Spain's Classics & Portugal (2025)

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  Too much running around and not enough free time.

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  A great tour, maybe a little fast paced. Not much time for shopping until the end. A snafu on the train segment was the fault of the train line, not Collette. Hotels consistently great.

  Irene Sohm

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  Wonderful Trip Elena was outstanding, weather and food were great and Alex, the driver, was awesome. The venues were very educational and variety of places to visit kept my interest. Thanks

  R Nemecek

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  the tour guide and hotel and restaurant accommodations were wonderful

  Ron G Daly

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  Collette provided a beautiful itinerary and an easy way to see them.

  Tomye Daly

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  Chris Tiberi

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  I enjoyed the trip, but it was much too. Hectic for me. too much. Rushing, suitcases out at 7 AM in the morning, too many hours on the bus. too much crammed into 2 weeks . maybe if I was 25, but I'm not. It would have been nice to have more information coming from the tour director. He was a lovely guy, but not much info as we traveled for hours on the bus. The hotels were beautiful, but we weren't there long enough to really enjoy them.. But we did visit so many beautiful places and saw so much in the 2 week trip. Surprised we didn't go to porto in Portugal, though. there were 1 or 2 other well known places that we missed.

  Roberta Cozic

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  Pickups at airports in Barcelona and on return trip from Madeira were not good, could not find drivers. Guides need to carry visible signage to locate them especially in congested areas. Overall tour was pretty good; we visited a lot of nice sites and meant a lot of nice people. Most group meals were pretty good, a little crowded at times. Tour manager made it enjoyable. Pace was busy at times in order to see everything.

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  We think our expert-guided tours of Sagrada Familia, Alhambra, Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba were among the most inspiring and amazing sites we have experienced. In our many years of word travel. Our many experiences throughout this tour combined with the great group of fellow tourists on our bus provided one f or most warding vacations ever.

  John Burns

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  Tour Manager did a great job at coordinating all events and accommodation on the tour. I feel he lacked information on the Spain and Portugal as far as green energy (wind and solar). I asked him the question and he said he didn't know and he would get back to me. He never did. He sent out YouTube videos on Spain . It would of been nice to have a time for follow-up questions on the videos. I think he lacks experience at doing this tour and will improve as he gains more self confidence.One of the 4 star hotels, H10 Puerta de Alcala in Madrid, needs updating. Bath room flooded and had to change room. Everything was worn-out and needed replacement. I maybe would give it a 2 star because of it condition.

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  great itinerary and tour manager - a few glitches in transfers which we've communicated to collette

  David Demlow

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  Our tour Manager Elena was fabulous! She was extremely knowledgeable, helpful and very patient. Most of all, she was entertaining and engaging! She didn't miss a beat!!As for the tour, we would have loved for Collette to have included to include an Olive farm or production tour or Cork tree orchard tour.

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  There were a host of issues that started with upgrading airline tickets and continued through trying to pre-board online. We also never had a single beds but 2 single beds. We also had an incidents involving our carry-on bags which contained vital medication with the tour manager and resulted us missing a dinner and night out. I was never satisfied when talking on the phone or with the lack of response from our tour manger. The countries were beautiful and our fellow travelers were fantastic. It's the reason this is a 2 star and not a 1 star review. I would be glad to explain in greater detail if someone reaches out to me.

  Joseph Snyder

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  Collette’s emergency support is worthless. After my flight home was cancelled Collette told me to talk to the airlines and the airlines said I had to talk to Collette. I ended up rebooking myself and am now fighting with the airlines for a refund of my original flight. Would not recommend using the flight portion of a Collette tour.

  Shelley Reifel

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  Laura Grablutz

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  generic and too common-person touristy - not a lot of local knowledge and history - least common denominator approach to instructions, almost insulting

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  Tour of 41 in a bus is too large for one guide to address all individual issues and group meals were not quality. Sites were nice, little free time in some cities, travel lunch stops at highway centers not great. Most hotels nice but a couple service issues. Lot’s tipping expect with each guide and delivery for each city. Had better experience with past Colette tours.

  Keith Bruhnsen

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  Our tour manager was most helpful, knowledgeable, and entertaining.. Our group of traveling companions was very diverse and fun to be with(don’t end a sentence with a preposition). The accommodations were outstanding! Our Bus driver Mike was very skilled and helped me find our group the first night. Wonderful experience Turning 80 in Portugal.

  Annette Cantrell

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  The tapas night was a waste of money and the last night of tour dinner was absolutely terrible food

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  The tapas night was a waste of money very disappointed

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  Tour was well organized and hit the major sites. Tour manager was excellent. The accomodations were generally good a couple of very good, a couple of average hotels. Travel by bus was ok and well done with plenty of breaks.

  Mark Common

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  I would have given 5 stars however our travel (flight) plan was almost inhumane!! Don't do that again...spend a few extra dollars and book times/layovers that are reasonable!!One tour (Myths and Legends of Valencia) was a waste of time and money...I think it was a substitute local tour guide and it was painful!Otherwise it was a MARVELOUS trip!

  Carolyn Friend

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  It was excellent- well planned, great hotels, wonderful guide.

  Richard Williams

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  We had a wonderful tour guide and the sites were amazing. The only thing that I would like to have seen that we did not was Fatima, Portugal.

  Tony Townsley