8-Day Spain Tour Including Barcelona Madrid Cordoba Seville Granada and Toledo

8-Day Spain Tour Including Barcelona Madrid Cordoba Seville Granada and Toledo

Discover beautiful Barcelona, UNESCO World Heritage-listed Toledo and the highlights of Spain’s Andalusia region on this 8-day tour. Spend two days exploring Barcelona at your own pace; then, ride a high-speed train to Madrid. Explore the cities of Seville, Cordoba and Granada, and visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Granada’s Alhambra Palace and Generalife Gardens. You’ll enjoy seven overnight stays in 3- or 4-star hotels as well as several guided tours and round-trip transportation by deluxe coach.

Itinerary

Day 1: Barcelona

Stop At: Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, 08820 El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Arrival and transfer to your hotel in Barcelona
Duration: 30 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Superior: Catalonia Barcelona 505 / Evenia Rocafort

Superior plus: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza / Eevenia Rosello

Day 2: Barcelona

Stop At: Gothic Quarter (Barri Gotic), Mediterranean Seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona Spain
The first part of the visit consists in a guided walking tour through the small and narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter, the oldest part of the city. During this early visit we will see Las Ramblas, de Cathedral Square, The Cathedral (free time to visit the Cathedral by yourself), the Old Jewish Quarter, among other interesting places.
Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona Spain
Later we will take our bus to start with a panoramic tour around the rest of the city. We will pass through the elegant Passeig de Gràcia Street, where there are located two of the most important Gaudi’s buildings (Casa Batlló and Casa Milà “la Pedrera”), the Triumph Arc, the Olympic Village and the Olympic Port.

Pass By: Montjuic Castle, Carretera de Montjuic, 66, 08038 Barcelona Spain
This is an important place because was the main scenery of the Olympic Games in the 1992. We will see the Olympic stadium from the bus and later we will have the opportunity to enjoy the panoramic views of the city riding the aerial tramway (subject to the weather conditions).

Stop At: Poble Espanyol, Av Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, 13, 08038 Barcelona Spain
It consist in a synthesis of all the cultural variety in Spain. During the visit you will be given some free time to enjoy the different areas inspired in different Spanish regions, where you will find craft shops restaurants and bars.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Placa d'Espanya, Barcelona Spain
At the end, back to the bus, we will leave Montjuic and come back to the city centre passing through España square, the twin Venetian towers, the MNAC and the Shopping centre Las Arenas, build in an old bullring.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Superior: Catalonia Barcelona 505 / Evenia Rocafort

Superior plus: Catalonia Barcelona Plaza / Eevenia Rosello

Day 3: Barcelona - Madrid

Stop At: ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Madrid-​Puerta de Atocha Train Station, Glorieta Carlos V, s/n, 28045 Madrid Spain
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Sants train station to depart by AVE, high speed train, at 9:00 am to Madrid. Enjoy the journey with the comfort and operating speed of this AVE train.

You will have a transfer to your hotel and after that, you will be able to enjoy your day at your own pace.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Superior: Mayorazgo / Florida Norte

Superior plus: Courtyard Marriott Madrid Princesa / Catalonia Gran Via

Day 4: Madrid - Córdoba - Seville

Stop At: Mezquita Cathedral de Cordoba, Calle del Cardenal Herrero 1, 14003 Cordoba Spain
Get into Andalucía until you reach Córdoba. There you will have a walking tour and you will be able to learn about its Mosque and other sites that will ease our mind and spirit strolling through its narrow winding streets of the Jewish Quarter.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Superior: Catalonia Santa Justa / Catalonia Giralda

Superior plus: Meliá Lebreros

Day 5: Seville

Stop At: Catedral de Sevilla, Av. de la Constitución, s/n, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
You will enjoy a panoramic tour of the city of Seville, starting with the exterior of the Cathedral considered the second largest in the Catholic world after St. Peters in Rome.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Barrio Santa Cruz, Seville Spain
A natural scenario of “Carmen” as well as a precisely where the myth of “Don Juan” developed together with Maria Luisa Park and Plaza de España.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Superior: Catalonia Santa Justa / Catalonia Giralda

Superior plus: Meliá Lebreros

Day 6: Seville - Granada

Stop At: The Alhambra, Calle Real de la Alhambra, s/n Palacio de Carlos V, 18009 Granada Spain
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.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Superior: Los Angeles

Superior plus: Meliá Granada

Day 7: Granada - Toledo - Madrid

Stop At: Casco Historico de Toledo, Toledo Spain
Admire the impressive Imperial city of Toledo –World Heritage City- where the three cultures Christians, Moorish and Jewish, have lived together. Resume of the Spanish art, history and spirituality the whole town is a National Monument. Short guided tour of this historical old town through its narrow streets.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Damasquinados Suarez, Paseo Circo Romano 8, 45004 Toledo Spain
Then proceed with a visit to a famous “Damasquinado” (gold and silver inlaying in iron) factory.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Superior: Mayorazgo / Florida Norte

Superior plus: Courtyard Marriott Madrid Princesa / Catalonia Gran Via

Day 8: Madrid

Stop At: Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport, Av de la Hispanidad, s/n, 28042 Madrid, Spain
A transfer will pick you up from your hotel to the airport.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.