Europe Lakes and Mountains

“Excellent tour guide, 1st class rail travel, excellent hotels, very good choice of excursions

“Wonderful scenery and superbly organised.

“The hotel in Sirmione was ideally situated right on the lake, with lovely outside dining and pool areas . The food was beautifully cooked and staff were very helpful . The holiday provided a good balance of organised tours and free time. Our tour manager was excellent. She offered good suggestions for our free time and dealt efficiently with minor transport issues .There was plenty to do in and around Sirmione and I could easily have stayed longer.

“First rate holiday. Excellent hotel, food and a top notch tour manager in Margaret. Sorry I don’t remember her surname.

“The trip was very enjoyable especially after the glorious weather we had it made the areas look really beautiful. The first day was long with all the travelling that took place. Full marks for, the staff at the Double Tree in Hannover who stayed on and produced quiet a lovely meal quite late at night. The bonus was the next day we were quite close to our second day destinations we meant we could get up reasonably late as we were not departing the hotel until 12.30pm. Couple of issues with the German trains the train to Hannover was delayed due to problems at Dortmund however luckily for us the train was re routed via another route to overcome the problem, it did delay our arrival into Hannover a bit but the Double Tree was so welcoming to us even though we arrived gone 9pm. Second issue we were booked on train to Frankfurt 1st class but due to technical issues the first calls carriages were not in operation, fortunately most of the passengers on the train shuffled around to allow our group to find seats to sit on. Stephen the tour director was excellent he came well prepared for the trip, he was very knowledgeable and it was useful he could speak German as the Harz area was less fluent in English than the Rhine Gorge. Stephen's trade mark red coat was an easy way to spot him at meeting points, however I did feel sorry for him as the weather was so hot for the time of year and he must have felt too hot at times in it. It was a very enjoyable trip in two beautiful areas of Germany.

“Already told you

“Excellent holiday and tour manager. Fantastic hotels and trains.

“Excellent trip, well organised, super tour leader, lovely group, nice hotels, incredible scenery, fabulous trains. All in all a magnificent holiday

“Fantastic holiday; excellent tour manager. Wengen is an ideal base from which to access rail and cable cars to see the amazing sights.