The Original Three Countries in One Day: France, Andorra, Spain from Barcelona

It was great to hear the history and get to see these other cities! So fun to get to say I went to Fran e and Andorra! Andorra was very different than expected but it was beautiful and our guide, Gloria, was fantastic!!

Wish we spent more time in Andorra. The shops are marvelous there. Other than that Jordi was the best tour guide a group could ask for

Ac broken…, the bus almost broke down in the hill… Awful experience that I’d never repeat. Inside the bus was around 46 degrees no Windows no curtains which made the whole experience even worst. In general, The trip was too expensive for what it was. I’d rate 0 stars but it’s not possible.

Gloria, our guide was wonderful! She made the tour more memorable and knowledgeable. The food and beautiful sites made it a fabulous day.

Fabulous day out Anna out guide and Angelo our driver were just brilliant, would highly recommend. I went with my teenage son who is still delighted he went

The trip was informative and interesting. Loved seeing the places and going through the mountains. The guide provided information on the different places as well as pointed out interesting places on route. Thanks Stephen.

So this was an amazing tour. Rod was wonderful. He told us right from the beginning how the trip was going to work. Essentially we would drive about 1:45 and stop for a break in the destination town at that point. We saw amazing cities/towns. They all had their stories which made them even more interesting, especially the 100 pregnant women and 100 virgin cow town, LOL!! Faux pax there. Anyway, I would highly recommend this tour. There is a lot of driving but you get to see amazing places that you would have never seen otherwise. It is well planned out. We had only wished for more time in Andorra to shop. Better on the pocketbook that we didn't.

The tour company was very accomating and the tour guide was awesome, however it was 13 hours in total, with only 3-4 hours of actual time spent in the countries, with the rest spent in driving. Overall I felt like it wasn't the best use of my day since I spent about 8-9hours in a car. The sceneries were nice but if you are short on time, I would advise you to spend the day in Barcelona.

Trip was fantastic… really well organized….really well timed… Gloria and Arturito were great… really friendly…. Knew what they were doing, and made us all feel safe and secure, while having fun at the same time!

On June 2, using Viator’s booking, we took the over 12-hour Explore Catalunya tour, “The Original Three Countries in One Day: France, Andorra, Spain.” Unlike our excellent, professionally led June 1 Viator tour (Salvador Dali Museum, Port Ligat and Cadaques) led by Jordi the prior day, the Three Countries tour was fraught with serious problems: a. While supposedly an English-language tour, Judy, our young tour guide, spoke minimally adequate English. This, in fact, was her first Three Countries-led tour. While pleasant, her bus tour comments were very infrequent and uninformative. The large balance of her trip time was spent chatting with the bus driver in Spanish, and with members of our group who spoke Spanish. b. The bus driver’s erratic driving behavior as we proceeded through the Pyrenees Mountains — jerky, swerving, uncomfortable, taking curves too fast, aggressively passing other vehicles in no-passing areas — caused increased anxiety as he drove up through Bagà, Spain to Ax-les-Thermes, France. At our noon stop in the latter town, four fellow tour passengers (from Los Angeles) approached us to express their safety concern about his driving. (Three were suffering motion-sickness, and we offered them Dramamine tablets for the return drive back via Andorra.) Of note: At tour’s start, Judy told us that because all Explore Catalunya buses were mechanically out of commission, our Three Countries bus and bus driver were contracted from another transportation firm. c. Before the tour began, when introduced to Judy in the office, we requested to sit in front seat opposite the bus driver, to take 35mm scenic photography (no other passenger was). She said that would be fine. However, when boarding, a Spanish-speaking woman passenger declared she was “claustrophobic” and claimed the seat. Judy let her keep it. For balance of day, we had to sit behind the driver and try taking pictures through the Lexan plastic sheet behind his seat. Of note — Judy, at noon, apologized to us for this matter, but did nothing about it. Indeed, she chatted frequently in Spanish with the woman throughout the day. d. The final problem — a surprise and shock to everyone on the bus — was where the bus driver and Judy ended the tour. Not anywhere near our original point of departure, but miles away in Barcelona’s seaport area. By chance, we had our hotel’s address, so after walking several blocks in the evening in an unfamiliar area, were able to hail a taxi.