Reviewed by: Jo-Ann Willems
We really enjoyed this sightseeing tour. You get to see the best spots in Kyoto in only one day. However, some spots (such as Arashiyama) require more time to explore. Our guide Jorge was really good, he speaks English fluently and provided just the right kind of information and details. The one thing I did not like was the lunch, so if you are a picky eater, there are other lunch options in Arashiyama.
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Packages: | Review Rebate Special / Kyoto Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2019/10/24 |
Activity Date: | 2019/10/15 |
Reviewed by: Elva
It was a great tour! It was the best way to get the highlights of Kyoto. It’s very historic place with lots to see. This tour was a great experience, the tour guide was wonderful. The entire day was spent efficiently traveling from one location to another and see what each had to offer. The tour guide took us to some very nice spots in the temples and shrines where We got nice pictures. The street food venders near the shrine were delicious. There’s a lot of little stores along the way going to the temples and you can buy little souvenirs. You have free time to walk around the temples and just had to be back by a certain time so we could move on to the next activity. We got the tour that included a lunch, the food was great! You also have the option of picking vegetarian food. Overall, the experience was great and we never felt like we were confused as where to meet next. if you take this tour you will see some truly beautiful sights and views. There is on temple where I couldn’t take pictures but that was probably my favorite beside the golden pavilion. The bamboo forest was also very beautiful. Make sure you take very comfortable shoes, it’s a lot of walking and take lots of pictures! Can get somewhat crowded at different locations but still a very nice experience! Definitely would do this tour again!
Thank you for excellent review!
We hope your whole experience in Japan to be an unforgettable one!
Best regards,
Japan Panoramic Tours
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Packages: | Review Rebate Special / Kyoto Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2019/10/24 |
Activity Date: | 2019/10/22 |
Reviewed by: Daniel
It was a very good tour. The tour guide is very knowledgable about the places. He also gave us lots of free time taking pictures and buy souvenirs. Our lunch was also good. We will book again here on our future japan tour again. Thank you
Thank you for excellent review!
We hope your whole experience in Japan to be an unforgettable one!
Best regards,
Japan Panoramic Tours
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Packages: | Review Rebate Special / Kyoto Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2019/10/11 |
Activity Date: | 2019/10/10 |
Reviewed by: MIG
京都駅でピックアップしていただき、奈良観光をお願いしました。
臨機応変に自由な旅を叶えてくれます。またドライバーガイドの方も英語がはなせるので、外国人のお客様の際はいつもお願いしています。
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Packages: | 【4/30まで】トヨタ ミニバン(9名まで) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2019/09/05 |
Activity Date: | 2019/08/22 |
Reviewed by: Erum
It’s the best way to cover all the highlights of Kyoto in a short time!
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2019/08/24 |
Activity Date: | 2019/07/30 |
Reviewed by: Sarah
The tour was excellent especially our guide Lanny! She was outstanding and great fun.
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Packages: | Bus Tour without Lunch |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2019/07/28 |
Activity Date: | 2019/07/25 |
Reviewed by: None
Good tour. Well organized aaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddddddttttttttttfffffggggg
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Packages: | Standard Plan |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2019/07/17 |
Activity Date: | 2019/07/15 |
Reviewed by: Heather
The driver was very kind, friendly, knowledgeable and spoke perfect English. Surprisingly he also spoke Spanish as well, which was a fun surprise for the parents, as the driver was happy to practice his Spanish. He was able to drive us to some nice places, as we even got to eat at a nice restaurant over the river that we wanted to enjoy. The van was very spacious, clean and comfortable as well.
Dear Heather-san, Thank you so much for using our limo service.
We appreciate to receive this happy comment from you.
We are very glad to hear that you and your family spent a great time in Kyoto with our driver.
We are looking forward to receiving a new request from you and your friend in the near future
Warm regards, Yasaka
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Packages: | 6-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2019/07/04 |
Activity Date: | 2019/06/15 |
Reviewed by: Harry
We had an exelent tour good driver, did sprak Bert well english. Knew evwrytibg we did Visit and brought us also to placets with no tourist . We were Bert impressed and would recoment this tour.
Dear Harry san,
Thank you so much for using our limo service.
We appreciate to receive this happy messege from you.
We are very glad to hear that you spent a great time in Kyoto with our driver.
We are looking forward to receiving a new request from you and your friend in the near future.
Warm regards, YASAKA
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Packages: | 3-Person Standard Car |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2019/06/07 |
Activity Date: | 2019/06/04 |
Reviewed by: Mohamed
This trip truly compassed all of what I expected to see in Kyoto. The entire day was spent efficiently traveling from one location to another and see what each had to offer. I particularly liked the hands-off approach the guide took to the tour. I am tempted to say the tour felt rushed because we were traveling constantly, but this is definitely what you sign up for if you're trying to see so much and so little time. Overall, the direction was good and we never felt like we were confused or unsure where to meet next. if you take this tour you will see some truly amazing sights and be enriched and all that is Kyoto!
Thank you for such a wonderful review
We are very glad to hear that you enjoyed our tour.
I hope all the journey in Japan was awesome for you.
See you someday again.
Best regards,
Japan Panoramic Tours
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2019/06/04 |
Activity Date: | 2019/05/26 |
Reviewed by: Alena Hughes
It was a full day tour with loads of walking.
Organisation was superb, the tour guide knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating.
This is an excellent tour which manages to show us a great deal of important sites which would be hard to achieve in one day by other operators.
I was extremely satisfied at the end of the day.
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2019/05/24 |
Activity Date: | 2019/04/12 |
Reviewed by: Rob Gordon
The trip was with my Adult daughter From start to finish our driver and the experience was delightful - getting picked up in the Toyota Century was simply classic old school and made us feel Presidential. Our driver had the right blend of very respectful Japanese manners coupled with a delightful and cheeky sarcasm ( which suited us because it was how we are ).
He walked with us through each of the venues to make sure the experience was far more in depth than simply driving us to each site. The genuineness of the experience was very special and I will definitely be bringing my wife to Kyoto so I can take her on the same journey.
It's absolutely worth it on so many levels.
Dear Rob Gordon san, Thank you so much for using our limo service.We appreciate to receive this happy coment and photo from you.
We are very glad to hear that you spent a great time in Kyoto with our sriver. We are looking forward to receiving a new request from you and your friend in the near future.
Best regards, YASAKA
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Packages: | 4-Person Standard Car |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2019/05/10 |
Activity Date: | 2019/05/02 |
Reviewed by: Susan
Had to work around large crowds and traffic due to holiday. We still saw everything we wanted.
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2019/05/05 |
Activity Date: | 2019/05/03 |
Reviewed by: Huyen
My family and I visited Kyoto on April 12th, and could not be any happier with our tour. A big thanks to our friendly driver and tour guide Ichiro who made the extra effort to give us some history of the sights we visited throughout the day. Ichiro made sure we were able to visit what we had planned for the day, and he didn’t worry about the time too much when I was worried myself that our 8hour time was nearly over!
Kyoto is a beautiful place, I would go back time and time again to explore and use this service.
Dear Huyen san,
Thank you so much for using our limo service.
We appreciate to receive this happy messege from you.
We are very glad to hear that you and your family spent a great time in Kyoto with Mr Ichiro.
We are looking forward to receiving a new request from you and your friend in the near future.
Warm regards, YASAKA
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Packages: | 9-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2019/04/30 |
Activity Date: | 2019/04/15 |
Reviewed by: Cat
This is a good tour to see the highlights of Kyoto. The driver and tour guide Jun is extremely competent. My only complaint is that the tour feels rushed at each sites. However due to the number of tourists at each locations and in order to cover all the highlights, it is unavoidable to feel rushed.
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2019/04/26 |
Activity Date: | 2019/04/11 |
Reviewed by: Anonymous
Places visited were outstanding. But was fast paced/rushed. People with walking difficulties can barely catch up with the group. Lunch was sukiyaki.
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2019/04/20 |
Activity Date: | 2019/04/11 |
Reviewed by: Alena Hughes
Exceptionally well organised tour and so much to see in one day! Loads of walking and tour running on a tight schedule to fit the itinerary in.
Guide friendly, speaking very good English.
Extremely pleased with the tour and will recommend Veltra (Kyoto Tours) to my friends.
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2019/04/14 |
Activity Date: | 2019/04/12 |
Reviewed by: Carol
Had a great tour with a private chartered taxi. Our driver-guide Taka was very helpful, friendly, accommodating, and funny. We are very happy to be with his company and we hope to meet him again in the future of our Japan trips.
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Packages: | 9-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2019/04/09 |
Activity Date: | 2019/03/31 |
Reviewed by: Chris & Dina
Tour guide Jim was excellent and he made the tour interesting and fun. The locations selected were just right and what we wished to see.
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2019/04/08 |
Activity Date: | 2019/04/05 |
Reviewed by: Lee Nokan
This tour really allows you the time to see everything you need to at every site. Not rushed at all and even time for a bit of shopping and look around in the local stores. I would highly recommend this tour it is worth every cent. The temples and shrines were fantastic! Tour guide spoke very good English and was very easy to understand!
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Packages: | Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2019/03/09 |
Activity Date: | 2019/03/07 |
Reviewed by: Shane Crew
We had Kam take us around the sites of Kyoto for 6 hours. His english was excellent and his vehicle was immaculate.
Kam didn't just drive us to the sites, he went the extra mile and played tour guide at each stop and explained the historical sites and walked us around.
We had a fantastic day and highly recommend Kam and his service in Kyoto.
Dear Shane Crew-san, Thank you so much for using our limo service.
We are very glad to hear that you spent a great time in Kyoto with our driver.
We are looking forward to receiving a new request from you and your friend in the near future.
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Packages: | 6-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2019/02/04 |
Activity Date: | 2019/01/12 |
Reviewed by: Chinita Hard
Our driver was efficient, kind, professional, personable and very helpful. After hearing where we wanted to visit, he made recommendations about the order and timing of our day. We also needed to find a birthday cake and buy shinkansen tickets and he called a bakery and waited outside the station while we went to the ticket counter. The car was clean and comfortable. In addition, he selected exactly what we requested for a lunch stop: fast, local, easy to seat 14 people and good food.
We also hired a 9-seater Hi-ace van as we were a large group of 14. He worked well with the other driver and took turns explaining things as we were on site at shrines, temples and gardens.
It was a perfect day with the car and driver!
Dear Chinita Hard-san,Thank you so much for using our limo service. We appreciate to receive this happy comment from you. We are very glad to hear that you and your family spent a great time in Kyoto with our drivers.
We are looking forward to receiving a new request from you and your friend in the near future.
Warm regards, YASAKA
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Packages: | 6-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2019/01/10 |
Activity Date: | 2018/12/27 |
Reviewed by: Chinita Hard
Our driver was cordial, knowledgable and professional. After hearing what we have already visited and what we still wanted to see in Kyoto, he made recommendations about where to go and time spent at the location. We couldn't have asked for a better experience!
We also hired a second 6-seater as we had a large group of 14 people. He and the other driver worked together and took turns explaining things as we were on site at temples and museums.
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Packages: | 9-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2019/01/08 |
Activity Date: | 2018/12/27 |
Reviewed by: Jlo
We went around Kyoto and the tpur was very well managed. Chihiro was our guide and she was amazing. She was always smiling and made special efforts to talk to each of us. She welcomed as many questions as we had. It was an amazing experience. We fell in love with Kyoto thanks to you guys.
Thank you for joining tour and review.
We are happy to hear that.
We hope you have a lot of memories.
Best regard
Japan Panoramic Tours
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Packages: | Review Rebate: Kyoto Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2018/12/07 |
Activity Date: | 2018/03/30 |
Reviewed by: LVN
Wonderful experience. Very pleasant and knowledgeable guide.
Our day was very pleasant. Would definitely recommend this tour to other friends.
Thank you for joining tour and review.
We are happy to hear that.
We hope you have a lot of memories.
Best regard
Japan Panoramic Tours
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Packages: | Kyoto Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2018/12/07 |
Activity Date: | 2018/10/28 |
Reviewed by: Maile
The positives: bus transportation and pre-paid access into shrines and temples. The negatives: It was initially described as a Fall excursion but it was more like a highlights tour. They did not address any of the autumn trees or traditions for that time of year. Because of the Fall season is so popular, all of the places were very crowded, leading to a near race at each site just to get there and back in time for the bus. It also lead to a more than one hour delayed return, which, to be fair, they said might happen, but an update as the day progressed would have been better than announcing it at the tail end of a long day. We had plans to get back to JR station by a certain time so we had to depart the bus early and catch our own cab ride back which cost nearly $40.
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Packages: | Standard Plan (Until March 17, 2019) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2018/11/27 |
Activity Date: | 2018/11/24 |
Reviewed by: Amrish Patel
Perfect - a day well spent, lots to see and taste.
Masazumisan was great guide, professional, punctual, patient and most of all very knowledgeable.
I cannot recommend Veltra and their local team in Japan highly.
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Packages: | 6-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/11/14 |
Activity Date: | 2018/11/02 |
Reviewed by: Dr George Ryland
We took a one day tour with Veltra on Saturday 25 August. The tour commenced on time at Jolly's Coffee Shop opposite the Shin Kyoto Station. The tour gave us a comprehensive overview of the temples, shrines and gardens in Kyoto. There is a fair amount of walking to visit each site and this coupled with mid 30's temperatures was indeed a challenge for us in our mid 70's. Nevertheless the guide did point out shortcuts for us and still see the important sites. Lunch on this day was similar to a shabu shabu event with chicken & vegetable cooked at the table individually. It would have been even better in cooler weather. We found the tour ideal for the one day traveller to at least gain an overview of the beautiful historic sites of Kyoto.
Thank you you for joining our tour.
We are happy to get 5 stars and a great comment.
Please visit Japan again.
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Packages: | Kyoto Bus Tour with Lunch |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2018/10/09 |
Activity Date: | 2018/08/25 |
Reviewed by: コチコチ
今回初めて、英語が話せるタクシードライバーさんのサービスを利用しました。京都には初めて訪れた外国人をアテンドしていたので、誰でも知っているような場所への観光でしたが、自分も全く知らなった見所や、各場所の背景などのガイドトークが本当に感動的でした。
プロのガイドさんというのはこういうものなんだなと感心するとともに、丁寧で心温まるガイドをして下さったタクシードライバーさんに感謝です。
次に京都にを訪れるときにも、ぜひこのサービスを利用したいと思います。
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Packages: | 【4/30まで】トヨタ クラウン ロイヤル(3名まで) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2018/09/10 |
Activity Date: | 2018/09/08 |
Reviewed by: Amyt
Sho-ji our driver/guide was so nice and flexible, he even took us to go fishing and helped keep an eye on our children. Travelling with young kids, this tour suited us as we didn’t want to feel rushed or pressured if we joined a bus tour. We got to see numerous places and thoroughly enjoyed our time around Kyoto with Sho-Ji.
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Packages: | 6-person Minivan |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2018/09/09 |
Activity Date: | 2018/09/07 |
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We hope your whole experience in Japan to be an memorable one!