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.
Oviedo: Led by your Local Expert, see 1,000-year-old wall paintings in some of Europe's oldest churches. Admire the incredible altarpiece, one of the finest in Europe, when you visit the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour.
Picos de Europa: Visit the holy cave of Covadonga and see the tomb of Pelayo who is celebrated for winning the Battle of Covadonga against the Muslim Moors in 722 and later became the first King of Asturias.
Picos de Europa: Venture into this magnificent national park to admire the stunning picturesque scenery and rocky trails.
Santillana del Mar: Step back in time when you visit this perfectly preserved and 'most beautiful village in Spain.'
Bilbao: See the spectacular modern Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Gehry and sites of this Basque region gem during your orientation with your Travel Director.
Getaria: See the rock known as El Ratón or the mouse.
San Sebastián: Led by your Local Expert, enjoy a guided walking tour of the Old Quarter including Plaza de la Constitucion.
Pamplona: The city is home to Cafe Iruña, a favourite of Ernest Hemingway.
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.
Oviedo: Led by your Local Expert, see 1,000-year-old wall paintings in some of Europe's oldest churches. Admire the incredible altarpiece, one of the finest in Europe, when you visit the Cathedral of the Holy Saviour.
Picos de Europa: Visit the holy cave of Covadonga and see the tomb of Pelayo who is celebrated for winning the Battle of Covadonga against the Muslim Moors in 722 and later became the first King of Asturias.
Picos de Europa: Venture into this magnificent national park to admire the stunning picturesque scenery and rocky trails.
Santillana del Mar: Step back in time when you visit this perfectly preserved and 'most beautiful village in Spain.'
Bilbao: See the spectacular modern Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Gehry and sites of this Basque region gem during your orientation with your Travel Director.
Getaria: See the rock known as El Ratón or the mouse.
San Sebastián: Led by your Local Expert, enjoy a guided walking tour of the Old Quarter including Plaza de la Constitucion.
Pamplona: The city is home to Cafe Iruña, a favourite of Ernest Hemingway.
Itinerary
This 18-day guided tour takes you from Barcelona to Madrid — stopping at every charming town in between. Walk through Barcelona with your Local Expert, from Passeig de Gràcia to the soaring Sagrada Família. Paella was created in Valencia, and you will indulge in the savoury rice dish after a private demonstration from a local chef. Stomp your feet in Seville during a flamenco dance lesson, then relax as the professionals put on a private show for you and your fellow travellers. Walk across the 2,000-year-old Roman bridge in Córdoba, then meet a local historian at the city’s 8th-century mosque with a Christian cathedral inside it. In Madrid, walk with a Local Expert through the city’s Old Quarter to the Prado Museum, where an art historian will reveal the stories behind the masterpieces of artists such as Goya and Titian.
day 1Welcome to Barcelona
Join your Travel Director and fellow travellers for dinner at a local restaurant.
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
day 8Wonderful Madrid
day 9Madrid at Leisure
day 10Through Guadarrama Mountains to Santiago de Compostela
day 11Santiago de Compostela
day 12The Costa Verde to Oviedo
day 13Santander
day 14Bilbao and San Sebastin
day 15The Cantabrian Coast
day 16Pamplona and on to Barcelona
day 17Barcelona at leisure
day 18Depart Barcelona
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Customer Reviews
Beautifully planned and executed from beginning to end. Hotels more than just accommodating; we wanted for nothing. Tour director excellent in knowledge and professionalism—enthusiasm made each day warm and inviting. Local experts carefully selected. Coach driver provided comfort and spotless conditions. I already look forward to my next tour, wherever and whenever that may be. Thank you.
Spanish Heritage is an amalgam of two tours. The integration could have been better. However, our tour director worked with us to overcome the issue.
This itinerary covers a lot of ground, covering 2 to 3 locations in one day. Local experts are very knowledgeable.
It would've been good to know that the Spanish Heritage End Barcelona tour was two tours combined into one. I only realised this after reading reviews of the tour.
I would have liked to have known ahead of time that this was in fact two tours in one, with different tour directors and different tour groups. There was no mention of this in the literature. We chose Insight because we enjoy the activities and options that are so usually so well planned and executed, but this itinerary included several duplicate activities and options causing us to have to make alternate arrangements. This was a big disappointment that could have been avoided with better planning where the trip had overlap.
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