Kimkim Trip Reviews

We worked with Beatriz on our travel to Italy, with 5 different locations in mind. 3 of these locations were new to us (Perugia, Cinque Terre and Milan). Our trip began in Rome. We chose to explore the city on our own, but were still provided suggestions for an itinerary, which we greatly appreciated. From there we went to Perugia, where Bea identified stops in Spoleto, a winery for tasting and Spello. At each location we were provided specific recommendations for walking throughout the small villages. Next was Florence. Bea arranged a food tour, which was enjoyed by us both. We had not been to Cinque Terre. The 5 cities were fabulous! We loved our stay in Monterosso. It is the only relatively flat city, the only one with a beach and many restaurant and lodging choices. It was easy to use the trains to travel from city to city. In Milan, we had an aperitivo tour upon arrival. That was one of the highlights due to our guide Marco! He made the trip fun due to his lively personality and considerations for our personal tastes. We also took a city walking tour with Beatrice as our guide. She was very knowledgeable and personalized the locations we visited according to what she thought our interests might be.
Beatriz was easy to work with and flexible in changing itinerary and arranging transportation. We would highly recommend her services as a travel consultant on Italy!

Activity Review

Eat Like a Local: Florence Street Food & Market Experience

Italy

Charlotte worked very closely with us in all the planning stages of our trip. She was knowledgeable, competent and very receptive to our ideas and needs. She scheduled various zoom meetings so we could discuss and fine tune our trip. She was pleasant, friendly, personable and always aimed to please.
Unfortunately, we had a medical emergency in Australia and never made it to New Zealand. During the medical emergency Charlotte provided us with incredible support 24/7 and helped us immensely. We were very fortunate to have had her as our resource person and advocate.

Coriama was lovely to work with. I communicated with her for months and she remained patient and arranged every detail to ensure that our trip was exceptional.! We absolutely loved the H10 Madison. It is a lovely hotel with exceptional customer service. We loved drinking red wine on the rooftop area overlooking the cathedral.

All our tour guides were exceptionally wonderful. They were very attentive to our needs and punctual.

Hotel Reviews

Semeli Hotel Mykonos

Mykonos Town, Cyclades

Pro: easy walking distance to town. Friendly staff, spacious room. Cons: Located near elementary school, so you can hear the children playing in the play ground. Drop off and pick up is on top of the hill from the hotel, approximately 50 yards

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Katikies Chromata Santorini - The Leading Hotels of the World

Santorini

Pros: AMAZING view Cons: air conditioner does not work well. no ventilation in the bathroom Note: stairs to climb from room to main street, so if you are out of shape this may not be the hotel for you

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Pepi Boutique Hotel

Rethymnon

Pros: located in the heart of old town. easy access to restaurants, shops Cons: certain transport vans are not able to enter narrow street to pick you up in front of the hotel. No busboy which means you need to carry your own luggage.

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Casa Delfino

Chania, Crete

GORGEOUS! Purchased by Venetian captain as his house, now transformed into a beautiful hotel. Passed on generation to generation. Hotel is run by 3rd generation granddaughter. In the heart of town. We loved it.

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Activity Reviews

Private White Mountains Excursion with Wine & Olive Oil Tastings

Chania

Private tour into the mountains of Crete. Lush, green, sheep and goat along the way. Grapes straight off the vine (soooo sweet). This island is very different from Santorini or Mykonos we've also visited.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Private Off-the-Beaten-Path Villages & Countryside Excursion

Santorini

I liked that our tour guide took us into a town where the locals live. He knew where all the good spots for photo were.

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Private Yacht Caldera Cruise

Santorini

THIS was an awesome experience. We yachted around the island of Santorini. The best part?! The lunch. I was expecting a little bite, but NO! It was a spread. Salad, pasta, kabob, wine, dip, etc.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

The experience planning and going on our trip to Peru utilizing KimKim and Andean Travel Experience was outstanding! LizKaren was our point of contact during the planning stages and she provided great recommendations, strong guidance, answered all our questions, and was extremely responsive. Once on the ground in Peru, Lisbeth took over as our primary contact and was always available whenever we needed to reach out via WhatsApp.

The trip itself was seamless. Our drivers and guides were always on time and communicated well. In addition to the obvious highlight of exploring Machu Picchu, other highlights included our ATV tour to Maras and Moray and our Michelin-quality lunch at Hacienda Sarapampa.

Thank you LizKaren and Lisbeth for all your help!

Albania is a fascinating country with a complicated history. It's also beautiful with friendly people. We were able to see a lot in our 10 days in country. Highlights include visiting the city of Berat, a wine tasting at Alpeta winery, relaxing time in Ksamil and the ruins at Butrint. We also were thrilled with the beautiful drive through the Llogara pass to Kruje. Our itinerary, which local agency agent, Violaine put together included lovely hotels. Our local guide and driver, Migan Avdullaj, was fabulous. He was very knowledgeable, a safe driver and easily directed us to some options when there was unscheduled time open.

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Panorama Kruje

Krujë

Excellent dinner and breakfast, convenient location

Authenticity & Character

beautiful views

Location

convenient

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Faces & Places Boutique hotel

Tirana

This hotel was difficult to find, especially after being dropped off late at night. There is no elevator and our room was on the third floor. The breakfast was good and the bed was comfortable

Authenticity & Character

Location

better directions

Staff

Not much interaction, as there were limited staffing hours

Cleanliness & Comfort

Wait n sea

Himare

Lovely views from the room

Authenticity & Character

Location

There is a fabulous restaurant a minute's walk away.

Staff

The owner was very attentive

Cleanliness & Comfort

Great view from the shower!

Hotel Mangalemi

Berat

Loved the old-world character of this hotel

Authenticity & Character

Location

we could walk to the center of town easily

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Rose garden Hotel

Gjirokastra

The hotel is located within walking distance of the castle and the old town which invites wandering!

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Arameras Beach Resort

ksamil

Great place to relax

Authenticity & Character

Resort atmosphere, relaxing

Authenticity & Character

Resort atmosphere, relaxing

Location

Beautiful setting on the riviera

Location

Beautiful setting on the riviera

Staff

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Cleanliness & Comfort

Bella Venezia Historic Boutique Hotel

Corfu

A very attentive staff made this stay lovely.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Easy to walk to old town Corfu and explore

Staff

attentive

Cleanliness & Comfort

Great beds and nice bathroom

Activity Reviews

Welcome in Tirana

Tirana

The pick up from the airport was fine, getting to the hotel was difficult

Quality of Experience

friendlier driver

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our driver from the airport basically dropped us off in the middle of the street without showing us the wat to the hotel which was tucked away. This was near midnight.

Transport

See above

Discovering Corfu – guided exploration of the island

Corfu

Out guide in Corfu was great, I don't have her name though. We went to dinner with her and she helped us order traditional food and suggested things to do.

Wine tasting in Alpeta Winery

Berat

Very entertaining evening, great wine. Beautiful drive to get to the winery.

Quality of Experience

The master of ceremony was very fun!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Private halfday boat tour in Corfou

Corfu

Unfortunately, this was canceled due to weather. Also it was unfortunate that there wasn't much of an alternative plan.

Sightseeing tour of Tirana

Tirana

This was a good introduction to Albania.

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Our 12-day trip across Vietnam was hands down one of the best travel experiences we have ever had, and it is entirely thanks to our Kimkim local specialist, Trang.

We packed an incredible amount into 12 days—covering Hanoi, Ninh Bình, Ha Long Bay, Hội An, and Ho Chi Minh City. While that itinerary sounds ambitious on paper, Trang organized every single detail so seamlessly that the entire vacation felt completely relaxed, unhurried, and genuinely luxurious rather than stressful.

Every destination brought something special, but Ninh Bình and Hội An were absolute standouts for us. The highlight of the entire trip was the "I Am a Farmer" tour in Tam Cốc—it was an unforgettable, authentic hands-on experience that we talk about constantly.

From the very beginning, Trang took the time to tailor the itinerary precisely to what we wanted. Her support on the ground during the trip was where she truly shined: whenever we needed to adjust excursion dates or times in real time, she handled everything immediately and effortlessly. We could never have pulled off this itinerary or enjoyed it to this level had we tried to coordinate it on our own.

A huge shoutout as well to Brian, our guide in Hanoi. He was incredible at getting us settled in right away and pointed us toward some of the best local food spots we experienced all trip.

This was our first time booking an organized trip like this, and our only regret is that we didn’t try it sooner. It completely changed the way we travel. Everyone should experience this style of seamless travel at least once—we will definitely be booking through Kimkim again!

overall a good itinerary, hotels were great and most transfers arranged. however, we did not have transfers for our trip to killarney but Alexandra did help up on what to do. we really expected all transfers and perhaps we didn't notice that one also the trip to Birr- DO NOT send anyone there on a trip. we had no transportation arranged, we contacted alex and she helped get us a taxi which you all paid, however, we should have been warned on this - taxi was around 350 euros so something we would have not done. there is nothing to do in Birr, there is a castle but one we got in we only had about an hour the castle was not open for tours effective in August. and the grounds closed at 5:30 we walked around the grounds. no restaurants in Birr except the hotel we stayed at and the hotel in town. it was really a waste of a good day and we could have stayed either one more day in Cork or Dublin. we expect you all to guide us on the locations.

This is my second trip with Kimkim - and I am about to book a third trip for my entire family. Kimkim took our site preferences and made them one of my best trips. Alfonso (their agent in Spain) provided extraordinary detail about guides, meeting points, excursions and accommodations. I cannot say enough about the quality of most of our guides or the excursions themselves (especially our cooking class)! When our party of five (and Kimkim) was surprised by ubiquitous construction at one of our hotels, Kimkim immediately arranged a substitute accommodation that was among our best. By the time we returned from our excursion, our luggage was moved and we were already checked in. Transfers in particular were seamless. If I had to do this trip again, I would rely on Kimkim to book all transfers - especially with a group of women who may find it difficult to manage larger pieces of luggage. I could not be more satisfied.

Activity Reviews

Private City Walk & Royal Palace Experience

Madrid

Our guide in particular was knowledgeable and flexible. She made this site one of the highlights of our visit.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Flamenco Experience

Spain

Kimkim and Alfonso arranged front-row seats for our party of five. The experience (and my photographs) wete amazing!

Quality of Experience

Cooking Class in Seville

Seville

I have attended several cooking classes - and this is one of my favorites. Our chef (Maria) and sous chef (Gaia) were knowledgeable and friendly. They interacted with guests and explained the uniqueness of Spanish cooking. I am a seasoned and knowledgeable cook myself, but I would return to attend this school as a student!

Prado Museum Private Visit with an Art Historian

Madrid

Once again, our guide was the “secret” to the success of this tour. The Prado is not to be missed!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The tour guides were very good! Most hotels were good: location and service.
The Spar Hotel Gårda (Gothenburg) location was too far from Center of town.
The Transportation arrangement was very good.
The wrong location was given to us for the food tour meeting point in Stockholm. We have to run around to get to the correct location. The phone assist team during the trip was very helpful.
Maria did a great job organizing the trip.
We had a very good time!

Hotel Reviews

Scandic Torget

Bergen

Hotell Bondeheimen

Oslo

Spar Hotel Gårda

Gothenburg

Location

Comfort Hotel Vesterbro

Copenhagen

Hotel Lilla Rådmannen

Stockholm

Activity Reviews

Luggage Transfer Service

Norway

Food & Culture Walk

Bergen

Private City Walk

Oslo

Private tour Copenhagen Walking Tour & Canal Cruise

Copenhagen

Archipelago Tour with Guide

Gothenburg

Food tour Stockholm

Stockholm

Walking Tour Stockholm

Stockholm

Mostraumen Fjord Cruise

Bergen

Private Viking Heritage Tour to Roskilde & Viking Ship Museum Experience

Copenhagen

Guided Gothenburg City Tour

Gothenburg

Fjord Cruise & Seafood Dining Experience

Bergen

Across the board, our adventure was a trip of a lifetime thanks in part to KimKim and Micaela! Thank you for putting us in the right places with the right people!

Hotel Reviews

La Masía Hotel Boutique

Chacras de Coria

The staff of this hotel is what makes this property a 5 STAR experience! Highly Recommend!

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Location

Staff

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Union Hotel Cusco

Cusco

The service staff in the restaurant were so personable and made the experience even better. Also, Kiki was a joy to see roaming around the property.

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Casa Andina Standard Miraflores Benavides

Lima

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Activity Review

Full-Day Cooking Class & Lunch at Lamadrid Winery (Lujan de Cuyo)

Chacras de Coria

This is one of my favorite highlights of a 14day trip to South America. The cooking class is what made it even more special. Leo was amazing!

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

I cannot explain how grateful we are for all of your help planning our trip to Japan.

We had the most magical time and wish we could have stayed longer. From Ellen helping me plan the perfect itinerary to our guides- Yuki, Tammy, Meri and Nao, and all of our drivers, we are so thankful for your knowledge and help and expertise in making sure that all of us enjoyed the tours- from my kids (ages 6 and up) to my mom. You all really helped to craft the trip of our dreams. I cannot thank you enough. Your country is filled with peace and culture that can only be truly appreciated when you walk the streets and meet the wonderfully kind people that Japan is filled with.

Thank you doesn’t really convey the appreciation that I have for you all. We will be back one day and would be honored to use your services again! We loved every moment.

Hotel Reviews

Asakusa View Hotel Annex Rokku

Tokyo

The location was PERFECTION! The staff was kind and accommodating. The rooms were comfortable and so clean! We loved the breakfast. This was perfect for our family. Arigatō gozaimasu

Authenticity & Character

Location

Easily walkable to amazing restaurants and sites

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

The rooms were spotless. Beds were comfortable.

Cross Hotel Kyoto

Kyoto

Beautiful hotel in a perfect location. Close to many things. Super comfortable and clean. Has a wonderful breakfast!!

Authenticity & Character

Location

Easily walkable to amazing things! Close to many restaurants.

Staff

Super nice and accommodating.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Comfortable beds. Rooms were spotless and comfortable.

Activity Reviews

*Private Samurai Swordsmanship and Katana Experience in Tokyo

Tokyo

What an amazing experience and a top highlight for my boys! Everyone was so helpful and knowledgeable and kind. We learned a lot about katanas and respect and fighting. My kids won’t stop talking about it! It was also so fun for adults. We loved every second! Thank you so much for this recommendation.

Quality of Experience

The expertise was unmatched and the passion behind it was contagious! Amazing!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Everyone was so passionate and patient.

Transport

We took a taxi here and it was easy to find.

*Private Guided Tour in Kyoto: Heritage and Timeless Paths

Kyoto

Tammy made this trip for us! She is a wealth of knowledge and expertise. We could not be more thankful for her and her time spent with us. We learned so much and visited life changing locations. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We want to come back so badly!

Quality of Experience

Tammy was the absolute best! We love her and the locations she helped choose to take us. Thank you!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Tammy was like part of our family and knew exactly how to keep my 3 boys interested in everything we were doing.

Transport

Our driver was so nice and accommodating. Transport was easy and efficient.

*Group Exciting Sumo Live Performance with Traditional Hot Pot Meal

Tokyo

From Genki and Kao to the MC, this experience was so fun and entertaining. The Chanko Hot Pot prepared for us by Kao (one of the wrestlers) was delicious! We learned so much about sumo and had a blast!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Everyone was so kind and fun!

*Private Experience a Classic Japanese Game an Apprentice Geisha

Kyoto

This experience was really special. What a beautiful form of art and culture. We really enjoyed our time with the Maiko! She was eloquent, super sweet and knowledgeable. The fan tossing game was so fun and my kids want to buy a version of it now! :) We love our hand painted fans we got from the shop and feel very fortunate to have had this experience.

Quality of Experience

A beautiful experience and fun for all!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Maiko was a beautiful soul inside and out. We learned so much from everyone there. Thank you!

Transport

We walked with Tammy to the location and it was great!

*Private Guided Tour in Tokyo: Highlights and Hidden Gems

Tokyo

Yuki was amazing! She took us to great locations in Tokyo and we learned so much! We loved it.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Everyone was so nice and patient!

Transport

We had so much help navigating the trains. The drivers were awesome too!

*Private Guided Tour in Hakone: Nature and Art Escape

Hakone

Although we didn’t get to see Mount Fuji due to the clouds, we had the best time riding the pirate ship, climbing up the mountain in a gondola and adding seven years to our lives by eating the infamous black eggs! We entered the day by going to the Hakone Open Air Art Museum, which was incredible for adults and children! The kids could run around and they were interactive art installations where they could climb and play.

Quality of Experience

Beautiful scenery and great food and tour

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Yuki was great and we had a blast. The drivers were so nice and even bought my children some snacks!

Transport

Amazing drivers! They were super sweet!!!

*Private Guided Tour in Nara: Temples, Deer and Sacred Traditions

Japan

Nara is quite the experience! The bowing deer are definitely a highlight of the trip. My children loved petting them and feeding them. We had no problems with them being aggressive, like some other reviews I read, and we had the best time. The temple was incredible. We went to an animal café afterwards, and held some amazing animals. Meri was super sweet and fun as a guide! Thank you so much!!!

Quality of Experience

Fun from the time you exit the train!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The train ride was pretty special! Meri was awesome and so sweet! She knows so much about the area too. :)

Transport

Beautiful train and train ride up to Nara!

*Private Hiking tour around a Hidden Route of Fushimi Inari Taisha with a Local Lunch

Kyoto

Nao was an amazing guide! We had the best hike up to the top of the mountain passing bamboo forests and shrines. What an incredible place and has to be my favorite shrine of the trip! It is beautiful there and we even had the opportunity to meet a wonderful and kind man who makes the torii gates by hand. He’s done this for 50 years. He even let my boys try his special tools! It was a special experience that we will never forget!

Quality of Experience

The hike, the special woodworking experience and the overall beauty of the shrines.

Food

Our soba lunch was excellent!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Nao was great and energetic and knowledgable!

Transport

We went by train and it was super easy.

*Group Postcard making with Washi traditional paper and pressed flowers

Kyoto

I never in my life imagined how much goes into making washi paper from start to finish. Wow! We learned a lot and had such a great time! Everyone there was super nice and talented. We all enjoyed making our paper and decorating it with the dried plants and flowers. We would love to come back and make other things one day!!!! Thank you so much for helping us and this experience! We loved it!

Quality of Experience

A unique and amazing experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The staff was the best! Everyone was so helpful and kind!

Transport

We walked there with no issues.

Planning our trip to Zambia with Anne-marie could not have been a better experience! She answered all of our questions and we were well prepared for a trip with many travel logistics. Everything went so seamlessly on the trip and we never felt stressed about getting from one camp to the next.

My favorite lodge/camp of our trip was Ila Lodge with our guide Ali. We had many memorable game drives, a surprise boat lunch cruise, a boat safari, and riverside sundowners with the most amazing sunset.

All of the lodges and camps through Green Safaris were amazing. There were surprises around every corner. We were not only able to see so many different animals. but we learned so much about the different national parks and Zambia. We had once in a lifetime experiences at each camp, including lunch in the river with elephants, a community dinner in the bush, and a community dinner complete with singing and dancing.

This trip was truly amazing from start to finish.

The Guides, who assisted us in each city were absolutely outstanding. The kimkim logistics of arranging hotels and notifying us who and where we would be met and transferred was terrible. We had to reach out to KimKim multiple times to receive answers. Our local agent was unresponsive during the trip... we had to reach out repeatedly. This was my 4th KimKim trip. We reserved western style rooms in hotels twice and received futon bedding laid directly on the floor and were told western beds would cost several hundred dollars per night additional. We deliberately arranged several nights of ryokan experience. Kimkim was unresponsive. Please understand we LOVED our Japan experience. Kim Kim was terrible! There will not be another KimKim experience.

My husband and I began planning a three-stop trip to Italy about a year ago with KimKim. (We are from the U.S. - Texas) We worked with two travel specialists, Elisa and Sabina who conducted a deep dive into what our goals were and our preferences. We wanted to experience Florence, Rome and the Amalfi Coast. They coordinated our hotels, private drivers (always in a mercedes), private tours, high-speed train tickets, ferries, tickets for excursions and more. Prior to departure, we were provided an App on our phone to download that made navigating the entire experience incredibly easy. Additionally, all of the tickets to anything were downloadable from the app. (so, no need to print out prior to departure, unless you really wanted a paper copy).

In Florence, we were met with a private walking tour of the city by Alicia, a local to Florence. We experienced local cafe food, a local jewelry artisan and a beautiful perfume store. Alicia shared information on Florence and was very lovely. The next day, we toured two wineries with a tour (Fun in Tuscany) with a great guide, Daniel. We were in a nice van with two other couples. We drove to San Gimignano and we would have to say that this was the highlight of our trip and our favorite excursion.

We took a high-speed train to Rome. When we checked in, we had a lovely note from Sabina and Elisa with a bottle of Prosecco in our room wishing me a happy birthday! (so sweet). Thereafter, we met with an art historian, AnnaMaria and took a 3.5 hour foot tour of Rome. The next day, we had a semi-private tour of Palatine Hill and the Colosseum. That evening, and for my birthday, they arranged for us to see an incredible opera performance on a Roof Top complete with wine and meats and cheeses. (it was spectacular)! The next day, we met with Pamela another art historian and was taken on a one-on-one tour of the Vatican and St.Peter's Basilica. (wow!)

The next day, we took a high-speed train to the Amalfi Coast. We were picked up and immediately shuttled to Pompeii where we met Eduardo and Professor and art historian and experienced Pompeii one-on-one with him. It was spectacular. Our driver waited for us while we toured and when finished, we drove up the absolutely stunning Amalfi Coast. We took a ferry the next day to Positano and KimKim had arranged for us to meet with a local artisan, Valentino and his wife Lalla and we made homemade Limoncello. The experience was a highlight and Valentino was so fun and engaging! (highly recommend). The next day, we took a ferry to Capri and then took a taxi to AnaCapri and took the chair lift to the top. The scenery from the top is one of the most beautiful sites I've ever seen, in my life!

Should you take a similar tour, I would recommend exchanging money prior to leaving and plan for tipping each tour guide and each driver. (this was about 20 Euros for each).

I can't recommend these folks enough! Our experience was top notch and very orchestrated and organized!

Kimmie Delaney and Dan Scheffler

Activity Reviews

Food & artisans tour of Florence

Italy

We loved our tour with Alicia! She was fun and engaging. We walked the streets of Florence, experienced local cafe food, toured a local jewelry artisan and a gorgeous perfumery. So fun and highly recommend!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Limoncello Experience & Tasting

Italy

This is a must-DO in Positano! This was a highlight of our trip to Italy. We met Valentino and his wife Lalla who are local artisans who make food items and have an adorable little shop. We made homemade limoncello and tasted chocolates. Valentino is a character - so so fun! He also walked us across the street and took our picture. This was so much fun!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Rooftop bar Opera show

Rome

This experience was a highlight for us in Rome! This was such a classy event and an incredible treat. The two opera singers were so entertaining. We were not sure what we were going to experience with this and it was such an unexpected 10 out of 10! Highly recommend!

Quality of Experience

All of our guides, we had 4, were very helpful, they were especially helpful negotiating around weather and certain locations where there was mass tourism. The trip was well laid out and planned. Our contact in Turkey kept us up to date about each step of the way. We knew each tour guide, driver, including telephone numbers, as well as well as license plate numbers of drivers car. The hotels selected were all very good, with good locations. Well done.

Hotel Reviews

Perlacia Adatepe Hotel

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Room not up to snuff. Bathroom tiny.

Gullu Konaklari Sirince

Izmir

Millstone Cave Suites

The Bank Hotel

Istanbul

Bengodi Boutique Hotel

Hotel Komana

Activity Reviews

Explore the Sultanahmet Square, Blue Mosque + Hagia Sophia

İstanbul

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Eminönü Heritage Tour: Explore the Historical Bazaars and Ottoman Architectural Sites of Istanbul

İstanbul

Hot Air Balloon Tour at Sunrise

Cappadocia

Poor weather. Balloon ride canceled. We hiked thru the valley in place of ride.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Troy: Explore Homer's Epic City

Turkey

Amazing history

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Ceramic Tradition in Avanos + Light Hiking in the Love Valley

Cappadocia

Very lovely tour through facility, but not into buying.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Crossing between Continents: Explore Kadıköy and Moda

İstanbul

Lovely experience

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Outstanding

The entire trip went very smooth. All the guides and drivers were very good and always on time. The 2 guides that stood out the most was Paulo and Vasco.

Activity Reviews

Get to Know Lisbon with a Local

Lisbon

Very informative

Quality of Experience

Explore Porto’s Hidden Gems with a Local Guide

Porto

Guided Visit to the Medieval Town of Óbidos

Óbidos

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Nice and comfortable car

Furnas Valley Excursion: Crater Lake, Hot Springs & Tea Plantation

São Miguel Island

We saw and experienced a lot on this trip. Vasco was a very good guide.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Peneda-Gerês National Park Experience: Easy Hike & Cultural Experience

Porto

We saw and did a lot but it was also a long day. A bit too long.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Riding in the Land Rover wasn’t the most comfortable. Wouldn’t do that again.

Aveiro Experience: The Venice of Portugal

Portugal

Quality of Experience

A bit overrated

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Portugal - Important Trip Information: Please Review Before Departure

Portugal

First, Alice was lovely to work with! She accommodated all of the changes we requested and proactively adjusted our itinerary to work around a general strike. All of our hotels were exactly what we had requested and the transportation options were perfect. The only bump in the trip was the Giants Causeway/ Game of Thrones excursion and my husband already provided Alice with feedback about that day.
We will use KimKim again and have recommended it to our friends and family!

We had a great time on our four stops on the trip Athens, Naxos, us Paros and Santorini

Our guides in Athens Andreas on our food tour and Yorgos on our tour of the Acropolis and Parthenon. Both were great. In Knox, our guide of the Chora was Ariadne who was lovely and we took the E bike tour with our guide Olga. A great exploration into the inside of the island.
On Paros our guide Demetrius took us on a great trip to some of the remote villages and beaches on the island and a great lunch

Finally on Santorini, we had Mario take us to the villages of the island and we had a fantastic boat ride with our captain Yorgos and our first mate Alex

Hotel Reviews

xenodocheio Milos

Athens

We love everything about this hotel, the location, the staff, the rooms and the restaurant. We had been to the Milos restaurants in three other locations, and this one definitely held his own and was much more intimate.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Walking distance to everything and a cute area

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

18 Grapes Hotel Naxos

Naxos

We generally like this hotel a lot. Our biggest drawback was location in that we were further from the town and then we would have liked to have been and there wasn’t much to do in the area of the hotel since it was not really beach weather. Our room overlooked a parking lot, which was less than ideal when we were sitting on our balcony and trying to use the hot tub.

Authenticity & Character

Lovely space and rooms

Location

Staff

Everyone was great here. It was particularly great when I left my phone at the breakfast table, and they graciously ran after me, but couldn’t catch me but held onto the phone until my return and presented it with great panache.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Senia Hotel

Paros

This hotel was ideally situated a short walk from the village of Naousa. However, we did not love our room. The sink and bathroom area were really unusable with nowhere to put anything and shelves where everything fell through. We thought the staff was great and were helpful, including when arranging for a rental car.

Authenticity & Character

Location

I said it before, love that we were able to walk into town each evening for dinner.

Staff

Very helpful and accommodating.

Cleanliness & Comfort

The utility of the sink and bathroom area is really could use Work. It was very difficult to use.

Katikies Chromata Santorini - The Leading Hotels of the World

Santorini

We loved the location and character of this hotel. It was great to be outside of OIA and Fira. We also received an upgrade to a senior suite which had an amazing balcony and view of the Caldera. It was extremely private, and we rarely saw other people and our stay.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Wow. 6 stars

Staff

Very little live interaction but very responsive on WhatsApp in arranging transportation, etc.

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Private Acropolis & Acropolis Museum Experience

Athens

We really enjoyed our tour and our guide as mentioned above. We particularly thought the new museum was fantastic architecturally and content.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private Morning Old Town Walk with Museum, Castle & Portara

Naxos

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Private Authentic Food Walk

Athens

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Private Tour of Villages of Paros

Paros

We enjoyed touring 2 contrasting villages which showed the modernization of the island. We got to linger over a beautiful coffee and cookies moment and visit a jeweler who had the exact thing we are searching for as a gift for our granddaughter.

Self-Guided Beach Time

Paros

For this day, we rented a car that was dropped off at our hotel and drove to take the short ferry ride to Antiparos. This was one of the highlights of our trip. We were able to explore and have a coffee in the little village, drive to the ancient caves and walk all the way down to explore. We also drove the rocky roads to some very secluded beaches and even were able to take a swim. We had a fantastic lunch at Captain Pipini’s

Quality of Experience

Private Yacht Caldera Cruise

Santorini

Another highlight of our trip. We enjoyed our private cruise with lovely staff. We were able to swim in the volcanic hot spring mixed with the sea. We were made a lovely lunch and got to relax and view the extraordinary landscapes of Santorini from the sea. A special shout out to the kimkim team. Because of predicted for voting whether we were able to rearrange the timing of this trip to a day earlier than scheduled. They were able to do this seamlessly on the fly and it worked out great.

E-Bike Experience with Olive Mill & Farm Visit with Lunch

Naxos

This activity was good, not great. We were looking for more of a farm Table experience and this was more of a generic tour of a store and working farm that really didn’t have much going on.

Private Villages Exploration with Independent Akrotiri Visit

Santorini

Because we had to reschedule this by a day, our guide was unable to do the scheduled trip to Attie. Therefore, we had to do this trip on our own in the morning of that day. Because of this there was not that much to do on this tour and while we enjoyed it, we sort of ran out of things to do by the end of the tour.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Self-Guided Exploration of Santorini's Towns & Villages

Santorini

We found both Oia and Fira very crowded with tourists and cruise ship passengers., Weil the views in Oiaare spectacular the crowds take away from the enjoyment to the experience. We walked from our hotel to Vera and back and it was quite a hike with a lot of steps. Worth the view, but exhausting.