Kimkim Trip Reviews

Breathtaking estate with amazing charm and history

We were welcomed to our room with a bottle of wine. All the staff were incredibly welcoming and courteous.

Our stay at Gregan's was truly magical. The estate is absolutely stunning and we enjoyed walking the grounds and spending time enjoying the views. We especially loved bonding with some of the castle cats- Lady and Smudge- who are delightful. The hospitality we experienced was amazing - everyone we encountered made us feel very welcome. Everything we ate was delicious. Our stay at Gregan's was one of the best we have ever had and will hold a special place for us forever. We hope to visit again and cannot recommend enough to family and friends.

Charming and well located, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Wilder Townhouse.

Absolutely breathtaking views - the magic of the Cliffs is palpable

So much fun!! So much to explore and enjoy!Especially loved getting our picture printed on a pint

What an amazing experience! Incredible skill and talent

Danny was a wonderful guide- incredibly knowledgeable, warm and funny. This experience was a a top highlight of our trip for us and we cannot recommend Danny enough!

The castle is awe inspiring and the grounds and surrounding gardens are absolutely enchanting.

The park is beautiful and there is so much to explore! The bikes were comfortable and easy to ride. You are also given a bike lock which was super handy to venture further on foot. The map was very helpful.

Our experience at Caherconnell was a major highlight of our trip! The sheepdog demonstration was so fun and educational. The tour of of the ringfort was so cool! Our guide was super knowledgeable, funny and taught us so much history in a fun way.

Very comfortable, close to many restaurants and shops. Walkable to the river. We had a nice view out our window.

The hotel was well placed and the room comfortable. There is really good breakfast and all day coffee/tea. The AC in the room was not working properly so it was quite warm. Aside from that it was a good choice.

This was our last activity on our trip and it could not have been better! Joao was a fabulous guide. Knew all kinds of history and information about the area and Portugal. It was just the two of us so he really gave us a personalized experience. Also took us to the farthest most west point of Europe and through Cascais.

This was one of our favorite trips. The guide was so knowledgeable about wine, the area and the history. There was one other couple and they were delightful. The boat ride up the river was a nice break from driving and the operator was a hoot! One place we stopped at the young lady touring us had just bottled her own wine. While we did not get to taste it, it was fun to see her excitement.

This hotel has a exceptional deck right on the field, where you can watch the sunset. Staff was very friendly and helpful, and the whole place had a cheerful vibe. I would definitely stay there again.

This hotel is right in the center of the activities in Bergen, directly across from the fish market. The breakfast was amazing!

The Marina had a beautiful view and more quiet being slightly away from the main town hub. I would definitely stay there when in Flam again. Also, the restaurant food was great and staff very helpful.

This trip exceeded expectations. I really enjoyed the stories that Cado shared regarding the history and life on the fjord. This fjord is exceptionally beautiful.

It's an airport hotel. We were coming off staying at an amazing resort hotel so this was a big shift. But, it was clean. Good breakfast. And super close to airport. The shower head was broken in both our rooms but we weren't there long enough to be super bothered by it. It is what it is supposed to be - an airport hotel...somewhere to stay before a flight, not a destination.

Can I give this 6 stars?! Because I would. OMG. What a hotel. We had the family suite and it was perfect. I usually don't love huge hotels but this one was so amazing. Rooftop pool and family pool were great. Workout room and spa were also amazing. Food was great. Included breakfast might be the best "free" breakfast we've had. Outside the included breakfast, the restaurant menus were on the pricey side but that's expected from restaurants on the premise. We ate outside the hotel for the other meals and explored the local restaurants and had some of our best meals ever. We loved Madeira and will definitely be returning.

We also loved this hotel. We had a cute apartment and it was nice and spacious. The included breakfast was decent, not as good as our Lisbon hotel but it was still good. Location was excellent.

We loved this hotel. Very close to everything and clean and spacious. We had the family apartment and it was great for our family of 5. The breakfast was delicious as well and the hotel staff was very friendly.

Great food and restaurant!

It was fun, glad we did it. Shorter than we thought - you literally just climb up for 10 minutes, take some photos and climb back down. But, I am glad we did it. Just a little underwhelmed on the length of time. We had budgeted 4 hours with our driver and really only needed an hour. We had just done a walking tour in the morning so we didn't need the driver to also give us a tour as well.

We loved this tour too! Saw bottlenose dolphins and pilot whales. Tour guide was great.

Sarah was great! Informative and knowledgeable. She is passionate about Porto and it shows. Rainy and cold for the tour so not the best conditions but Sarah made it fun!

Ah, Pena Palace. Loved it. We had an amazing driver, Eduardo, who gave us a ton of history on the way there and back. He was easily the best driver we've ever had on these trips (and we've done quite a few). Pena Palace skip the line was perfect because the line was quite long and we got to skip it so it saved us time. I loved seeing this beautiful palace. Definitely recommend. Eduardo took us to this wonderful restaurant too and it was such a good meal. He added on some other stops so we could see more of the coastline. It was a great day.

Ricardo was AMAZING. So knowledgeable and we loved our tour. We have three teenagers who can be hard to keep entertained during tours and Ricardo had them all interested and engaged the entire time. It was hotter than normal in Lisbon and Ricardo found the shade, took breaks and gave us time to buy waters/snacks. He was great.

This is a great hotel with pool and breakfast. Nice view and comfortable rooms

Great location , breakfast and nice pool to enjoy. 1 min to the beach and very nice and quite

Fantastic location and breakfast. We loved this hotel with outside patio, self serve roof top bar. The owners were fantstic and made us feel very welcome

Perfect location, nice rooftop and great breakfast

Amazing guides and adventure in Athens. We loved every minute

Fun time swimming and snorkeling. unfortunately no sailing. food and captain was great

Maria is fantastic and really knowledgeable about mythology and history

Great time on horse back. Beautiful views

Fun day on the water

Such a fun experience. Ronja is fantastic and we loved learning and cooking with her

This was our favorite tour. Ronja was amazing. So knowable and interesting. One of a kind for sure- don't miss this tour

Great adventure on horse back in parklike setting

Pretty decent hotel. Lobby and some rooms were nice and cool but ours was incredibly hot. One of our rooms was ice cold and the other was extremely hot and we could not get another room. Really amazing breakfast though

Rooms were too small for what we were looking for. Since we were on a longer trip my wife and I had some large suitcases and we didn't have room to open them in the room while we were inside. Wished we would have booked the larger suites instead.

This was a wonderful hotel. We all enjoyed our stay and wish we could have stayed longer

Hotel was nice but we had 3 rooms and 2 did not have functioning air conditioning. We were not asked if we would like to have a new room but were given fans that unfortunately only moved around the hot air. Would not have mattered but we were staying for 5 days and would have liked to have had the option of trying to move to a new room.

This was a great experience. Our guide was willing to take us to see whatever we wanted to see and had some amazing insight into the city. I would highly recommend this tour

We had a blast on this cruise and the scenery was unbelievable

This could very well be the most fun and entertaining food tour me and my family has ever done. Our guide was amazing and she engaged with each one of us. The food choices were delicious and we got to experience a whole world of flavors.

This was a nice adventure and was great to say that I have had this experience

This was a surprisingly wonderful experience. The employees were so helpful in helping all of us put the bags together and we were able to build some amazing bags for gifts

This was the highlight of the trip. Train was like stepping back in time and the scenery was beautiful. We had a wonderful time and would do this again in a heartbeat

Our guide was great and very informative. Canterbury was such a beautiful city and the Cliffs of Dover were something everyone needs to experience. While we were there Spitfires were flying over the cliffs which was another amazing experience.

This was a highlight trip for us. Were really surprised at how much fun we had in Bath.

Our guide was wonderful and we had a great time with her. She got us into all of the best location for photos.

Gorgeous hotel, amazing service, excellent chefs prepare delicious food, huge rooms and bathrooms. We loved it!!

not too charming a hotel, but excellent location.

cool hotel, great location in Rotterdam. Excellent service and amazing staff.

The collection is too heavily focused on religious art.

LOved this! Lots to see and had a great guide.

Few of his most famous pieces are here. it was interesting to know his evolution though.

Far too many stairs and unhelpful staff.

chilling

The Royal Museum is dull and the Magritte is just okay.

so nice to be able to see these important works.

antwerp is a great town.

very cool museum. I would have liked to have been able to read all they had posted.

Roland was a great guide. I just wish I had understood the route he was taking so that we could have allowed for more time to see inside the important buildings.

This museum is so fun! How wonderful to have these artists all under one roof. Loved it.

it was very interesting to learn the history of Delft pottery and to see it being made.

We appreciate being given this card because it was difficult to get another one.

Antwerp is a wonderful, beautiful, interesting town. The KMSKA Museum is off the charts!! Such a great collection and a wonderful arrangement of work. We loved it!! and the cafe was good too.

it was a problem to do these two cities on the same day. The guide in Bruges instructed us on the interesting history of Bruges, but we did not have time to go into any of the buildings before we had to leave the city to make the ticketed activities of Ghent. more time needed to have been allowed between cities. we loved the canal cruise in Ghent and seeing the Ghent Altarpiece.

such an excellent museum!! and cafe.

Excellent location, but nothing else was that impressive. Breakfast was supposed to be included everyday, but we were charged for the kids waffles and pancakes- they were not included. We were away for our 25th anniversary and they didn't do anything for us...not even a note or a drink. The rooms were tiny. We had to climb over each other in the rooms....and I am 5"1''....I can't even imagine someone larger getting around their partner. The beach was public, so nothing special there. Yo ucould walk to downtown, so that was nice to not pay for cabs. However, you have to walk up a hill to get out of the hotel...literally a hill. Wear flat shoes when you go there for sure!

I have never stayed at a hotel this nice. The service, the cleanliness, the rooms....we didn't want to leave! Wasn't long enough to enough the beauty of this hotel.

Loved the location, super close to the bus to get into old town. Very clean and great breakfast.

Bigger hotel than the other ones but still friendly staff

Super friendly hosts, great breakfast and local tips!

Super knowledgeable and informative guide. Great history guide… We were thrilled when we walked into a tie shop from the Amazing race!

This was such a beautiful garden. Must see! Even got to meet the gentleman who started it all!

Our guide never offered or showed us where we could change into Hanboks, but the history of them was interesting. The your was good overall.

Older but great atmosphere

Great for kids , spacious

Older, quaint .Loved the atmosphere

Nice, quaint and close to everything to walk to . The breakfast was fantastic.

Learned alot about HCAnderson

A great experience to see how Legos are made and the different possibilities of building things

Fun and nice scenery

The Rooms were large and spacious. There were TV in the room . The breakfast was good but basic.

This hotel was on the waterfront and by location it had amazing views. The rooms were small but comfortable. Our rooms had a balcony which was also a pleasant place to sit and take in the wonderful scenery. The staff was very friendly and helpful. They were very helpful in giving us a good idea on what to expect from the trips that we had booked. Their restaurant and breakfast was also excellent.

AM interpretation center, beach and lunch at local restaurant. This was the rescheduled trip to accomodate the change in boat ride the day before. PM - speed boat back to Santa Cruz Christian picked us up and took us to the interpretation center where the history of the island as well as the contribution of Darwin was shown. He explained everything to us as we walked from one exhibit to another. This is what I would have expected from Enrique on Day 1. He also explained the natural history of the island very well. The walk to the beach was very interesting and we spent some time there but did not swim or snorkel. After lunch at the local restaurant (which was excellent) we were dropped off at the pier and took the boat back to Santa Cruz

There was a mechanical problem with the morning boat so we went on the afternoon boat. Jose was very helpful and informed us about this problem the night before. He booked us seats on the afternoon ferry and also rearranged some of the trips that were scheduled on that day. We reached San Cristobal around 5. Angie met us on the dock and accompanied us to the store where Saveri got fitted on a wet suit and snorkeling gear. She then dropped us off at the hotel. She was very efficient. She explained what we were going to be doing on San Cristóbal for the next three days. This included when we would be picked up, who would pick us up and what we would be doing on the trip. That was very helpful.

We were added with a group of divers in this tour. My husband and I don’t do water sports which we had already mentioned. My daughter however snorkels so we said we don’t mind doing this tour where my daughter will get to snorkel. I don’t understand why we were put in a group of 9 divers. The boat was small and the guides on the boat were diving guides. One guide was available for my daughter to snorkel and he was very good and helpful with her. He also took us on a small circle around the Kicker rock to show us some of the best features from the boat but that was all he could do. Lunch on the boat was provided after the diving activities were over. Lunch was ok.

Trip to Floreana This was a very good trip. Diego picked us up and took us on the water taxi to the mainland where he showed where to get on the trip. In Floreana we first went on a hike to the highlands where our guide gave us an excellent explanation of the history and geography of the island. We followed the footsteps of the pioneers of the island and then the first Germans who made their way to what they claimed at that time and is still true day “the last peaceful earth” After a yummy lunch in a local restaurant my daughter went off on a snorkeling trip. Since my husband and I don’t snorkel our guide offered us to drop us off at the beach where we could relax and watch the sea lions and marine iguanas. That was very thoughtful of him.

Diego picked us up from the hotel and helped us with our luggage. We took a water taxi to the mainland, then a taxi the pier to the other side of the island. He helped us transfer our luggage on the boat which took us to Baltra island. There we got on a bus which took us to the airport. At the airport he helped us check in our luggage and made sure that we had everything we need for our journey. He was very helpful.

Diego came and picked us up from the hotel at 6:30 for the water taxi ride to the mainland. Then we went on a bus to the other side of the island to catch Galápagos Shark - our boat for the tour. It was a 2 hour sometimes rough ride to the island. On board our guide for the day explained the day’s itinerary very clearly I appreciated. They started the trip with some snacks of bananas and crackers. On Bartolome island our guide took us on the hike to the topmost point of the volcanic island. On the way he provided us with a very good overview of the history and geology of the island. About 1 hour. We came back to the boat and then the boat took us to a sheltered cove where my daughter and others snorkeled. Since my husband and I didn’t snorkel- we stayed on the boat and had a pleasant time observing the views and chatting with a couple of others who didn’t snorkel either. This was a much better experience for us. We had lunch after the snorkeling was over and it was good with fish/ veggies/ salad and a dessert. After lunch we started our way back. Just before we reached home dock - the boat provided us with Champagne and another dessert to commemorate a successful day at sea.

Fast and noisy

Angie was our guide took us to the highlands to see the crater of the extinct volcano. She did a very good job in explaining the history and geology of the area. This was a nice short uphill walk which was very pleasant for all of us. Then we went to lunch to a local farm house and it was delicious.

The boat was fast and the outboard motor was very noisy. But that's to be expected. Otherwise the trip was ok.

We set off early. The day was hot and not knowing the details of what to expect. There was a pretty breach at the end of the hike. Thinking this was a hike, we had hiking clothes and shoes. The beach at the end would have necessitated us to bring a whole change of clothes which seemed too much to carry. On hindsight - this was not a true hike but a short walk. People were dressed for swimming - slippers/sandals was all we needed.

Very unique and modern hotel. Really liked the pool, cold plunge tub and sauna. Service by employees also excellent. Good location, walked to several restaurants and shopping was close. Recommend this hotel.

Easy access to all parts of Sorrento. Amazing views of the bay from our balcony. Excellent staff.

Excellent location in the heart of Florence. Easy access to all parts of the city. Excellent rooms.

Excellent location. Close to train station. Easy access to the city. Exceptional staff.

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Cinque Terre was amazing

Great history tour.