‘Love, Love, Loved this service’

We read about this tour in Rick Steve’s travel guide. We arrived in Katakolon and booked a 4-hour tour with Takis a day prior to our arrival. Takis responded immediately and let us know we would be taken care of. Once we arrived, Takis let us know that even though he was booked, he arranged for an associate, Nicholas, to take care of us. The car was already running with the AC on (it was really warm out) and there were drinks in the car for us. About half -way through our tour, Takis met us at one of our stops to make sure everything was going well-that’s great customer service.

I can’t say enough good things about Nicholas. Very warm and charming, great with our kids. A joy to be around. He asked what we wanted to do (see the sites at Olympia, do some shopping, and have some lunch) and proposed a schedule.

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‘Awesome Private Shore Excursion Tour’

The 4 of us booked a private driver instead of going with an excursion from our cruise ship. The result? An awesome day with excellent and knowledgeable service from our driver Takis where we fit in touring the Olympic ruins and museum (the book he provided was very helpful too!), getting some ice cream and shopping in town, and then finished the day with some time at a truly family friendly beach.

We were able to make the most of our time ashore and fit in almost as twice as much and still save money compared to ship excursions. Takis was warm and friendly and went above and beyond in helping my mother, had cold water waiting for us, the car was clean and modern (wifi hot spot) and was careful with time to make sure he got us back to the ship on time! We highly recommend this company!

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‘Interesting Beyond Words! Nothing Tacky About Takis!’

This guy is amazing. He’s friendly, kind and warm hearted. He was punctual and had water chilled in the car for us. His car has two wifi hot spots for the teens! Or big teens and being a native there is nothing he doesn’t know. He also served as a driver in the armed forces so is completely fluent in English. He also speaks other languages. In a very short window we managed to see Olympia, the Archimedes museum, have lunch (been living down south too long), go to a vineyard to do some wine tasting and we even took in a few local shops on the return to the MSC Poseia aka The Mediterranean Ferry. Avoid this ship at all costs, it’s just re positioned and is chaotic. If you’re a first time cruiser then you may well love it but trust me it’s poor! And they took us to Albania! Stick to Olympia with Takis.

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‘Superb service highly recommend’

Was recommended to use George and takis as my daughter and 3 friends were traveling around Greece as part of a study tour. What a service, always available to answer my queries and to put a mother’s mind at ease. Takis was very informative to the girls and described places of interest whilst transferring them from Delphi to Olympia. The girls loved the car, very spacious and free WiFi, and takis played lots of songs for them to sing to.

We then used takis again to transfer the girls from Olympia to Epidaurous. The girls were really grateful to takis for all his help and would definitely recommend to everyone. If they return they would definitely use this company again. Thanks again for making it so easy and memorable from start to finish. Thank you very much.

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‘Perfect day!!! Value far exceeds price!!!’

What an amazing day!!

We told Takis about our interest in local culture (esp food!) and he tailored our day perfectly- perfectly paced and full of wonderful surprises!! Takis made it clear that we were his only priority of the day and went above and beyond to ensure our visit to his beloved country was extraordinary. All along our way to Ancient Olympia, in perfect English, and as a proud national, Takis shared information and answered our many questions, often with insight only a local could offer.

Our first treat was a visit to Takis’ favorite neighborhood bakery where we met the owners and he helped us to select delicious fresh pastries- while helping me avoid gluten and still enjoy!

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