Testimonials

Where do I start!!! It was wonderful! You know the first surprise was the amount of information that Rita (archivist)  found.  We are still sorting through all of that. Then Elena is wonderful!  Of course her knowledge of Riga was great.  I wish I could remember all the things she told us about each building, the…

Thanks for you and Nik for planning another great trip. Norway is beautiful. We had some rainy and cloudy days which didn’t stop us. Our flights on SAS went smoothly. Leaving Norway we waited in line for an hour but that was due to families traveling with large amounts of luggage and shortage of agents. Nik stayed…

Badrutt’s Palace in St. Moritz may be the best hotel experience we’ve ever had. We were picked up at the train station by a gleaming Rolls Royce and that set the tone. The food, service, room were all amazing. Mark B, TX, client of Smooth Sailing Cruises

The accommodations in Varenna, St. Moritz, and Luzern were excellent! The tour of Lake Como was really good. The the young lady’s name is Alexandra and she did a very good job. The walking tour of Varenna was good as well. We enjoyed the Glacier Express experience and our time in the Lauterbrunnen valley was…

This trip was so unique not only with the things we saw but having Nik as our guide. He is definitely a modern day Renaissance Man.  He is a great chef, entrepreneur, guide, mentor and a friend to many. Nik gave us so many unique experiences that really gave us a glimpse into day to day life in his world. We got to…

The tour was great and we really enjoyed our guide Ozam (hope I spelled his name correctly!). I think I have become spoiled with the private tours – after taking the cruise ship tours with 50 other people, it was great having the guide talking directly with me. Generally I never ask questions on tours but felt…

I just wanted to share with you what an excellent experience Gary and I had in St. Petersburg, Russia using the services Sophia arranged for us.   It was excellent.  Our guide, Nadia was waiting outside of customs (along with about 25 other private guides) and she whisked us outside to meet our driver, Vladimir.  We…

Thanks, Sophia.  All went well.  The driver, the guides and the hotel staff were out of this world.  The guides, Gregory on Saturday and Keiron on Sunday, were exceptional.  They went out of their way to take me to the places I was interested in, as well as to others that were not on my programme but which they…