Cycling Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama An excellent trip with a good range of people on it and something in there for everyone. It was interesting, had sufficient cycling, good food, a good team and we all enjoyed it and had fun.
Let me start by stating that Marysol Blaumann is an absolute treasure as a tour guide! My wife and I have taken many guided trips to many countries and continents. This trip was our second with Expat, and it seems us like the quality of the tour guides at Expat is very high. It may not seem like 15 days is a terribly long time, but without a capable and entertaining guide/leader it can seem so much longer. Marysol kept us excited and motivated to see the next city or place to visit throughout the trip by describing it in advance as ""my favorite place in Spain or Portugal"". Granted, by the 14th day we took this exclamation with a grain of salt, but she kept us informed of our itinerary and schedule multiple times each day, and most importantly, she explained why it was important that we keep to the schedule. Rarely did we fall behind schedule. The sites, experiences and local tour guides in Spain and Portugal certainly played their part in making this a memorable trip. I don't think we had a single day of rain during the whole trip and while we might have wished for generally warmer weather; you really need to be careful when you ask for warm weather in Spain and Portugal! We were grateful for the weather we got. It would take too long to comment on even a small number of the great places we visited. Granada and the Alhambra were incredible, but so was Savilla, and Valencia, and Barcelona, Lisbon, and Pamplona, and...
We have just returned from this excellent trip and can highly recommend it. It is good value for money and provides an excellent insight into the region. There are opportunities to explore the region away from the touristy areas as well as a chance to see Seville, Setenil and Ronda. We were part of a lovely group that bonded well and made the whole experience even more worthwhile.