Hello,

Has anyone join the above tours? which would you recommend if I intend to travel in mid December as I will be in England at that time and wish to be back there at the end of the tour.

are the accomodations close to the shops or shopping area?

Where will the tour stops for lunch / dinner?

Is there any better suggestion instead of the above 2 tours?

Thanks.

I have not taken either tour but just have couple of comments:
1) You may want to google the distance between cities and try to figure out how much time you going to be on the motor coach. In Europe, I believe motor coach doesn't drive over 90 Km/H.
2) Review the location of the hotels at different travel sites. E.g. www.tripadvisor.com. . One way for Cosmos to keep the price low is by using hotels not in the cental area or major tourist sights. This makes it hard to do/shop things on your own.
3) Check out similar tours by Globus (sister company of Cosmos) and Trafalgar, the hotels they use are supposed to be more centrally located.
4) Consider ending the tour in Paris and take the Eurostar back to London on your own. Why spend a day taking the coach to Calais, ferry to Dover, coach back to London, when you can go from Paris to Londer in 2.5 hrs? By ending the tour 1 day early, you should saved enough for the Eurostar and more time in Paris.
Just my 2 cnets.

I just did european introduction. It is decent just too much driving. We took almost all the optionals but cabret show in Paris and most of them were pretty decent. But it is just too much driving.

can you share a little more of your experience?