13-Day Mediterranean Capitals Guided Tour from Madrid

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Madrid - Avila - Salamanca - Porto⌄

   Drive to Avila. A city that preserves its medieval wall. Short stop to know its walled and old town.

   Free time in this University City Heritage of Humanity of great architectural and artistic wealth. Departure to the Portuguese border until you reach Porto.

   Overnight: Superior: AC Porto Superior plus: Yotel Porto, BessaHotel Boavista, Vila Galé Porto

2. 2Porto⌄

   Cathedral of Porto

   Stock Exchange building

   Santa Clara church

   Enjoy a different perspective of the city along the river Douro aboard the BlueBoats Cruise and discover the historic heritage visiting one wellknown Port Wine Cellars with a wine tasting included.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: AC Porto Superior plus: Yotel Porto, BessaHotel Boavista, Vila Galé Porto

3. 3Porto - Coimbra - Fatima⌄

   Departure to Coimbra. City seat of one of the oldest universities in Europe and the birthplace of Fado. Enjoy free time to discover the town by yourself.

   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.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: Sao José Superior Plus: Santa Maria, Aurea, Estrela, Regina

4. 4Fatima - Batalha - Nazare - Alcobaça - Lisbon⌄

   Departure to the Batalha Monastery, a masterpiece of Gothic and Manueline style considered a World Heritage place by UNESCO.

   Free time in the picturesque fishing town of Nazaré.

   Continue to Alcobaça considered a World Heritage town with its Gothic church and Cistercian monastery, whose origins date back to the XII C.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: Roma Superior plus: Lutecia

5. 5Lisbon⌄

   Morning sightseeing tour of the ancient Olissipo.

   Belem Tower

   Jeronimos Monastery

   Coach Museum

   Monument to the Discoverers

   Marquis of Pombal Square

   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” where Fado sounds as a missing past.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: Roma Superior plus: Lutecia

6. 6Lisbon - Merida - Cordoba⌄

   Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Mérida, capital of Extremadura. Declared a World Heritage Site, Mérida stands out for its rich historical heritage, including its well-preserved Roman ruins: the theatre, the amphitheatre, the Roman bridge... Free time and continuation to Córdoba, once the capital of the Caliphate. Accommodation at the hotel.

   Afterwards, continue on towards Cordoba, once the capital of the Caliphate.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: Sercotel Córdoba Medina Azahara Superior plus: Hesperia Córdoba

7. 7Cordoba - Seville⌄

   Impressive tour of its Mosque and other sites that will ease our mind and spirit strolling through its narrow winding streets of the Jewish Quarter. In the afternoon, after a short two hours ride reach Seville.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: Catalonia Santa Justa, Catalonia Giralda Superior plus: Hesperia Sevilla, Meliá Lebreros, Meliá Sevilla

8. 8Seville⌄

   Breakfast at the hotel. Morning panoramic city tour visiting the Cathedral (the second largest in the Catholic world after St. Peters in Rome)

   Santa Cruz quarter a natural scenario of “Carmen” as well as a precisely where the myth of “Don Juan” developed.

   Maria Luisa Park

   Plaza de España

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: Catalonia Santa Justa, Catalonia Giralda Superior plus: Hesperia Sevilla, Meliá Lebreros, Meliá Sevilla

9. 9Seville - Granada⌄

   Drive east through the Caliphate road to the heart of ANDALUSIA observing an endless number of olive trees on the way to Granada and its incredible and amazing monumental environment, last stronghold of the Moorish Kingdoms up to 1492. Visit the world famous Alhambra complex and Generalife Gardens that have inspired several authors with its sound and sights, such as the “Tales of the Alhambra” by W. Irving.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Superior: Sabica Superior plus: Meliá Granada

10. 10Granada - Valencia⌄

    Start driving looking for the Mediterranean coast. Via Murcia, capital of the fertile garden of the Segura river, continue north via Alicante, the second largest city within the region of Valencia. Reach Valencia one of the main capitals of the Mediterranean coast with its modern Arts and Sciences Architectural Complex integrated by six elements: Hemispheric, Umbracle, Science Museum, Oceanographic, Palau de les Arts and Ágora.

    Meals: Breakfast

    Overnight: Superior and Superior plus: NH Valencia Las Artes, Rey Don Jaime, Eurostars Acteón

11. 11Valencia - Barcelona⌄

    Morning city tour of this bright city including a drive through the old city showing the most prominent buildings, we will then be driven past the old riverbed of the Turia to the most avant-garde complex “Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias” to watch the emblematic exteriors of the six buildings.

    Early afternoon departure northward all along the Mediterranean coast to Catalunya, via Tarragona, the Roman Tarraco. Reach Barcelona principal Mediterranean city homeland of the famous architect Gaudí symbol of the Catalonian modernism.

    Meals: Breakfast

    Overnight: Superior: Catalonia Barcelona 505 Superior plus: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza

12. 12Barcelona⌄

    Casa Milá - La Pedrera

    Casa Batlló

    The Montjuïc Park with spectacular views of the city, Olympic Ring, monument to Columbus and the Olympic Port.

    Olympic Port

    Meals: Breakfast

    Overnight: Superior: Catalonia Barcelona 505 Superior plus: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza

13. 13Barcelona - Zaragoza - Madrid⌄

    Departure southwest along an industrial and agricultural area with certain relevance within Europe. Arrive to Zaragoza, capital city of Aragón, within the banks of Ebro River the most copious within the Iberian Peninsula. Zaragoza, known as Cesar Augusta during the Roman period had an important role in Spanish history. Some free time to see the impressive Baroque architecture of the Basilic-Temple of Our Lady Pilar. Continue to Madrid. END OF OUR SERVICES.

    Meals: Breakfast