SLBA5LM: Barcelona, Madrid, Andalusia & Toledo

Arrival at the airport transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Presentation at our Estación del Nord office for the Highlights city tour of Barcelona. A half-day sightseeing tour around Barcelona that will allow you to discover the history of the city while visiting some of the most important places in a comfortable and easy way. The first part of the visit consists of a guided walking tour through the small and narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter, the oldest part of the city. During this early visit we will see the Cathedral Square, The Cathedral, the Old Jewish Quarter, among other interesting places. Later we will take our bus to start with a panoramic tour around the rest of the city.

We will head towards the Mountain of Montjuic, the main scenery of the Olympic Games in 1992. We will see the Olympic stadium from the bus and later we will have the opportunity to enjoy the panoramic views of the city riding the aerial tramway (subject to the weather conditions).

At the end, back to the bus, we will leave Montjuic and come back to the city centre passing through España square, the twin Venetian towers, the MNAC and the Shopping centre Las Arenas, build in an old bullring. We will pass through the elegant Passeig de Gràcia Street, where there are located two of the most important Gaudi’s buildings (Casa Batlló and Casa Milà “la Pedrera”). We will arrive in Estació del Nord, and we will end the tour.

Afternoon is at leisure to enjoy this wonderful city and surroundings. Accommodation at the hotel. (B)

(*) If the visit to Barcelona could not be carried out for technical reasons, it would be replaced by the Barcelona City Tour 1-day Tourist Bus.

After breakfast at the hotel departure southwest along an industrial and agricultural area with certain relevance within Europe. Arrive to Zaragoza, capital city of Aragón, within the banks of Ebro River the most copious within the Iberian Peninsula.

Zaragoza, known as Cesar Augusta during the Roman period, had an important role in Spanish history. Some free time to see the impressive Baroque architecture of the Basilic-Temple of Our Lady Pilar. Continue to Madrid. Accommodation. (B)

(*) For operational reasons, transportation between Barcelona and Madrid could be done by High-Speed train in Tourist Class without tour escort.

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart to Seville via Cordoba. Drive along La Mancha, Don Quixote’s land, passing 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 hour ride reach Seville. Accommodation at the hotel. (B)

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. Optional Flamenco show. (B)

After 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 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. In the evening, optionally, a Flamenco Zambra show. (B)

Breakfast at the hotel and free day to enjoy the Nasrid capital. Granada is more than the Alhambra; the Muslim heritage runs through every corner of the city and mixes with the Christian tradition, giving rise to a unique city. Overnight at the hotel. (B).

Breakfast at the hotel. 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 historic old town through its narrow streets. Continue to Madrid. Accommodation at the hotel. (B)

After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport. (B)  END OF OUR SERVICE.

(*) Tour combined with other circuits, not all participants may have the same destination. According to the segment of the circuit, the accompanying guide could change.

(*) During the train journey to Madrid and stays in Madrid, there will be no accompanying guide service.

(*) If the visit to Barcelona could not be carried out for technical reasons, it would be replaced by the Barcelona City Tour 1-day Tourist Bus.