The Best of Spain and Portugal

Meet and greet at the airport. Take a transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Discover the beauties of the city with a guided city tour. Barrio de la Moreria, the Hapsburgs district, 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 Alcala. The contemporary Madrid with areas such as Gran Via, 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 Bernabeu football stadium.

Afternoon at leisure to continue exploring the wonders that the city has to offer. Join your fellow travelers for an authentic welcome tapas dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Portugal, we will drive towards Salamanca. Enjoy some free time in this university city world heritage of great architectural and artistic wealth. Continue to the Portuguese border to reach Porto. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest european towns, and proclaimed a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1996.

Breakfast at the hotel. Guided sightseeing tour of Porto. Admire the cathedral, stock exchange building and Santa Clara Church. Afterwards, enjoy a Douro River cruise and discover famous port wine cellars with a wine tasting experience included. Rest of day at leisure.

After breakfast, we depart to Coimbra, one of the oldest universities in Europe and the birthplace of Fado. Free time. Continue to Fatima. Center of the Christian Faith and world pilgrimage sanctuary with its impressive basilica and the Cova da Iria place where the Virgin Mary appeared. The Chapel of the Apparitions, heart of the sanctuary, with the tombs of the three shepherds, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta. At night possibility to attend the procession of the candles.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to the Batalha Monastery, a masterpiece of gothic and manueline style considered a world heritage place by UNESCO. Continue to the picturesque fishing town of Nazare. Free time and continue to Alcobaca (World Heritage) with its gothic church and cistercian monastery, whose origins date back to the XII C. We continue to Lisbon.

After breakfast, join a morning city sightseeing of the ancient Olissipo. Drive through its main squares and avenues, Belem Tower, Jeronimos Monastery, Coach Museum, Monument to the Discoverers, Marquis of Pombal Square and Liberty Avenue. Afternoon at leisure for you to catch the nostalgic corners of alfama quarter, the old city gathered next to its castle, with old buildings nested in narrow twisting ruas full of color housing the genuine tabernas. Join your fellow travelers and enjoy a typical Portuguese dinner visiting one of the oldest Fado venues in the city and located in one of the most interesting cultural neighborhoods in the area.

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Andalusian soils, back in Spain, we drive to Caceres, considered World Heritage site because of the city's blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture. Walk through its plaza mayor and the old town with its famous medieval quarter. We continue towards Cordoba, once the capital of the Caliphate.

Breakfast at the hotel. Discover the impressive tour of Cordoba's Mosque (entrance included) and other sites that will ease our mind and spirit strolling through its narrow winding streets of the Jewish Quarter. In the afternoon, continue your journey towards Seville.

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour of the Andalusian Capital, Seville. Visit the Cathedral, the second largest in the Catholic world after St. Peters in Rome. Continue to Santa Cruz quarter, the natural scenario of Carmen as well as the myth of Don Juan; Continue to Maria Luisa Park and Plaza de España. Afternoon is at leisure for you to enjoy the city of light.

After breakfast at the hotel, we will drive south passing through typical Andalusian villages to reach Ronda. Enjoy some free time to admire this town of Celtic origin and the marvelous view of the valley and mountain range. We continue our journey with an authentic Olive Oil Experience at a local Almazara, LA Organic. Walk through their olive tree fields and taste their organic olive oil production. Bond for beautiful Spanish Mediterranean coast, we will continue to Costa del Sol.

Enjoy your daily breakfast at the hotel and depart to one of our favourite jewels in Spain, Granada. With its breathtaking monumental environment, we will visit the world famous Alhambra complex (entrance included) and Generalife Gardens.

After some time at leisure, join your fellow travelers to experience the most authentic Gypsy Flamenco show including dinner.

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart to the impressive Imperial city of Toledo, World Heritage City, where the three cultures Christians, Moorish and Jewish, have lived together for centuries. Enjoy a guided city tour of this historical old town through its narrow streets. Continue to Madrid. Farewell Market experience dinner.

After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport.