• 5 Dinner (D)
• 14 Breakfast (B)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Business class coach with extended leg room
• Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
• 4 & 5-star stays

• Madrid: Join your Travel Director at 18:00 for dinner in a local restaurant and get to know your fellow travellers over a beautiful evening of delicious food and wine.
• Vila Nova de Gaia: Visit the wine cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, the centre of port ageing and storage since the 18th century. You’ll learn how barrel conditions, blending practices and long-standing shipper traditions define styles such as Ruby, Tawny and Vintage. Examine the link between Douro Valley production and the export houses established along this southern bank of the Douro River.
• Lisbon: In Belém, try pastéis de Belém: crisp layers of pastry encasing custard complete with a dusting of cinnamon. See how the pastries follow a closely guarded recipe, and are still prepared in the same bakery that has produced them since 1837. 
• Torremolinos: Visit a rural mill outside Torremolinos to taste olive oils pressed from olives grown on trees that have stood in this region for generations. Try a few varieties with freshly baked bread and hear how harvest timing, soil and tree age influence the flavour. 
• Alfarnatejo: Share a home-cooked lunch with a local family in Alfarnatejo. Expect simple Andalusian dishes, seasonal ingredients and an easy conversation around the table. It’s a chance to see how meals are prepared and shared in this part of rural Spain, and to hear stories about the town from the people who live there. 
• Valencia: Spend time with a chef in a family-run kitchen to see how Valencian paella is built from its base — the heat of the pan, the saffron stock, the type of rice and the order ingredients go in. Afterwards, sit down to eat the finished paella, tasting the layered flavour and socarrat crust you’ve just watched being made.
• Barcelona: In Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, you’ll visit a local bodega set among the vineyards that have supplied cava houses since the 19th century. A light lunch is paired with a tasting of cavas made using the traditional method, showing how bottle fermentation and ageing on the lees influence the wine’s structure and character. 
• Barcelona: Your final evening brings the group together around the table in Barcelona. It’s a chance to share dinner in the Catalan capital, reminisce over the days you’ve travelled and mark the end of your journey across Spain and Portugal with one last meal together. 

• Madrid: Visit the Prado Museum with an art historian who places key works within their historical setting. With your historian’s expert guidance, you’ll examine paintings by Velázquez, Goya, Titian and Rubens, noting their connection to royal patronage and the broader European tradition. Learn how the museum, founded in 1819, became a principal repository for Spain’s royal collections and major works from across the continent.
• Granada: Visit the Alhambra Palace with a Local Specialist and walk through its courtyards, carved plasterwork and palace rooms from the Nasrid period. You’ll see how water channels, gardens and intricate detail define the complex, and how this hilltop site shaped Granada’s cultural and political story for centuries.

Pause to admire Ávila’s medieval walls, a near-complete ring of towers and battlements that crowns a Castilian hilltop.

Take in the pale stone ramparts and sturdy gatehouses that once guarded a frontier city shaped by faith and fortress-building. This scenic interlude invites you to pause for photos and reflection on the frontier spirit that defined Spain’s heartland for centuries.

Discover Salamanca’s golden heart with a Local Specialist, stepping into the grand stage of Plaza Mayor and its Baroque arcades.

Walk the university district to study Plateresque facades at the University of Salamanca, founded in the 13th century. Learn how scholars, merchants and clergy shaped a city famed for carved sandstone portals, scholarly tradition and the warm hue that earns Salamanca its “golden” nickname.

Visit the historic lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia where casks line cool cellars above the Douro’s south bank. Join a guided tasting to sample port wines across styles—ruby, tawny and vintage—while learning how blending and barrel aging shape character.

Trace the journey from Douro Valley quintas to the export houses that made Porto famous. Notes of dark fruit, toasted oak and honeyed warmth reveal the region’s craft refined over centuries.

Explore the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima, a place of pilgrimage since 1917. Walk the vast esplanade to the Chapel of the Apparitions and the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, where candlelight and quiet devotion set the tone.

Hear how reported visions transformed a rural village into a spiritual landmark. The sanctuary’s broad spaces encourage contemplation, with architecture designed to welcome immense gatherings of the faithful.

Walk inside Óbidos’ medieval walls, following cobbled lanes past whitewashed houses trimmed in blue and yellow. Explore small churches and shopfronts tucked beneath flowered balconies.

Along the way, sample ginja, the local cherry liqueur traditionally served in small cups. The town’s layers—from Roman roots to a 13th-century royal wedding gift—make Óbidos a compact study in Portuguese history wrapped in village charm.

Join a guided panoramic tour through the Baixa to appreciate Lisbon’s Pombaline planning, wide squares and black-and-white calcada mosaics. Continue to the riverside to view Belém Tower and admire the Monument to the Discoveries, touchstones of Portugal’s maritime era.

In Belém, taste Pastéis de Belém—crisp pastry filled with silky custard—then step into the National Coach Museum to see gilded carriages from state ceremonies, each illustrating changing court style and protocol from the 16th to 19th centuries.

Follow a guided walk through Santa Cruz, Seville’s former Jewish quarter of shaded alleys, orange trees and intimate squares shaped by medieval life.

Inside Seville Cathedral, the world’s largest Gothic church, gaze up into ribbed vaults and jewel-toned glass before viewing the Giralda, a former Almohad minaret turned bell tower. Learn how Islamic and Christian artistry interlace here, from chapel carvings to the storied tomb of Christopher Columbus.

Experience a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience at the Cristina Heeren Foundation, where guitar rhythms and handclaps set the tempo for Andalusia’s defining art form.

Join instructors to learn a few flamenco steps and understand the dialogue between song, guitar and dance. Afterwards, watch a live performance by students whose training is supported by your visit—an initiative that advances cultural heritage and education in line with UN SDG 4.

Ride up to explore the Rock of Gibraltar with a Local Specialist and take in sweeping views toward the Strait where two seas meet. Enter St. Michael’s Cave, where stalactites frame a natural cathedral lit for dramatic effect.

Outside, encounter the free-roaming Barbary macaques and learn how this British enclave became a maritime gateway between empires. The outlook reveals the storied meeting of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean beneath limestone cliffs and shifting skies.

Visit a rural press to sample extra-virgin oils drawn from trees rooted for generations in an Andalusian mountain village. Learn how harvest timing, varietals and age-old methods influence aroma and flavour.

Continue to share a home-hosted lunch with a local family, passing seasonal dishes and stories across the table. This slow, generous meal captures the rhythms of village life and the pride behind every bottle of liquid gold.

Walk through the Alhambra Palace and Generalife with a Local Specialist, pausing in intimate courtyards where water murmurs through channels and pools.

Admire Nasrid palaces adorned with lace-like stuccowork, cedar ceilings and calligraphic bands that speak to an age of poetry and science. In the gardens, citrus and myrtle frame terraces designed for cool shade and respite—an evocation of paradise perfected over centuries.

Gain your bearings on an Old City orientation, noting medieval gateways and the handsome plazas that anchor Valencia’s historic core.

Later, join a chef for a paella cooking demonstration, watching saffron stock, rice and local ingredients find balance in a broad pan. Sit down to taste the socarrat crust and layered flavours you’ve just seen created—the authentic taste of the region where paella was born.

See Peñíscola’s Templar castle rising from a rocky spur above the sea, its pale ramparts etched against the sky.

Learn how this fortress guarded coastal routes and later appeared on screen, then wander viewpoints along the limestone headland to frame castle walls and coves below. The setting invites you to pause for photos and reflection as the Mediterranean horizon stretches away.

Descend into vaulted galleries to tour cava cellars beneath Catalonia’s sparkling-wine capital. Learn the método tradicional—second fermentation in bottle—and how aging on the lees shapes texture and finesse.

Over a light lunch, sample elegant cavas and hear how native grapes, time and careful riddling yield persistent bubbles and orchard-fruit aromas. The cool hush of the cellars reveals a craft refined since the 19th century.

Take a guided city highlights drive along Passeig de Gràcia and the Eixample, where Modernista facades and the city’s precise grid set the stage for Catalan creativity.

At Sagrada Família, step into a soaring nave of light where tree-like columns branch toward stained glass that washes the basilica in color. On occasions when interior access is restricted, you’ll visit the UNESCO-listed Hospital de Sant Pau and view Gaudí’s masterpiece from outside with expert commentary.

Gather for a final evening to raise a glass in Barcelona and celebrate two weeks across the Iberian Peninsula.

Taste Catalan flavours shaped by the sea and nearby mountains while you share stories from Madrid to Lisbon and Andalusia. This convivial dinner closes the journey in a city where artistry, architecture and appetite meet at the table.

Experience an Optional Experience at a family-run Lisbon restaurant, where platters of grilled fish and shellfish arrive with citrus, olive oil and herbs.

This evening of traditional Portuguese cuisine is bookable on tour at additional cost. Hear how Atlantic waters supply the capital’s kitchens and why simple, precise cooking defines Lisbon’s enduring seafood culture.

Travel the Portuguese Riviera on an Optional Experience to stylish Cascais and Estoril, where palm-lined promenades meet golden sands and Atlantic swells.

Soak up breezy viewpoints, belle époque villas and a seaside mood shaped by royalty and writers. This coastal outing is bookable on tour at additional cost and offers time to stroll waterfront esplanades and enjoy the maritime light that defines the shoreline.

Step into Casa de Pilatos on an Optional Experience to admire azulejo courtyards, carved stucco and Renaissance galleries that blend mudéjar and Italianate style.

Wander arcades cooled by fountains and learn how 16th-century nobility shaped this urban palace. This visit is bookable on tour at additional cost and reveals an exquisite canvas of tilework and classical sculpture within the city’s historic core.

Explore the Royal Alcázar of Seville on an Optional Experience, discovering courtyards scented with orange blossom, artesonado ceilings and intricate mudéjar detail.

Continue to Plaza de América to appreciate the graceful pavilions and urban design of the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition. This cultural excursion is bookable on tour at additional cost and illuminates Seville’s blend of Islamic legacy and royal power.

Insight Vacations

Meet your fellow travellers and meet your Tour Director over a convivial dinner in Spain’s capital. Settle into a neighborhood restaurant where the aromas of garlic, paprika and olive oil hint at classic madrileño dishes poured from the kitchen.

Discover the city’s dining rhythms as you share plates paired with Spanish wines, tasting seasonal specialties that reflect Castilian tradition. This relaxed evening sets the tone for the journey ahead—good company, regional cuisine and time to raise a glass to the adventures to come.

Join a guided walk through the Old Quarter to trace the arc of Habsburg Madrid, passing arcaded squares, market alleys and stone-fronted convents that shaped the royal capital.

Afterwards, step inside the Prado Museum with an art specialist to view masterpieces by Velázquez and Goya alongside Titian and Rubens. Move close to the canvases to see how brushwork becomes satin, skin and shadow, and hear how royal patronage and European currents forged Spain’s most important collection.

Explore Segovia’s historic center with a Local Specialist, following medieval lanes to the fairy-tale towers of the Alcázar of Segovia, poised above two river valleys.

Walk beneath the soaring sweep of the Roman aqueduct, its unmortared granite blocks stacked with astonishing precision since antiquity. Hear how Rome’s engineering, medieval trade and Castilian court life converged here, giving Segovia its layered silhouette of turrets, towers and arcades.