From the Chateaux in the Loire Valley to the fascinating Bayeux Tapestry in Normandy, & wine tasting in Burgundy, this is the ideal tour to see France. The highlights for me were the Tapestry & Mont St Michel. It was quite hot in July, as Europe was experiencing their "canicule" (heatwave) & also being the high season, there were people everywhere. But overall, it was a historical & fun tour.
My mom and I had been on an Expat Tour in the summer of 2017 (Italy) and we were so thrilled with the experience! Our tour guide, Vivien, was beyond amazing: fun, friendly, knowledgeable, went out of her way to make sure guests were getting the most out of their vacation, helpful and everything you'd want from a tour guide! My mom had never traveled using a tour guide company and she especially loved how easy and carefree traveling with Expat was. Naturally, when we decided to visit France, in the summer of 2018, we used Expat for a second time and we were, once again, very happy with our decision. This time we had Marisol as our tour guide and we were equally as happy with her services. Marisol was very energetic and enjoyable to be around! My mom and I love traveling and traveling with Expat just makes the experience shine so much more!
This was a great and convivial trek from start to finish. Our happy band saw ibex, marmots, foxes, choughs, carpets of wild flowers and ice-blue alpine lakes. The final night in the Vittorio Emanuele II hut, below the peak of Gran Paradiso, was spent in the company of real mountaineers, including a Nepalese Sherpa, and we woke to spectacular views. Our guide was knowledgeable, attentive to the few English speakers, maintained a steady unhurried pace in challenging terrain and was ready to meet any difficulty thrown up by trail or weather.
