The Best of Poland and The Baltics in 13 days (Guaranteed departure)

Customer Reviews

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  Walter

  · July 20th, 2024
  Everything was great about the tour. The hotels were by and large topnotch. Our tour guide, Elena, was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Our local tour guides were also very solid, especially Peter in Warsaw. My only recommendation would be to include Auschwitz on the regular tour schedule and not as an optional excursion.
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  Baltic Tours commented on this review

  Thank you for nice review. Our team is very happy that you have enjoyed the tour. Regards from the Baltics.
  Trip date: June 2024
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  Helen

  · January 28th, 2020
  We were excited about tour guide! Wow, she was so professional! Would be good to have more time in Vilnius cause we had only sightseeing tour and afternoon took optional excursion to Trakai.
  

  Baltic Tours commented on this review

  Dear Helen, thank you for your feedback!
  Trip date: July 2019
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  James

  · January 21st, 2020
  We really enjoyed the tour! It was some misunderstanding with meeting time on arrival day, despite that all tour was well organised and coordinated.
  

  Baltic Tours commented on this review

  Happy to hear, thank you for your feedback!
  Trip date: August 2019
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  MagrietMalan

  · September 18th, 2019
  The tour agency was unknown to me (i am from South Africa) but from the start I was impressed, ie website info, descriptions, on line communications and pre-tour information - appreciated the info regarding the visa application, It made it possible to deal directly with Baltic Tours. Thus not necessary to work through a 3rd party. (On line payment was initially a bit of an issue but solved by another way.) The hotels (location and quality) were good of which some were excellent. We were a mix of language groups travelling together but well catered for in terms of language preferences. Professional guides- those from Baltic Vision (language & handling "demands" and diverse people) as well as locally. .Never experienced unwillingness to share information. The buses used and drivers were also good. Excursions were guaranteed even if a low number of persons was interested. Enough free time for those wanting to do things at their own leisure.
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  Trip date: August 2019
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  Carol Anne

  · August 23rd, 2019
  Not advising people of no transport back to hotel, instead of leaving people in the town square. Mix up in meeting place for Jurmala. Latvia mrecure hotel room mediocre at best. Surrounding area under construction. Not a great place. ( Best hotel was radisson blu in lithuania )
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  Baltic Tours commented on this review

  We are sorry for inconvenience caused.
  Trip date: July 2019
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  Mona

  · August 22nd, 2019
  We have enjoyed the tour tremendously! Well organized! Good hotels! Good tour leaders! Thanks so much
  

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  Trip date: August 2019
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  thomasBaxter

  · July 25th, 2018
  I have never been on a guided bus tour, so this review is without comparisons. I thought the beginning was a shambles - the hotel change to an area so far out of the city did not correspond with your stated guidelines. This was compounded by the hotel being very badly briefed about our arrival and the the guide not able to turn up because of airline issues. Somehow your organisation's back up process was extremely lacking . There was therefore a lot of discontent among my fellow passengers - especially the American contingent.. Elena's arrival made a huge difference, she is very confident, professional, knowledgeable and mist of all patient. The latter she needed in spades because of the continuing complaining and constant repeat questions from a section of the American group (I will never travel with Americans again, they are so ignorant, loud and with a supreme sense of entitlement) . So full marks to your representative. . The others used along the way were also up to their jobs. I think the tour would be more enjoyable if it was extended a few more days so that the long distances could be cut down. 8-9 hour days traveling between the main locations was too long. All the towns were great to visit and the information provided by Elena and the other guides was invaluable. I personally enjoyed the overnight visit to the Mragowe lake resort at (for a break). I do think your itinerary has to be improved as to not expecting passengers to find their own way back to town after the town visit. This was especially unfair at Krakow where the hotel was out of town. Also the cost of some of your add-on trips was expensive. For example I joined an organised tour to the salt mines for less than half the price - similarly with the concert at Riga. So overall the trip allowed me to visit quite wonderful towns in Poland and the Baltics with a great tour guide, but with some misgivings which I hope you take as constructive. Thomas Baxter
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  Trip date: June 2018
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  Joy

  · July 24th, 2018
  Disappointed with the hotel locations, particularly Krakov, 20 minute bus ride from the main centre is unacceptable. Riga was the only location that was right in the middle of the old town and wonderful to be able to walk around at ease and not get local transport , a taxi, or at least a 10 minute walk back to the hotel . The hotels were all fine except again for Krakov, 3 star, not 4 and on a major freeway next to a petrol station and opposite Ikea - not a good start. Our guide, Elena was excellent, a very calm lady who dealt well with all the different personalities and was very informative on each county's history.
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  Trip date: June 2018
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  CHEW

  · August 30th, 2017
  the tour was well organised and well cordinated However two nights in each town except Riga is a bit too short to explorethe city
  

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  Trip date: August 2017
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  Tom

  · August 24th, 2017
  Provided that you agree with two design objectives, the Baltic Jewels tour is excellent. First, this is not a tour that books every moment of your time. Baltic Vision provides the essential skeleton for a great tour: they handle lodging and itinerary. They provide a multi-lingual guide who travels with you the whole trip and city overview guides for each city. That leaves considerable time unscheduled. You can fill it yourself if you like to poke around at your own pace or schedule side trips on your own. They also provide numerous optional trips at an extra cost if you don’t want to do things on your own. For us, this was a perfect compromise between trying to devise a long trip entirely on our own or being managed like 2nd graders the whole time. The second tour objective to be aware of is that this tour provides an overview not a detailed study. In 10 days (not counting the arrival or departure days) you visit four countries and 5 major cities. Even though the countries are small, there is considerable travel time on the coaches. There is not a lot of time to explore any one place. But, to repeat, if you like these objectives, it’s a great tour. Baltic Visions booked very good hotels in every city, mostly Radisson Blu four star. Always clean, modern and well located. City guides were very good-to-excellent. They tried hard to give good overviews and insights in the limited time available. As noted, there were several long days of travel by coach, but Baltic Vision tried hard to break up the travel by finding worthwhile places to visit en route. I was very satisfied with my interactions with TourRadar. They were very timely and responsive to any questions or concerns. I can strongly recommend the whole package of itinerary, Baltic Visions, and TourRadar.
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  Trip date: August 2017