All Reviews for Best Day Trips from Osaka

Really good, a must! Deers can be a bit nasty, kids be careful

We loved Yuki's (the tour guide to Nara) deadpan humor and engaging personality. She was thoroughly familiar with all the tourist spots and even engaged with us (the tourists) on a personal level. She communicated clearly and spoke in understandable English. Would totally recommend her as a tour guide to friends :)

The tour was well worth the money paid for. We had more than 3 guides who took care of us in each destination explaining every detail and even accompanied us on our way back to the Osaka Namba Station from Nara. They gave us maps and instructions to guide us back to our hotel. They were very helpful and concerned. I believe it would be hard for tourists to go on their own to the destinations of this tour specifically the Nijo Castle and the Kyoto Imperial Palace because you have to secure a permit before you can enter. With this tour, all are taken cared of. We had a big group so a big bus took us from the meeting point to Kyoto. Unfortunately, there were some in our group who were always late. The guide was very polite but firmly reminded all of us to be at meeting point on time otherwise they will be left behind (which I appreciate otherwise we will have less time in all the other destinations). The Todaiji temple was just majestic. Looking at the pictures now, it really is more beautiful to see it real. We had more than enough time to enjoy Nara, feed the deers and just relax in the park. I would definitely recommend this tour.

Although I was a week late for the cherry blossom season, it might have actually been a good thing, as there were no crowds and I could easily get around everywhere.

First, I visited Fushimi Inari. Since it was my first stop and due to the location, it was impossible to see everything within the time limit.

The second place I went to was Kiyomizu-dera. The distribution of time was fine here, and the location was good, which made it enjoyable.

I highly recommend visiting Kinkaku-ji as my third stop. The scenery is wonderful.

It was my first visit since my student days, and experiencing Kyoto again with the passing years felt different and truly lovely.

Although I was traveling alone, most of the other guests were foreigners, and the tour guide was very kind, which was great. There were no issues traveling alone. However, it would be wise to check the meeting place in advance.

Also, today I'm heading to Guam, and I'm participating in another tour with Bell Tours. The monitor tour is very reasonable and definitely worth using.

I'm sure there will be plenty of enjoyable experiences.

桜の時期には一週間遅れたけれど、
それが逆に良かったのか、激込みというところがなく、どこもスイスイ行けました。

まずは伏見稲荷は一番最初に行きましたが、ここは最初だということもあり、場所てきな問題もあり全てを回ることは、時間内には無理でした。

２番目に行ったのは、清水寺。
ここは、問題ない配分でしたし、ロケーションはよいし良かったですね。

３番目の金閣寺は是非行ってみてほしいです。

景観が素晴らしいですよ。

学生以来の再行きでしたが、年を重ねての京都はまた、違った趣が感じられ、ほんとに素敵。


一人旅ではありましたが
ほぼ、他のお客様は外人さんでしたが、添乗員さんがとても親切で、良かったです。
一人旅でもなにも問題はありません。
ただ集合場所だけは下見をしておいた方が賢明。


また、今日にはグアムに行くので、
またベルとらさんのツアーに参加しています。
モニタツアーもあり、とてもリ－ズナブルで
利用価値ありです。

たくさん楽しめること間違いないです。

Worth every penny!

Smooth & worry-free Tour! Conducted very professionally from start to finish. Travelled with spouse & 14 month old infant. Thank you for the great experience :)

tour is well-organized but a bit rushing

We had a wonderful trip in Kyoto and Nara. The guides are very nice and friendly. Highly recommended.

The trip to Kyoto and Nara was very good and all the places very beautiful and worth visiting. The guides were courteous and knowledgeable and the lunch was delicious.

Beautiful places
The person responsible to take the group from
Osaka to Kyoto was very helpful
The tour guides gave additional information about cities history and actual life

I enjoyed the trip especially the guides are so good

A great way to discover the imperial cities of Kyoto and Nara if you have limited time. Tour covers the must see places. Tour is well conducted and efficiently timed to ensure you are back to Osaka by 7pm.

excellent organization!

It was a great tour! I don't know how I would've managed going around Kyoto to see the sights without a guided tour. The tour guides both in the morning and afternoon sessions were very entertaining and knowledgeable and we learned a lot. The lunch was great as well. And the personnel who met us at the meeting point and at the departure point were very friendly and ensured that we didn't get lost.

The tour was awesome. Worth the money we paid for. Tour guides are all well informed and efficient. The lunch is delicious.
I salute tour guide CHIEKO ISHII of Sunrise Tour, in charge of Nara tour. She speaks English very well, She is very energetic, radiating her energy to all participants considering that we were all tired as it was the last part of the day tour. She add humor in telling historical accounts of all attractions.

excellent

It was a well organized tour. The guides were very kind, helpful and knowledgeable. Although the tour was fast paced you are still able to take in and appreciate the sites visited. It also makes the most of the limited time a visitor/tourist has to be able to see more of the sites.

I missed my tour on 5th Oct from Ritz Carlton Osaka because it was not clear enough that I have to go to granvia (concierge) to be picked up. Very dissappointed !

Despite the rain, we still enjoyed all the sites we went to. The temples were great. The nightingale floors were very cool! the deers were so adorable! kids, as well as adults, would enjoy that experience.

We enjoyed the tour a lot, very organized, very good tour guide, very good food and reasonably priced tour. Will definitely book our next trip with City Discovery

The tour was just magnificent. From the start of the tour, being met at our hotel, taken by subway to Kyoto, to meet the bus and the rest of the group and then being shown and told so much about the sites we visited, I'm not sure that we could have asked for a nicer day.
Our guide, Mickey was fantastic and spoke such good English, thank you again for a most informative day, we so enjoyed it.
Lunch was delicious and we had ample to eat.
We would highly recommend this tour to anyone who was wanting to do it.

The itinerary was great..... We visited all the main attractions in an efficient manner. The guides were knowledgeable, interesting & easy to understand. The personal escort from our hotel in Osaka to start the tour & back to hotel at conclusion were much appreciated especially since we were not famiiar with train system.