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This company was shockingly disorganized and unprofessional. Two days before the tour, they messaged saying they were changing the tour from 2 pm to 5:30 pm because of the extreme heat. It wasn't any warmer than any other day but sure, whatever. The day of the tour, we spent the day exploring Athens but avoiding any of the sites on the tour so we wouldn't repeat them in the evening. In the evening, we arrived at the meeting point early, as did 22 other people. And we waited. And waited. And waited. We messaged the company and asked where they were and if they were coming. As did others. They didn't respond to anyone. The group waited about 40 minutes for a guide who never came or messaged. Luckily, a Spanish tour from a different company (Athens 1 tours) was starting in the same spot 30 minutes after our tour. That guide offered to take the full English group and do the tour in both English and Spanish. She was lovely and very friendly. This is quite the Mickey Mouse operation if they can't even arrive for a tour that they moved the time to. Especially when people have limited time in the city. Do yourself a favour, skip this tour and give your business to Athens 1 instead.
We had a great tour of Yerevan with Arman. It wasn't as long as some of the other tours we've done around the world but Arman was full of knowledge and was very cheerful. We had a good time chatting with him about the country, the city and the culture. The stops were well selected and didn't feel boring and the last stop with the view of Ararat was also excellent. I would recommend doing a tour with Arman for sure, especially with how friendly he is. Great job.
We did this tour in Tbilisi with David and he was by far one of the more animated guru guides we've had after 30+ tours around the world. He is a pure entertainer and wanted to focus on people having a good time rather than reciting years and dates for monuments. We found it to be fairly effective as he was a fun guy and he also was cognizant of looking out for people when it came to scammers and dangers of the road. We didn't always understand everything he was saying, but we had a good time and enjoyed the route around town and the things we saw. It was a good first use of a day to see these sites. I would recommend booking with David for a fun walk.
We recently did this tour with Lasha. His partner also showed up so the two of them talked about this together. It was interesting to see some things we probably never would have seen in Tbilisi otherwise - or thought to seek out. The abandoned trains were neat and the neighbourhood was cool to see. The two guides were also friendly and Lasha was quite passionate about all the stops. I would recommend a bit more information at the beginning about what we were going to see and the significance of all the sites before getting started. A bit of an intro basically. We didn't always understand what all the crime was referring to at each of the stops. Otherwise, it was a nice way to spend an evening walking around. It seems to be a new offering so with a bit of fine tuning, it could probably be a pretty interesting niche tour once you've seen the main normal sites of Tbilisi.
We had a great tour with Dina and really enjoyed our day. It's a long walk but we were up for it and enjoyed seeing lots of the city. Dina herself was very friendly and open to sharing information about the city and her country. Everyone on the tour was quite surprised about how beautiful the city was and how much more interesting the sites were than we had all expected. Let's be honest, people don't know too much about Azerbaijan before coming here. In reality, it's quite neat! I would recommend this walking tour but be prepared to walk. And note that the funicular doesn't run on Monday. It didn't run during our tour so we just skipped it and took it the next day. It's also worth taking to get a few from the top of the hill. Overall, we had a great time.