Kimkim Trip Reviews

Fantastic location in the historic center and near the park overlooking the bay, kind and helpful staff. Room was a bit cramped/lacking privacy with 2 kids. Great spot to explore and get lost in the streets - and the room was quiet in spite of the action outside.

Clean, spacious, unique. Wonderful views from the terrace--also a delicious restaurant!

Peaceful and intimate boutique. Great for lounging by the pool. Great location from which to explore the Itria valley and visit the beach.

Great ride for a family - smooth roads, easy pace, with multiple stops to learn about the history and olive groves we rode through.

Come hungry! Our guide was charming, fun to speak with and learn from. So happy we booked this around dinner - a beautiful time to explore the city and seaside restaurants on an otherwise hot day. Very accommodating for our crew's mixed dietary needs (allergies, some vegetarian).

Really lovely clean hotel, with friendly staff and well appointed rooms, great Japanese breakfasts. Felt a little businessy and corporate, so perhaps not the ideal holiday vibe and the desk staff level of English was competent rather than fluent - but million times better than my rudimentary Japanese!

Beautiful secluded setting.

Beautiful beach location

Awesome adventure!

Highlight of our trip!

Great day on the water. Plenty of time on the boat and in the water. The staff was attentive and the food was great!

Rooms are much smaller than pictured.

Once you enter the gates to the hotel property, it is an amazing experience. The property was beautiful and the service was beyond our expectations!

Amazing view! Perfect place!

Just wish we had across to a pool! We had hot tub but a pool would have been great for June weather!

This was absolutely amazing! Captain Dimitris and Sailor George were the best! They took us to several amazing spots, always asked to take pictures for us and served us the best dinner! The sunset was beautiful and the experience was a must do for sure!

This was an awesome activity!

Amazing photos! Vasilis took our casual couple photos and they were perfect! He knew the best spots and made the experience fun and memorable!

Our guide for the Acropolis was amazing! She was so knowledgeable, in every single area, and we learned so much from her! There wasn’t one question she didn’t know! I highly recommend the private tour because I felt like it was so educational and personal!

Great views but water in the pool and plunge pools too cold to allow us to really enjoy the amenities.

Great service, amenities and location!

Nice and simple, good location. There was no water one morning but they were able to resolve within half a day.

The folks at Walaker attend to every detail. Perfect grounds, wonderful staff, comfortable accommodations,

This place was awesome.

Is nice but not Tokyo nice

The hotel does its best to be a very nice place. The place feels like it needs updating.

Beautiful hotel but we felt stranded in the middle of nowhere. It was really a way of breaking up the drive but I wish we had stayed 1 night instead of 2.

We did this on our own and it was entertaining but very hot.

Completely and utterly amazing. We were there on the summer solstice and it was HOT but amazing. Sokin is a great guide.

We really didn't like the food. Fancy shmancy with tiny serving sizes. Not my cup of tea.

This was fine. It costs $8 each and we paid for our own drinks and walked from our hotel, so I'm not sure why we signed up in advance. There are many options.

Sokin is a great tour guide.

Sokin is a great guide.

The basket weaving itself and the firehouse ants were interesting, but our guide talked the entire time in Khmer with the hosts and didn't translate very often, leaving us just watching. We felt like spectators.

This would have been really fun if we hadn't boiled on the bike. We made it for a couple of hours and then switched to a car, which was gloriously following us. I imagine we were not the first to not want to die of heat stroke. The stops were interesting insights into rural Cambodian life.

Len is an amazing tour guide and this is an amazing place.

Udong was an interesting place to visit. Len walked us up to the temple and through the market, which was awe inspiring.

Inspiring

This place was fine. I wouldn't want to return.

Pretty cool to see a temple from the year 657 if I remember correctly. Pretty run down but that's to be expected in the countryside.

We loved the circus

Not a fan of the food.

This is a glorification of French colonialism. We left half way through the trip and tipped the tuk tuk driver who was not at fault for the content of the ipads and the blah blah about architecture from a French perspective without once acknowledging the cost to Cambodians of the French occupation. We complained and we were only given reasons why they offer this tour. Skip it.

The Made in Cambodia market was great. We ended up going there twice on our own. The Satcha market is super fancy and overpriced, but you get to see artisans at work. I guess if you have unlimited funds then you would get the nicest crafts there.

Fun to see the sights by Cyclo. We also visited Wat Phenom, which was great.

We loved visiting the pottery place. The family was interactive and super fun. And we were with Sokin who translated everything. It was great.

We stayed a very short time to see a traditional Khmer house and hear some family history.

Holy long day of touring! This was completely amazing and completely exhausting! Come rested and enjoy every stop!

We kept hearing about the bamboo train and it didn't disappoint.

Mind blown.

This adventure to a floating village is not for the faint of heart. I found it very challenging but it's one of the experiences I think about most often now that I'm home. Crazy to see 500 families living in floating homes. The river is their life and the sanitation made me woozy. I didn't eat a thing that was served since there was no clean water or soap in the vicinity, but it was eye opening, to say the least.

We loved our dinner at Spoons. It was delicious and the staff was great. What a great organization!

We loved our dinner at HAVEN. It was delicious and the staff was great. What a great organization! We went back on our free night and wish we had gone there again rather than going to Chempey.

Sokin is a great guide. This is a beautiful temple even though we were pretty templed-out by this time.

Not my cup of tea. Beautiful place but the food is super fancy with tiny portions.

This was the only hotel I didn't like on our trip. The lobby was nice but the rooms need renovating.

Lampang is not a place to stop that is worth stopping. Neither is this lodge a place that is worth staying. It was dingy and musty and not a place I would recommend to anyone. But it's probably the best that Lampang has to offer.

Gorgeous, amazing place and staff. Excellent location. Just great.

Beautiful hotel. Wish it was closer to town. Food is mediocre.

Glorious hotel with amazingly responsive staff and good food.

Clean and basic. Close to the airport.

This would have been completely amazing if we hadn't felt rushed. We were only there for 1 1/2 hours and it's a HUGE and BEAUTIFUL place.

We were unable to go on the rafts due to it being rainy season. The caves reek of bat poop and you have to walk through dying birds on the rickety walkways to get inside the caves. I would have never gone if I had known what it really would be like. Don't trust the photos.

This was a very long day on a boat to see some mediocre places. There was no snorkeling as the water was not clear due to the rainy season, which we were not told in advance. And they kept us out fishing even as a storm came in, so the ride back in was terrible. And the staff smoked the entire trip, which made finding anywhere to lounge really challenging. I did not enjoy this day on the boat so we canceled our boat tour the next day because none of us could face being stuck back on the water all day again.

This was fun to see. It's a long drive, which I didn't expect.

This was sweet time as a family to soak and hang out. There is nothing particularly fabulous about this place but it was nice downtime that was much needed by this point in our trip.

This provided us with a bunch of food, but we were so exhausted from our international flight that it was hard to enjoy. We had also just had lunch and our guide suggested that we do this tour in the afternoon instead of the evening. I'm not sure why we said yes when none of us were hungry.

Sukhothai is gorgeous. We only saw a tiny fraction of what is there. It was fun to be on bikes but it was also very HOT.

Beautiful experience at an actual sanctuary that cares for the elephants.

There is absolutely no reason to visit Lampang.

We loved this activity. We were all tired from a long drive and really didn't want to go, and we all still LOVED it. The food was amazing and getting the recipes was an extra bonus.

Wonderful accommodations!

Convenient and updated apartment!

Great quiet location with restaurants and water taxi stands close by. Friendly staff and a more than adequate breakfast.

nice location, small apartment with free access to laundry machines. Bathroom was a little small but workable

We did this on the day we arrived. The guide was very knowledgeable

Great activity that both the grandparents and the grandson enjoyed. The masks made it all the way home.

It was a very hot day but Peter made sure we were safe and well hydrated. See the country side on a bike was special.

Great fun time. The chef was great and enjoying the food you had just prepared was a treat.

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable but provided too much information for our grandson.

Fantastic hotel. Great location for our travels and great food. We wish we could have stayed longer.

Fantastic hotel. Great location, great personality, great food. Amazing.

It was great to have an apartment style place to stay. It had everything we needed and was so convenient. Great location in Vik and just wonderful

What a fun excursion. Our guide Peter was knowledgeable and so nice. We all loved this experience

AMAZING!!! Even though it was sleeting, this was such a wonderful experience. Great pictures and so much fun.

This is a chain hotel. It was clean and comfortable, but not memorable. I think this was more of a business hotel than tourist hotel. Their on-site parking is a very small lot and probably one of the most traumatic driving experiences of our time in Scotland. Long car in narrow garage--not a great combination. We did not need the car for the days we were there.

This is a wonderful place to stay just outside of Inverness. The Baronial House is grand and the staff is wonderful. Rooms are of a good size and comfortable buy unique. The shared lounge is a great place to meet and talk with other guests. The staff work very hard to be accommodating. Breakfast was wonderful.

It is a nice small hotel. It is a bit tired, but it was clean and the staff was helpful. It is an easy walk to the grassmarket and old town.

This was the perfect location to end our trip. In the heart of Edinburgh's newtown it is right on St. Andrews Square, next to the tram, and easy walking to lots of shops, restaurants, and attractions. The hotel set up is funky and so are the rooms, but they were clean and comfortable.

The rooms here are cozy with not a great deal of extra space and the lack of an elevator makes getting things up and down a bit of a challenge, but what do you expect in a hotel with only nine rooms. The staff are all helpful, friendly, and outstanding.

I cannot say enough about Taransay House. The owners and their son, the chef, are charming people. They welcomed us with a dram of whisky and throughout our stay did everyting they could and more to make us comfortable. The rooms are modern and comfortable with a beautiful view of the water. Our stay here included dinner and the food for both breakfast and dinner was outstanding.

Gareth was a wealth of knowledge and he shared history, politics, and a whole variety of information. He was engaging and tweaked the tour to our needs and wants.

This is a bit touristy, but still worth the visit. It is amazing to learn about the history of the city and how people lived. I could have used less focus on ghosts and such and more history.

The guides here are wonderful. Make sure to stay and ask questions at the end to get a real feel for the guide and the castle. The work and restoration that is being done is remarkable. Make sure you make it to the "living" exhibits with period dressed docents. They add a great deal to what you see and learn.

Beautiful "castle". Not a castle like Edinburgh or Sterling, but worth a visit. We did not have enough time to spend in the garden, but they looked lovely.

Rhona is a wealth of knowledge and she helped explain the battle of Culloden and its impact on Scotland and the UK. She loves this history and it is clear from the tour.

We saw five different areas in Cairngorms National Park. I was not sure what I was expecting, but the tour and guide were great. We hand the chance to see reindeer, osprey, and to meet two hairy coos up close. The guide is outstanding and I learned more than I could ever remember.

Urquhart Castle was very interesting and it is worth walking up to the visitors' center to see the short movie. The staff in and around the ruins are happy to talk and answer questions. The boat ride is exactly that, a boat ride. There was commentary being played, but it was hard to hear over people. It is a nice way to get to the castle, but I would not race out to do it again.

We did a number of distillery tours on this trip. Talisker is a very slick and well put together presentation. I did not personally feel very engaged. The tasting offered three drams and take home bottles for drivers or non-drinkers.

This is one of the meals and experiences I will always remember. The seven course tasting menu was fantastic and they were able to adapt to our dietary needs. I am not one who usually takes pictures of my food, but it was so good and so beautiful that I had to. The service was elegant, efficient, and friendly.

This is a nice way to see the islands and to get out to the Island of Staffa. However, the rest of the trip is a bit of a let down. You only drive across the Isle of Mull without stops. There is a combination of driver commentary and canned commentary that is interesting. The detour to Staffa is wonderful. We were unable to land on the island due to construction, but we did see all the major sites and were there when the puffins were there. Iona is a sweet little island, but it does not require more than two hours. Other than the Abbey and a couple of shops there is very little. We walked a good deal of the island. The ferry rides were fine.

This was the best distillery tour of the four we took. They provided all sorts of extra information and instead of tasting everything at the end, they give you drams to try throughout the tour. It is amazing to see how the town grew around the distillery and leaves them no room for expansion. Drivers and non-drinkers take homes are provided. Like many places, you get a discount in the shop for taking the tour. I celebrated by bottling my own bottle of whisky which I had to register, sign, bottle, and seal, plus it is a single barrel, really good whisky.

The group was a bit large, but the guide was informative and entertaining. He truly loves Glasgow and has the attitudes and accent of a real Glaswegian. With a large group you spend more time moving than talking, but still very worthwhile.

We asked for this to be added to our intinerary and I am so glad we did. Soul Sisters Cafe is a non-profit that provides meals to the homeless, hungry, and paying customers and trains immigrant women in Glasgow. Their food style is mainly middle eastern, but they did scones for us. We started with a wonderful lunch followed by the class. However, as we talked with the ladies in the cafe, the continued to show us and share things with us. I really want to learn how to make the stuffed Algerian flatbread they made. By the time we left, we felt like part of the family.

This is what you think of when you think of a castle. It is a beautiful location and a wonderful tour with knowlegeable guides. You get the entire history of the castle and there is a lot to see.

I was not sure why we were doing this, but I am glad we did. The Kepies are two statues built in the Scottish countryside. It is worth it to take the tour to get the history of the statues and to have the chance to stand inside one of them. The guide was great and helped us understand why these beautiful statues were there.