“Victor guided my daughter and me through Seville. When you think ‘guide’ you may think monuments, markets, beautiful views, but his tours also include the gift of a running context as we went along, and ‘context’ is all in Andalucia. Victor has an encyclopedic knowledge of Spanish history in a region with eons of complexity. He is also widely read in world as well as national literature. Anecdotes – some personal, many not–enriched his commentary and lighten the treks from place to place. Victor moves from the general to the particular and back again with ease and effectiveness, especially with architecture. The architecture of Seville demands that expertise. He quickly intuits his client’s interests and enthusiasms and accommodates. When Victor discovers particular depths of interests, he will offer to change the itinerary in imaginative ways. His tours are far from rote and routine, but rather a multifaceted introduction to Andalusian culture in general and Seville in particular. When I go back to Seville, which I surely will because of Victor’s marvelous introduction, he will be the first person I call to make that visit as memorable as the first.”
