Raquel Aceituno

This was a fabulous trip. Of special note is the quality and flexibility of our guides. They were fantastic. Rachel was also flexible and responsive to all our questions and modifications. This was a great trip.

Hotel Review

Convento do Espinheiro, Historic Hotel & Spa

Evora

I am recommending this to friends. The hotel and spa is beautiful as were the grounds and the service was outstanding.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Day Excursion to Douro Valley, Wine Tasting & River Cruise

Porto

This was one of my favorite days. Our guide modified the trip by excluding the river cruise and it was the right call.

Quality of Experience

The visit to the winery and the wonderful meal

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Sweet and Tasting Évora Tour

Évora

This was not my favorite experience . The sweets tended to be too much at once.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Evening of Fado

Lisbon

Going to Fado was really fun and the food was good.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Privately Guided Visit of Porto

Porto

Our guide as excellent however the main was rainy and at times down pouring rain forced us to be indoors.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Everyone was on time and flexible.

Transport

Jeep Safari through a Cork Fork & Visit to an Olive Oil Estate

Portugal

The Cork Fork and Olive oil estate was amazing .

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Foodie Experience in Porto

Porto

This was a really good experience. We were able to try a variety of foods.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Get to Know Lisbon with a Local

Lisbon

This was such a good day. We learned so much about Lisbon .

Quality of Experience

Seeing so much of the city in a short time period.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

As I have said before , the quality, knowledge and flexibility of our guide made the difference.

Transport

Private Day Excursion: Sintra, Cascais & Estoril

Portugal

This was our longest and for me my most exhilarating day.

Quality of Experience

Our guide

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Our guide was knowledgeable , flexible, and fun to be around

Transport

Raquel was flexible, organized and quite responsive to our changing needs. She selected city tours, food tours in Porto, Evora and Lisbon that steeped us in culture and history.

We really enjoyed our 3 week trip to Spain & Portugal & the itinerary provided by Raquel. The hotel selection was perfect. Great locations especially our hotel in Ronda which had an amazing view!!
The tours Raquel arranged were well planned, each adding something different to our experience.
The gourmet food tour in Barcelona, flamenco show in a cave in Granada, hiking the Caminito del Rey & boat ride to Benagil caves in Portugal were favourites!
We had plenty of suggestions for restaurants as well as free time.
Appreciated how the whole trip, itinerary, practical information was organized into an app.
This was our third time using KimKim & highly recommend as having a local agent planning the trip makes a difference.
Thank you Raquel!!

Hotel Reviews

H10 Casa de la Plata

Sevilla

Great location

Authenticity & Character

Felt more modern than the area but didn’t feel it was a bad thing.

Location

In the heart of old town

Staff

Friendly, helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

Large bathroom, coffee supply.

Hotel Montelirio

Ronda

The view from the room directly over the canyon is spectacular! Can’t imagine beating this view. Loved the room decor. This hotel is memorable!!

Authenticity & Character

The moorish decor

Location

Right on top of the cliff

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Wine & Gourmet Tapas Tour

Barcelona

Enjoyed the tapas and especially the last restaurant. Good food, wine & Cava Appreciated the very small group

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Discover Rural Algarve

Spain

Quality of Experience

Enjoyed seeing the rural area. The bee stop was interesting.

Food

It was good but pretty basic

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guide was friendly & knowledgeable

Transport

Too many people in the jeep. There were seven. Should have 5 max.

Catamaran Excursion to Benagil Caves & Carvoeiro Beach

Spain

Loved it!! The type of boat used & the guides were fun!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Flamenco Show in a Sacromonte Cave

Granada

Loved the venue & the dancers! Felt like a more intimate experience than a larger show seen in the past.

Quality of Experience

Traditional Andalusian Market Visit & Cooking Class

Seville

Great venue in the market. Food was excellent. Very good chef & assistant

Quality of Experience

Food

Raquel did an amazing job booking our trip! We were impressed with the quality and efficiency of the hotels and outings booked. All went smoothly and we were delighted with all of our guides. It was a perfect trip!

Raquel and the entire KimKim team made our trip to Portugal perfectly unique to us and so seamless as we traveled across the entire country! Everything and more that we needed for our trip was provided and was extremely easy to use and follow. We have never used a travel planning service before, but we will for sure be recommending and using KimKim again to plan future trips!

Activity Reviews

Lisbon Petiscos & Wine Tour

Lisbon

This was an amazing tour! We ate at small, local restaurants we never would have found on our own. Everything we tired was absolutely amazing and was some of our favorite food on out trip!

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Day Excursion in Peneda-Gerês National Park

Porto

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Super friendly guide!

Transport

Guided Tuk-Tuk Tour

Portugal

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Day Excursion to Douro Valley, Wine Tasting & River Cruise

Porto

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Tour & Tasting at Taylor’s Port Cellar

Porto

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

No single word can adequately describe our recent Portugal trip unless that word is "Perfect"! Raquel planned informative, historic, scenic, and entertaining tours using outstanding guides. She attended to every detail so that we could relax and enjoy our vacation. The Kim Kim team gets my vote!

We had an amazing and meaningful trip to Spain and especially the Basque Country. My main purpose was to discover more about my grandfather, about whom I knew very little.
I was able to do so, and greatly enjoyed that and many other experiences as well.

I would like to commend our guides Diego and Dario. Diego I appreciated especially because the main focus of the trip for me was to absorb as much about Basque culture as I could, and he fulfilled that wish admirably. To do so was the dream of a lifetime, and I will be forever grateful to him.

Dario was a most excellent and considerate guide also. He took care that we should get the most out of our excursion to Potes and Picos de Europa. We were fascinated by all the history and other information he shared with us. He truly enriched our understanding of this part of Spain in way that added a great deal of depth to our experience of the country as a whole.

For improvements I suggest that in the future travelers should be warned to be better prepared for the train trip from Madrid to San Sebastián. The trip took 8 hours, and nothing was provided to eat and drink.

We would have been glad to bring our own provisions had we known we would need them. As it was, we arrived in San Sebastián in an especially depleted state from which it took extra time to recover.

Another difficulty occurred on our train trip from Santander to Madrid. Our information from Raquel was that we would change trains at Valladolid.

The misinformation confused us greatly because the information at the station didn’t support a change of trains. I thought my confusion was a result of my limited Spanish and anxiously boarded, unsure about exactly how we were to arrive in Madrid.

Just before we were about to get off the train for a change, another passenger informed us at the very last minute that we needed to remain aboard as the train we were on would go through to Madrid. If it had not been for this passenger, we would have made a mistake that could have really cost us.