Why Riviera
The Riviera Style
Since our inception in 1984, our goal has been to exceed the expectations of the discerning traveler. In our testimonials, our guests frequently comment how they love our singular travel experiences: afforded by the opportunity of a "behind the scenes" view of a destination through our carefully crafted itineraries. Traveling with like-minded individuals and an experienced Tour Director, you will take a journey that will be both in-depth and personal. Flexible to your needs, we offer the perfect blend of sightseeing excursions and free time. Or, go ahead and explore on your own if you wish! It's your vacation.
Tour Directors
All our tours are escorted by our own Riviera-trained Tour Directors, whose enthusiasm and intimate knowledge of a destination will bring your vacation to life. Click here to find out more.
Quality and Peace of Mind
When you travel with Riviera you can be sure that our tours are exclusively our own. Unlike many other tour operators, who merely slap their name on a tour already operated in a destination by a local company, we select from scratch, all of the individual elements that make up our itineraries. The hotels, suppliers, local guides, and excursions we include on our tours have been personally researched and tailored into a journey that we feel is perfect for our guests. And needless to say, compromise is not part of our vocabulary.
Not only do we care about the quality of your journey, we care about your peace of mind. In addition to the comfort of knowing you are being accompanied by an experienced Tour Director, who can assist you in any circumstance, we also provide you with a 24 hour emergency telephone line.
Trust
We are an independent travel company, not part of a large, impersonal, multi-national organization. This independence gives us the freedom to combine the very best airlines and hotels to offer you a choice of high quality itineraries. Our professional, unbiased advice, in-depth research, and dedicated staff are solely focused on creating the most inspiring, and best value escorted tours possible. All these elements ensure our passion and commitment to quality and value, the hallmark of Riviera Tours.
Passion
Riviera strives to be the most passionate tour operator in the world today! We only operate to places that we are truly passionate about, hoping that our passion for a place will rub off on our guests. This is our simple and honest approach and it has served us well over the years. When we create a tour, we spend countless hours on research, so your vacation becomes not just a travel experience, but one of genuine discovery and interest. Our aim is to offer a memorable journey through time and culture, breaking through the veneer, to the real destination beyond. We take you to visit the classic "sights" as well as the lesser known, but equally inspiring ones. Often an intimate walking tour, will give you the opportunity to meet local people who call the place you are visiting "home". Speaking to them, understanding their hopes and aspirations, and seeing how similar they are to your own, the world becomes a smaller place. This is what we mean by passion: a passion for travel and a passion for people.
Price Promise
At Riviera Tours we are committed to offering excellent value. Our fully comprehensive itineraries include all the ‘must see’ sights and experiences your selected destination offers. Many operators sell these as options, but on a Riviera tour you can trust that a destination's higlights are included. We do not sell additional excursions that add to your overall costs. We believe our pricing is transparent and clear. We include essentials like ‘taxes’, and there are no hidden extra fees. We are proud to say that we have never passed on any additional surcharges, even during 2008 and 2009 when both currency and fuel fluctuations were excessive. We have a No Surcharge Guarantee so that once you have booked your trip, the price will not increase.
