Treasures of Spain, Portugal & Morocco Reviews

We had a great trip with Insight and our booking with Global Journeys was great and all done professionally and they couldn’t do enough for us. This is the second time we have booked through Global Journeys and we would certainly use them again. Insight is great, this was our 4th trip with Insight and the people we toured with were so much fun, also ...read more the tour director was very knowledgeable The hotels are always great and Insight always try to make your trip very happy and safe.

Love Insight. They really make you feel safe and looked after. Worries disappear once you're on the road with them. And Global Journeys takes the worries out even before you start travelling - and keep the cost down.

This tour was a terrific way to experience these three diverse countries in one go, an almost essential criteria after having to travel so far. The booking process and the management of the booking by Global Journeys was smooth and seamless from start to finish and we rate them very highly. As for the tour itself, the experience provided by Insight ...read more Vacations was exceptional.

The motor coach, driver and the Tour Director were of the highest standard, however the quality of the accommodation varied considerably across the tour. Overall the accommodation was very good but in a couple of locations it was not really up to expectations. The group was quite varied and overall got along very well, which makes a trip like this very interesting as travel stories are shared and enjoyed.

If there was any complaint, the number of optional experiences was excessive and overpriced. Compared to past tours we have experienced we would have expected many of what were presented as extra cost options would have been included in a tour of this quality and cost, however, overall the tour was a very high quality offering and a great way to experience such diverse countries

Have travelled with Insight 2 previous times and they are really the best. Our favourite city was Seville, could have stayed longer there and also at the Costa Del Sol. Was very surprised by Morocco the whole trip through this area was so fascinating, we felt very safe all the away, and also our guide was absolutely fantastic.

From day 1 the tour seemed rushed and poorly organised. In real terms we saw nothing of Madrid other than sitting in a bus and having sites pointed out. On one occasion we went for a short walk around the palace area. Visiting Prado Museum was great but it too was rushed. Basically we should have had two nights with free time to explore the city at ...read more leisure.

While some hotels were very good, many in Morocco were in state of disrepair. I.e. rain flooded the floor due to windows leaking. The fix was to close the shutters and put the room in darkness. One hotel, the evening meal was what was served at breakfast Or was it the breakfast meal they served in the evening.

As for the belly dancing night out, I could have done better myself. Not a patch on what Insight provided in Turkey. It was the pits. One excursion was cancelled, not enough people, what a joke And for whatever the reason in Morocco, we travelled the day along one highway just to return along the same highway to get to our next destination.. Let me say however Jorge our tour director worked his butt off.

Given it was Insight it was a disappointing tour.

Insight Vacations did a great job planning and executing this trip. Our Tour Director, Dan, was the absolute best and showed everyone a fabulous time on our trip. The bus was comfortable as were the hotels. Most hotels were centrally located and handy to supermarkets etc. The actual tour was fantastic. We were shown the best parts of each city and it ...read more had a good balance of "tour" time and free time. It would have been better to have had a couple of days in Madrid but other than that enough time was spent in each city and the pace was good.

Enjoyable holiday with very nice group of friendly people. Pity Barcelona was not Included in this tour. It would have made it complete. Disappointed with sections of Morocco. Casablanca was a real disappointment. Hotel was lovely but when fellow passengers tried to walk from the hotel, police said it was unsafe and sent everyone back. Tangiers hotel ...read more too far out of town. A nice hotel but we couldn't get the feel of the city other than a drive through.

Spain good. Only problem was the times we arrived at hotels. Sometimes it was quite late in the afternoon and so couldn't do much with the location. Tour guides good as were the bus drivers. We stopped 2 seat rotation in Morocco which was disappointing as we were up the back for the whole time and with the heat from the engine and the smaller seats on the toilet side of the bus, it was a long time.

What a fabulous trip! Our Tour Guide, Simon, was the best. This was the first time we had used Global Journeys and we'd certainly use them again. Both Michelle and Madeline were great with all responses to any questions or concerns received in an amazingly short timeline. Thank you so much.

Insight Vacations certainly made it easier to see these three countries. The itinerary is pretty good with stops at most places I wanted to see in Spain and Morocco, albeit lacking in Portugal. I would have liked to have seen Barcelona in Spain as part of the itinerary, and more places in Portugal. The tour guide for this trip was excellent; he was ...read more organised, knowledgeable, gentle in dealings with difficult people, respectful at all times to everyone, yet still friendly and approachable. In addition, I liked the optional excursions, the comfortable seating on the coach, the frequent "comfort room" stops, and the decent accommodation and meals included.

I absolutely loved this tour. It was just the right length of time and the accommodation was great. We had a fabulous tour director – Daniel Ferguson who was so knowledgeable and such a great guy – he even took us to a couple of extra places to visit which I really loved. I would definitely book an Insight Tour again and booking on line with Global ...read more journeys was easy and my contact was very helpful always getting back to me quickly. Morocco was amazing I just loved the experience and as I was travelling alone it was a great way to see the country safely and comfortably on the tour. I met some really lovely people, it was a good mixture of singles and couples, some of which I will definitely keep in touch with. Loved the food especially in Morocco (see photo of the tasting plate). Overall I would really recommend this tour of Spain, Portugal and Morocco. I am now looking at doing another couple of tours of Portugal as I would love to see more of that country and Northern Spain. Thanks again Lauren for all your assistance in organising this trip.

We have just completed the Insight Vacations coach tour of Spain, Portugal and Morocco and it was excellent. The Tour director was outstanding with a very relaxed approach but at the same time very organised. Simon was extremely knowledgeable and gave us wonderful insights into the locations and local customs. The drivers were very experienced and ...read more we felt very safe. Ou tour group were mostly Australians and they were a very friendly, happy group. There was no-one annoying at all The weather was excellent, mostly mid 30's and we had just missed a heatwave which was fortuitous. The hotels were all high quality and rooms were good. The itinerary was very busy as we selected most of the additional optional excursions. There was no pressure to do this however most of our fellow travellers did choose the optional tours. This is our second Insight Vacations coach tour and I would highly recommend the company for those people who like coach tours. We do!

Insight were great, really enjoyed the extra leg room in coach but no facility for charging iPads above seats as in previous bus. Tour director and local guides were great for the most part, just two for the optional tours that I couldn't rate well. One more interested in his phone and the other more interested in promoting sales at demonstration. ...read more The scenery and attractions were breathtaking. Hopefully the facilities at the port when catching ferry to Morocco will be upgraded to facilitate easier baggage handling in the future. Triple share was good value but often extra bed just jammed in and no additional towels etc. provided. Felt spoiled when we got a room with three beds. Fast train from Barcelona to Madrid was efficient and user friendly with taxis at either end to and from hotel not expensive. Global Journeys did a great job and were very helpful.

Insight was extremely comfortable on the coach, wasn't full with only 23 passengers, good mix of ages. Hotels were really lovely and quite a full on itinerary with mostly early starts. The tour director Daniel was fantastic, as were other guides in the locations. We had a great variety of experiences and we elected to do all the optional tours. Wasn't ...read more crazy about the food in Spain, found it quite bland. We really loved it.

Enjoyed especially with the knowledge of the fabulous Tour Director Stephen Thacker. He pointed out little details and included his vast travel stories and most of all his upbeat positive attitude.

We really enjoyed seeing places we last saw 44 years ago (Spain) and visiting Portugal and Morocco for the first time. The comfort of the coach lived up to Insight's publicity and we appreciated having companionable fellow-passengers and a tour guide who combined efficiency with informality. The only reason for rating the accommodation only 'pretty ...read more good' is that the hotels in Morocco had rooms that didn't match the splendour of their foyers and were poorly serviced (we had to be very assertive in demonstrating a toilet didn't flush and it was essential to have a new room.) In recommending the tour I'd also have to warn others there were some very long days on the coach: I guess both these reservations were almost predictable and I should add that, apart from the quibbles about accommodation, we absolutely loved Morocco.

Very happy with the tour, a very good introduction to the countries visited and the culture and history of the locations, all enhanced by the personal insights of the guides and the tour director (Brit who lives in Portugal). There is room for improvement with the additional optional meals offered. The bus was very comfortable and the windows were cleaned ...read more daily (good for photos). Most hotels had pools and their locations were good for shops. We look forward to going on another Insight tour in the future.

This was the first coach tour company that we had been on as we normally do it on our own. We have high expectations of the quality of our vacations which are twice a year. Insight were extraordinary in every way - service, comfort, organization, and the accommodation were all top notch. The knowledge of our talented Tour Guide and Coach Driver whom ...read more we always felt safe with. They also accommodated for our boys 12 and 13 years of age, one of their best trips they said. Daniel our Tour Guide always made sure they felt included. We had 32 on our trip, Max is 40 people anyway so loads of leg room, and our personal belongs on the coach were always safe as the driver is with the coach the whole time, if not its locked up. So good - we finished this tour on Jan 9th this year (2013) and already booked next one to Turkey in September. So confident I'm taking the boys on my own as I feel in safe hands on this tour . Thanks Frances for all your patience and assistance.