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Donna and Dan Dargavel, Canada, October 2015
“Hello Cristina
Arrived home safely.
Thanks to you we had a wonderful vacation in Portugal.
We have been very impressed with the level of service that you provided to us and we were very happy that we chose you to organize everything for us
Your country is truly beautiful and the people are so friendly and welcoming. You must be very proud.
The accommodations were overall very good. Our favorite, in order were: Pousadas da Lisboa, Heritage hotel da Liberdade, the hotel in Evora, the resort in Lagos but not so much the Ozadi in Tavira. Thank you for arranging the upgrade at Ozadi but this place fell far below the other beautiful places that we stayed at.
The GPS set up was a real asset and was well set up and easy to use.
The limo services were very prompt and efficient.
Our favorite activity was the private walking tour that you set up for us. Our guide, Marta was superb and she gave us a very insightful overview of Lisbon and Portugal.
I really appreciated the high level of friendly advice that you gave us in organizing an incredible trip with little notice. When we had a few issues while on our trip, the response we received when we called your # was very prompt, helpful and friendly and we never felt that we were bothering you.
Portugal trails and especially you, Cristina are a true credit to your profession.
My son and his wife are flying in to Madrid in April and driving to Lisbon for about a 10 day holiday.
Does Portugal Trails offer trips overlapping in Spain? If so I will strongly encourage him to contact you.
Once again thank you for all of your work and help in setting up our introductory trip to your wonderful country!
Dan & Donna”
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Keiko Murase and Minori Yoshida, USA, October 2015
“Hi Ana,
I can’t thank you enough for organizing such an amazing trip. Everything went so smoothly. We were very sad to leave.
I love how we had a flexible itinerary and we’re able to make minor changes to our day according to what we wanted to explore. We definitely didn’t want to be a part of a tour group getting bussed around and told what to look at.
The private walking tours were fantastic and fascinating. I learned so much about the history and it was great to have someone to ask silly questions such as about daily life in Portugal.
One of our highlights was in Caria after visiting Belmonte. The bed and breakfast was our favorite place to stay. It was so beautiful and unique. We had a great time hanging out with the locals who treated us to locally made wine and liquors. We struggled to communicate since we didn’t speak Portuguese and they didn’t speak English but they showed us true Portuguese hospitality. They walked us to a nearby restaurant, O Cangas, which was delicious.
The GPS was crucial to our navigation. I loved how there were additional destinations added for nearby sites, which we did visit some on our way to our main destination.
Monsanto and Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra are on my top favorite places because they were lesser known (and less crowded) and full of beautiful surprises.
Really, everyone was always so helpful and nice to us everywhere we went. I don’t have many ideas on how this trip could have gone better. Maybe just tips on how to use the metro and how to purchase train tickets to Sintra. We were eventually able to find some advice online (Yey smart phones!) I’ll send photos soon.
Thank you!
Minori”
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Rebecca and Glenn Berman, USA, October 2015
“Dear Cristina,
I just wanted you to know that we really really really enjoyed our time in Portugal. I will recommend Portugal trails to anyone I know planning a vacation here.
We enjoyed all of the pre-planned activities. We especially enjoyed both of the walking tours. Both guides were very knowledgeable and patient.
I will send a picture that I took from our hotel room in Porto. Our room was on the top floor and had a magnificent view.
Muito obrigado!
Glenn”
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Bob and Christine Townsend, Canada, October 2015
“Dear Sofia
What a wonderful holiday!
We want to thank you (and Portugal Trails) for all the work in setting up our trip. It was amazing! Everything-the accommodation, the transportation, the excursions, the guide books and the drivers were excellent. Rosario and John were so accommodating when we asked to make a few changes to our itinerary. And we really appreciated the lovely welcoming gifts of port wine, cookies and soap!
We are now faced with the task of organizing our hundreds of pictures so we can show our awesome travel experience to friends and family. We will definitely promote Portugal as a travel destination and Portugal Trails as a company that gives excellent service.
Thank you!
Bob and Christine Townsend”
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Richard and Connie Hayes, USA, October 2015
“Sofia,
I wanted to thank you for all the help you gave us during our Vacation. Everything you did worked perfectly – and on time!! We had a blast, and through your efforts and planning we got to do all we had planned and more. Your guides were really good. Maria and Ana were “A+”– friendly, knowledgeable, excited, great stories — we had great times with them. Andrea 1 and Andrea 2 in Portugal were also very good – friendly and knowledgeable and good English – we rated them “B+”. David in Seville was okay, maybe a “C” — his English was not as good as the rest, and he was really quiet — tough on long drive to and from Jerez. But he did pick out a great Sherry Tasting at Tio Pepe. The guide their spoke excellent English, and was very entertaining. Cooking Lisbon was great. We also enjoyed the Flamenco Dancing and FADO.
All in all we had a very good time. Gave you a good write-up in Trip Advisor (though I spelled your first name wrong…. I have asked them to fix it).
Warm regards,
Richard Hayes”
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Allison Acker, USA, September 2015
“Hi Diana
We had a fabulous time, the car was great and driving was quiet easy with the wonderful navigator, it just made the trip so smooth.
Loved all the stops and all the accommodation you booked was beautiful. I especially loved Sintra is a really magical place and then the Douro Valley.
We will be recommending your company to anyone who is going to Portugal. Your company and your helpful staff made our holiday a wonderful experience.
Allison”