Recommendations for local tour guides or tour providers for Med. cruise (Royal Carib).

[cruiseesl]

I am not excited about some of the shore excursions offered by Royal Carib., for a cruise this July, partly because I have visited some of those ports before.

If anyone has any personal recommenations for local guides/tours in Kotor, Corfu, Athens, Mykonos, and Argostoli, kindly share the information.  I already know about Viator; looking for more direct contacts with local vendors. Thank you.

[Ashland]

On our Athens port stop we used PK Travel...lot's of great reviews on this board and so glad we booked directly with them as part of our roll call. Just an amazing tour !!!!

[GeorgeStrid]

Hi there. In Kotor you can find a few excellent tour agencies or private guides and some of them are Mont Travelers Montenegro/Kotor then guides Ana and Dzordz, Dimitri, Marko who are highly recommended by this agency but many others here on cc. On some of their website you can easily find free tour catalogues that then you can use for taking ideas for your own tour. These guys are really creative so go for it and have fun. We did. 

[cruiseesl]

23 hours ago, GeorgeStrid said:

Hi there. In Kotor you can find a few excellent tour agencies or private guides and some of them are Mont Travelers Montenegro/Kotor then guides Ana and Dzordz, Dimitri, Marko who are highly recommended by this agency but many others here on cc. On some of their website you can easily find free tour catalogues that then you can use for taking ideas for your own tour. These guys are really creative so go for it and have fun. We did. 

Thank you.

[cruiseesl]

On 5/10/2022 at 9:29 PM, Ashland said:

On our Athens port stop we used PK Travel...lot's of great reviews on this board and so glad we booked directly with them as part of our roll call. Just an amazing tour !!!!

Thank you.

[Chrysalis Bella]

Hi everyone!

 

We just got back from a Med cruise on the Regal Princess in April 2022.  She was a beautiful ship!

Anyway, I believe in supporting small businesses, and I have a recommendation for tours in Kotor. 

 

We have toured twice with Mladen (Montenegro Private Tours) in Kotor, and have had wonderful experiences both times.  Mladen is so prompt in answering questions, and is responsive to messages.  This built up our trust in him as a guide, especially the first time we came to Montenegro. 

 

Mladen's company creates private experiences that are tailored to your individual interests, and will work with your time constraints. (Both times we visited Kotor via cruise ship, so he is excellent with shore excursions in Kotor). 

 

He also does private multi-day tours through Montenegro and neighboring Albania.  Our first visit, Mladen showed us the old town of Budva and the beautiful "Our Lady of the Rocks" church in Perast.  He also went out of his way to help us find a specific book in the Montenegrin language. 

 

This visit, we trusted him with an itinerary, with the caveat that we wanted to see beautiful scenery. (Within the time constraints of our port schedule). He did not disappoint!

 

Mladen took us to a scenic Skadar Lake overlook and the Rijeka Crnojevica bridge. We also did a walking tour through the former royal capital city of Cetinje.  We had extra time, so he drove us up to enjoy some snow and panoramic vistas at the summit of Lovcen National Park.

 

We were so happy to have Mladen as a guide on our private tours, compared with the big bus tours on offer.  We were able to see and do so much more in our limited port times. 

 

Mladen is so professional, and a wealth of knowledge about history and culture.  He showed us the beauty of his country in luxurious comfort (riding in a new Mercedes Benz). 

 

With the pandemic hitting tourism very hard, we wanted to be mindful about supporting a small business, making sure our euros benefited the local community directly. 

 

We would recommend Mladen and Montenegro Private Tours in a heartbeat!  Look for them on Google Maps in Kotor.