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9 daysDuration
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5 - 99 yearsAge range for participants
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Light physical activity suitable for most people with average fitness levels.
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Highlights

Barcelona: Explore Barcelona with a Local Expert who sets out the city’s shape from street level — the long run of Passeig de Gràcia, the sharp grid of the Eixample and the way the skyline shifts as the Sagrada Família comes into view. The route ties together the city’s Modernista detail and its ongoing architectural change.

Peñíscola: See Peñíscola’s 14th-century castle rising above the old town, set on a limestone headland that divides the shoreline.

Valencia: Get your bearings in Valencia’s Old City as your Travel Director points out the surviving medieval gateways and the street grid shaped by centuries of expansion.

Seville: Visit Seville Cathedral, completed in the 16th century and recognised as the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. Walk through its vast nave and chapels and view the Giralda, originally built as the minaret of the 12th-century Almohad mosque. The cathedral’s scale and layered construction show how the site developed from Islamic to Christian use.

Córdoba: In Córdoba, you’ll join your Travel Director for a short orientation that helps fix the city on the map. Walk by the Roman bridge over the Guadalquivir, pass the old gateway towers and step into the historic centre, where whitewashed houses, small squares and hidden patios show how this older part of the city fits together.

Córdoba: Visit the Mezquita with a local historian to trace how a mosque became a cathedral. You’ll step into a forest of striped arches and columns from the original Islamic building, then see later Christian additions including the central choir and chapels.

Madrid: Explore Madrid’s Old Quarter with a Local Expert who outlines how the district developed from a small medieval citadel into the centre of Habsburg Madrid. You’ll see the compact street grid, market squares and civic buildings that shaped the early city, and trace how each layer of expansion created the foundations of the modern capital.

Itinerary

Experience the essence of Spain on the "Highlights of Spain" tour, a 9-day city sightseeing journey from Barcelona to Madrid. Dive into Barcelona’s lively Las Ramblas, savor authentic paella in Valencia, and explore Granada’s majestic Alhambra. In Seville, learn flamenco first-hand before witnessing a passionate performance, and enjoy an art historian’s insights at Madrid’s Prado Museum. Designed for families and mature travelers, this tour offers expert guidance, comfortable accommodation, and hands-on cultural activities. Its unique highlight? Private culinary and artistic experiences that immerse you in Spain’s culinary and creative traditions, making this trip a true feast for the senses.

day 1Welcome to Barcelona

Join your Travel Director and fellow travellers for dinner at local restaurant La Pau. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience supports teenagers and young people to transition to their adult life. Learn about local life through the eyes of the youth.

Meals
Dinner
Location Visited
Barcelona
Accommodation
NH Collection Barcelona Constanza

day 2Barcelona, the City of Gaud

day 3Along the coast to Valencia

day 4Exquisite Granada and Alhambra

day 5A Scenic Drive to Seville

day 6Seville, the City of Carmen

day 7Moorish Crdoba and on to Madrid

day 8Madrid of the Bourbons

day 9Depart Madrid

What's Included

Accommodation
NH Collection Barcelona Constanza HotelBarceló Valencia HotelGran Luna de Granada HotelMeliá Sevilla, Seville HotelCanopy by Hilton Madrid Castellana HotelHotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).If your arrival and/or departure flights are as per the itinerary start and end dates, then transfers are available at scheduled times. If your flights are outside these times, or you have booked additional nights accommodation with Insight Vacations, you may purchase transfers or make your own way from/to the airport.Barcelona: At La Pau, you’ll sit down to a seasonal Catalan menu in a restaurant built around social impact. Dishes are prepared and served by young people in training, many moving on from care or disrupted schooling. Paid work, mentoring and a clear structure help them gain skills in the kitchen and dining room as they move towards independent living. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities.Granada: Visit the Alhambra Palace with a Local Expert and walk through its courtyards, carved plasterwork and palace rooms from the Nasrid period. You’ll see how water channels, gardens and intricate detail define the complex, and how this hilltop site shaped Granada’s cultural and political story for centuries.
Meals
Dinner (x4)Breakfast (x8)Madrid: Sit down to dinner with your Travel Director and fellow travellers at a local restaurant.
Transport
Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxurious, air-conditioned, 40-seat coach with double the standard legroom and onboard washroom. Our customized luxury coaches are sanitized before the start of your tour and are maintained to very high standards. Physical distancing measures have been implemented on our customized luxury coaches.
Guide
From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.
Others
Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary.Seville: The Cristina Heeren Foundation promotes the teaching and preservation of flamenco and is supported by a TreadRight Foundation grant. Meet students, learn a few basic steps and watch them perform, gaining insight into how the school trains young artists in guitar, singing and dance. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education.Valencia: Spend time with a chef in a family-run kitchen to see how Valencian paella is built from its base — the heat of the pan, the saffron stock, the type of rice and the order ingredients go in. Afterwards, sit down to eat the finished paella, tasting the layered flavour and socarrat crust you’ve just watched being made.Madrid: Visit the Prado Museum with an art historian who places key works within their historical setting. With your historian’s expert guidance, you’ll examine paintings by Velázquez, Goya, Titian and Rubens, noting their connection to royal patronage and the broader European tradition. Learn how the museum, founded in 1819, became a principal repository for Spain’s royal collections and major works from across the continent.Seville: Join a guided walk through the Santa Cruz quarter, following a street pattern shaped by Seville’s medieval Jewish community until the 14th century. You’ll navigate narrow lanes, enclosed courtyards and small plazas reflect the district’s earlier layout, with surviving architectural elements that point to the neighbourhood’s social and cultural history within the wider city.Seville: Take a panoramic drive around Seville to observe the city’s main districts and landmarks, including the riverfront near Torre del Oro, the avenues created for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition and the open spaces around María Luisa Park.Choose between two carefully selected activitiesSeville: Join a guided walk through the Santa Cruz quarter, following a street pattern shaped by Seville’s medieval Jewish community until the 14th century. You’ll navigate narrow lanes, enclosed courtyards and small plazas reflect the district’s earlier layout, with surviving architectural elements that point to the neighbourhood’s social and cultural history within the wider city.Seville: Take a panoramic drive around Seville to observe the city’s main districts and landmarks, including the riverfront near Torre del Oro, the avenues created for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition and the open spaces around María Luisa Park.

Customer Reviews

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Dela H.Verified Traveler
5.0 | Excellent

Very good itinerary - excellent tour director - comfortable bus - nice hotels

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
4.0 | Very Good

On long drives more info about what we’re passing and seeing in the moment or, in advance, would have been very appreciated. Would have welcomed visiting an Olive Orchard or Orange Orchard, since we passed so many on the long drives.

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Charleen B.Verified Traveler
5.0 | Excellent

Very happy and pleased . Can't waited to set up another trip

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
4.0 | Very Good

All was terrific. Two more dinner should be included. In addition, when in some cities, a later start after breakfast would be more convenient

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AnonymousVerified Traveler
5.0 | Excellent

More time in Valencia would have been good :)

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