Ffestiniog Travel Traveller Reviews

Visited sites and cities of particular interest to people interested in electric transport, including 5 transport museums and 7 operational systems of trams or light rail, including depot visits and conducted tours of operational centres. This would not have been possible to organise privately, and required much organisation by the tour operators.

All arrangements worked well. Hotels were generally of a very good standard. Advance information was comprehensive. My specialised dietary requirements were all met very satisfactorily by responsive tour management. Considering everything that we did, I felt it was good value. I felt the tour was well paced, suited to most of the party being pensioners, and leaving some time for extra activities. Tour leader very attentive, and very well briefed and informed.

We spent 18 days in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, including 4 days in the Amazon Rain Forest. We packed an incredible amount into those 18 days - climbing volcanoes, watching wildlife, snorkelling, trekking through the jungle, remarkable train ride on the Devil's Nose! We stayed in a range of accommodation from basic on the catamaran in the Galapagos to five star luxury in Guayaquil, but all came up to standard and were in keeping with our surroundings. We had knowledgeable guides throughout - without them we would have missed a lot.

Ffestiniog Travel made excellent arrangements and we can't thank them enough for having suggested the stay in the rain forest, something we hadn't considered when we first looked at the holiday. Everything worked like clockwork from the minite we arrived until our arrival back in Manchester.

The holiday was full board with touring part of the SILK ROAD within Uzbekistan. Visited the capital city Tashkent, Samarkand, Buchara and Kiev with a local guide who was excellent in giving us information about the places visited. Saw a lot of madrasas, minarets and folk shows and visited shops.

Well planned and the facilities arranged in Uzbekistan including hotels, meals, guide and mode of transport were excellent.

Able to see some some great vistas from our train journeys.

Ffestiniog travel kept us fully informed at every stage. From first enquiery to booking.

The tour company planned an effective holiday and were flexible in making alterations to enhance the experience

A small company with a personal touch

Enjoyable, entertaining, well-organised, and a great group of fellow travellers

Ffestiniog Travel. Specializes in railway related cultural tours, escorted and independent.

I went on a short trip to Ostend and The Hague by train. Although I'd been to Belgium and the Netherlands several times before, I hadn't visited these two places. Ffestiniog Travel made all of the arrangements and everything went as planned.

I've used Ffestiniog Travel quite a few times before and this trip was like all of the previous ones, well planned, easy booking, good advanced information and no palaver.

By rail all the way to Dresden for the annual steam festival

A small specialised company who seem to understand their niche market.

A specialist connoisseur holiday

Ffestiniog Travel cater werll for rail enthiusiasts.

For 75% of the holiday we had a wonderful time with many unforgettable experiences. The visit to Shamwari game reserve was outstanding and will live in our memory for a very long time. Unfortunately for 4 nights we were in poor accomodation and at the same time some of the activities offered in the brochure were not available.

We have used Ffestiniog Travel before to book an independent holiday to Switzerland. All the arrangements for this went very well and we were most impressed. The holiday we have just taken to South Africa has been enjoyable and memorable but unfortunately the accommodation on one leg of the tour was poor. The activities on he same leg were also not as expected.