Explore the culture and heritage of Spain’ and Portugal during this 11-day guided tour from Madrid to Portugal and Andalucia. Embrace a tour complete with beautiful sights, charm, and flavors in Cordoba, Granada, Seville and Costa del Sol.
Departure point will be at our established hotels in Madrid: 8.30AM in Hotel Aloft
Drive to Salamanca. Free time in this University City Heritage of Humanity of great architectural and artistic wealth.
Departure the portuguese border until you reach Porto.
Cathedral of Porto.
Santa Clara church
Enjoy a different perspective of the city along the river Douro aboard the BlueBoats Cruise and discover the historic heritage visiting one wellknown Port Wine Cellars with a wine tasting included.
City seat of one of the oldest universities in Europe and the birthplace of Fado. Then you will have free time to enjoy the town by yourself.
Center of the Christian Faith and World Pilgrimage Sanctuary with its impressive Basilica and the Cova da Iria place where the Virgin Mary appeared. The Chapel of the Apparitions, heart of the sanctuary, with the tombs of the three shepherds, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta. At night possibility to attend the procession of the candles.
Departure to the Batalha Monastery, a masterpiece of Gothic and Manueline style considered a World Heritage place by UNESCO.
Free time in the picturesque fishing town of Nazaré.
Continue to Alcobaça a World Heritage town with its Gothic church and Cistercian monastery, whose origins date back to the XII C.
Belem Tower
Jeronimos Monastery
Coach museum
Monument to the Discoverers
Afternoon at leisure for you to catch the nostalgic corners of Alfama Quarter, the old city gathered next to its Castle, with old buildings nested in narrow twisting “Ruas” full of color housing the genuine “tabernas” where Fado sounds as a missing past.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Mérida, capital of Extremadura. Declared a World Heritage Site, Mérida stands out for its rich historical heritage, including its well-preserved Roman ruins: the theatre, the amphitheatre, the Roman bridge... Free time and continuation to Córdoba, once the capital of the Caliphate. Accommodation at the hotel.
Afterwards, continue on towards Cordoba, once the capital of the Caliphate.
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.
Reach Seville.
Visit the exterior of 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
Plaza de España
Reach Ronda; free time to admire this town of Celtic origin and the marvelous view of the valley and mountain range.
In the afternoon continue on to the Costa del Sol, one of the most modern and important international tourist areas.
Departure towards the city of Granada and its incredible and amazing monumental environment, last stronghold of the Moorish Kingdoms up to 1492. Visit the world famous Alhambra complex and Generalife Gardens that have inspired several authors with its sound and sights, such as the “Tales of the Alhambra” by W. Irving. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. Optional Gipsy Flamenco show at Sacromonte quarter.
Drive northward where it emerges, toward the sky of Castilla and surrounded by the Tagus River, the impressive Imperial city of Toledo –World Heritage City- where the three cultures Christians, Moorish and Jewish, have lived together. Resume of the Spanish art, history and spirituality the whole town is a National Monument. Short guided tour of this historical old town through its narrow streets.
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