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Mallorca, March 2023
Great routes, beautiful scenery, first-rate accommodations. Another winning VBT Tour! I loved riding 21 miles on the first day. VBT should increase the mileage for t...
Mallorca
Terrific: guides, hotels (except one hotel was not good), countryside, e-bikes, wineries, guests. I didn't like the late night group dinners that ended around 9:30 a...
Mellow Mallorca
We traveled to Mallorca in April 2023 with VBT. Great guides, nice hotels, va...
Xavier planned and delivered a great trip for us in the Basque Country.
Xavier planned and delivered a great trip for us in the Basque Country. The itinerary was a perfect match for our fitness level, the hotels were great and his knowle...
Xavier Lopez was extremely kind, patient and his attention to detail
Xavier Lopez was extremely kind, patient and his attention to detail choosing our route and our hotels/restaurants was perfect. He was very easy to work with (Canada...
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Bike Basque cycling tour, five stars aren’t enough.
To put it simply, when it comes to rating Xavier Lopez and a Bike Basque cycling tour, five stars aren’t enough. From any perspective – beauty of the scenery, qualit...
Highly recommend!
Second year running, great riding, fantastic scenery an...
Amazing riding country, Xavier built the route around
Just back from Ben's 40th Bike Basque tour. Hossegor to San Seb to Lekeitio to Bilboa. Amazing riding country, Xavier built the route around our desire to blend some...
Excellent accommodation and challenging daily routes
A big thanks to Xavier and Bike Basque for an amazing 3 day tour from Hossegor to Bilbao. We got exactly what we were after, including excellent accommodation and ch...
Completed a fantastic 3 day ride organised by Xavier at Bike Basque
Completed a fantastic 3 day ride organised by Xavier at Bike Basque. Completely organised everything around what we wanted to do, and where we wanted to be on saturd...
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Xavier did a great job handling two very different riders!
My daughter and I had a great 4 days of adventure, cycling from Villavociosa to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Xavier did a great job handling two very different r...
Great guide and support.
We did a three day trip to check L'etape do Tour two weeks before the race. Xavier found time to fit us into his schedule and was a great guide and support. Looking ...
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Brian
Aug 2020
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If you are looking for a tour group to use I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this company and it’s employees!!
After careful research I chose this group to take 14 of my friends to Pamplona to experience the Running if the Bulls!! Throughout the process Toby was there to answ...
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Brian
Nov 2019
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It was an unforgettable experience,
We could not have been more impressed with Bucket List Events during the Running of the Bulls this past summer. Toby and his staff were exceptional. They were knowle...
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Sep 2019
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Running with the Bulls with them was by far the best decision made in terms of planning the trip to Pamplona.
I was very surprised at the quality of service that Toby and his group provided for my wife and I. Running with the Bulls with them was by far the best decision made...
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Great job Bucket List Events!
Toby and his team did a great job. The trip was seamlessly handled, a...
An awesome experience!
What an awesome experience to Run with the Bulls. Having a professional team like Toby and his team at your disposal, took the stress and anxiety out and allow me to...
Exceeded our expectations!
Bucket List Events exceeded our expectations! We can't begin to explain what a great job they did with the Running of the Bulls. There is simply no way this experien...
Toby and his team are amazing!
Toby and his team are amazing! They ensured my husband and I had the best experience possible at the San Fermin festival this year. From the beginning we were happy ...
Toby and his team were very professional and organized.
We enjoyed the Running with the Bulls event in Spain. Toby and his team were very professional and organized. We laughed a lot and look forward to the next event tha...
Editor’s Take
What to Look for in Spain Tour Reviews
Most trip reviews tend to focus on some or all of these 5 key areas, not all of which may be relevant to you: the tour guide, travel company, service level, country or countries traveled in, and the trip itinerary.
Remember, just because you see a 1 star review doesn’t necessarily mean that person disliked the country
Many travelers sign up with tours to Spain because it is a country deeply rooted in tradition, religion, and the true enjoyment is in the details. Each city and region are different from the other, with different art or food scenes and historical sites.
For example, having a local guide during a trip to Granada would offer a full history into the islamic influence of the city while having a local guide around Barcelona would offer explanations around the conflict between Catalonia and Spain, not to mention the magnificent details of Gaudi and his life’s work.
Negative reviews for Spain tours are usually surrounded in the aspect of time. Most tours have itineraries that visit neighboring cities, and reviews often observe that a day trip was not enough time to take in all that each city could offer. It is also common in reviews to talk about too much time spent in the car during city to city tours and back to hotels.
Therefore, before booking, be mindful of the amount of hours you can anticipate spending in the vehicle and keep it mind that while a review might have negative comments about these aspects, they will also have positive reviews on the tour guide and the quality of the tour itself.
It is also common to find reviews with overwhelmed tourists. While Spain is beautiful and lively wherever you go, it is also riddled with narrow cobbled pathways, stairs, steep hills, and often strenuous long walks to see elevated sites such as La Alhambra. Before heading out for the day, be sure to have a big breakfast and if you are booking in the summer, be sure to wear durable sneakers, a hat, sunscreen and a bottle of water to not overheat.
That said, kindly take into account that while reading a negative review surrounding the sometimes strenuous trips by foot, it is just Spain’s terrain and has little to do with the guide or the tour company itself.
Most tour companies in Spain have guides that are bilingual and clear, which is invaluable when dealing with the language barrier.
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