Giverny Itineraries

What can I say ..... we'll always have France. What a wonderful tour. Short of waking us up at 2:00 a.m. I don't think we could have seen more. Days were packed with tours. The dinners that were included were spectacular and our guide, Damien was ......well let's just say if I was 40 years younger!!! All kidding aside he was great. Herding 27 people around for 13 days with humor. Informative both of France's history and personal insights made the trip beyond memorable. Plus, since my husband screwed up our travel plans took time to get it all straightened out. I literally cried when saying goodbye to him. This is our 3rd trip with SmaTours and am already dreaming about where to go next.

Trip was FANTASTIC. Great fellow travelers and our tour guide, Damian, was top, top notch. Incredibly helpful when my husband messed up our travel plans. Brought humor, knowledge and insight into France. Tour itself was wonderful. Short of waking us up at 2:00 am I don’t know how we could have seen anymore. Normandy was emotional and the highlight of the trip. Third trip with SmarTours. Will definitely do another!

Nice fellow travelers, very good tour leader, too much time visiting castles-one is enough. Except for Caen, accomodations nice. Good idea to limit group to 30 max.

The tour is very aptly named. It offers a great overview of France - from the great city of Paris to the Cote d'Azur an we loved it all. We had a congenial group of fellow travelers and the weather was co-operative for the most part. What made this tour extraordinary was our tour director Damien Ganem. He is an extremely caring individual with a wonderful sense of humour who went above and beyond to ensure that each and every person on the trip was well looked after and comfortable. Not only was he knowledgeable about the regions we visited - presenting them to us with flair - but he also gave us great insight into France as a whole both past and present. He is a gem - a tour director par excellence. Thank you Damien for making Unforgettable France truly Unforgettable!

Service rating : The tour of Scandinavia was fantastic, but the extended tour of Iceland started out badly because the transport from the airport ended about 4 blocks from the hotel, as the bus was not permitted to enter the narrow street beyond that point leading to the hotel. The planned tour the day after arrival was apparently not coordinated with the hotel where our party of twelve was staying until one of our party, on behalf of all twelve of us, contacted Collette to complain about the travel arrangement to the hotel and to clarify the tour arrangement and details of our flights out of Iceland. I was very disappointed with Collette regarding the tour arrangements for Iceland. This was my 11th tour with Collette and the tour was more than satisfactory except for the tour of Iceland. Product : Ratings below do not cover extended tour of Iceland. That tour deserves only three stars

Service rating : Our tour manager, Madeline was knowledgable and attentive. The schedule was well planned. We saw a lot but the pace was not frantic. We had free time to wonder on our own or to just relax. Most days we walked between 6,000 - 10,000 steps. The bus was new, Clean, and comfortable. Our luggage was handled quickly and accurately. Product : The tour manager was excellent. We saw some very interesting things but still had time to relax. Scandinavia is beautiful.