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We thoroughly enjoyed this trip and Don our driver kept us well informed all of the way. He queued up for our Alcatraz tickets.
The weather was not to good on the day but Don said that if we were here in the Summer the Golden Gate bridge would most probably be shrouded in mist.
He was a mind of information and kept you listening.
Would we recommend this excursion our answer would be a definite yes.

Edward, United Kingdom

Edward booked: Vintage Car Tour

This tour is the best way to see the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s. Our wonderful tour guide, Francesca, was a wealth of knowledge and her passion bought Rome’s history to life. If you are lucky enough to get Francesca as your tour guide you are in for a fantastic experience.

Janine, Australia

Janine booked: Vatican Walking Tour

I cannot reccommend the hop on hop off tour bus enough! It was so convenient educational and took away all the stress of trying to find my own way. I had 4 teenagers with me, but many had small children. Make the most off your holiday and enjoy the time instead of stressing out of how to get where.
I am going to Rome next year and will certainly be booking the bus tour there. Value for money & stress free!!
Great shopping at Sacre Coeur!, Kids didnt want to go originally, ended up having to return the next day because the views were amazing!

Sajdah, United Kingdom

Sajdah booked: Paris Opentour Hop-On Hop-Off Bus

We stumbled across an Isango Review on TripAdvisor, which speaks for itself.

Question from Tourist:

Isango charge £19.50. for a half day tour.

Could filling a taxi be a better & cheaper option ?

Answer from Local:

The rate would be 60 MAD return per person, but this applies to people who take a taxi from the taxi rank in Agadir’s city center, not from the port. So unless you are willing to take a petit taxi from the port to the city center, then haggle hard to get a half seat for 30 Dirhams, only then this would be feasible. The rate of 60 MAD return each would include an old taxi with no seat-belts or AC, and no foreign language speaking driver of course.

It is just my opinion, but I would not recommend this option.

Reply from Tourist:

Thank you for the information. You have made my mind up & I will go with Isango.

The full forum discussion can be read here:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293731-i9519-k4164836-Isango_tour_to_Taroudant-Agadir.html

Amazing trip thru lava fields… As an ATV novice, I chickened out going up the second hill… but the guides made me feel OK about it! Great trip, highly recommend, and the suits they give you keep you very well insulated. I didn’t feel a thing!

Juliane, United States

Juliane booked: Atv and Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Great Tour with excellent guide. Would recommend. Very full day but worth it. Lovely meals

Samantha, England

Samantha booked: Marrakech Discovery With 2 Meals

This tour is a must tour if you are staying in Hong kong for a short trip. This tour covers all the highlight places in hong kong which is good for the price. Tour leader “James” was wonderful. He keeps on making funny jokes, and told us all about hong kong.

Erick, Australia

Erick booked: Hong Kong Island Tour

This was the 1st of our European organised tours and what a high standard we started with! Francesca, our tour guide, was exceptional. Her knowledge and per trail of past events bought everything to life. It was a fabulous tour and we highly recommend it

Janine, Australia

Janine booked: Ancient Rome Walking Tour

JetBlue All You Can Jet

JetBlue is rolling out again their super duper All You Can Jet deal for 2010. In a nutshell: you buy a pass once, and then you can fly as much as you want for one month.

Yes. Unlimited flights, for one month.

JetBlue serves more than 60 destinations including major US cities (NYC, Chicago, Boston, LA, Miami, Orlando, Vegas….) and the Caribbeans, Mexico and Central American capitals.

So there is plenty of choice for seeing friends and family, taking a late vacation, city-hopping or even better - just fly somewhere, randomly!

This year we are proud to be part of JetBlue AYCJ travel partners and we will be offering exclusive special offers to AYCJ pass holders.

Considering you can fly around for free for one month, this is the unmissable time to experience unique activities - wherever they are, and at preferential rates.

How does it work? Pass holders will receive a welcome e-mail containing a link and special passcode to access the special offers page.

Even better: AYCJ special offers can be cumulated with our classic multiSave discount if you book any other product on isango! at the same time.

Useful links:

-  All You Can Jet passpage on JetBlue

- All You Can Jet page on Facebook

Burj Dubai from Jef

The Burj Dubai tower, the tallest building in the world, opened today in Dubai. Here you can find interesting Burj Dubai facts and figures in one place.

• Burj Dubai has actually changed name to Burj Khalifa on its opening day on Jan 4th, 2009;
• The Burj Dubai is  828 meters or 2,717 ft tall, making it the tallest building in the world;
• It is more than twice as high as the Paris Eiffel Tower;
• The Burj Dubai has 164 stories, the largest number of stories in the world;
• It also has the fastest elevators in the world at 60 km/h (40 mph), taking less than 60 seconds to 124th floor and 2 minutes to the top. There are 57 elevators.
• The Burj Dubai opening ceremony boasted the highest fireworks in the world;
• It cost about 1B EUR (1.5B US$, Dh 5.5B);
• Visitor tickest to the Burj Dubai are priced at Dh100 to go up to 124th floor (Dh75 kids, Dh210 VIP pass);
• The Burj Dubai has 500k square meters of living space sold at 30,000 EUR (40,000$) per square meter ($4,000 per sq ft);
• Despite the price, the Burj Dubai is mostly presold with only 26% vacant on its opening day;
• The Burj Dubai boasts the world’s highest swimming pool on level 76 and the world’s highest mosque on level 158;
• It only took 5 years of construction;
• It was build by Samsung Engineering Construction of Korea;
• The first Armani hotel will open in march 2009 on levels 38 and 39.

For more fun stuff:

• There are plenty of Burj Dubai pictures on Flickr;
• There are also plenty of Burj Dubai videos on Youtube;
• And of course, you can find Burj Dubai news on Twitter.

If you make it to Dubai, don’t forget to check out the best things to do in Dubai, for example:

• Desert Safari Dubai
• Romantic Dhow Dinner Cruise, Dubai
• Modern Dubai tour with Afternoon Tea at Burj al Arab