Detailed review for the help of future travellers , we travelled in Jun -2012
Tour Manager Khushru and coach driver Barry were great and Amazing.
Day 1 - Belgium Atomium Structure gave only 20 minutes to view , couldn't get in the atomic structure instead we were sitting in the coach for most of the day which was bit disappointing. They could've spent one hour more in belgium instead of reaching hotel early.
Day 2 - Germany/Switzerland - Went to Black forest + Rhine Falls. Restaurant was crowded with other star tour groups, stayed at good hotel in luzern.
Day 3 - Mt Titlis , was the best day of the trip , had ample time to play in snow. Buy souvenir somewhere outside ,its very expensive here
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Italy Vatican and Fountain was good + Florence is time waste ( unless you are keen art lover ). Out of 3 days in Italy, every day we spend half day travelling in coach, which i feel is bad tour itinerary. If planning to travel to Europe choose the package with out Italy.
Day 4 Venice- Gondala ride not as much fun as expected, looked like normal boat ride, spent rest of the day travelling.
Day 5 Rome + Night tour of Rome- Historical Rome was good, especially fountain. Avoid night tour of Rome, not much of illumination.
Day6 Florence Italy- Worst day of the tour, only there is a Michael angelo designed church, which looks pale after visiting St, pauls cathedral in Rome, 3 hrs of walking in Forence which most of the group didn't like.
Day7 Pisa tower Italy- Worth watching, spent about 2hrs watching and rest of the travelling to Geneva, At geneva a photo stop for flower clock and fountain.
Day 8 France Paris + Night tour of Paris-Paris was very good and night tour was amazing dont miss it. Also had cruise travel of paris. Dont miss night tour.
Day 9 Top floor of Eiffel tower- Went to eiffel tower at 9.30 am and waited for 3 hrs in the queue to reach the entrance of the tower, where as people with reservation were going in 30 mins, why didn't star tour make reservations? Went to the top floor of the tower had an amazing view of the paris city and then back home.
Overall good Trip which could be improved with better planning in italy and avoiding waiting in long queues.
Food --
Food was very good , on time , well prepared. Restaurants were also good except Bhojan in France. There were few ocassions where there were two or three star groups of about 50 each which made it bit crowded.
Menu usually is - Pickle, salad, Poori/Chapati/Naan, two curry varieties (chana,moong,vegetable mix ) , rice , Dal + kadi , one desert , Paapad ,curd.
We had Poori about 9 times in the whole trip , we'll not eat poori again for this whole year :-)
ps: Please take atleast 200 Euros for the trip , dont' buy it there it will be expensive , its cheaper at your local money exchange.
I think the trip was value for the money with good memories, so i would definitely recommend it.
