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Highlights of Spain
11 Days from $2765 Tour Code: SPA

 

Day 1: USA – Madrid

VIP Door-to-Door Transfer to your local airport for your overnight flight to Madrid.

Day 2: Madrid

Welcome to Madrid! On arrival at Madrid Airport, your airport shuttle service leaves for the tour hotel at 09:30, 11:30, 14:00 & 17:00. In the evening, join your fellow passengers and Tour Director for a Welcome Drink.

Day 3: Madrid - Barcelona

Follow the wide arid plains of Castille. After passing Guadalajara, follow the Jalón River Valley, dotted with Mudejar Towers. Continue past Zaragoza in the province of Aragón, before encountering a different culture and language in Catalunya. Your home for the next two nights is the dynamic city of Barcelona. Barcelona has a rich variety of restaurants; this evening choose your own personal ambience and cuisine from our Dine-Around program. During the evening, enjoy a short informative presentation on the regional wines that complement your meal.
Buffet Breakfast and Dine-Around Dinner Included

Day 4: Barcelona

Join a local guide amid the old buildings and squares of the Gothic quarter. See the cathedral followed by the famous Ramblas, with its open-air markets and cafés. In contrast to the old part of town, drive along the broad, elegant avenues of the Eixample district to admire Gaudi’s extraordinary unfi nished creation, the Sagrada Familia church. Round off your tour with a drive up Monjuïc Hill, past the Olympic Games site and enjoy views over the harbor. The afternoon is at leisure.
Buffet Breakfast Included

Day 5: Barcelona - Valencia

Follow the Costa Dorada south, stopping in Peñíscola to view the white-walled cottages clustered around the sea-lapped castle used in the film El Cid. Continue past the famous orange groves to Valencia, your home for the night. An orientation tour with your Tour Director shows you the City Gates of Serranos and Cuarte, the Gothic Generalidad Palace, El Miguelete Cathedral with its octagonal bell tower, and the ultra modern Center of Arts and Sciences.
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included

Day 6: Valencia - Granada

Leave for the Costa Blanca, passing through the palm tree forests of Elche and past the lemon groves in Murcia. Enjoy the superb scenery of the Sierra Nevada with magnificent mountain views on all sides, and cross the Mora Pass to reach Granada. Here, we visit one of the most remarkable fortresses ever built, the Alhambra. Explore this exquisite palace; a fantasy of stone cut lace, arabesque gardens and fountains, built as a citadel by the Moors in the 13th century. Also visit the exotic water gardens of the Generalife, the Royal summer residence.
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included

Day 7: Granada - Seville

A beautiful drive through gleaming white villages and brilliant fi elds of golden sunflowers leads to Seville, exquisite capital of Andalucía, and one of the most charming cities in Spain. You’ll stay in this ‘city of Carmen’ for the next two nights.
Buffet Breakfast Included

Day 8: Seville

With your local guide visit the massive cathedral, burial place of Christopher Columbus and enriched with the spoils of the New World. Pass the slender Giralda Tower, once the minaret of the Great Mosque, see the Alcazar and tour the fashionable Santa Cruz Quarter with its flower decked wrought iron balconies. This afternoon is at leisure.
Buffet Breakfast and Dinner Included

Day 9: Seville - Madrid

Set off early along the Guadalquivir valley, past villages and towns studded with Moorish towers and fortresses, stopping in the perfectly preserved Moorish city of Cordoba. See the famous 2000-year-old bridge before a guided visit to the magnificent Mezquita, an 8th century mosque with a Christian church built inside it. Cross the plains of La Mancha, following in the steps of Don Quixote, on your way back to Madrid.
Buffet Breakfast Included

Day 10: Madrid

Enjoy a sightseeing tour along the noble avenues to see the statue of Cervantes’ fi ctional hero, Don Quixote, in the Plaza de España. Continue past Cibeles Fountain and the Parliament, and cross the Puerta del Sol. Visit the Prado Museum, a rose colored Palace housing works by Velázquez, Goya, Titian, Botticelli, Rubens, and many others. Take time out to relax at a café or shop in the boutiques of Serrano. In the evening, consider joining a farewell dinner in the heart of town, complete with wine and music.
Buffet Breakfast Included

Day 11: Madrid - USA

Return to the USA, taking home memories that will last a lifetime. Departure transfers arrive at Madrid Airport at 07:00, 09:00 & 11:00.
Buffet Breakfast Included