Northern Spain Reviews
5 Northern Spain reviews from past travellers that booked with Global Journeys.
Northern Spain 0
Denise, QLD, Australia, Sep 2026
This was the 3rd of 4 tours booked with Georgie and Hannah for my recent 2 month Europe trip. Unfortunately, the Tour Director wasn't the best (her communication of timings and logistics was disappointing). I didn't like the fact that on this tour Trafalgar doesn't include walking/orientation tours of 3 towns - these are only offered as expensive optionals! read more I like to walk and explore and armed with a paper map and information provided by hotel reception I managed quite ok by myself. Hotel locations were good except for the hotel at San Sebastian - a taxi is required. At the end of September Barcelona was still excessively hotel. Fortunately, the weather was cooler once we travelled north.
As with most tours these days you really need to spend an extra day or so at each start/finish city. I stayed an extra 3 nights in both Barcelona and Madrid at different hotels to the tour hotels as Trafalgar's pricing of pre/post accommodation was very expensive! I enjoyed all the northern Spanish towns and cities we visited. Northern Spain is quite different to the rest of Spain which I've previously visited. A note for art lovers - I stayed on at the Prado after the included visit there. There is sufficient time to visit the art exhibition at the Bilbao Guggenheim - this is not communicated by Trafalgar or the Tour Director until we arrived at Bilbao. Daily communication was by email only. Whatsapp group only created halfway thru the tour at the request of guests.
As with most tours these days you really need to spend an extra day or so at each start/finish city. I stayed an extra 3 nights in both Barcelona and Madrid at different hotels to the tour hotels as Trafalgar's pricing of pre/post accommodation was very expensive! I enjoyed all the northern Spanish towns and cities we visited. Northern Spain is quite different to the rest of Spain which I've previously visited. A note for art lovers - I stayed on at the Prado after the included visit there. There is sufficient time to visit the art exhibition at the Bilbao Guggenheim - this is not communicated by Trafalgar or the Tour Director until we arrived at Bilbao. Daily communication was by email only. Whatsapp group only created halfway thru the tour at the request of guests.
Northern Spain Adventure 0
Susan, NSW, Australia, Sep 2025
Stunning towns and wonderful architecture. Accommodation was okay however a few of the hotels were located way out of the town centre. The optional meals were really disappointing and having to pay extra for city tours seems unreasonable. Travelled in September thinking that this would mean less crowds but this was not the case. Also, a full bus makes read more the trip difficult with no room to spread out and longer comfort stops. Again, Grace, from Global Journeys was really helpful in the booking our two trips.
Enjoyable Spanish Adventure 2
Marilyn, Australia, Jun 2019
The tour across Northern Spain was really enjoyable and met my expectations. The hotels were of a high standard and breakfasts excellent. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and supported me when I was unwell. Special dinners especially those where entertainment was provided by local Basque musicians, really great.
11 Day Trafalgar Northern Spain 3
Rene & Mabel , NSW, Australia, Oct 2018
Having done the Insight Vacations Best of Spain and Portugal tour before this trip, we can't help but compare the two. This was one of the best trips we have joined for the following reasons:
1. The pace was perfect
2. A lot of included local tours
3. Distance from town to town was relatively short
4. Cheaper food and better prices than big Spanish read more cities like Madrid and Barcelona
If someone asked us to choose between the South and Northern Spain for a one-off Spain tour, we would recommend the latter. The good thing here is that it included the 2 major cities of Madrid and Barcelona.
1. The pace was perfect
2. A lot of included local tours
3. Distance from town to town was relatively short
4. Cheaper food and better prices than big Spanish read more cities like Madrid and Barcelona
If someone asked us to choose between the South and Northern Spain for a one-off Spain tour, we would recommend the latter. The good thing here is that it included the 2 major cities of Madrid and Barcelona.
An economical way of touring 6
Lynette & Laurence, NSW, Australia, May 2018
We booked Northern Spain tour on Trafalgar because it fitted in with our travel plans. The tour was great, with an excellent guide, but the accommodation didn't really suit us as we personally prefer to pay a bit extra and get a better hotel in better locations. For the price though, is was good and it enabled us to see a fair bit of northern Spain, read more which probably would have been too much to cover on our own.
We did a lot of walking which we liked, but I think if you had mobility issues this could be a problem. Northern Spain is very different to the rest of Spain. It is very green and mountainous, has nice beaches, as well as the best food and wine in the country.
One of the optional tours was incorrectly worded. We visited the Prehistoric Altamira Caves to see the cave paintings, but this tour is actually a museum with a fabricated cave and the drawings are all reproduced. The real caves are at a different location nearby, but we, and everyone else on the tour, booked this tour thinking that we were seeing caves not a museum.
We did a lot of walking which we liked, but I think if you had mobility issues this could be a problem. Northern Spain is very different to the rest of Spain. It is very green and mountainous, has nice beaches, as well as the best food and wine in the country.
One of the optional tours was incorrectly worded. We visited the Prehistoric Altamira Caves to see the cave paintings, but this tour is actually a museum with a fabricated cave and the drawings are all reproduced. The real caves are at a different location nearby, but we, and everyone else on the tour, booked this tour thinking that we were seeing caves not a museum.
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