This review is long overdue. When I first started looking for tour groups it was hard to decide, but once I found Moscow Private Tours things got easier. Anna, the sales rep was so great!!! She is friendly and informative and oh so patient!!!! She even helped recommend a company to me to deal with the visa support documents, and that company was also fantastic! I cannot recommend Moscow Private Tours enough.
So the tour I choose was the Vladimir & Suzdal tour. It is all day, and is quite pricey but well worth it! They arrange everything for you! I choose Olga as my guide! And I was sooooo happy to have her as my guide! OMG! She is unbelievably intelligent and knows so much history about Russia! Just like a guide should!! But if you do not like history best not to go to Russia! Olga was the best guide I had in Russia, so informative, and positive, and patient and passionate!! I love her so much! She loves to talk too!!! She tries very hard to help you understand Russian history and to tie things together because Russian history is not easy to understand! But she does such an excellent job in putting the pieces together for you!! On the long train ride she will explain so many things, and then let the guide in Vladimir do their job, but then on the way back, she will help you fill in the pieces that were either missed or that you have questions or that need more explanation because otherwise you would be lost!!! I was sooooo happy to have chosen Olga, and I really hope I can see her again! I miss her! Spending the day with her was like spending a day together with a friend! Maybe because her and I just got along really well, I don’t know. I hope someday I can see her again.
I do not recommend other companies, choose Moscow Private Tours and you cannot go wrong. I am sure all the guides will be very helpful and informative, but for me, I am partial to Olga! If I come back to Russia and want another tour for somewhere else, I will personally choose Olga! From the very start I knew I would love her!
I want to say thank you to her for all the things she has done and prepared for the tour in advance. She is so well prepared and brings lots of props and papers and pictures with her! She is one of the best guides I have ever had on any trip anywhere. Thank you so much Olga!!! I love you so much!!! Thank you for making my trip to Russia more memorable!!!
And thank you so much Anna for all your hard work and effort to make my visit to Russia and my tour so memorable and easy!