Europe Travel Guide

Every step organized with our Zicasso travel specialist was seamless. Everything went as planned. All the hotels, guides, and tours selected were wonderful, and all the transportation types (trains, planes) were mostly very easy to navigate going between Barcelona, Sevilla, and Madrid.

The travel specialist was always available to discuss any aspect of the trip, including during our stay in Spain. We give the travel company an excellent review and will recommend Zicasso to our friends!

Job well done to our travel specialist!

We wanted to visit Buenos Aires and Uruguay for a week in June of this year. This is my second time using Zicasso. I had an excellent experience with them for a trip to Switzerland two years ago and wanted to give them another try. I was not disappointed.

I was offered two proposals from local travel experts in South America, both of which were promising. I made the choice because our Zicasso travel specialist was personally familiar with the places I wanted to visit, so he got the nod. I identified the places I wanted to visit and the kind of experiences I wanted to have, and he turned that around with a specific itinerary in a few days, after asking some qualifying questions about hotel, location, and traveling preferences.

For the Uruguay portion of the trip, he partnered with our travel specialist, our concierge for Uruguay and guide for Colonia del Sacramento, and travel through Montevideo.

Our guide for the tour of Buenos Aires was so knowledgeable that describing her that way is quite an understatement, given her mastery of the neighborhoods and their historic, cultural, residential, and shopping aspects. But even better, she had a talent for describing what real life in Buenos Aires was like historically and now.

Our hotel in fashionable Palermo was more than comfortable, with staff inviting us to share their sandwiches and pulling up chairs for the Argentina-Austria match being watched in the lobby. Very hospitable people, which we found everywhere, actually. We did a tango night with dinner and a show that left us speechless at a cabaret in Buenos Aires. We’ve never seen such grace, athleticism, and talent so up close. Bravo!

We reached Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay by ferry and were met there by our travel specialist for a tour (with our driver) of the colonial old city, where she explained how to tell which street or which building was built by the Portuguese or the Spanish during the contentious colonial period by looking at the stone arrangement and roof treatment. We had lunch and a lovely drive along the coast to Montevideo. Along the way, our travel specialist and our driver carefully explained how to avoid getting caught inadvertently by the prevalent speed cameras and be in compliance with local driving practices. Our hotel in Montevideo was our world-class HQ for touring the city, the beaches, and the wine country, before renting a car and driving to Punta del Este and surrounding areas.

From our hotel in Punta del Este, we could cross the road and walk along the beach for long distances. The dining staff greeted us like old friends after the first meal. The car always appeared immediately when we wanted it. The place is also rumored to throw one of the best New Year's parties in South America, but we weren’t there at the right time of year for that. Yet.

Our travel day home included a couple of hours' drive and rental car return (very easy), then boarding the ferry to Buenos Aires for a two-and-a-half-hour cruise. In Buenos Aires, we were delighted to meet up with our guide, who recommended that we spend our few hours until leaving for the airport at an excellent restaurant on the water, and then easily accommodated our need to buy some gifts for family back home. Along the way, he showed us how previous strangers can become good friends in a very small amount of time.

We saw and experienced everything we wanted to on this trip, and then some. It was well organized and scheduled, and the people were terrific. I would strongly recommend these people for traveling in South America. They really know their stuff.  

Every single detail of our trip was absolutely perfect, from the planning stage through to the execution. Despite the fact that our party included three generations (my young children, as well as my father and his partner), Zicasso's travel specialist arranged an itinerary that included a wonderful mix of activities that everybody could enjoy.

During the planning phase, she listened to all of our requests and crafted an itinerary taking them all into account. All of the guides were wonderful and the travel arrangements were seamless throughout. When our trip to Versailles had to be cancelled due to the U.S. president's visit, she managed to quickly arrange an alternate date for the visit.

We could not have had a more enjoyable trip and I thoroughly recommend our travel specialist to anybody considering a trip to France.

What a fabulous trip! I began working on this trip with our Zicasso travel specialist more than a year ago. He was so helpful and patient as we adjusted dates, number of travelers, and places to visit. Ultimately, we finalized a perfect vacation for eight people that allowed us to experience much of the beauty of Scotland.

We went from Edinburgh to Perthshire, Inverness, the Isle of Skye, Oban, and Glasgow. Our accommodations were very good and centrally located. We had a driver for our nine days traveling from Edinburgh to Glasgow who was fantastic. Our driver made our travel experience extra-special.

The travel company uses a great travel app which provided details on our plans each day, contact info, maps, weather, and a place to message the team with questions and requests. The team was always responsive and helpful. We will definitely use them again when we visit the UK.

We received a well-planned itinerary and enjoyed easy and fast communication with Zicasso's travel company.

We were very happy with our decision to use Zicasso and this travel company. Our travel specialist and her colleague were helpful every step of the way. We loved the hotels selected and we had spectacular views and outstanding amenities. We would use them for any future trips.