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#20925 - 06/27/02 09:08 PM Has anyone done kontiki in spain?
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Has anyone done a Kontiki through Spain? How was it and will you do it again?
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#20926 - 06/27/02 10:12 PM Re: Has anyone done kontiki in spain?
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confused What's a Kontiki? confused
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#20927 - 06/27/02 10:29 PM Re: Has anyone done kontiki in spain?
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Its a travel agency that does tours.. but I think its spelt with a C?
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#20928 - 06/29/02 12:51 AM Re: Has anyone done kontiki in spain?
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Registered: 04/27/02
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Loc: Vancouver, Canada
You're right, it's spelled Contiki. I haven't done one my friend friend did. Basically they are prearranged tour like Globus and mainly for the under 35 crowd. My friend went on a European one. Sure she saw a lot of not any flexibility or free time. Imagine going to Rome, driving to the Coleseum, getting off the bus, taking a quick peek, then onto the bus to the next country! When when the brochure says, visit, you get off the bus, but in Belgium, she drove right through! Didn't even sample a chocolate laugh !!!
I think if you're a novice traveller and want to be told where to go, where to eat, etc, then try it out. Esp. if you are young, and going by yourself. But if you are going with a friend why not explore yourself? That's just my opinion because I'm not a tour type of person.

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#20929 - 06/29/02 11:48 AM Re: Has anyone done kontiki in spain?
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Registered: 03/22/02
Posts: 541
Loc: Texas
I have never done Contiki. I would suggest trying Busabout.( www.busabout.com ) Busabout allows for more flexibility, and gives you more control than Contiki, yet you still will meet lots of people if you are traveling solo! :p
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#20930 - 07/15/02 01:33 AM Re: Has anyone done kontiki in spain?
sulin Offline
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Registered: 04/26/01
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I did a contiki tour that ended up in madrid... actually, i felt the tour was pretty good value for money, the only problem we had with it was that they screwed up the accomadation in madrid... instead of the scheduled two nights in madrid, we ended up staying one night in guadalajara ( which is prolly 80-100 km out of madrid and in the middle of NOTHING) and only one night left to explore madrid.....

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