James Coulton bietet aussergewöhnlich professionellen Service an – wir wollten eine komplizierte Tagestour machen – James war super vorbereitet. Er kennt die Region extrem gut und hat uns zusätzlich Besonderheiten gezeigt. Wir lassen uns oft herumfahren – James war bislang der beste Guide.

My sister and I recently enjoyed a week-long tour of beautiful Cornwall and Devon with Select Southwest Tours. James knows this area of southwest England like the back of his hand and shared many fascinating stories about the history and character of the places we visited. In addition to well-known sites such as St. Ives, Penzance, and Plymouth, James introduced us to places we never could have found on our own. He took us to harbors and villages found at the end of narrow, winding roads, and pubs tucked into little hamlets off the beaten track. A few of the many highlights of the trip include our visit to Cadgwith, a tiny fishing village on the Lizard Peninsular; the afternoon we spent at Dartmoor where we saw wild ponies and sheep that graze unhindered by fences; and our visit to the Botallack Mine where we saw the mine ruins and learned about the lives of the people who worked there. James was always good natured and helpful, even making dinner reservations for us when we were in Plymouth and he certainly knows where to get a good pub or farm café lunch. We had never booked a private tour before and I can say without reservation that this is the best way to see new places. If you are planning to visit Cornwall or Devon and want to really learn about the area, I encourage you to book with Select Southwest Tours.

Select Southwest Tours is a winner in many ways. The day following our tour, they were honored once again winning a prestigious travel award. Now we understand why they are the premier tour company to hire. Our experience was beyond our expectations. We were a group of 3, 71 year old women who went to High School together and live in various parts of the USA.

James met us at Heathrow with a huge comforting smile melting away all our travel concerns. On the way to Cornwall, we stopped in Avebury, which we had requested.

On the following 2 days of our private Cornwall tour, James tailored it to our individual needs and wants. We were taken to spectacular sights, many unknown to others, and he enlivened them with his historical stories told with the care of a master storyteller.

Every place we were taken was just perfect, including fishing villages, tin mines, Port Issac, St. Kew, megalithic sites, pubs, and of course a place to eat a proper scone.

We felt we were the winners as it wasn’t about just what we saw, which was a lot, but we won having Select Southwest Tours. Thank you James. Great job

My wife and I did a second tour with James and it was another exceptional experience. His knowledge of the region is fantastic and his ability to adjust based on weather and changing interests is second to none. We did private tours at Geevor Mine and Polgoon Winery and we would definitely recommend both of them. The weather in January can be a little cold and windy, but still much better than the upper Midwest. Bottom line, we couldn’t recommend James enough.

I was looking for someone to take me on a search for my family tree. Contacted James and was able to customize our day to where we needed to go. He picked us up from our hotel and we had a great day. We were able to locate a lot of information and he even researched and was able to find the property that my family had once lived on. Highly recommend him. Thanks for such a great day James!

James Coulton is superbly knowledgeable about the area’s history, culture, geography, politics, and anything else you might care to know….The Cornish countryside and coast are just as picturesque as anything you could ever hope for, James is great company and I enjoyed myself tremendously. I have already recommended him to multiple others and will continue to do so.

I would definitely recommend this tour for anyone who loves the BBC/PBS series Poldark and really anyone who wants to have a great day tour of the Cornwall countryside. James Coulton, who is the tour guide, is absolutely amazing! He is very personable and outgoing. Also what was so great about James is that even though his daughter was ill, he decided he did not want to disappoint us and kept our tour for the day (he did have family covering for him).

James is very familiar with Cornwall and able to provide an interesting tour each day of this beautiful area. We visited St Michaels, St Ives, and the Poldark filming locales, to name a few of the sites. He knew the local eating establishments, including old pubs, and we enjoyed Cornish pasties, tea and crumpets with clotted cream, and other local food. He shared stories, and music of Cornwall as we traveled,

Five wonderful days with James Coulton …enough precious memories to fill our memory boxes to overflowing.

James picked us up from our hotel in his immaculate 4×4 vehicle and all day nothing was too much trouble for him. We had a wonderful day exploring parts of Cornwall which we would never have found ourselves, on his Jewels of West Cornwall Tour. He was keen to show us what was of interest to us and discussed with us where we would like to go but did give us his recommendations too which proved to be memorable parts of the day. There was a nice mix of driving and walking and James was very knowledgeable about the area. It was an all day tour and we felt we had excellent value for money as we were never hurried wherever we stopped. We would recommend James and would certainly do one of his tours again should we be lucky enough to return to this part of the world.
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