Trafalgar Tour Reviews

Excellent trip through USA National Parks with good side trips when weather did not permit for arranged trip for that day. The guide and the driver were fantastic and the coach comfortable. There was a lot of snow for the end of spring but the guide found other things that were just as good.

All up it was an excellent trip apart from the rain and ...read more snow but for Australian travellers the snow made the scenery fantastic and it only stopped us from seeing Mt. Rushmore and that was it. Can't predict the weather. Would like to suggest adding Yosemite to this trip.

Trafalgar are an excellent company to travel with, good organisation, special extra surprises, exceptional knowledgeable tour director and safe competent drivers. The locations visited were really well selected and very comprehensive. We really felt like we saw a great deal of all five countries visited.

Very appropriate itinerary with good selection of optional extras and free time. Very competent drivers. Knowledgable tour guide with 24/7 attention to detail for all passengers.

This was a wonderful trip with a great group of people and a fantastic guide. I was not fully prepared for the emotional journey I was about to undertake, visiting Hungary, Poland and Berlin in Germany was particularly enlightening. I think everyone should make the journey to Eastern Europe at some stage, to learn about the horrors of the holocaust ...read more and the difficulties of communism. It certainly made us appreciate our blissful lives in Australia, having never had to deal with such terrible pain.

The guide through Auschwitz was particularly sensitive and she really brought home the ordeal and terror that the Jewish community and others, endured under the Nazis. As I said, it really is a must for us all who enjoy freedom.

The accommodation was all good and our guide, Dean, worked so hard to make the journey memorable. I would recommend travelling with Trafalgar, and certainly booking through Global Journeys, specifically Hannah, who made all the arrangements for us without a hitch.

Our Tour Director Dominic, wow, what can I say, Knowledgeable, helpful, very funny and approachable. He made this trip a memorable experience. Driver Fabio, very skilled at negotiating the Italian traffic and conditions! Tour was pretty full on, lots of walking. Name tags for fellow travellers would have made it a LOT easier to mingle, I found it ...read more embarrassing to repeatedly ask someone their name.

Very happy with the Best of Italy tour that my wife and I did in May, we were concerned about being in a tour for 13 days, but the pace was very manageable with free time. Our Tour Director was just fantastic! That added to our enjoyment, I'm sure. Jodie at Global Journeys was patient and worked with us to ensure that we got the package we wanted and ...read more kept us up to date with any changes.

Happily recommend Global Journeys and the Best of Italy (Trafalgar) tour to persons interested in a good immersive experience into the Italian way of living. Can suggest keeping a couple of extra days in Rome or to another excursion after the tour to cool it off Italian style before leaving.

It is a fast paced 12 days with wake up calls at 6.45am. You see a lot of places but also spend a lot of time sitting in a coach. The optional excursions are expensive but to get the best value out of the tour you need to do most of them. The Tour Guide and the local guides were very good and knowledgeable.

This was my first time doing any sort of organised tour as I've always in the past organised all my own holidays. I thoroughly enjoyed my holiday and we had a great driver in Carlo and a great tour guide in Barbara. The only thing I found a bit misleading was the days of the tour - it says 15 days. The first day is in the evening where everyone meets ...read more & introduced to the guide & the last day nothing is done with an attraction as that's the day everyone has to leave. Also the itinerary should say we have to pay tips for other city tour guides as well. But being my first time I know what to expect next time.

An excellent journey with a wonderful group, tour director and driver. Unfortunately due to an emergency we had to leave the tour two thirds of the trip. Despite that we had enjoyed our time seeing several magnificent cities, scenery, with fantastic commentaries of culture and history.

It seemed that every town had a hidden secret. Leonardo lived here, Joan of Arc died there, Jules Verne wrote and lived here. A lovely visit to a private chateau for lunch, surprising revelations on the Normandy beaches, explanations from a great Tour Director. A very enjoyable tour.

We had a wonderful journey through many countries with picturesque countryside and breathtaking views. Places visited in many cities were amazing with monuments and sculptures, museums, churches with exceptionally tall domes and beautiful palaces which all represent the European history with its grandeur.

Driving along the French Riviera and the ...read more Italian coastline was magnificent. The Gondola ride in Venice and the cruise in the canals of Amsterdam were very much enjoyable. The view from the snow capped mountain top in Switzerland was most beautiful.

We travelled many long hours on the coach. A lot of walking was involved as well as climbing hills and steps. Most days we reached the hotel late afternoon. The hotels were located further away from the city centre and quite inconvenient in certain cities where no shops or restaurants were close by. Although the itinerary had free time it is not so if you choose optionals. Optionals can add up to a considerable amount as this is a long trip.

Some hotels were not up to standard and included meals were basic to average. Travel Director provided us with lot of info as to the history and the current status of each country we visited. The local specialists gave us a commentary in many cities and popular sites. The coach driver was most skilled and we felt very comfortable on the coach. We had the company of 29 other fellow travellers who made it all interesting and worthwhile.

This is our 3rd trip booked through Global Journeys and Hannah has handled them all. The process has been easy and worry free.

This trip worked seamlessly, from booking with Hannah at Global Journeys to the tour itself. The tour guide was funny but informative - it is a holiday after all, and the coach driver was very good at getting through tight spaces when necessary.

The Rome component concentrated on the Vatican and St Peters, rather than the Colosseum and Forum, and ...read more there was little time to do independent sightseeing, but that said, the included and optional excursions were well run.

Good trip and experience, very knowledgeable Tour Director. The only downside is all the walking especially for a person like me. Maybe the trip should be rated on physical activity from 1 to 5. 5 being the highest and 1 being the lowest. (GJ. Good idea Beverley, it's in development as we speak!)

Although there were some good features of this tour overall I was not happy with it. The tour relied on too many optional extras. The optional tours/activities were very good but expensive and more of them should have been included in the high price paid for the tour. Included visits to ham and cheese factories were not interesting and involved too ...read more much uncomfortable standing around for ages in cold, uncomfortable conditions. A lot of the time I felt that I was paying to be tortured. The hotel for the final night was not near public transport so required an expensive taxi fare to get to the station. The tour guide worked very hard to help people and her organisation was very good. She was very conscientious, enthusiastic and kind.

For us the tour was very comprehensive and extremely well constructed. The tour director Ben Conti had an incredible general knowledge of the areas we visited and also had the ability to disseminate information in a very interesting way. The driver, Jose, was extremely careful and no one was ever worried about his driving.

For us the whole trip ...read more was a highlight and we all got on really well and enjoyed each others company. If pressed for highlights, we would include America's stately capital, Washington, the awe-inspiring Niagara Falls, the incredibly beautiful Quebec City and historical Boston. But to be fair, the highlight was the whole trip itself.

The hotels we stayed at were of a high standard and, importantly, were always centrally located. This allowed us to make the most of the free time we sometimes had to further explore each city we visited. For what we got, we believe that the whole tour was well-priced and certainly value for money.

All aspects, from the booking of this trip with Hannah at Global Journeys to the trip itself, went problem free. Our Trafalgar tour director, Nana, was very knowledgeable of Japanese history and her culture and took great care to ensure everyone in our small group was having a good time. Nana was an absolute joy and her spoken English, excellent. ...read more

We stayed in first class hotels in central areas, ate at excellent eateries and travelled in large, comfortable coaches so people could spread out if desired. I loved Japan, the people are so friendly and polite. Their cities/towns, public transport and public toilets are extremely clean.

Loved seeing the cherry blossom trees in all their beauty and the “old” Japan. One special memory for me was when one late afternoon we viewed Mt. Fuji draped in sunshine after an overcast morning and the next morning awoke to a winter wonderland. It had started snowing overnight and continued snowing lightly well into the morning.

I highly commend Global Journeys and Trafalgar Tours.

Enjoyed the rich history, beautiful architecture in Italy and wonderful scenery in Switzerland. This would not have been possible without Madeline's professional care and thorough follow ups with us. Thank you immensely!

Great service from Global Journeys. Trafalgar tour was great and our guide was excellent. Hotels were a bit out of town though and need to do all optional excursions to make it a good trip, so be prepared for the extra cost. That being said I highly recommend it and it was the trip of a lifetime!

This was our 4th Trafalgar tour so we were confident that we would have an experienced tour director and driver and that the itinerary would provide us with the very best opportunity to see the highlights of Turkey. Istanbul - a city of 18 million people is breathtaking with the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Grand Bazaar and the Hagia Sophia highlights ...read more of this vibrant city. Our stop at Gallipoli was poignant and Lone Pine allowed us to reflect on lives lost.

Troy and Ephesus were spectacular reminders of the power of ancient Rome and Greece, the surreal landscape of Cappadocia was unlike any other and the open air museum at Goreme was a reminder of the difficult life of early Christians in this region. Our visit to Ankara included a visit to the final resting place of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - the founder of modern Turkey.

We would highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in history and Turkish culture. We booked this tour through Global Journeys - because we have always had excellent service and this was no exception. Georgie is very professional and always quick to respond to any query - 10/10!!

Ramadan was simply an excellent tour leader. His knowledge of hieroglyphics, history and all-things Egyptian was great and he imparted this in a clear, friendly and professional way. He highlighted the most important things we were viewing and experiencing during this jam packed tour. The hotels and river boat were all great; very comfortable, good ...read more food choices and helpful workers.

We have travelled to nearly 80 countries and also visited Cairo before but this tour clearly ranked amongst the best. Global Journeys' pre-journey processes and information were also fabulous with Hannah keeping us well-informed during all aspects of the booking, payment and documentation stages. Thanks to all. Our first time with Trafalgar and Global Journeys — more than likely not our last.