Kimkim Trip Reviews

All the walking tours during our trip were excellent. They were well organized and informative, enhancing our experience.

We stayed here two nights. It was in the middle of a coffee plantation and was a beautiful and serene setting. Our room had a terrace where we could sit and watch dozens of different types of birds. The hotel offered a meal plan for guests so we were able to take all our meals on site. Food was delicious and well prepared . There was a lovely pool and a coffee bar. Staff were friendly and efficient.

This was a clean and historic hotel. It was nice. The staff was friendly. The breakfast was top notch. It was close to everything and we were easily able to walk to everything we wanted to see and return to our hotel if needed. The room was a nice size. There are no amenities at this hotel which was a departure from all others we stayed at. Just a lobby and a front desk. That was somewhat disappointing to us. One thing that was sort of strange is they there is a Chinese restaurant below the hotel where our room was and the smell filled our room. It was pretty bad when we got there but got better over time. The only thing we did not care for here was the parking. They did not have parking. They did provide a discount at a nearby garage but it was the most expensive of our trip.

This hotel was nice. The staff were helpful. There was parking on site with a car elevator which was fun. It was accessible by subway to the city center. There was not a lot that was within walking distance that was touristy and we were tourists so we had to travel by train to do what we were there to do. It was in the nice Schwarbing neighborhood and there were restaurants and shops everywhere. We felt safe at this hotel. There was a problem with our original hotel so we were changed to this one last minute. It was more modern. Room was not large but it was clean and comfortable.

This hotel was clean and friendly. It was far outside the city center. There was hotel parking.

This was our least favorite. It was clean but far from the old town. The parking lot was a nightmare.

Our last experience of the trip. We set up our own guide and hiked to the top.

This was so fun. I would recommend to anyone who wants to try foods of a city. Our guide was Tetiana. She was new in her role but did a great job.

There was no tour the day we visited so we did a self tour. Which worked out fine. It was a very powerful and moving experience. We recommend at least 4 hours to see it all and go to the museum.

Chris was our fav guide on the trip. He met us at our hotel and took us by subway to the city center. Our tour was full of history and he shared photos of different things for a before and after perspective. We had a beer with him at the end and he recommended an amazing place for dinner.

We met our guide Robert. He was actually and archeologist! Very knowledgeable and fun to talk with. We enjoyed this tour.

Inga was wonderful. The city and castle tour were very good. We greatly enjoyed our tour.

The NH Hotel Porto Jardim was initially a bit of a letdown due to being placed in a very small room. However, after communicating the issue, the hotel promptly addressed it and upgraded us to a better room. Our specialist's promptness in resolving the mistake made up for the initial discomfort, and the rest of the stay was quite enjoyable.

Our guide, Claudia, was outstanding. She was knowledgeable and presented excellent historical references to what we were seeing.

The venue was very noisy for dinner, the food was so, so, and the service hap hazard. However the music and singing was wonderful.

The best meal we had in Portugal along with the best wine!

One of the highlights of the trip! The wine and food were amazing. Pedro kept us smiling the whole time.

Paulo was outstanding! He went over the 8 hours and made sure we had an excellent experience. He even gave us recommendations for the rest of the trip!

Alex was very friendly and went out of his way to show us all Lisbon has to offer!

We would not recommend this apartment. Very tiny for 4 people, location was subpar on busy loud road. The building felt more like a hostel without any charm.

By far our favorite accommodation. The view from the room was stunning. Room was clean, spacious enough for 4 and wonderful large bathroom and shower. Breakfast was delicious!

Great location, attentive staff and amazing breakfast. Awesome shower!

Great location and spacious enough for 4.

AMAZING! A favorite of everyone’s! Jamie was a spectacular guide. Diego and Jamie were the best. Highly recommend both of these guys.

AMAZING! Guide and tour was spectacular. We all loved Diego!

The weather was terrible and of no fault of our guide. Adjustments were made on the fly to accommodate for weather and preferences. Guide was knowledgeable but not personable. Turned out to be same guide as pixtos tour the evening before.

Fun way to learn, eat and drink through the City. Also fun to meet a few other visitors from around the world on this small group tour.

Megan did a great job. Good way to get acclimated to Madrid.

A classic must do in Seville but nothing spectacular.

Ferran was the best. Biking around Seville was the way to go. Strongly recommend!

The most adorable hotel ever with a delicious Polish breakfast every morning! The staff is super friendly. You can walk to everything. There are amazing hikes within walking distance. You won't want to leave!

We loved the bike tour!! I think this was one of my most favorite parts of our trip! We never would have done this without the guide. We biked all around a lake plus got to take a short ferry ride. Our guide took us into some small villages to show us some lovely old churches. We saw a stork! I highly recommend!! A must do if you go to Zakopane area!

This tour was fantastic! Our guide had lot's of information that was super interesting.

We loved the traditional Polish Food Tour!! Our guide was lovely and had lot's of information on the history of Warsaw. We also had a lovely walk through Warsaw's old town and our guide pointed out some fun bars and restaurants to try. The food was really good! I highly recommend this tour.

The Choco-Story in Bruges was not worth the visit. It was mostly dull, with the only interesting part being the chocolate demonstration at the end. I would not recommend it, as it wasn't enjoyable until then.

The visit to Gravensteen - Castle of the Counts in Ghent was not very interesting to me or my travel companion. We left relatively early as it couldn't hold our interest, especially given the beautiful weather outside.

The Private guided walking tour in Bruges was quite boring. The guide, Roland DeShill, focused too much on the construction of the buildings and bricks, which made us lose interest quickly. It could have been much more engaging.

This is a definite must do, a private tour is the way to go. Mark, our tour guide was amazing.

Beautiful hotel, great location, very friendly and helpful staff, spotlessly clean and great rooftop bar.

Loved this hotel! So beautiful and stylish and ideal location. Friendly staff and good breakfast. Highly recommend.

Good location but noisy late into the night. Breakfast was just okay.

Ideal location, excellent breakfast, very fun bar, great staff and clean comfortable rooms

Ronda is a beautiful place and our guide was very good. It is overrun with tourists though. We enjoyed our time there, especially our lunch at a very old family run tapas restaurant.

Marta was the perfect guide. So knowledgeable and enthusiastic. You learn a lot about Granada and see some beautiful areas.

Probably our favorite tour of this trip. Gabriela was one of our favorite guides and the Alhambra was our favorite place we visited. Not having experienced Islamic culture before, this was an eye opening place. Beautiful gardens and architecture.

Truly a new experience for us. Very dramatic and authentic feeling. Very well organized in a unique setting.

Carolina was a sweetheart and great guide. She loves her job.

Carlos was a doll. Such a fun evening with multinationals in great restaurants.

Geza was wonderful and very personable. Saw places we would have missed.

So much fun as well as delicious. Our guide made sure we all felt included and was interested in getting to know us. The tour took place in a non touristy area so that was refreshing.

Our cab driver from the train station yelled at us because we were a small fare abd he had waited 2 hours for one. He dropped us off 5 blocks away and we had to trudge in using our phones to find the hotel. But arriving at the hotel we were charmed by its look, location and greeting. Turns out it is inaccessible by car but he could have used another access point and brought us in 1 block away.

This hotel was very well located and charming. Drawback is that we had to drag our suitcases to the hotel as the car service from the airport could not access the hotel. Big drawback is all the stairs to get to our room with suitcases Breakfast was great. The staff here were very helpful and friendly. If you have small luggage, stay here!

We took a miss on this part of our tour as my husband was not feeling well so just made our way back to The Hague by train On your survey you should include a N/A option so we can refrain from giving a rating that is not right

We travelled from The Hague to get here. It was a great museum to visit and seeing the way the artists paint the porcelain pieces. The most impressive item was the life size reproduction of Rembrandt The Night Watch in porcelain tiles. This was the only museum gift shop we visited and could not resist bringing souvenirs home

We were delivered here at the end of our walking tour. It was all right and the main goal was to see the famous painting Girl with Pearl Earring It was interesting to see how this huge house was transformed into a museum

Our guide Tom was punctual but he mostly read his tour from papers he was carrying. He also scurried ahead of us not taking into account our age. He did not seem to be invested in spending part of his Sunday touring us around

Beautiful museum. Always have enjoyed Van Gogh paintings so amazing to visit a museum devoted to him

Although there was an issue with the fact that the cheese place we were supposed to visit was closed on the day our visit was planned🤔 our driver was proactive and found another spot to visit. The cheese visit was interesting and we purchased cheese to take home to Canada We then made our way to the windmills. This was an eye opening experience which we really enjoyed. So interesting to see how windmills we’re important to life in Holland

We enjoyed going out of the city and into the countryside. Then we arrived at a truly magical garden. The way the park is set up with little paths beautiful flower beds and lovely fountains Maybe go a little earlier in May than our visit which was the last few days of the tulip festival. Really enjoyed spending a good part of the day here!

Unfortunately we made a mistake and missed our time slot. I always thought Anne Franck and the family who hid her family were super heroes and I was sad to miss

Thus was a fun trip. We learned so much about life in Amsterdam and we loved being on the canals. Our « captain «  was entertaining and after having walked 12000 steps that day, it was lovely to sit on a boat for a bit and enjoy the cruise

This is a beautiful museum. There are amazing items and paintings on display.

This was so fun! We walked everywhere at first then decided to challenge ourselves. The one issue is that signage all in Dutch. Sometimes hard to figure out where we wanted to go. We made a few mistakes but solved them and are still married

Caroline was gracious and welcoming. Adapted her tour to our age and fact that we came in on an overnight flight. Gave us a great run through of history, the area and helpful tips for the rest of our stay

This hotel feels like you are walking back in time. Very nicely decorated, it feels like you are walking through a library. It had an impressive breakfast buffet. The thermal bath facilities were high end with everything spotlessly clean. I would recommend this hotel.

This was another high end hotel that delivered a high end customer experience. We enjoyed everything about this hotel. It is conveniently located adjacent to the main shopping area and the train station. They had a beautiful buffet breakfast with sufficient choice to satisfy any diner.

We have never stayed in a hotel like this one before. We loved our experience here and the introduction and immersion into Japanese culture. We were greeted with kimono-wearing inn staff, had a tea ceremony welcome and were provided with our own kimonos. The room was totally Japanese from the furniture, mats, bedding and water garden structure. The onsen was awesome with some of the hottest thermal baths we have ever seen. We were provided with a 12 course traditional Japanese meal with serving bowls that we have never seen before. The traditional breakfast the following morning provided enough food to feed 2 or 3 people. We totally enjoyed this hotel and this immersive experience into the culture of this country. We will remember this day for a long long time.

Possibly the nicest hotel we have ever stayed in. The staff from the Manager to the room stewards were impressively polite and friendly. The breakfast served was the best hotel breakfast we have ever had with a full buffet and a menu to order other meals. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here and would not hesitate to stay here again.

The historic district was awesome to see. The Kiyomizu-dera Temple complex was very impressive. This was a most enjoyable day and we felt like we were able to see a lot of sights.

Another fantastic day with our guide Mitsui. The temples viewed were most impressive. We enjoyed our time here a lot.

Our guide on this day (and the next) was exceptional. Mitsui was very personable and we enjoyed her company. The Bamboo Grove and the Tenryuji gardens were impressive. We were not a fan of the Yakatabune boat ride.

This whole experience was new to us. From dressing in kimonos to the actual tea ceremony itself. The staff were very accommodating and answered all our questions. We enjoyed the three hours we spent there and definitely gained some insights into Japanese culture.

This was an excellent day of sight-seeing in Tokyo. Our guide Sayumi (Sam) was excellent, it was like spending a day with an old friend. She provided us with subway cards to make it easier/quicker to navigate around the city. We thoroughly enjoyed this day with Sam. In addition to the temples and shrines we visited we also got to see areas of the city "not on the tourist maps" which we always find interesting to see.

Great location. We were able to walk everywhere from the hotel. Our favorite breakfast of our trip to Norway. The room was very nice (and modern). The staff was very helpful in suggesting neighborhoods to explore.

Great lobby. Great location. Room was nice. Bathroom was a bit small. Breakfast was good.

Beautiful exterior. Our room was in the newer wing (built in the 1960s). Although the hotel lobby and dining room were stunning, our room was very bland and functional. The room was clean. We did have a balcony and supposedly a water view, but it was hard to see the water from our room. Good breakfast.

Great hotel in a great location. This was the nicest hotel we stayed in while traveling ion Norway.

Food was delicious. Very nice scenery. No guide. You just ate dinner, talked to your companions and enjoyed the view.

We loved this walking tour. We learned a lot about Norway and Oslo. OUr guide was great.

While you can do this activity on your own, our guide (Irvin) was great and we learned a lot about Norway. Irvin was the best guide of our entire trip to Norway.

We really enjoyed this activity. The cheese tasting was enjoyable. The best part of the activity was being on the smaller fjords on a smaller boat. The guide was very knowledgeable and personable. We highly recommend this tour.

It was an enjoyable tour. The tour guide was fine (not spectacular). In the past, most food tours had too much food so I left stuffed. This food tour had a much smaller amount of food, but I was still OK with that.

Our reservation was changed from Grand Hotel Union to Hotel Cubo. My review is of the Hotel Cubo, not the Grand Hotel Union. Hotel Cubo is a wonderful location, with easy access to the highway system and close to the river and the town center. It's modern/minimalist design is interesting, but the room decor is just starting to show some signs of wear and tear. Nothing awful understand, but just getting to the point of making an impression.

Pension Berc is an island of elevated tranquility in an already sublime setting. From there, we were able to walk into downtown when the occasion warranted. We checked in very late our first evening, and were met by Rojer-aay. (My apologies for the phonetic spelling.) We were tired and rushed, but he made us feel welcome, checked us in, took our bags up and showed us our room, and then appeared as our waiter in the attached restaurant! (I secretly believe he was cloned, but he wouldn't admit to it.) The room was "quaint" as my wife put it, with a rustic appeal, and super strong water pressure. A remodeled farm; redone very effectively. Having the attached restaurant was a huge advantage. We intended to eat elsewhere the second night, but got so tired we defaulted due to being tired. Much of the menu was expensive due to it being a steak house, but the vegetable risotto and other menu items were reasonably priced and very tasty. All in all we were truly impressed, and would recommend Pension Berc to all travelers to beautiful Bled.

Larisa certainly knows Ljublana! Her knowledge and understanding are impressive. Having been trained as a historian, I truly appreciate the historical details she provided. Suggestions for improvement, and please understand they are minor: it took her awhile to understand my wife's slower traveling pace, but once she understood why, she was most accommodating. I didn't have enough time to take pictures from the watchtower atop the castle, but this was due to scheduling friction between a video presentation and the extra time picture taking would have demanded.

Nina, our private guide, really knew her Bled. Her father was past president of the boat pilots association! She actually lives near our hotel in the old village. Initially, she had difficulty with my wife's slower pace of mobility, but quickly adjusted, and helped her climb the 99 steps to the church on the island without a stop!

This is an incredible cave system! We were truly impressed! Just warn travelers that there is a considerable degree of walking involved, over uneven and wet surfaces. The enforced trip through the gift shop was a minor detraction, but is not an abnormal state of affairs in Europe.

The hotel is a bit dated but the owners and staff more than make up for it. They truly go above and beyond in their helpfulness and kindess.

Nice hotel, very clean with nice amenities. The staff is helpful. I appreciated that you can pay to check in very early in the morning and also to stay very late, if needed. It is helpful with the timing of international flights. The food and atmosphere in the rooftop restaurant is good and the drinks are also great.

Interesting tour. Tour guide was knowledgeable and helpful in answering questions.

Enjoyable and interesting experience. Beautiful views.

We loved this experience. Truly a local experience involving an entire local family. We felt very welcomed and part of their family. They really went above and beyond and the food was incredible! The view was lovely.

Unfortunately, we did not enjoy this experience. There were literally no sea life to see on this snorkeling tour, which really defeats the purpose of snorkeling. We stayed only in one spot rather than trying to go to another location which may have had something to see. Disappointing.

Fun, local experience. Dinner was good. Appreciated having a front row seat and that the tickets included a drink.

Awesome tour! One of the top highlights of our trip!