Enticing Food Tour of Germany: Michelin Stars to Local Taverns

For our trip to Germany, Zicasso’s travel specialist and his team did an outstanding job at planning a trip that felt personalized just for us. From the beginning, the travel specialist understood exactly what we were looking for. Instead of scheduling tour after tour, they gave us the perfect balance of self-guided walks, private tours, with enough time to relax and experience several beer gardens and beautiful scenery. They really worked to give us a curated experience that fit within our budget. On the trip, if we had any logistical snags or questions, they were always available to assist us and make sure that we were on the right track.

On our eight-day trip, we did end up travelling a bit more than we expected, but that also allowed us to see a little bit of everything and, looking back, I wouldn't have given up any of the places that we were able to see.

There's not a lot that I would change about the trip. Maybe an extra day in Munich between the day trips that we took and one more day in Rüdesheim, where we could have taken it easier after the fantastic wine tour we received.

I would highly recommend this travel company to anyone looking to visit Germany.

Zicasso’s travel company put together a wonderful trip for us! Our 10-day trip included stays in Berlin, Dresden, and Munich, with stops in between in Potsdam and Nuremberg. We had great guides, great hotels, great recommendations, and great communication from them throughout the trip. I highly recommend working with them.

Our group of 12 recently completed an unforgettable nine-day customized tour of Germany, staying in three cities and covering seven different cities, and we highly recommend this Zicasso travel company. From the initial planning stages to our final day, the trip was amazing, filled with all the adventures we asked for and much more.

What made the trip exceptional was the company owner accompanied us throughout the entire journey. Having him there as our personal tour director, translator, concierge, and new friend, ensured that everything ran like clockwork. The transfers were seamless, the private driver was excellent, and the local guides arranged for us in each city were incredibly knowledgeable and engaging.

If you are looking for a high-end, stress-free, and deeply personalized travel experience, look no further. Thank you for an incredible nine days!

Comments from fellow travelers:

"The company owner was very personable and knowledgeable, and each day was a great experience. What a wonderful trip.” Fondly, Teri K.

“The wine tour was our favorite as the wine was delicious and the winery owner most pleasant. His wine is so successful he has a vending machine of his wines on the road! There is no place in America that has this! Our tour guide, the owner of the travel company, was able to translate some of the conversation, which was most helpful. I highly recommend touring this winery and booking your travels through this company.” Jenny and Dennis W.

“We really enjoyed the miniature museum in Hamburg, especially the behind-the-scenes tour! The best hotel was in Berlin. All the guides were personable, knowledgeable, and good to answer questions. Thanks! We had a wonderful trip with you all!” Pam and Kevin S.

“We appreciated the company owner being there every step of the way. Coordinating the tour guides in the cities and helping to interpret when needed at the wine tasting.” Wendy and Larry A.

“Yes! We loved the hotel and dinner for our anniversary! Also appreciated the shift to the winery since the river cruise was cut short, and that he made the reservation for the brewery, with the hotel being so busy.” Dan and Kathy M.

“I had a wonderful time. Let’s do it again.” Robert K.

To everyone at Zicasso's travel agency, thank you, thank you, thank you! The private trip to the most remarkable European metropolises you curated for us was, well, in the words of the countries we visited, csodálatos/wunderbar/wunderbar/and trés magnifique!!!!!

Everything and everyone you arranged for us was not only to our liking, but perfect.

The hotels were as we like, boutique, not large conglomerate chains. Each was nicely situated, with the staff attentive. The one we found best was in Berlin, with the others not far behind.

The drivers were all nice, on time, and helpful. The tour guides were all informative and knowledgeable, and answered our many questions with aplomb. While all were good, we found the two guides in Berlin to be our favorites. And while she knew her subject matter, we found the one in Vienna too religious and opinionated. We suggest maybe not using her as much.

We did not really use any of the restaurant recommendations you supplied because we like to find local eateries close to the hotels. Two we went to twice because the first experience was so good – in Berlin and in Paris.

One note: there were two times we took a cab whose driver, after taking us, said they did not accept cash and passed a card scanner for me to tap. Afterward, I received an alert from Visa that the charge was $98 rather than the $9 quoted in Budapest and $168 rather than the $12 quoted in Paris. We suggest letting everyone know to only take cabs that accept cash or take an Uber.

Once again I would like to thank all of you who endeavored to make this adventure such a pleasant and memorable one.

All the best,

Rick and Barb Boyko

Excellent trip. We loved the variety of locations, the activities provided, and the hotels. The trip took us to places we would never have considered otherwise and allowed us to have some very enjoyable interactions with locals. Of course, it helped that it was sunny nine out of 10 days for our trip!

Zicasso's travel specialists were both very pleasant and did an excellent job listening to our requests, answering questions, and customizing our trip to fit our needs. During the actual trip, one of the travel specialists checked in with us daily to make sure all was going well. When reservations fell through at a restaurant, that travel specialist responded almost immediately and found us a great alternative. We will definitely reach out to them again should our travels take us to this region of the world.

Zicasso's travel company took the time to engage with us and learn what it was we felt we wanted to see, and then turned that into an itinerary with a wide array of options to see and do along the way.

The guides they arranged for us were knowledgeable, both on historical information and on the areas they were leading us through. The guides really catered to us, offering to get us things at the store or verify dinner reservations. Long days didn’t seem to matter to them. They were there to be great guides for their customers. They even communicated and passed along things that we did, things that we liked, so that the subsequent guides could be more well informed about us.

The travel company not only made dining recommendations for us, but also went ahead and booked reservations at the places we chose, which was especially nice as we went during a holiday and restaurants got crowded.

The hotels they booked us at were really nice and well located for easy access to what we wanted to see.

No complaints. They are good at ideas and details.