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Excellent weeks walking along beautiful coastal paths with a small group of like minded hikers.
(And fortunately Nino had a great sense of humour!)
The walking is fairly easy with the usual loose rocks; I find boots best giving ankle support combined with beach shoes and sandals for other “terrain”.
When snorkelling I saw sea urchins so worth keeping the beach shoes on when swimming.
Delicious Italian food……..what more can you say
Walking along the coastal path around the island of Levanzo and looking forward to a refreshing swim.
Nino
The sea was still a little cool in early June so worth taking a long sleeved tee shirt enabling a longer time in the water. Aperol Spritzers are an essential, refreshing drink!
Fast paced trip taking in a wonderful array of antiquities and beautiful Greek towns. Hits all the main sites, with some less know gems as well.
Whilst Delphi and Olympia were amazing, Messene floored me. The site is jaw dropping in it's completeness and it's lack of exposure to the tourist trail. Here, above all other sites, I could imagine what it was like to be in ancient Greece.
Syrago was a wonderful leader, always cheerful and happy to help. She shared her country and her knowledge generously and was a great help on food selection too. A lovely calm presence on the trip.
This tour is full on. Apart from Athens, there is only one night in each hotel, so you are constantly moving. This is great for the trip, as it covers a lot of ground, but if you can extend to a few nights downtime on one of Greece's fantastic islands afterwards I would heartily recommend.
What a fab 10 days!! Great walking, excellent guide, fab food ..
Many of them, but knowing you are walking on history was a blast
Gerry was fantastic - informative and nothing too much trouble
It's in no way moderate to challenging. Moderate does not apply - rate it higher
A tough and rewarding pilgrimage through the spectacular Galician scenery. Some great food and drink, and many laughs with a group of like-minded cyclists.
Reaching the top of all the climbs was memorable, especially the ‘mountain of joy’ on the final day, when we first saw the cathedral at Santiago.
Alfonso was the perfect Exodus leader, good humoured, relaxed, attentive and with faultless English (once we’d explained “faffing” 🤣). We were thrilled to share his birthday celebrations on our final day. Meanwhile, always “working in the shadows” was the most laid back van driver and mechanic in all of Spain, the legendary Genci. A dream team.
As other reviews have noted, the cycling is tough. Galicia doesn’t really have any flat bits, and even the easier days featured some 15%-plus pitches. Get some training in first. The MTBs are heavy but very stable and the gearing helps with the long uphill grinds. There are some sketchy off road sections and the on-Camino stretches can be very busy with walkers late in the week. The region is green because it rains a lot so pack accordingly, even in the summer. And don’t make my mistake of insufficient hydration… it can cost you a day!
This six day trip includes two days paddling in the Gocek area followed by three days in the historical Kekova area and then one free day in beautiful Kas. Both kayaking areas are sheltered from any winds and have no currents and warm turquoise waters. Paddles are about 15 km each day so they are great for competent kayakers. The boats are sea kayaks, some new and some well used , singles and doubles. Our guide Alper was a very good kayaker with a lovely warm personality, and excellent English. His experience, leadership and organizational skills were great. Being a local, he knew the history of the area and was familiar with all the nooks and crannies. Our small group of eight made for a perfect kayaking adventure.
The Lycian history is apparent everywhere. It make this an awesome area to paddle in.
Alper was the best. Very personable, and knowledgeable with excellent kayaking abilities.
Make sure you are capable of five days of 15 km long paddles. No currents or wave to worry about in these sheltered waters. Make sure you have total protection from the hot sun.
The Dolomites are amazing, rugged and beautiful; no one could fail to be impressed by them. Still, it would have been better if there had been less rain, then we might have seen a bit more of them! But mountain weather is often unpredictable and not something anyone can complain about; you just have to take what comes. Anyway, best to remember to take decent rain kit.
Hotel Adler is a nice place. The superior room that my wife and I opted for was roomy and very comfortable. Houskeeping was good and the staff in the hotel were friendly. However, the food was, to say the least, undewhellming. While breakfast was fine, the food at dinner was not great. Food was, while usually edible (although a piece of raw veal I was served was not) it was too often poorly cooked. We got the impression that the kitchen was a bit stressed, probably a result of being understaffed. Indeed, the hotel as a whole seemed to be shorthanded. Service in the bar, for example ,often seemed chaotic, with bar staff running around in the morning asking guests if they had purchased such and such. My guess is that it was a little early in the season and the hotel was operating without a full complement of staff. Frankly, the food was not what one would expect on what is described as a ‘Premium’ trip. We would have preferred to eat in the Adler’s a la carte restaurant, but when we were there it was closed, although were informed by hotel staff that it would be reopening later in June.
Seeing the Dolomites and deciding we need to go back
Our guide, Kris, was really first class, knowledgeable and nice lad with it. Definitely a 5 star guide.
If you want to make your journey to the Dolomites a little greener, we have learned that it is possible to fly to Munich and take the train to Villabassa. The journey goes via Franzensfeste where you need to change for Villabassa. But you may find it tricky to find trains going to Villabassa. That is because Villabassa is more commonly known to the 92% of its ethnically German residents as Niederdorf and on road signs as Niederdorf/Villabassa. (Indeed, I could not find anywhere called Villabassa on google maps although I could find Niederdorf. If only I had known they were one and the same place). Anyway, the train journey from Munich to Niederdorf takes about 5.5 hours, changing after about four hours at Franzensfeste/Fortezza.
Walking was moderate to challenging in places for some people, the very fit may have found the pace slowed down a bit but more time to take in the views! The less walked sections were the best and we met very few other people unlike the more tourist sections but it didn’t feel too over crowded in May. The guest houses were mainly better than we had anticipated, all were clean and the hosts were exceptionally welcoming and the food was plentiful.
First glimpse of the wall when away from the tourist section - the views were endless. Climbing the spider man wall and some of the tougher sections that needed scrambling and a head for heights!
Our guide Jerry did an amazing job. He looked after all of us ; we were quite a mixed bunch of ages, backgrounds and fitness levels but he clearly wanted to make sure everyone had a good time, kept us safe and gave lots of insight into life in China for ordinary people as well as covering the historical story of the wall and the Forbidden City/Tiananmen Square.
Enjoy! As a group we were quite adventurous and it's worth having a go at all the tougher bits while you are there.
The walks were stunning, challenging in part , and gave a good flavour of Liguria and its dramatic coastline. We had a brilliant Group whom all got on well and enjoyed each others company and support whilst sharing the experience of the walks and the restaurants we used in the evenings, the optional trip to Lucca was outstanding as was the coastal ferry from Porto Venere which should become a fixture on the Exodus itinerary
Looking down on the villages of the Cinque Terre from on high and sharing those experiences with the excellent Group
The Guide was out of his depth, somewhat disorganised and relied heavily on Google maps and could have communicated in a more expansive way, he didn't tell the story of the walks, the views, the historic buildings unless questioned and then was not able to convey any detail, in his favour he did find some decent restaurants for our evening meals
Single travellers paying a supplement are not valued by Hotel Piccolo and are consigned to cell like dark airless cupboard rooms, when challenged via Exodus HQ a room change to suitable accommodation was provided (for which the efforts of Simone and Munashe are much appreciated), but in general Exodus customers were treated like second class citizens in the hotel and far from valued - try to secure an upgraded room or you will be very disappointed and your holiday experience tainted
I can’t fault anything about the holiday. The accommodation was good, the staff friendly and helpful, the meals excellent and my dietary needs catered for. The added bonus was the swimming pool at the end of a hot day’s hiking. Our group was small and the majority of us got on amazingly well together. The walks were varied and interesting with the chance to visit several villages along the way.
I enjoyed all the walks equally. I visited Ronda on our "day off" and found it stunning.
Michael was excellent. He knew everything about the local wildlife, plants and history which added so much to the holiday. He was well organized and always on time, as well as being friendly approachable and good fun to be with.
Book and enjoy!
What a fantastic week our group of eight friends had!
All the routes were perfect, and Adrian had great local knowledge.
Our leader Adrian was great. Full of knowledge, great sense of humour, and read our group really well.
Expect an amazing trip!
