In Granada, our private tour with Matias was ...

Spain | Sep 14 - Sep 22, 2025

In Granada, our private tour with Matias was amazing. He was very knowledgeable and pointed out many things about the Royal Alcazar that we may not have noticed. It wonderful to do the tour with a local who had lots of insight about the history of the monument and Granada in general. He even gave us suggestions for dinner in Granada, as well as our next destination - Seville. Matias is one of the best tour guides I’ve ever had. (I also have to compliment him on his English…. Very fluent and we had no problems understanding him.)

Hotel Reviews

Room Mate Alba

Madrid

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Villa Oniria

Granada

Breakfast was not very good, and very overpriced

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

The are doing construction right outside the hotel, so taxis cannot get to the hotel. You have to walk 2 blocks with luggage to get a taxi.

Joya del Casco Boutique Hotel

Seville

Hotel

Authenticity & Character

Location

The hotel was very centrally located. Only 5 min walk to the cathedral

Staff

Staff was very friendly, but not always available. (I think they manage another hotel as well?)

Cleanliness & Comfort

The room was comfortable, however, it was very noisy in the morning. Every room was open to a central foyer. When the staff would go to prepare breakfast at 5:30 or 6 AM it was very loud and woke us up. Then , when people came to eat breakfast … it was impossible to sleep past 630 or 7 am because it became very noisy. If you are an early riser, this is no problem. But after all you are in Spain and likely you’ll be staying up late. This is something you need to know when booking this hotel.

Activity Reviews

Evening Tapas, Taverns & History Walk

Madrid

Quality of Experience

No

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Private Toledo Day Trip

Madrid

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Transport

Private Alhambra & Generalife Gardens with a Historian

Granada

Matias was an awesome tour guide

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

Evening Flamenco Show

Granada

Quality of Experience

The Flamingo dancers were great. The wine was terrible.

Self-Guided Walk in Albaicín District

Granada

Didn’t get to do this because they were Palestine protesters that were blocking taxis from coming and going to the Albacin area. We finally got an Uber to take us up and to take a picture and come right back down because we missed the sunset.

Royal Palace Visit

Madrid

It was good but a little long.

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private History & Culture Walk

Seville

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Guides, Drivers and Staff