Kimkim Trip Reviews

Very centrally located and could walk to many of the places we wanted to see. The staff, Joao in particular, as well as Bruno, was great! They met our needs very quickly - we always need 2 extra towels and they would bring them right away. The breakfast included as over the top! Everything was great. The ladies in the breakfast room were so friendly and helpful. I enjoyed this hotel - beds were comfortable, great shower.

I really enjoyed this Boutique hotel. The breakfast was great and the servers Gabriel and Amiro knew me every morning and ordered my omelet right away. We also ate dinner here and the food was also excellent in the regular restaurant, The only thing I didn't like is the bathroom. The sink was in between a room for the toilet and a room for the shower so there was no privacy. Also, the doors slid open to go in and they were very loud so it was hard to be quiet when using them in the middle of the night without waking my roommate. The hotel was centrally located and we were able to walk everywhere. Right around the corner from the train station with the gorgeous tiles and the Flower street with many shops and fun places to go.

An authentic Riad in the centre of the Medina. Within walking distance from the Souks, cafes & parks. Friendly staff.. The pool was fabulous after exploring the city in the heat.

A once in a by lifetime experience. Extremely professional company, from the early morning breakfast, to the delightful pilot, with the Moroccan humour. On completion digital images and videos were provided.

Lovely hotel with amazing views. We loved the spa and infinity pool with the breathtaking views!

We absolutely loved seeing this castle and read all about the history. Since the majority of our trip has been hiking adventures, this was a nice change!

We really enjoyed this experience. I wasn’t too sure about it when it was booked but I am so so glad we ended up doing it. I’m not the biggest fan of fondue but this fondue was very good but the experience is what made it so memorable! The gondola was such a cozy vibe and the view of the mountains was beautiful. We got lucky and it rained when we were there so it was even cozier!

Absolutely stunning viewpoint! The color of the lakes you’re looking over is just insane!

We took the ferry to Bellagio which was the cutest little town but sadly it rained the entire day.

This was an incredible experience seeing the Matterhorn in person! We took the train up and sat on the right side to get the best views! Once we got up to the top we took the train a stop down to get to the reflecting lake which was incredible. From there we hiked all the way back down to Zermatt.

This was probably our favorite day! Unfortunately we weren’t able to do any of the activities because the lines were just so long but we hiked to Bachalpsee lake which was the most incredible hike I’ve ever been on. It was just absolutely stunning and truly felt like you were in the sound of music.

This viewpoint was absolutely incredible. You are just completely surrounded by giant mountains and jagged peaks, it was incredible! We went inside and saw the James Bond museum which was fun! The cable car was even steeper than I expected but I loved it!

Incredible views and loved seeing all the cows at the top!

The hotel was very clean and accommodating. Not any special amenities. Unfortunately, it was far from the city center, shopping, and restaurants. However, it was quiet and comfortable.

Awesome hotel in the Icelandic countryside. The large sized rooms are immaculate and well-appointed. Comfortable king--size bed. Hotel staff service was very good, as was the food in the in-house full-service restaurant. Outdoor spa attached to room, very nice! Highly recommend.

The rooms were very comfortable and attractive and quiet. Most of the staff were helpful and polite. It was good to have room service and the rooftop restaurant available when we did not want to go out, and the included breakfast buffet had lots of good choices.

The rooms were clean and comfortable mostly (one had a problem, but the staff moved those of us in that room to a better one). The pools and private beach were perfect and greatly enjoyed, and the breakfast buffet (and other food options) were all amazing. The staff were all helpful and friendly.

Again, our guide Manuel made it extra special. It is also a beautiful and spiritual place. Some of us are not religious but were deeply moved nonetheless.

Our guide Manuel made this a very enjoyable and memorable experience. And some of our group said that the beach where he took us after Girona was the best one they had ever been to.

We loved the guitar, and the route was very calm so no one became seasick.

The Sagrada Familia on the inside just blew me away; I did not expect to be so moved and impressed.

The swimming in the Mediterranean was wonderful. The only problem was that two of our group got seasick.

Birgit was so knowledgeable and warm. My cousin and I really enjoyed learning about the history, traditions and current day people of Mallorca from her. She was great!

Stunning chalet in a stunning location. The breakfast baskets were delicious, and the private chef on the last night was a perfect way to end our trip. Highly recommend!

Fantastic location, amazing food, super attentive staff. Highly recommend!

Good overnight stay. Friendly staff.

Rural hotels with basic facilities

Great airport hotel.

Everything and more. Dining was superb. Bed was most comfortable.

Everything was great. Our room, the resort, the food, and all the wonderful people who worked and visited with us. I would go back and stay at the drop of a hat!

My life is a bit more complete after visiting the memorial sites of the missionaries I had read so much about over the past 20 years The people of the Taratung region were so welcoming to us. Meeting the 6th generation granddaughter of the raja was unexpected and eventful! She shared her knowledge with me and added a lot to my story of those times.

We saw and engaged with people of the island. Alex took us to upland farming areas where his family lives and prospers. We visited with school children and shared two books we brought to help with their Rnglish language skills.

Super cute, just off the main square. Breakfast was nice, if not as fresh as we normally see in Europe and staff was so sweet.

This hotel is fine. The staff was friendly. The breakfast was okay, but nothing special. We ended up in two connecting rooms as opposed to the family suite we had booked. It was sort of close to everything which meant really it was close to nothing. Everything was a 20 plus minute walk away.

Location was AMAZING, and the room was decent sized with plenty of space for both of my daughters. It made all of Florence walkable but was in a quiet area.

This was an amazing space in a fantastic location. Highly recommend for families who can use a little more living space. The stairs would not be great for young children, but school age and up would be a great fit!!

This was not an activity-unclear why it is here.

This was TERRIBLE. The guide was awful and we did not get to enter the Parthenon as advertised because of some change of rule in guides being allowed in (I am still unclear on why a time change was not made to allow the tour to be what we were supposed to be having.) Additionally, when asked for a good place to grab a snack during the three hour walking tour the guide spent 10 minutes talking about her diet, and patting her stomach. When asked again she indicated she was not sure. We ended up a terrible tourist cafe which given we paid a guide was RIDICULOUS. The guide makes all the difference in these types of tours, and this was a failure of the travel agency.

This was a bit of disaster. It became a tour of 1000 churches when we were really interested in the Jewish History of Rome. The synagogue was not included, and at one point in the Trastevere we walked in to tour a church while a funeral was occurring. We did see some amazing theater ruins, and some gorgeous, stained class as well as very old churches with wells in the front. Our afternoon ended with kosher pizza which was delightful.

Positano was AMAZING. I wish our lunch restaurant had an ocean view, but the food was very good. The guide was funny, and knowledgeable and the windy roads were well navigated.

Our guide was very good, but this was a bit of a nightmare. It was SOOOO crowded, and the guide was in a bit of a hurry. My teens would have liked to spend more time looking at the animal sculptures and she kind of rushed them through to walk through endless rooms of tapestries they had no interest in. The Sistine chapel was shoulder to shoulder-and not quiet, despite the photography prohibition people were taking photos on their phones and in general it just ruined the awe. Nothing however could ruin the awe of the basilica and Michelangelo's pieta.

This tour, which included the entire area outside the coliseum was amazing. The guide knew all the stories, and to stand in the places where the history occurred while hearing the history was what I came to Rome for. The coliseum was one of the few things that really cannot be oversold. The size, the architecture it was surreal.

This was a very good experience, because the day we went the market was closed sadly we did not get the central food market experience. I wish we had known that, as we might have been able to go a different day.

AMAZING. Our guide was the best we had in Italy-he was funny, engaging and picked up very quickly on what was of interest to my 16 and 21 year old. His love for the city and flexibility to what was of interest to use was an amazing combination. I wish Marco had been out guide for all of Italy!

This was very nice. Would have been better if it had included a tour of the palace as well as the church. It was a lot of you should come back here and do x-which given we were in Venice for two days was not great. However, the guide was very kind, and made great restaurant recommendations.

Loved the location of this hotel! Right in the midst of Covent Garden.

Only one of the two elevators worked during our 4 day stay. Complimentary coffee was only offered the first day. Great location, amongst lots of different restaurants. Sure nice to have a washer and dryer to use.

The rooms were well appointed and just funky enough to know you were in an old Natural History Museum. Wish it were closer to the downtown area where most of the restaurants were.

This was an amazing experience. Our guide James had helped us get great seats for the martial arts demonstration show. I was very pleased with the experience.

This was an amazing hike and view of the great wall. Highly recommend going to this section if the time allows. You may see the great wall in it's natural state.

E bikes were fun and made the sites easier to access. Roads are dirt and can be steep. Stops to places were explained well by IPA, our guide. Cheese restaurant and tasting of local cheeses was a wonderful.

Excellent hotel and facilities. Only negative point is they are not flexible with check-in/out which considering the category I would have expected them to be more accepting. FYI the public onsen on site does not allow people with tattoos (which is the case in other places too) and the private onsen though nice feel more like a bathtub than anythign else.

Really nice experience in a small group. Ai and Alice were fantastic not only in teachign us some basic japanese recipes but also about the tranditions and histroy behind it. Our food was simple but very good and tasty. The size of the group was good (7 in total)

Very nice tour, though the heavy rain altered the plans significantly and the Skytree visit was a bust as there was close to 0 visibility and no refund possible as per policy. Ueno park and Akihabara were very nice, while the Meiji Shrine we had to vist on our own the following day but is clearly one of the highlights of the city. I was surprised we were not taken to Sensi-jo temple which is another increible site to visit (we went on our own late that day). Our guide, Toru, was very good though the rain did mess up his plans. He took us to have an incredible sukiyaki lunch which was one of the best experience of our trip.

Really nice day and lunch with good wine. I expected a little more of a boat excursion and maybe a smaller boat but it was nice. It is a lot of time in a van. The guide was very good.

Really good food and wine. The guide was very pleasant. Only negative was maybe spending so much time within the market and not exploring Porto more.

Lovely and welcoming couple. Great food. One of the best meals we had in Portugal.

A little dull

Excellent chef especially with our kids. This was our favorite night.

The rooftop views, pool and bar were wonderful, although at times, the pool was overrun with small children. The staff was friendly and helpful and the breakfast each morning was delicious. Overall, we really liked the hotel. Our room was comfortable, but we would have liked a quieter location. We were on the 7th floor, right below the pool area. We could hear the movement of tables and chairs as they prepped for the day, although it wasn't too terribly early. The location of the hotel was great!!

We used an audio guide from Rick Steves which was very helpful.

Our guide, Alfredo was excellent. He took us to 2 outstanding tapas restaurants where they had everything ready for us. The Flamenco show was a lot of fun too. It was the perfect length.

Our guide, Vitaly was outstanding!! His knowledge and passion for the city and of Picasso made the experience extra special. I highly recommend having guided tours of museums. They can get overwhelming and guides can highlight the most important works and the history behind them. This museum in particular was a wonderful chronology of Picasso's life.

Our pick up was not quite early enough for us photographers. Our guide was quite young and he walked very fast up the steep hill to the sunrise spot. We were slower and just made it to the top as the sun was coming over the mountain. We really had no time to set up our tripods and get a good shot. It turned out that it wasn't a very good sunrise that morning. The tour of the church and Black Madonna was very good and the funicular ride down the mountain was fun.

Our guide, Maria was outstanding!! She was very patient with us as we wanted to take a lot of photos. We loved all of the Gaudi locations we toured. We ended up taking a tour of Casa Batllo on our own later in our trip. It was great to be able to get quick access to the sites too, without having to wait in long queues.

We really enjoyed the winery visit. We were driven to the winery first, then we sailed back. While this was the opposite to what was originally planned, we really liked the order. We were expecting to be served a brunch at the winery as outlined in our KimKim itinerary, but all we got was pan con tomate (which, by the way, was my favorite tapa in Spain!). It was fine as we did have breakfast at the hotel; it just wasn't what was expected. It rained during our sailing trip (first and really only rain we saw in our 2 weeks in Spain- what are the odds?:(. We still had a lovely time and enjoyed our boat captain and the other 2 couples who were on the boat with us.

We really struggled to understand what all there was to see and do on Montjuic and how to get there. I am usually very good at planning these kind of things, but I couldn't figure out how to manage the funicular/cable car option. We ended up taking a taxi up to the castle and then walked to the Art Museum, Magic Fountain and Plaza de Espana from there. While we enjoyed the views near the castle, we decided not to visit the castle. We decided not to go to Tibadabo at all.

We loved this experience. There were only 4 of us in the class, so we had a very private experience. The food was amazing!