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Tour 09/10/13 was just amazing!!

I have never met such a wonderful guide as Alexander Baranik in my life.

Of course, the merit of the entire company Algol, drivers, managers, everyone who prepared the tour, so I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone!

I traveled a lot, I came across a lot of guides and guides in my life, but, I repeat, I simply could not imagine a better one. Sasha was able to organize the tour and make it a COMPLETE accompaniment at the highest level! Constantly a huge amount of information presented in an accessible and interesting form, not only on the objects that we passed, but also on those that were at a sufficient distance from the route. A pleasant voice, beautiful Ukrainian speech, a lot of useful handouts, themed films and music, care for every tourist, even in hotels, in general, from everything in complete admiration!

The tour itself is great too. It seemed to me that the tour is designed specifically for a quick acquaintance with the countries of Europe, often, well, there simply was not enough time to just take a walk and see what is interesting, but not included in the program, but such a tour. For 5 days, 5 countries - this is the maximum experience. We returned tired but very satisfied. A huge amount of interesting information, an amazing amount of beautiful photos ... In general, the trip was a success in every sense !!

Few details....

The bus was quite comfortable, Van hool t917, it drove very smoothly, the air conditioner worked, which could be individually turned off, rising TVs in the cabin, high viewing windows, in general, a good bus. The speed seemed small, but firstly, these are the restrictions of European countries, and secondly, it seemed so because of good roads and a very smooth ride, because. according to the gps-navigator the speed was 80-85km/h.

We stood at the Ukraine-Poland border for about 3 hours, which is kind of standard time, and it was not very tiring, especially since Sasha told a lot, rallied the team with acquaintances, everyone was able to introduce themselves and tell about themselves.

The first Major hotel in Krakow is simply crazy, I really liked both the room and the buffet breakfast (although there was not much variety, it was very tasty). We arrived early, around 18 o'clock, so everyone who wanted to went for a walk around the beautiful evening Krakow, especially since there was a direct bus from the hotel directly to the center.

The second day in Krakow was very rainy, but an interesting tour and beautiful places did not allow us to pay attention to it at all.

Overnight in a transit hotel was in the town of Zlotorya, not far from the border with Germany. I also really liked the hotel, although it was a little worse than the first one, and there was a chic fast free Wi-Fi. Breakfast is excellent, buffet style. But I was more impressed by the town itself, which was founded in 1211 and is one of the oldest cities in Poland. A walk around the city in the early morning (of one's own free will) left a very strong impression, a town of incredible beauty and a peculiar purely European spirit! There was no tour, but in the morning, when we left, Sasha told a lot of interesting things about this city of gold miners.

Then there was a two-hour drive to Dresden. Germany is generally gorgeous, castles, churches, streets, Bavarian sausages - everything is just crazy, you can tell impressions for weeks, you need to see it, especially Zwinger.

Moving to the Czech Republic and the Olympik Tristar hotel, where we stayed for two nights... We arrived late, after 10 pm, so the evening walk around Prague didn't work out. The hotel itself seemed to me not bad, everything is clean and comfortable in the room, however, some tourists from the group complained about torn towels and mold on the walls, but, I repeat, we and our friends were probably lucky, because. the rooms were great. The breakfast, although it was a buffet, was very tasteless, and the milk turned out to be sour in general, so the muesli had to be set aside ... On the second day, the milk was already normal, but everything else was also not to my liking. However, this is a matter of taste and if you wish, you can even eat just cupcakes with tea jam, you can eat as much as you like... :) a little discomfort, but the room is quiet and calm... :)

I liked the tour of Prague very much - an excellent guide, an interesting story, an extensive route both around the Prague Castle and along the bridge and in the center. And again, a bunch-a bunch-a bunch of impressions.

The next day there was a 5-hour drive to Vienna, a very quick tour, which, as it seemed, was not in the most beautiful places, but somehow more along the shopping and boutique streets of the center. So much to go and so little to see - sad. And the express view from the bus windows along the Ring Street rather made a mess in the head than vivid impressions, it would be better to walk there ... It is a pity that the walking tour did not capture such beauties as the Parliament, the ancient Ferris wheel, the Danube River with its bridges, Hundertwasser's house, some crazy palaces, monuments, and much more. Therefore, I personally cannot say that I saw Vienna, but what I saw was not particularly impressive. We will go again :)

My friends and I did not take optional excursions at all and did not regret it very much, because. with such an intensive course, those who took electives had no free time in the cities at all. And we were able to at least enjoy the streets of Krakow, and Prague, and Dresden, and even a little bit of Vienna, although there were only 3 hours of freedom in Vienna, which is nothing at all for such a city.

PS. Many tourists constantly asked and probably just tortured the poor guide to change the trip plan and stop by a large supermarket ... so, I would like to tell them that, firstly, you knew which tour you were buying, that this was not a shopping tour, but the tour is sightseeing and if you really cartel buy food and jeans, you didn’t need to take electives, and half a day of time in each city would be more than enough for you to run around supermarkets! Next time, just plan your time more correctly and think what is more valuable to you - the beauty and interestingness of the unseen before or supermarkets ... Thanks again to Sasha for the strength of the spirit and the strict compliance with the tour schedule! As a European transport, almost everything was to the minute according to plan! (almost - this is due to the only delay in Velichka, it is not her fault, but the fault of the local Velichkovsky organizers)

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