Holloway Tours (sample) plans small-group tours with time to stay put: fewer hotel changes, local guides and rail where we can.
We started in 2009 with one walking tour in Portugal and a list of twelve names (sample). Today we run nine tours a year, and the person who answers your enquiry has travelled the route.
We are still small on purpose. Every itinerary is written here, every hotel is one we have slept in, and every guide is someone we know by name.
Four rules decide every itinerary we sell. They are why our tours look slower on paper.
Changing hotel every day is tiring. Most stops on our route lines are two or three nights long.
We split long transfers with a stop for lunch or a walk, or we take the train.
Rooms with character, breakfast made in the house, and money that stays in the town.
Our guides are from the regions they show you and speak the language of the people you meet.
The people who answer your enquiry, book your rooms and pick up the phone if a train is late.
Founder, plans the Portugal and Morocco tours (sample)
Travel planner, rail and Japan (sample)
Travel planner, walking tours (sample)
Bookings and payments (sample)
Groups and private trips (sample)
Operations, on call while tours run (sample)
Small groups, long stays and trains are good for the places we visit as well as for you. This is what we do on every tour.
Send a trip enquiry or call the office. A travel planner replies within one working day with dates, places and the full itinerary (sample).