Madrid Trip Overview
Take your time on a 6-day tour of Spain that guides you round Andalusia’s most famous cities: Caceres, Seville, Cordoba, Toledo and Granada. Enjoy Caceres, declared a World Heritage City, visit the birthplace of flamenco in Seville, see the home city of El Greco in Toledo and be amazed by the Moorish gardens of the Alhambra. You’ll also see Spain’s oldest bullring in Ronda on this six days in Spain itinerary, and soak up the beauty of Spain’s resort coast, the Costa del Sol. Highlighting the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Cordoba, Seville, Granada, Toledo, and Cordoba this tour takes you deep into the heart of Andalusia, Spain’s most colorful and distinctive region. Dinner and breakfast are included, and enjoy a choice of standard or superior hotel accommodation for all four nights.
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* Duration: 6 days
* Starts: Madrid, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Take your time on a 6-day tour of Spain that guides you round Andalusia’s most famous cities: Caceres, Seville, Cordoba, Toledo and Granada. Enjoy Caceres, declared a World Heritage City, visit the birthplace of flamenco in Seville, see the home city of El Greco in Toledo and be amazed by the Moorish gardens of the Alhambra. You’ll also see Spain’s oldest bullring in Ronda on this six days in Spain itinerary, and soak up the beauty of Spain’s resort coast, the Costa del Sol. Highlighting the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Cordoba, Seville, Granada, Toledo, and Cordoba this tour takes you deep into the heart of Andalusia, Spain’s most colorful and distinctive region. Dinner and breakfast are included, and enjoy a choice of standard or superior hotel accommodation for all four nights.
Itinerary
Day 1: Madrid – Cáceres – Córdoba
Stop At: Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain
Drive westwards on a modern highway towards Extremadura, homeland of many discoverers of the new world. Arrive Caceres, capital of the province, declared World Heritage City. Time at leisure to walk through the old town with its ancient walls and well known medieval quarter. Afterwards, continue on driving south towards Cordoba, once the capital of the Caliphate.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Superior cathegory: Tryp Cordoba
Superior plus cathegory: Hesperia Cordoba
Day 2: Córdoba – Sevilla
Stop At: Mezquita Cathedral de Cordoba, Calle del Cardenal Herrero 1, 14003 Cordoba Spain
Breakfast at the hotel. City tour including its impressive “Mosque”, today a Cathedral, and other sites that will ease our mind and spirit strolling through its narrow winding streets of the Jewish Quarter.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Superior cathegory: Catalonia Santa Justa or Catalonia Giralda
Superior plus cathegory: Hesperia Sevilla
Day 3: Sevilla
Stop At: Catedral de Sevilla, Avenida de la Constitucion s/n, 41001 Seville Spain
Morning panoramic city tour visiting the exterior of the Cathedral: the second largest in the Catholic world after St. Peters in Rome.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Barrio Santa Cruz, Seville Spain
Santa Cruz quarter: a natural scenario of “Carmen” as well as a precisely where the myth of “Don Juan” developed.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Parque de Maria Luisa, Paseo de las Delicias, s/n, 41013 Seville Spain
Maria Luisa Park
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Plaza de Espana, Avenida de Isabel la Catolica, 41004 Seville Spain
Plaza de España
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Superior cathegory: Catalonia Santa Justa or Catalonia Giralda
Superior plus cathegory: Hesperia Sevilla
Day 4: Sevilla – Ronda – Costa del Sol
Stop At: Ronda, Ronda, Costa del Sol, Province of Malaga, Andalucia
Reach Ronda; time at leisure to admire this town of Celtic origin and the marvelous view of the valley and mountain range.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Costa del Sol, Costa del Sol, Province of Malaga, Andalucia
Continue on to the Costa del Sol, one of the most modern and important international tourist areas. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Sol Don Pablo, Don Marco or Sol Principe
Day 5: Costa del Sol – Granada
Stop At: Province of Granada, Province of Granada, Andalucia
Breakfast. Departure towards the city of Granada and its incredible and amazing monumental environment, last stronghold of the Moorish Kingdoms up to 1492.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Alhambra, Calle Real de la Alhambra, s/n Palacio de Carlos V, 18009 Granada Spain
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.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Superior cathegory: Alixares
Superior plus cathegory: Catalonia Granada
Day 6: Granada – Toledo – Madrid
Stop At: Toledo, Spain
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.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Calle Damasquinadores, C. Damasquinadores, 45004 Toledo, Spain
Then proceed with a visit to a famous “Damasquinado” (gold and silver inlaying in iron) factory.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
