Spain Travel Tour 68

1. 8:00 AM - Breakfast at the hotel and free time. || 41.37829438161686, 2.178720391743795

2. 4:00 PM - Unique Barcelona City Tour: Gothic Quarter. || 41.38187504635631, 2.1775853354938963

This 4 hour tour includes a certified local guide, transportation, and tickets to the Sagrada Familia Cathedral. In Barcelona there is much to discover, but no one should miss what has made ​​this city one of the most admired in the world. Our essential Barcelona city tour is specially designed for you to know and visit the most important and attractive of Barcelona in a dynamic way... discovering and getting in touch with the most interesting and essential Barcelona through its different neighborhoods, streets, monuments, culture and people. During this tour we will visit the Example neighborhood (recognized for the fascinating architecture of its facades), we will walk through the heart of Barcelona (where we will walk through the narrow alleys of the Gothic Quarter) and visit (without queues!) one of the most important monuments built by Antoni Gaudi. We will also discover Montjuïc, site of the 1992 Summer Olympics, from where we will enjoy beautiful views of the city and the port of Barcelona.

3. Unique Barcelona City Tour: Sagrada Familia Cathedral. || 41.403734487010965, 2.17437188989483

4. Unique Barcelona City Tour: Montjuic Fountain. || 41.37133670439667, 2.1516250150283898

5. 8:00 PM - Return to the hotel OR stay downtown for dinner. || 41.37829438161686, 2.178602374550511 

You will have the choice to return to the hotel or stay downtown for dinner. If you choose to stay downtown, it will be your responsibility to find transportation back to the hotel.

1. 8:00 AM - Breakfast at Hotel. || 41.37829438161692, 2.1784736285214747

2. 10:00 AM - Guided Walking Tour: Pedrera Monument. || 41.45699790384258, 2.1426762943188766

Antonio Gaudí is considered the most ingenious and innovative architect of his time and creator of an own and unique style in the world. This is reflected in its impressive architectural works, such as the Sagrada Familia, the Casa Batlló or El Parc Güell… and also other lesser known but equally amazing works. On this tour we will travel back in time to the 19th century. We will discover, visit and learn about the creations of Gaudí and other great Master of Modern Architecture, such as Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Josep Puig i Cadafalch or Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas. We will carry out the tour accompanied by an expert guide specialized in Modernism, which in addition to talking about the movement and its protagonists, will explain us various anecdotes and curiosities that will make the tour become a short trip to the early 19th century.

3. Guided Walking Tour: Casa Batllo Monument. || 41.391757649422644, 2.164865678251719

4. Free time

1. 7:30 AM - Breakfast at Hotel. || 41.37825328328438, 2.1787474853010096

2. 8:00 AM - Transfer from hotel to the Barcelona airport 

This transfer will take about 30 minutes.

3. 8:30 AM - Arrive at the Barcelona Airport. || 41.29848555825395, 2.080047047601873

4. 9:50 AM - Flight from Barcelona to Granada 

This is a nonstop flight.

5. Arrive at Granada airport. || 37.17736166887882, -3.5965968249336497

6. 11:30 AM - Transfer from the Granada airport to the hotel

7. 12:00 PM - Arrive at hotel and check in. || 37.17667989942425, -3.6127834679830073

8. 4:00 PM - Albaicin Walking Tour. || 37.18570507299565, -3.590158595006957 

This is a 2 hour walking tour. One of the most charming neighborhoods in Andalucía, The Albaicín, is considered one of the most beautiful and romantic corners of all Andalusia. Together with our expert guide, we will get to know this old Arab quarter of Granada, considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The place is surrounded by relics dating from the eleventh century and is undoubtedly one of the best viewpoints of the famous Alhambra Palace. We will enter its maze of cobbled streets and discover Moorish houses, “cármenes” with their traditional gardens, old mosques converted into churches, Muslim palaces and artisan workshops. Let yourself be seduced by the magic of Granada's Arab past.

9. Free time

10. Night in Granada

1. 7:00 AM - Breakfast at the hotel. || 37.17674828721871, -3.6127941968187596

2. 8:00 AM - Transfer from hotel to Alhambra Palace. || 37.1761204500619, -3.5880327402274412

3. 8:30 AM - Visit Alhambra Palace 

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984, the Alhambra was a courtly city where the sultans of the Nasrid Dynasty lived. We will first enter the incredible Nasrid palaces with their impressive architecture, plasterwork and decoration. In addition to the ornate palace, our expert guide will take us to the Alcazaba fortress with commanding views over Granada. We will follow strolling through the Generalife summer palace and gardens, renowned for their beautiful flora and numerous water- features. Without a doubt a place that we will always keep in our memory.

4. 1:00 PM - Arrive back at the hotel. || 37.17668844790193, -3.6127298238042416

5. 2:30 PM - Transfer from Granada to Seville

6. 5:30 PM - Arrive at Seville hotel and check in. || 37.40356816360277, -5.987238310299438

7. 5:45 PM - Free time.

8. 6:30 PM - Transfer from hotel to Flamenco Show

9. 7:00 PM - Flamenco Show and Tapas Tour 

Feel the emotion and passion of the Spanish culture Seville is one of the birthplaces of flamenco music. Suburbs such as Triana and La Macarena are a melting pot of flamenco influences, and the city is full of superb venues offering live performances. We will meet our local guide in our hotel and enjoy a stroll through the city center to a renowned flamenco venue. As we walk, our guide will prepare us to dip our toe into the underworld of flamenco, its history, origins and influences before sitting down to watch a live flamenco performance. The selected venues invite different professional artists to perform each night to ensure maximum spontaneity and quality in each show. After enjoying the flamenco show, our guide will take us on a tapas tour where we will be able to rub shoulders with the locals and sample some of Seville’s top tapas in the buzzing bars of the city center.

10. 11:00 PM - Transfer back to the hotel.

11. 11:30 PM - Arrive at the hotel.

1. 8:00 AM - Breakfast at hotel. || 37.40349145891949, -5.987238310299438

2. 10:00 AM - Seville Monumental Tour: Plaza de Espana. || 37.37711798263012, -5.9871093661209205

You will be picked up at your hotel for today's tour at 10:00 AM. Love at first sight Andalusia’s capital is one of the most walkable cities in the world and many of the best wonders are concentrated in and around the centre. Built as the central office for the Ibero American Exposition, a world fair held in Seville in 1929, the Plaza España is a landmark example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture.

3. Seville Monumental Tour: Seville Cathedral. || 37.38595254331702, -5.993069252628728 

The Seville Cathedral is the third largest church in the world and the largest gothic cathedral. Completed in the early 16th Century, it is designated as an UNESCO World Heritage Site and also the burial site of Christopher Columbus.

4. Seville Monumental Tour: Royal Alcazar. || 37.38319679815797, -5.990155966121646 

The Royal Palace of Seville is a magnificent complex of patios and halls in different architectural styles, from Mudéjar to Gothic. The heart of the complex is the Palace of King Pedro I, who constructed his royal residence in 1364 at the site of a Moorish palace.

5. Seville Monumental Tour: Santa Cruz. || 37.384622194304505, -5.989714593174386

We will navigate through the labyrinths of the old Jewish Santa Cruz quarter where we will admire the leafy patios of private mansions through their iron gates, with many old palaces, churches and hidden passageways.

6. 1:00 PM - End of tour and start of free time

1. 7:30 AM - Breakfast at hotel. || 37.40340623140151, -5.987238310299438

2. 9:00 AM - Transfer from the hotel to the Seville train station

3. 9:30 AM - Arrive at the Seville train station

4. 10:43 AM - High speed train ride from Seville to Madrid

5. 1:16 PM - Arrive at Madrid train station

6. 1:30 PM - Transfer from Madrid train station to hotel

7. 2:00 PM - Arrive at hotel and check in. || 40.43550396810892, -3.663979910153698

8. Walking Tour of Madrid De Los Austrias 

Living history in the very heart of Madrid The so-called Austria’s neighborhood, current historic center of Madrid, is the area where we can find many places and monuments from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the capital of Spain was the seat of the Hapsburg court. During this route we will travel through time and discover the secrets and curiosities that will bring us to feel the true essence of this amazing city. We will begin our journey in La Puerta del Sol, the heart and epicenter of Madrid, walking to the Plaza Mayor, the usual venue of all kinds of events at the time. Later we will go to the Plaza de Oriente, to get into the Royal Palace, one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. We will walk the aisles and take a walk through the gardens, which stand on the site of the old Alcázar de Madrid, a medieval fortress converted into a palace by King Felipe II. Then we will head towards the Almudena Cathedral, the main church of the Archdiocese of Madrid. Finally, we will visit the narrow streets that form the Letras district, house of the first hidden theaters in the city. (DURATION : 3 HOURS)

9. Transfer back to the hotel after the tour.

10. Free time

11. Night in Madrid

1. 8:00 AM - Breakfast at the hotel. || 40.43561012744302, -3.664097927346982

2. 10:00 AM - Unique Madrid City Tour 

Madrid is probably the Spanish city with the most monumental wealth, a place where history and tradition oozes out of every corner and which quickly conquers its visitors thanks to the open and friendly character of its people. During this complete panoramic tour we will have the opportunity to discover the local culture and to visit some of the main monuments, squares, avenues, gardens and palaces of the city. We will start in the old town, walking through the streets going from Puerta del Sol, the heart of the city, to the Plaza de Oriente, where the Royal Palace is situated. We will continue along the Gran Vía, going past the Cibeles Fountain until the Puerta de Alcalá, which is situated in front of El Retiro Park, the green lung of the city. We will then go to the Paseo del Prado, known for having the highest concentration of art in the world. Finally, we will make a quick stop at the iconic Estadio Santiago Bernabéu to later go to La Casa de Campo, an outstanding park with panoramic view located in the west of the city.

3. Unique Madrid City Tour: Plaza de Oriente. || 40.41869676220149, -3.7120988717969934

4. Unique Madrid City Tour: El Retiro Park. || 40.41537233128709, -3.683438881318952

5. Free time

6. Night in Madrid

1. 8:00 AM - Breakfast at hotel. || 40.43556113084811, -3.66391553713918

2. 8:30 AM -09:00 AM - Transfer from hotel to airport. || 40.48969418119506, -3.5641852083007426