Cosmos Tour Reviews
The 2,012 Cosmos Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Cosmos. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
The 2,012 Cosmos Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Cosmos. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
This tour gave me a good insight into each country. Our Bulgarian national guide was wonderful. Being a professor of ancient history and linguistics makes her commentary flow out effortlessly; this makes listening to her not only interesting but relaxing.
Novotel Centrum Hotel in Budapest and Sheraton Hotel in Bucharest are the best across-the-board. read more The only hotel that let us down was Yantra Hotel in Bulgaria. The room's non-adjustable air conditioner is more like a fan blowing out weak air in a very hot room during a hot day! Most uncomfortable night! If the air conditioner is replaced with a fully functioning one, I would give this hotel a "thumbs-up".
Our Tour Director, Maya, and our driver, Ady, were friendly and helpful. Ady is also a safe driver. Thanks to Jemma for organizing my travel documents and delivered to me in a timely manner.
Novotel Centrum Hotel in Budapest and Sheraton Hotel in Bucharest are the best across-the-board. read more The only hotel that let us down was Yantra Hotel in Bulgaria. The room's non-adjustable air conditioner is more like a fan blowing out weak air in a very hot room during a hot day! Most uncomfortable night! If the air conditioner is replaced with a fully functioning one, I would give this hotel a "thumbs-up".
Our Tour Director, Maya, and our driver, Ady, were friendly and helpful. Ady is also a safe driver. Thanks to Jemma for organizing my travel documents and delivered to me in a timely manner.
A very enjoyable trip and appreciated the assistance from Jemma of Global Journeys. Highly recommend their services. Randy was our tour guide for the whole journey and his services were marvellous. He is an experienced, knowledgeable and attention to details type of person. This is the first time we engaged on a Cosmos tour and certainly won’t be the last.
It was a tour filled with endless attractions. Items such as the acrobatics show was out of this world. Dances that we saw were fantastic. All in all we had a jolly good time. Tour Director Charles was a friendly, helpful, caring and knowledgeable person who provided a professional service throughout the tour.
The only improvement that is needed is read more to find a way of minimising the need for tour participants to carry heavy (main) luggage over long distances at the airports and railway stations - even through escalators. In fact a suitcase fell on me while on the escalator and I fell down on the person behind me. Luckily he was strong enough to catch me thereby preventing any injury. This is important because the majority of participants are senior citizens. Anyway it was a fantastic tour that we would recommend to anyone.
The only improvement that is needed is read more to find a way of minimising the need for tour participants to carry heavy (main) luggage over long distances at the airports and railway stations - even through escalators. In fact a suitcase fell on me while on the escalator and I fell down on the person behind me. Luckily he was strong enough to catch me thereby preventing any injury. This is important because the majority of participants are senior citizens. Anyway it was a fantastic tour that we would recommend to anyone.
Amazing Peru! 1
Mysteries of the Inca Empire with Peru's Amazon, Arequipa & Colca Canyon
Robyn & Gordon, WA, Australia, Apr 2018
This was an amazing holiday and we would definitely recommend it for first time visitors to South America. Starting with the Tambopata Eco Lodge, what an amazing experience. Only 6 of us and our lovely guide spent 3 days of fun and adventure together. Then back to Lima to begin the next part of the tour, 17 people in total.
Accommodation was way read more better than we were expecting, always walking distance to everything, full size coach so heaps of room, great local guides and excellent included meals. Our guide did all the boarding passes and collection of luggage at the airports, there were a few flights and the airports are a bit chaotic but all went smoothly.
We did the Arequipa extension and were the only ones so we had our own driver and guide with an extremely comfortable Mercedes van to travel in. So glad we added this on, it was our favourite part of the trip but beware as altitude may be a problem for some as you are quite high here. Peru is absolutely stunning, from The Amazon to the mountains -gorgeous!
The only thing we’d say about the entire trip is that a decent level of fitness is required to get the most out of everything including the Amazon lodge adventure. We are in our mid 50’s and reasonably fit but there was definitely some huffing and puffing.
We have travelled many places and quite often independently but for a no hassle, stress free holiday, this organised tour is excellent value and we would definitely recommend. We have used Global Journeys a few times now and everything has always been amazing. Always efficient with quotes and information. We will definitely use them again if booking tours. Thanks Yvonne!
Accommodation was way read more better than we were expecting, always walking distance to everything, full size coach so heaps of room, great local guides and excellent included meals. Our guide did all the boarding passes and collection of luggage at the airports, there were a few flights and the airports are a bit chaotic but all went smoothly.
We did the Arequipa extension and were the only ones so we had our own driver and guide with an extremely comfortable Mercedes van to travel in. So glad we added this on, it was our favourite part of the trip but beware as altitude may be a problem for some as you are quite high here. Peru is absolutely stunning, from The Amazon to the mountains -gorgeous!
The only thing we’d say about the entire trip is that a decent level of fitness is required to get the most out of everything including the Amazon lodge adventure. We are in our mid 50’s and reasonably fit but there was definitely some huffing and puffing.
We have travelled many places and quite often independently but for a no hassle, stress free holiday, this organised tour is excellent value and we would definitely recommend. We have used Global Journeys a few times now and everything has always been amazing. Always efficient with quotes and information. We will definitely use them again if booking tours. Thanks Yvonne!
Our Cosmos tour through Switzerland was beautiful and really allowed for a relaxed way to see the country. The age group was much older than us which we were unaware of beforehand but that didn't change us having a great time and falling in love with Switzerland. Booking through Global Journeys made it an easy and hassle free process.
Fantastic tour through major parts of Europe. Excellent introduction if you have not had a chance to do one of these tours. Our tour guide (Sonia) was very well versed in every aspect of the tour. Her local knowledge, sense of humour and pace made it a well rewarded trip.
We recommend extra days in London prior to the start of the tour and after read more the tour , in Paris, as both cities have alot to offer. The coach was brand new, with good facilities on board. We had a very good driver, Guillermo who was always on time and ahead of schedule. We can now look forward to another tour.
Our thanks to Leanne (Global Journeys) for organising this tour.
We recommend extra days in London prior to the start of the tour and after read more the tour , in Paris, as both cities have alot to offer. The coach was brand new, with good facilities on board. We had a very good driver, Guillermo who was always on time and ahead of schedule. We can now look forward to another tour.
Our thanks to Leanne (Global Journeys) for organising this tour.
I thoroughly enjoyed this tour. So much to see and explore in Spain. Most of the iconic and UNESCO World Heritage Sites were covered. Morocco stands out for me especially Medina of Fez; it is incredible! Market selling whole camel head was on display. Photos taken at the Tannery showing the dyeing process of leather were like out of the National Geographic! read more Our Tour Director, John Shaw, has a wealth of knowledge on all these three countries. He went beyond and above his duties to keep us entertained. He is approachable and helpful. Khalid, our driver kept us safe with his attentive driving. Jemma was great in having my travel documents delivered to me in a timely manner.
We had the time of our lives on our Cosmos Grand European tour. Memories that we will have forever. The tour was fast paced as we expected, so we were able to experience so many fabulous destinations and sightseeing opportunities. We didn’t have a care in the world as everything was organised for us. Georgie was a pleasure to deal with concerning all read more of our booking needs and any queries we had were answered immediately.
Our tour guide Clara Crawford was absolutely amazing, she was super efficient and very knowledgeable. Nothing was too much trouble for Clara and she couldn’t have looked after us better! Our driver Antonio was a brilliant driver and we were felt safe and comfortable on the coach at all times. Thank you Cosmos for such a wonderful holiday!
Our tour guide Clara Crawford was absolutely amazing, she was super efficient and very knowledgeable. Nothing was too much trouble for Clara and she couldn’t have looked after us better! Our driver Antonio was a brilliant driver and we were felt safe and comfortable on the coach at all times. Thank you Cosmos for such a wonderful holiday!
Trip packed with great sights and experiences 12
Classic Japan: Land of the Rising Sun
Malcolm & Patricia , NSW , Australia, Mar 2018
This was not our first on the go trip with Cosmos but it was the first that failed to provide a reasonable amount of free time to allow us to do our own exploring. There were some days that we were so time poor that we had to pre-purchase our lunch and eat it on the coach. Sure that gave us time to see the many sights included in this tour but it did read more not give us time to get out and mix with the locals and experience their daily lives.
In Osaka the hotel was so crowded that they could not get us into either breakfast room to serve breakfast in time for us to be ready to leave at the appointed hour that morning. We missed out on breakfast and the small gift from the hotel by way of compensation did not satisfy our appetite and was worth a fraction of the cost of the missed meal. There was no organised rotation of seats in the coach and so we had 3 fellow travelers who dominated and selfishly occupied the same seats the whole time.
In Osaka the hotel was so crowded that they could not get us into either breakfast room to serve breakfast in time for us to be ready to leave at the appointed hour that morning. We missed out on breakfast and the small gift from the hotel by way of compensation did not satisfy our appetite and was worth a fraction of the cost of the missed meal. There was no organised rotation of seats in the coach and so we had 3 fellow travelers who dominated and selfishly occupied the same seats the whole time.
Generally the tour was very good and very well organised. Should have included some sight seeing in London, as there was no point going there without it. Consider drop off and pick up at Victoria station in future. The Tour Director was outstanding and handled the tour well, and the driver was excellent.
This is our second time travelling with a Cosmos tour, so we had an idea how things operated. Though that was almost 5 years ago! The seat rotation was still there. Occasionally you get people forgetting where they were supposed to be and sitting on the wrong seats, but that was quickly sorted and it is a fair system. Ally, our tour director, was excellent. read more She is knowledgeable and had plenty of yarns. Never a boring moment on the bus.
Cosmos took us to some of the most beautiful sceneries of Ireland. Our tour was only for 9 days and we covered almost all of Ireland and some parts of Northern Ireland. We would have loved to spend more time in some of those places. We also included all the optional excursions. We are glad we did as we had so much fun.
The hotels that we stayed in were cosy and clean. On those nights where dinners were not included, the hotel locations were quite central. Breakfast was excellent. Gerry, our driver, was great. Even driving on the winding and narrow roads, we never felt unsafe. And Ireland has plenty of that! We also got plenty of toilet stops.
Our group was a good mix of young and old, couples, family, friends travelling together and a few solo travellers. We had a few older travellers and Ally made sure they were well looked after. We had an amazing time visiting Ireland. It was as beautiful as I expected and more, and with a great bunch of people whom I will never forget.
Cosmos took us to some of the most beautiful sceneries of Ireland. Our tour was only for 9 days and we covered almost all of Ireland and some parts of Northern Ireland. We would have loved to spend more time in some of those places. We also included all the optional excursions. We are glad we did as we had so much fun.
The hotels that we stayed in were cosy and clean. On those nights where dinners were not included, the hotel locations were quite central. Breakfast was excellent. Gerry, our driver, was great. Even driving on the winding and narrow roads, we never felt unsafe. And Ireland has plenty of that! We also got plenty of toilet stops.
Our group was a good mix of young and old, couples, family, friends travelling together and a few solo travellers. We had a few older travellers and Ally made sure they were well looked after. We had an amazing time visiting Ireland. It was as beautiful as I expected and more, and with a great bunch of people whom I will never forget.
I really enjoyed the Florida Discovery tour, my third tour with Cosmos/Globus and as usual they didn't disappoint. Our tour director Patrick had all the details down to a fine art so we were never in any doubt about what was happening next. He even threw in a few extras such as daily chocolates on the bus and a free slice of key lime pie in Key West! read more
The standard of hotels was mostly excellent, especially in Miami where we were in a Hilton just a block from the beach. The pace of the tour was good with mostly two night stays and we covered all the places I wanted to see. Kennedy Space Centre and Key West were highlights for me but really it was all excellent.
With only 19 people we were always on time because everyone was so cooperative with punctuality and they were all lovely people. Our driver Tony skillfully negotiated the sometimes narrow streets and always had a smile, despite what would have been long days for him at times.
I highly recommend this tour for anyone who wants to take the stress out of driving themselves around as well as being able to gain knowledge you would never find if doing this yourself. Thank you again Cosmos for a wonderful holiday. I'll be back.
The standard of hotels was mostly excellent, especially in Miami where we were in a Hilton just a block from the beach. The pace of the tour was good with mostly two night stays and we covered all the places I wanted to see. Kennedy Space Centre and Key West were highlights for me but really it was all excellent.
With only 19 people we were always on time because everyone was so cooperative with punctuality and they were all lovely people. Our driver Tony skillfully negotiated the sometimes narrow streets and always had a smile, despite what would have been long days for him at times.
I highly recommend this tour for anyone who wants to take the stress out of driving themselves around as well as being able to gain knowledge you would never find if doing this yourself. Thank you again Cosmos for a wonderful holiday. I'll be back.
South India Tour 7
George & Cynthia, QLD, Australia, Feb 2018
Booking was easy with Global Journeys, unlike the e-visa. We had a very long wait in Chennai airport due to a very slack immigration officer, who took over an hour to pass a family of four and a couple even though we had e-visa's. Other people on the trip had the same problem!
The trip was good although we thought too many temples, I would have liked read more to see more of the coastal regions or as an optional extension as was offered last year. Hotels were very good, although sometimes a little far from the towns. Tour pace and the people on the trip were all good.
The trip was good although we thought too many temples, I would have liked read more to see more of the coastal regions or as an optional extension as was offered last year. Hotels were very good, although sometimes a little far from the towns. Tour pace and the people on the trip were all good.
The Best of Southern India 4
Charles & Rosalind, New Zealand, Jan 2018
By far the best time of year (straight after Christmas before it got too hot.) Better than expected accommodation- world class hotels. Lovely food. A great mix of activities. Every day well planned with the odd rest when sight-seeing got too intense. A guide who couldn't do enough to please , was a local and very knowledgeable about the history and read more culture.
The history explained from the Indian point of view was a nice change. A nice contrast between the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Highlights- The spice garden up in the hills at Thekkady, the tea, coffee, rubber and spice plantations on the way down into Kerala and the backwater cruise near Cochin with our own chef, waiter and driver. We also witnessed the last day of the Pongol ( Hindu) festival at a temple, which was amazing but unplanned.
The views of poverty, and piles of rubbish out the bus window were at times confronting so this tour is not for the faint hearted but I am glad we went. The new International airport at Cochin was a surprise. Super modern in design and all run on solar power. The only suggestion I can think of is that it is wise to have some transport pre-arranged to the hotel from the Chennai airport rather than rely on the pre-pay taxi stand and make sure you have small bank notes.
The history explained from the Indian point of view was a nice change. A nice contrast between the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Highlights- The spice garden up in the hills at Thekkady, the tea, coffee, rubber and spice plantations on the way down into Kerala and the backwater cruise near Cochin with our own chef, waiter and driver. We also witnessed the last day of the Pongol ( Hindu) festival at a temple, which was amazing but unplanned.
The views of poverty, and piles of rubbish out the bus window were at times confronting so this tour is not for the faint hearted but I am glad we went. The new International airport at Cochin was a surprise. Super modern in design and all run on solar power. The only suggestion I can think of is that it is wise to have some transport pre-arranged to the hotel from the Chennai airport rather than rely on the pre-pay taxi stand and make sure you have small bank notes.
Wonderful trip through Central and Eastern Europe 9
Central Europe
Jennifer, NSW, Australia, Dec 2017
Very hard to fault, as the whole tour was so much better than we could have hoped for. The tour director, Davor provided all members of our group with endless information and commentary on all of the wonderful sights of Central Europe, as well as informative history on each of the towns and cities, palaces, churches, etc. Also very thankful for the read more amount of free time provided with each excursion, which we weren't expecting. Very hard to list all of our highlights as there were so many to choose from, although would have to say the stop at the ski resort in Slovakia was unforgettable as it was the first time we had seen snow. The accommodation provided was also very good in each city we stayed in.
The only disappointment for us was the trip to Auschwitz in Poland, as this was one of the main reasons we chose this particular tour. We arrived in the morning, and were split into 2 groups, each with a tour guide. Our group was then rapidly taken through the camp, trying to push through each exhibit and building, only given a very brief description of its historical significance, and then not having time to look at and fully absorb the experience of actually being in Auschwitz Concentration Camp. There was quite a few areas that we didn't even see, due to the fact that we had to stick to a strict time schedule as there was another excursion to the salt mines in the afternoon.
Overall, we really enjoyed the experience, and would not hesitate to use Cosmos and Global Journeys again for future holidays.
The only disappointment for us was the trip to Auschwitz in Poland, as this was one of the main reasons we chose this particular tour. We arrived in the morning, and were split into 2 groups, each with a tour guide. Our group was then rapidly taken through the camp, trying to push through each exhibit and building, only given a very brief description of its historical significance, and then not having time to look at and fully absorb the experience of actually being in Auschwitz Concentration Camp. There was quite a few areas that we didn't even see, due to the fact that we had to stick to a strict time schedule as there was another excursion to the salt mines in the afternoon.
Overall, we really enjoyed the experience, and would not hesitate to use Cosmos and Global Journeys again for future holidays.
Many of the excursions were very good and the tour guide was excellent. The only complaint iwould be the repetitiveness of hotel breakfasts ... but this is not under the tour’s control as even the best hotels all provide similar breakfasts. Spain was our favourite.
Great value introduction to Central Europe 4
Prague, Vienna & Budapest
Christopher , VIC, Australia, Dec 2017
This well organised tour was a great value introduction to some of the most beautiful cities in Central Europe. And the tour covered miles quickly, so we saw see lots of the countries that we traveled through. That's great, but be prepared for the fast pace. There are few chances to wander and soak up the atmosphere.
I also loved the diverse nationalities read more of the group. We all mixed well, thanks to the friendly encouragement of the superb tour leader Mladan, and the excellent driver Massimo. We stayed in good three star hotels were all well organised and synced with the elements and schedule of the tour. So, thanks for this interesting travel experience.
I also loved the diverse nationalities read more of the group. We all mixed well, thanks to the friendly encouragement of the superb tour leader Mladan, and the excellent driver Massimo. We stayed in good three star hotels were all well organised and synced with the elements and schedule of the tour. So, thanks for this interesting travel experience.
Outstanding value for money and an excellent itinerary 3
Prague, Vienna & Budapest
Andrea, QLD, Australia, Dec 2017
This was an excellent tour and to be honest we couldn't fault any aspect of it. We were travelling with our teenage daughter so we were concerned that the room would be cramped but nothing could be further from the truth. The room accommodated 3 very effectively and the rooms overall were great considering how affordable the tour was.
Anna our tour read more guide was the best I've seen having been on multiple organised tours in recent years. She was super professional and made everything seem hassle free. In terms of the itinerary this tour is excellent and I would highly recommend all the optional extras except maybe the Sound of Music tour. The Abbey was shut due to a clean up from too much frolicking the evening prior. The river cruise in Budapest however is a must do. Overall a delight and we would consider taking this same tour again we had such a great time.
Anna our tour read more guide was the best I've seen having been on multiple organised tours in recent years. She was super professional and made everything seem hassle free. In terms of the itinerary this tour is excellent and I would highly recommend all the optional extras except maybe the Sound of Music tour. The Abbey was shut due to a clean up from too much frolicking the evening prior. The river cruise in Budapest however is a must do. Overall a delight and we would consider taking this same tour again we had such a great time.
My hubby tagged along this time and he loved all the history especially WWI & WW11. All we had to do was turn up on time and all was done...we sat back and enjoyed this lovely tour.
It was a diverse group on this tour which made it enjoyable and interesting. Loved the places visited, highlight would have been arriving in Frankfurt to snow.
