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Spain Express Tour

8 day Group Tour

from $1390

About this trip

Spain Express Tour

  • 7 nights/ 8 days cultural group tour
  • Tour starting from Madrid ending in Madrid
  • Prices starting at US$1390
  • Accommodation in Superior & Superior Plus hotels
  • Guided sightseeing
  • Includes 7 breakfasts
  • Transfers and tours by private A/C motor coach
  • Highlights: Madrid - Cordoba - Seville- Granada - Toledo- Madrid

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Madrid

Meet and assistance at the airport, transfer to the hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. Accommodation at the hotel

Day 2: Madrid City Tour (B)

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, Plaza Castilla and Parque del Oeste, as well as commercial and financial areas of Modern Madrid, the emblematic Las Ventas Bullring and the Santiago Bernabéu Football Stadium. Afternoon free to continue exploring the wonders that the city has to offer. Accommodation at the hotel.

Day 3: Madrid - Cordoba - Seville (B)

Breakfast at the hotel. .Drive along La Mancha, Don Quixote’s land. Brief stop at typical site in Puerto Lapice. Cross through the natural border of “Despeñaperros” and get into Andalusia, a region for itself that shows and 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.

Day 4:Seville (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.

Day 5: Seville - Granada (B)

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 W. Irving. Accommodation at the hotel.

Day 6: Granada (B)

Breakfast at the hotel and free day to enjoy the Nazari 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. Optionally, you can participate in this spirit and be immersed in the magical neighborhood of El Albaicín, a World Heritage Site, to discover its secrets: beautiful visits to the Sierra Nevada, old mosques converted into churches and old palaces, still saturated with Arab aromas. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Granada - Toledo - Madrid (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 historical old town through its narrow streets. Continue to Madrid. Accommodation at the hotel.

Day 8: Madrid - Departure (B)

Transfer to Madrid airport for flight back home. Thank you for visiting Spain.

End of Services

(*) During stay in Madrid tour escort service is not available. (*) In the event that the panoramic tour of Madrid is not operated for technical reasons will be replaced by the Madrid Hop-on Hop-off Bus 1 day instead.


Price

2024 Departures

Guaranteed departures from Madrid.  You can join the tour upon your arrival in Madrid airport. 

All rates are in US$ per person in Dbl Room. Single room supplement is available and starting from $990

2024 / DATES

SUPERIOR HOTELS

SUPERIOR PLUS HOTELS

Jan 13

$1390

$1590

Feb 17

$1390

$1590

Mar 02-09-16

$1390

$1590

Apr 06-13-20-27

$1830

$2050

May 04-11-18-25

$1690

$1850

Jun 01-08-15-22-29

$1690

$1850

Jul 06-13-20-27

$1690

$1850

Aug 03-10-17-24-31

$1690

$1850

Sep 07-14-28

$1690

$1850

Oct 05-12-19-26

$1690

$1850

Nov 09-16

$1620

$1790

Dec 14

$1590

$1770

OPTIONAL

 

TBA

Accommodation

Hotels as below or similar

CITY

# OF NIGHTS

SUPERIOR

SUPERIOR PLUS

Madrid

2

Melia Castilla

Princesa Plaza

Sevilla

2

Catalonia Santa Justa

Meliá Lebreros / Meliá Sevilla / Hesperia Sevilla

Granada

2

Sabica or similar

Melia Granada

Madrid

1

Melia Castilla

Princesa Plaza


What's Included

Package Includes

  • 7 nights accommodation at hotels as indicated or similar including breakfasts
  • Meals as in the itinerary B:Breakfast
  • Transportation by A/C private coach
  • Arrival and departure airport transfers (on the first and last days of the tour)
  • Guided city tour with local guides in Madrid, Cordoba (Mosque entrance included), Seville (Cathedral entrance included), Granada (Alhambra & Generalife Gardens entrance included) and Toledo
  • Tour director throughout the journey
  • Sightseeing as mentioned in the program including entrance fees
  • Local taxes and service charges (Barcelona City tax to be paid directly to the hotel)

Not Included: Any international airfare, departure & airport taxes and fees if any, Passport and visa services & fees, Beverages with meals, Meals other than mentioned above, Tips to drivers, guides and tour escorts, Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone, taxi, excess baggage etc. Travel insurance, Optional tours


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