Joem
Me and my 2 friends (Donna and Catherine) enjoy your itinerary including the tranfers from Armenia to Georgia and vice versa... Very nice tour guides in both country... Super love it.
18.01.2017
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Donna
Thanks a lot for this wonderful trip... we enjoyed a lot, this Arara Travel tours made our trip memorable, our tour Guide Arthur in Armenia & Demetre in Georgia is so nice & very accomodating. 5 star to our hotel Silk Road Hotel & Shine Hotel, staff are very helpful and kind, with good foods and wines. I really love it, Im gonna miss this place soooo much.
18.01.2017
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Emily Rusk, Paul Drake, Tricia Vos
We had a fabulous time! Even though the weather wasn't great, we had enough sunny moments and lots of laughs. Thank you for all of your help with the arrangements, I'm glad we were able to work together!
21.10.2016
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George Roos
What did you like best about your trip? We had a great time in Yerevan and we left with great memories. Tour guides were great. Execursions were great.
What didn't you like about the trip? The hotel in Georgia. We were promised that the hotels will be walking distance from restaurants and shops. In Georgia the hotel was located in a dodgy area far from everything. It was dark at night and we could not leave the hotel. We were told everything is 10 minutes walking distance. When we confronted the tour guide she said they actually meant 10 minutes by car. I'm highly disappointed and will definitely NOT recommend Arara tours due to this.
What would you add to your trip? Get a better partner in Georgia and select your hotels based on what tourists need and not the cheapest so you can make more profit. in the long run this will damage your reputation as guests will warn other potential guests about this
Guide: Guides were excellent, no complaints regarding them.
Driver: Drivers were good as well
Car: Excellent
Hotels: as stated before - hotel in Georgia were highly disappointed. Location is terrible - far away from restaurants, shops. located in a dark dodgy suburb.
Would you recommend our company to your friends? Defenitely NOT - based on the misleading information about the hotel in Georgia.
AraraTour's response: Thank you, dear George, for your feedback! We highly appreciate your opinion and won't cooperate with this hotel anymore.
03.10.2017
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Zachery Biddles
My sincere thanks to you for organising my holiday to Armenia, Artsakh and Iran. I had the trip of a lifetime! I am very fortunate to have seen so many wonderful places and experienced the culture of all countries.
I very much enjoyed Narek’s company, he has a deep knowledge and appreciation of Armenia and Artsask’s history, culture and historical sights. I am very thankful for his service as a fantastic guide and I cannot recommend him highly enough.
Thank you for your work in arranging my Iranian visa, I had no issues with crossing the border. It was great to see Iran again! I particularly loved Masouleh and Rudkhan Castle. I was pleased to see that Iran has improved since I was last there 3 years ago as the society seems more organised and relaxed, perhaps with the new president. I was extremely surprised to see the American Embassy is now open as a museum, last time it was closed and guarded. I highly recommend the American Embassy as a must see in Tehran!
Armenia and Artsakh are incredibly beautiful countries with interesting history, strong tradition and warm and kind people. I was particularly taken with the natural scenery of Lake Sevan, Areni/Norovank Monastery and Gandzasar Monastery. I will return to Armenia, hopefully in the near future, to see Artsakh again and northern Armenia. In the meantime I will be promoting Armenia as a terrific and ‘must see’ holiday destination and will refer all interested to AraraTour.
Many thanks for making my holiday materialise, organising my requested additions to the itinerary and arranging transportation to and from the airport. It is hard returning back to work and reality after an incredible holiday! Nonetheless, it was truly the trip of a life time and I have many wonderful memories to think back on.
Cheers and all the very best,
Zachery Biddles
02.01.2017
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Mirsini
Greetings from Athens and a lot o wishes for a beatifful, healthy and prosperous New Year!! We, the three of us, we would like to thank you for the tours you arrange for us. Narek was great! we had a lot of fun, we saw interesting things and a beatifull snowy Armenia and we really enjoy it!!! We are looking forward for our next visit....
Thank you again!!!!
Mary, Mirsini, Anastasia
30.12.2016
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Marisol
Sending you this email to thank you for a wonderful tours we had despite the odd weather conditions in this time of the year. We surely appreciated the efforts made in ensuring our tours to be successful, safe and memorable. Please also extend our warm gratitude to Narek for being an amazing guide for 3 days. We hope to be back by summer:)
In advance, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
15.12.2016
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Klaus Frohnert
The video was filmed by our tourists during their Jeep Tour to Armenia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdn3gf7NUeg
16.08.2016
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Tricia Vos
We had a fabulous time! Even though the weather wasn't great, we had enough sunny moments and lots of laughs. Thank you for all of your help with the arrangements, I'm glad we were able to work together!
What did you like best about your trip? Our guide, Antuan, was very informative and fun - he showed us many sights and provided a lot of local information.
What didn't you like about the trip? The weather wasn't great - but we can't control everything!
What would you add to your trip? nothing
Guide: Antuan was wonderful!
Driver: He was also wonderful - very safe and careful.
Car: Very comfortable. In van wifi was appreciated!
Hotels: All hotels were clean, safe and comfortable
Would you recommend our company to your friends? Definitely
21.10.2016
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Ofra Peri
Hello Nune,
The tour was exellent. We enjoyed every minute!! Narek and Andranik were great!! We had a very good time together.
02.08.2016
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Janet Dunn
What did you like best in your trip? Liana at Arara did an amazing job to plan our trip. We saw so much and had a great balance of ancient archaeological sites, medieval monasteries, days in the country and days to explore the city and do some shopping! Our lunches were fabulous and plentiful!
What didn't you like in trip? Nothing-it was well planned and great!
What would you add to your trip? Possibly add to your information when booking hotels if a non-smoking room/floor is requested. Our first room in Yerevan wreaked of smoke and apparently a person in a neighboring room smoked several times during the night which somehow came into our room. We aren't used to that and it gave my roommate a bad headache and both of us had sore throats from the smoke. The hotel had no other rooms available for several days, but the cleaning staff tried to help us.
Guide: Ara was fabulous--so knowledgeable, and fun. He was a working archaeologist and a college professor so knew most of the workers and what was happening on the sites. She knew more about the artifacts in the museum than many of the guides! Ara always did a little extra to ensure we had a memorable time, including breaking into song inside old monasteries!! He was fluent in many languages. This trip (between our guide and driver) was like traveling with two friends or family.
Driver: He was the most considerate, kind gentleman who constantly was there to help us. He was always on time or early, was very safe, and helpful. Always went way beyond his job.
Car: The car was very comfortable,safe and reliable.
Hotels: Most were above expectations. Once when we were out in the country for one night only, we stayed in a place that wasn't as good. It was clean and comfortable but the owners were very abrupt and not helpful. We had to trudge our suitcases through rain and potholes to a different building, up stairs and breakfast was skimpy. ALL the other places were wonderful, good breakfasts, clean and working facilities.
Would you recommend our company to your friends? I would and have. Excellent job! Thank you for making our trip so memorable and perfect.
09.08.2016
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Verna Valdez
Guide: She should be more informative, she seems to be not used to be in her work, she doesn't give us more time to see each places it was like she was rushing all the time. We are tourists so she should allow us to take more photos. We wish we could have other tour guide that time.
Driver: The driver was helpful though at times he drives so fast.
Car: The car was excellent!
Hotels: Our hotel though was not book at arara tours was very good. It was a small but clean hotel.
What did you like best in your trip? The places we've been, they were extra ordinary. The food as well are very good plus the wines.
What didn't you like in trip? The tour guide.
What would you add to your trip? We would have love to see wine making.
Would you recommend our company to your friends? Yes definitely.
"Arara" Company's response: Dear Verna, thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your opinion and won't work with this guide anymore.
20.08.2016
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