Guidekin is handpicked, not scraped. Every tour here has cleared an explicit selection bar, and we tell you exactly which bar applies to what.
Most platforms show you everything and leave you to sort through the noise. We do the opposite. Before a tour can appear on Guidekin, it has to pass a simple but strict selection, so the page you land on is already the shortlist, not the whole haystack.
No paid placement, no padding the list to look bigger. A tour earns its spot on merit, or it isn't here.
We don't list partner tours below 4.5 out of 5. A tour has to genuinely delight travelers, not merely satisfy them, to make the cut.
Partner tours need at least 30 verified traveler reviews, and our named editorial picks need at least 50. These thresholds exclude ratings based on only a handful of reviews. They are minimum review counts, not evidence that every tour has served hundreds of travelers.
Ratings are aggregated from verified traveler reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor, people who actually took the tour, never self-reported by the operator.
We drop duplicates, thin new listings and the over-sold stuff. If a tour pads out the page without earning its place, it's gone.
Our own Guidekin Originals and tours from newly joined guides can't have a review history yet, so they clear a different bar: licence checked, itinerary manually reviewed by us, and always labeled as new, never blended into the rated catalogue.
Ratings move over time. We keep an eye on the bar, so a tour that slips below the standard doesn't get to stay on the strength of its old reputation.
Viator lists 34,673 tours across our 26 destinations. Guidekin lists 2,816 of them: every one rated 4.5★ or higher by 30+ travellers, screened as a real tour, read and summarised by our editors. Listings counted on September 16, 2026.
| Destination | Listings at Viator | On Guidekin | How we screened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | 4,298 | 209 | Curated selection |
| Porto | 1,647 | 173 | Curated selection |
| Madeira | 1,065 | 106 | Curated selection |
| Azores | 519 | 79 | Curated selection |
| Sintra | 419 | 85 | Curated selection |
| Albufeira | 389 | 43 | Curated selection |
| Faro | 524 | 41 | Curated selection |
| São Miguel | 393 | 49 | Curated selection |
| Funchal | 653 | 50 | Curated selection |
| Braga | 175 | 23 | Curated selection |
| Cascais | 173 | 42 | Curated selection |
| Portimão | 325 | 35 | Curated selection |
| Barcelona | 2,986 | 134 | Curated selection |
| Madrid | 1,715 | 100 | Curated selection |
| Seville | 1,149 | 105 | Curated selection |
| Malaga | 1,083 | 64 | Curated selection |
| Mallorca | 806 | 50 | Curated selection |
| Tenerife | 728 | 52 | Curated selection |
| Lanzarote | 244 | 49 | Curated selection |
| Valencia | 622 | 91 | Screened end to end |
| Granada | 653 | 98 | Screened end to end |
| Ibiza | 421 | 86 | Screened end to end |
| Gran Canaria | 427 | 73 | Screened end to end |
| San Sebastián | 407 | 66 | Screened end to end |
| Paris | 4,548 | 121 | Curated selection |
| Rome | 8,304 | 946 | Screened end to end |
Imported and later hidden: 271 tours, of which 130 fell below the bar at a later rating refresh and 130 turned out not to be tours (transfers, rentals, tickets without a guide). 248 were hidden in the last 30 days, and 21 are currently unavailable at the supplier and stay off the listings until they return.
You don't have to compare fifty near-identical listings or work out which 4.2-star tour is secretly fine. Everything on Guidekin is already vetted, so the shortlist is the whole list. Pick what fits your plans and book with confidence.
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