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.
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.
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
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Very good itinerary - excellent tour director - comfortable bus - nice hotels
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.
Very happy and pleased . Can't waited to set up another trip
All was terrific. Two more dinner should be included. In addition, when in some cities, a later start after breakfast would be more convenient
More time in Valencia would have been good :)
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