Espíritu Travel

Hector planned an amazing trip for us to Spain and Portugal. Our highlights of the trip included the tapas tour in Madrid, the private winery tour in the Douro valley, the private cooking class in Lisbon, and the sunset cruise in Lisbon. The itinerary flowed very well and it was so easy to be at the right place at the right time. The instructions were great. The accommodations were great, especially Hotel Urso in Madrid and the Quinta de Pacheca wine barrels in Douro Valley. Breakfast being included every morning was an extremely nice perk. Never had to think about that meal. Overall, shoutout to KimKim, Espiritu, and Hector. I would absolutely recommend to a friend.

Hotel Reviews

URSO Hotel & Spa

Madrid

10/10. This place is amazing. The level of service was the nicest I’ve ever experienced.

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Room service was excellent

PortoBay Teatro

Porto

Nice hotel in a great location. What it lacked in aesthetics, it made up for with location and the quality of the food.

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PortoBay Marquês

Lisbon

Hotel was fine- nothing spectacular. The bar was very small and it felt very tight. The location was good, but a bit far from the water. I liked how it was close to the park, however.

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Not memorable decorations or interior. Very bland room.

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The Wine House Hotel - Quinta da Pacheca

Lamego

AMAZING. The trip wouldn’t have been the same without this. The room service breakfast was incredible.

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Explore Porto's Culinary Scene and Bolhao Market

Porto

Great activity.

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Tapas Culinary Experience

Madrid

This was great. A must add for every trip.

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Sandeman Cellar Wine Tasting

Porto

I was expecting this to be better. It was a very short tour, you didn’t get to see much, and it just wasn’t that interesting. They showed you barrel, but didn’t show you any part of the winemaking process and just tried to sell you on sandman port.

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Wine Experience in the Douro Valley & River Cruise

Douro Valley

10/10. Miguel was amazing. This was incredible.

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Get to know Porto by E-bike

Porto

I wish I had done a walking tour. The ebikes were cool, but it was hard to navigate the mass crowds.

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Portuguese Cooking Class at a Chef's Home

Lisbon

This was amazing. Artur was such a great instructor.

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Sunset Sailing Cruise

Lisbon

I thought this was really fun. The boat was much more crowded than I expected, but it was beautiful.

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Rita was wonderful to work with for our trip to Italy! She was extremely responsive and open to any/all suggestions and questions I presented. Working with Rita and the kimkim team made our vacation abroad seamless and stress free.

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Italian Cooking Class at a Local Ristorante

Rome

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Venice Gondola Ride

Venice

Gondolier wasn’t interactive and it was obvious he didn’t want to take our family.

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He was quiet and didn’t interact at all

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Guided Visit of Florence Including David and Duomo

Italy

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Gelato Making Class

Florence

This was my daughter’s favorite activity of our trip!

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Guided Visit: Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel

Italy

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Private Guided Visit of the Colosseum & Ancient City

Rome

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We had a wonderful adventure in Italy! All of our tour guides and drivers were personable, knowledgable and professional! We were a group of 5 and we each loved something different the best! My favorite was the day trip to Tuscany with Alexandro. I loved the cooking class with Dante and the wine tasting and visits to Siena and San Giamano. My husband loved the visits to Pompeii and the Colosseum. My 15 year old son loved seeing the David and all of the art in Florenece while my younger son (age 12) loved the whole city of Naples the best. My father (in his 70's) enjoyed all of the tour guides and history but probably enjoyed the foodie tour the first day the most! We went back to several of those restaurants in Rome while we were there because they were so delicious!

The accommodations were top notch and the breakfasts were outstanding. We enjoyed all of the art and history as well as the shopping and just everything! We had an unforgettable visit and would highly recommend it to anyone!

This was our first time planning a trip with a travel agency and we had a great experience. Anita and her colleagues were incredibly responsive and helpful at every stage of the process. We really appreciated being matched with a travel company local to Spain and with specialists who live in the areas we visited. We did find it hard to not have a good handle on how much individual aspects of the trip cost, but at the same time were able to identify a budget we could live within and let our specialists handle the details.

Hotel Reviews

Gran Hotel Havana

Barcelona

We really loved this hotel. Service was excellent all-around and the hotel was very clean and well-kept. We had a Top Havana room, which was awesome for our family of 4.

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Very centrally located in the Eixample neighborhod.

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Housekeeping staff and front desk staff were excellent. The front desk arranged for a doctor to come to the hotel when one of our children was sick.

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Housekeeping was very attentive .

Hotel Meninas

Madrid

We really liked Hotel Meninas. It has a lot of charm and is in a great location.

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Situated near the Opera, the hotel is in a lovely historic district close to Mercado San Miguel and the Palace.

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We had a large room on the 5th floor that provided plenty of space for our family of 4. It was very quiet and comfortable.

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Flamenco Night

Madrid

We loved the Flamenco show at Las Carboneras. It was one of the highlights of our trip.

Madrid for Kids - Walking Tour with Activities & Snacks

Madrid

This walking tour was a great activity for our first day in Madrid. Rosa, our guide, was excellent and really made a connection with our tween and teen daughters (12 and 14). We were worried they'd be too old for a tour like this, but they really loved it.

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Train Madrid to Toledo, Guided Family Visit, Train Toledo to Madrid

Madrid

We loved visiting Toledo. Elena, our tour guide, was great. We learned so much about the history of this incredibly special place that we would have never learned without a guide. Highly recommend.

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Tapas Walk in Barcelona

Barcelona

As non-Spanish speakers, we found the tapas scene a bit intimidating and really appreciated this 3-hour guided tour that took us to 4 different stops.

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Our trip plan was great and all of the guides were so friendly and gave us a great insight into Portugal in many ways.
The trip app was so helpful and made things so easy to follow with links and directions.

Overall the trip went smoothly.
A couple hiccups. No time listed to meet guide in Cordoba. The guide María was nice enough but never had dialogue on our way to a site. We passed lots of opportunities for her to give a continuous chat on our way to the first stop. She was full of details when we arrived at the destination but we felt we missed more details on our way. She could easily improve on that.
The hotel in Cordoba, while convenient to the train, was NOT a 4 *. Absolutely no amenities whatsoever in the room. Nothing extra in the bathrooms either. I would rate it a 3.
Train tickets were perfect as were directions.
Loved Seville. Loved the hotel. The guide was very good. As was the flamenco evening.
Excellent driver to Ronda. Nice wine tasting. The food was great, the wine Ok. The driver gave us details during the entire drive about the area. He was great.
Ronda was lovely. Also excellent tour Guide. We were given crappy rooms at the hotel
and asked for them to be changed. We paid an up charge, as the original rooms faced the parking lot not the spectacular views. We did not like the rooms at the place but the hotel was pretty. The staff was nice. We would have hoped that KimKim would have guaranteed us a better room. Driver to Malaga was on time and good.
We would recommend your company again but think that you should ask for clarification on some of the things we mentioned. For example: How important is the hotel to you?

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H10 Corregidor Boutique Hotel

Sevilla

Lovely

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Hotel Catalonia Reina Victoria

Ronda

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Awkward room. Toilets on one side. Shower on the other. Did not like hotel

Hotel Soho Boutique Cordoba

Córdoba

Lacking any amenities.

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Robes slippers vanity kits lotions. Anything

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Private Guided Visit of Córdoba

Spain

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Ronda Wine Experience

Spain

Food excellent. Winemaker good. Wine ok

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Private Guided Visit of Seville

Seville

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