Olé Spain, Cultural Walking Tours in the News
This is an article that was written by Jim and Karin Heffner and published in the Annapolis Capital. It reads as follows:
“We have always wanted to see Spain, but we didn’t want to go either by ourselves or with a large tour group. When a friend from Baltimore told us about Olé Spain, we sent for a brochure and spoke with Josh Wolf, one of the tour companies owners and guides. Mr. Wolf, an incredibly likable guy, teaches Spanish at Park School in Baltimore and has lived worked and traveled throughout Spain. Shortly thereafter, we joined 12 other adventurers and headed off to Andalucía in southern Spain. Olé Spain’s cultural walking tour took us to Sevilla, Granada and Córdoba, plus a charming mountain village in Las Alpujarras seldom visited by tourists. The history, legends and love shown to us by the guides made our trip to Spain a wonderful experience.
Our daily schedule consisted of four to five hours of leisurely walks through town. Our guides took us along beautiful riverbanks, across impressive bridges and through charmingly narrow streets. They led us through hidden walkways and nearly forgotten grape-covered patios. They gathered us around them when it was time for another story, a history lesson so refreshingly told or information on local situations. They were full of stories and information. They knew the best time to enter a museum, a chapel. a cathedral or a mosque. Our guides invited us into the heart of the real Spain, both ancient and modern.
All reservations for accommodations and meals were made by Olé Spain. We stayed in charming hotels and villas, in air-conditioned rooms, perfectly located in the heart of each city or town. Sometimes we had a balcony overlooking courtyards full of flowers and fountains, and sometimes our room had a patio overlooking vast mountain valleys. Once our room had a breathtaking view of the Great Mosque of Córdoba, and another day we looked out to see the Alhambra in Granada.
Our dining experiences were equally colorful. Our guides selected for quality, authenticity and ambiance. Whether we sat on a candlelit stone patio, a verandah surrounded by trees full of ripe cherries, a plaza overflowing with locals or an elegant rooftop restaurant, the food was unique, and always delicious and beautiful tapas!”
