many but this one was more informative... read more

Hi, Marinus.
Thank you so much for your review. I always take notes and work with our suppliers to create the best experience for our travelers. Thank you for your input it will help future travelers.
Hope to see you soon in kimkim on your new trip.
Best,
Yuri.
Great trip. Yuri was very helpful and easy to...
Spain
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Jul 22 - Jul 25, 2022
Great trip. Yuri was very helpful and easy to work with. I appreciated his prompt assistance and responsiveness both before and during my trip to Spain. read more

Reyna, thank you for your review. Very helpful for kimkim and future travelers. It was a pleasure to organize the trip for you. Looking forward to seeing you using kimkim for your future trips.
13 days in Spain, 2022
Spain
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Sep 18 - Sep 30, 2022
The entire kimkim experience was incredibly easy, pleasant, and perfect. After this trip, I can't imagine traveling without kimkim again.
We traveled to Barcelona first on our 13 days in Spain. We were greeted by a professional driver in the airport and transported to our first hotel. The driver was extremely kind and made the transfer pleasant after a long flight. Our Barcelona hotel, Casa Luz, was all that it was advertised to be. We had many wonderful choices through kimkim, and we were... read more

Wow! Kelley! Thank you so much for your review!
This would be very helpful for me and future travelers. Trully appreciate your time to write all those wonderful reviews!
It was a pleasure helping you create your trip to Spain! See you soon, planning your next trip to some other wonderful country!
P.S. I've also addressed the issue with the driver in Valencia. And meeting point for Gothic Qarter tour.
Spain review
Spain
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Sep 1 - Sep 10, 2022
Using KimKim as a planning and booking service was extremely convenient and very helpful. The suggested activities were not “touristy” and we implemented several of them into our itinerary. The ability to book hotels, transportation, and activities all through the same website was great. However, for two of the three activities we booked through KimKim we were given incorrect information on the meeting times. For a vineyard tour we were given a time an hour later and missed the shuttle... read more

Thank you for your review and feedback. Happy to hear that your experience using the platform was seamless and the trip was overall a great trip! We are sorry to hear that you encountered a couple of snags during the trip, but are happy to hear our partners were able to rectify those hiccups for you. We have passed your feedback on to them for review as well. We look forward to planning again with you in the future.
Fantastic Honeymoon in Spain
Spain
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Sep 2 - Sep 10, 2022

We had a wonderful trip to Spain planned by Yuri! We visited Madrid, Barcelona, and Costa Brava. Starting in Madrid, our favorite places were: Retiro Park and the Palace. We had wonderful, private palace tour with Enrique. He shared so much history with us!
Our time in Barcelona was amazing! We were lucky enough to have private tours of the Gothic Quarter and Sagrada Familia. Both tours were insightful and we learned so much. It was also nice to have some free time on our own in Barcelona.... read more

Elise, thank you for your wonderful and detailed review. Hope to see you on your next adventure with kimkim.com
Best,
Yuri
Kimkim was exactly what I was looking for - e...
Spain
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Jul 15 - Jul 23, 2022
Kimkim was exactly what I was looking for - easy to use and easy to communicate. I’d definitely use them again. read more

Beth, thank you so much for your review! I'm really glad you enjoyed your trip. Would be glad to welcome you to kimkim.com at the next destination.
Our Spain Trip
Spain
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Jun 23 - Jul 3, 2022
Yuri. We have now reached home and I want to thank you for organizing the best trip we have had as a family to Spain. Everything was just right and even though we had the minor change at Granada, you sorted that out immediately and it was all good in the end. :) We will definitely be using Kimkim again and I hope to work with you personally again as well. Once again, thanks a million for a memorable holiday!!! read more

Hi, Parimeeta!
Thank you for your wonderful review. It was my pleasure creating this trip for your family!