The area is nice, but the boat was cramped

Most of our feedback regards the tour guide, Thomas and while we know you probably did not have any input into his selection, we hope you will forward this feedback to the company that selected him.

Thomas is a friendly and knowledgeable guide, but his guiding style was not very good. He used a system called “corner people” to keep the group from getting lost. They system was good; however, he overused it in some areas. He would post two corner people within sight of each other when one could have done the job. He frequently made stops for people to drink water (which is needed), but less than five minutes later, he is stopping to tell us something. For example, one time we stopped for water and then started pedalling and a few minutes later stopped again to tell us we were on a stretch of bike trail that we could go fast (GO zone) and just stop at a certain point. The Go zone information could have been given when we stopped for water or stopped for water when he told us about the Go zone. Additionally, he cut the route short on several days and would just hang out in a town. For example, the first day called for going down to Le Grau-du-Roi and then do a loop in the country. He totally deleted the loop in the country and let people who wanted to get in the Mediterranean Sea have the opportunity. We were in that town for at least 2 hours. The last day he cut the distance by taking a short cut and then hung out in a couple of towns for an hour or more each. This last day of shorting riding, my wife and I really did not mind as by then we just wanted the trip to be over. We were so tired of all of the stops and the hanging out in the towns.

To summarize, we would not recommend having Thomas as a guide again.

Additionally, there were a couple of very windy days and he never suggested that people on regular bikes should draft behind the ebikes.

Finally, we felt that the Caprice’s quarters were just a bit too small. We felt cramped the entire week. Regarding the crew, we did not have much interaction with the captain (Fabrice), but the services provided by the chef (Alessandro) and the steward (Omar) were the BEST we have ever had.

We passed through several towns that had events going on; however, if we had not stumble upon them, we would not have been aware of then. We thing it might be better if there were events in the towns that the tour operator would provide a list and the opportunity to get tickets (much like the various excursions the big cruise ships have).