Visit the main cities in Andalusia with this unique 9-day tour departing from Madrid and finishing in Barcelona. Learn and explore about the most famous monuments such as La Alhambra in Granada, Cordoba’s Mosque and Seville’s Cathedral. On the way to Barcelona, city homeland of the famous architect Gaudi, spend 1-night in Valencia, one of the capitals of the Mediterranean also renowned and delicious “Paella”.
Day 1 Madrid
Arrival at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation T & A Class: Meliá castilla, Princesa Plaza or similar.
Day 2 Madrid
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning Madrid panoramic city tour; find the medieval origins of the city, like the Arabic fortress, at the Barrio de la Morería, famous for its historical buildings. Drive through the courtesan district of the Hapsburgs characterized by Phillip II and its Renaissance and Baroque style buildings, Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa; the Madrid of the Bourbons and the complex town planning schemes of Charles III, the Royal Palace, Cibeles and Neptuno Fountains and the Puerta de Alcalá. Admire the XIX C. works such as Prado Museum. The contemporary Madrid with areas such as Gran Vía, Castellana, the district of Salamanca and Parque del Oeste, as well as commercial and financial areas of Modern Madrid and the Santiago Bernabéu Football Stadium. Afternoon free to continue exploring the wonders that the city has to offer. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation T & A Class: Meliá castilla, Princesa Plaza or similar.
Day 3 Madrid - Córdoba - Sevilla
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive along La Mancha, Don Quixote’s land, going by a typical site in Puerto Lapice. Cross through the natural border of “Despeñaperros” and get into Andalusia, a region for itself that shows an enormous heritage from a splendorous past. Reach Cordoba. Impressive tour of its Mosque and other sites that will ease our mind and spirit strolling through its narrow winding streets of the Jewish Quarter. In the afternoon, after a short two hours ride reach Seville. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Catalonia Santa Justa or similar // A Class: Meliá Lebreros / Meliá Sevilla or similar
Day 4 Sevilla
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning panoramic city tour visiting the Cathedral (the second largest in the Catholic world after St. Peters in Rome), Santa Cruz quarter (a natural scenario of “Carmen” as well as a precisely where the myth of “Don Juan” developed), Maria Luisa Park and Plaza de España. Afternoon at leisure for you to discover exclusive views, specific flavors of this active full of light city. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Catalonia Santa Justa or similar // A Class: Meliá Lebreros / Meliá Sevilla or similar
Day 5 Sevilla - Granada
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive east through the Caliphate road to the heart of Andalusia observing an endless number of olive trees on the way to Granada and its incredible and amazing monumental environment, last stronghold of the Moorish Kingdoms up to 1492. Visit the world famous Alhambra complex (entrance included) and Generalife Gardens that have inspired several authors with its sound and sights, such as the “Tales of the Alhambra” by Washington Irving. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Sabica or similar // A Class: Meliá Granada or similar
Day 6 Granada - Valencia
After breakfast at the hotel, departure towards the east to arrive in Valencia, one of the main capitals of the Mediterranean coast, featuring its modern City of Arts and Sciences complex, which includes six buildings: the Hemispheric, Umbracle, Science Museum, Oceanogràfic, Palau de les Arts, and Ágora. Valencia is also the birthplace of the internationally renowned “Paella.” Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation T and A Class: NH Valencia las Artes or similar
Day 7 Valencia - Barcelona
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour of this bright city including a drive through the old city showing the most prominent buildings, we will then be driven past the old riverbed of the Turia to the most avant-garde complex “Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias” to watch the emblematic exteriors of the six buildings. Early afternoon departure northward all along the Mediterranean coast to Catalunya, via Tarragona, the Roman Tarraco. Reach Barcelona principal Mediterranean city and homeland of the famous architect Gaudí, symbol of the Catalonian modernism. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Catalonia Barcelona 505 / Evenia Rocafort or similar // A Class: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza / Evenia Rosselló or similar
Day 8 Barcelona
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour of Barcelona, well known worldwide for the Olympic Games during 1992, drive along the main avenues with impressive modernist buildings by Gaudi such as La Pedrera or Casa Mila and Casa Batlló – declared World Heritage buildings. The Montjuic Park with spectacular views of the city, Olympic Ring and monument to Columbus. The afternoon is for you to keep on discovering this city full of attractive offers as well as exquisite and varied gastronomy. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Catalonia Barcelona 505 / Evenia Rocafort or similar // A Class: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza / Evenia Rosselló or similar
Day 9 Barcelona
After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport. END OF OUR SERVICE.