• 3 Dinner (D)
• 10 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• Barcelona: With your Local Specialist, see the elegant Passeig de Gràcia to take in some of the city’s finest Modernist architecture. Journey past the beautiful facades of the Eixample district to see the exterior of Gaudi’s extraordinary masterpiece, the mesmerizing Sagrada Família.
• Pamplona: Explore the historic heart of Pamplona, a city known for its medieval walls, lively plazas and rich traditions. Best known for the Running of the Bulls, it offers much more, from quiet alleyways to vibrant local cafes. 
• Bilbao: Admire the striking exterior of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum, a modern icon of curved steel and glass that has transformed the city’s riverside. Designed by Frank Gehry, this bold building helped put Bilbao on the global art map. 
• Picos de Europa: Admire the stunning lush scenery and distant rocky peaks of the Picos de Europa. 
• Luarca: Stop along the Way of Saint James at Luarca to appreciate the natural setting and historic charm of this quaint fishing village.
• Santiago de Compostela: Join a Local Specialist on a visit to Praza do Obradoiro and admire the cathedral facade festooned with architectural frills.
• Zamora: See the cathedral of Zamora and the 12th-century Church of Mary Magdalene during an orientation with your Travel Director.
• Salamanca: See the handsome arcaded Plaza Mayor, the honey-coloured cathedral and the 16th-century university buildings as you explore the city with a Local Specialist.
• Madrid: Visit the Prado Museum in Madrid, where you’ll have time to admire its extraordinary collection of European art dating from the 12th to early 20th centuries.
• Madrid: See the highlights of the city with your Local Specialist. Visit the Old Town, travelling along the elegant Paseo de la Castellana, past the Cibeles fountain and Royal Palace.

Visit Montserrat’s mountaintop monastery on an optional excursion from Barcelona. Set among the mountain’s distinctive serrated peaks, the sanctuary is home to the revered Black Madonna, known as La Moreneta.

Montserrat has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries and remains closely connected to Catalan identity. Its elevated setting combines religious heritage with broad mountain scenery. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays

Visit the fishing village of Luarca on Asturias’s coast and take in its harbour setting and seafaring atmosphere. This named stop offers a chance to appreciate a smaller coastal community beyond northern Spain’s major cities.

Luarca also lies along a route used by pilgrims travelling towards Santiago de Compostela. Its maritime character and Camino connections bring two strands of the region’s history together: everyday life tied to the sea and centuries of journeys across northern Spain.

Discover Zamora on an orientation with your Travel Director, seeing its cathedral and the 12th-century Church of Mary Magdalene. The city’s concentration of historic churches makes its streets an open-air introduction to Romanesque architecture.

Look for the solid stonework and restrained decoration associated with this medieval style. Set in Castile and León, Zamora’s Romanesque heritage offers a different perspective on northern Spain’s past from the grand plazas and later Baroque facades found elsewhere on the tour.

Trafalgar

Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers over a welcome dinner featuring local flavours and fresh produce. The shared meal offers an introduction to the people and food traditions that will shape your journey through northern Spain.

Enjoy an evening drive past Barcelona’s iconic sights as the city takes on a different character after dark. Illuminated streets and lively squares offer a first impression of the Catalan capital’s distinctive blend of historic neighbourhoods and modern urban life.

Explore Barcelona with a Local Specialist, travelling along Passeig de Gràcia to admire the expressive facades of the Eixample district. See the exterior of La Sagrada Família, Antoni Gaudí’s still-unfinished basilica, whose sculptural towers have become a symbol of the city.

The sightseeing tour also passes the Christopher Columbus Monument near the waterfront. Together, these landmarks reveal Barcelona’s maritime history and the Catalan Modernisme movement that reshaped its streets around the turn of the 20th century. Interior entry to the basilica is not specified.

Explore Pamplona’s historic heart, seeing its ancient city walls and Plaza del Castillo, the broad square that has long served as a gathering place for markets, celebrations and public spectacles. Its arcades and cafés remain central to daily life in the former capital of Navarre.

Discover the setting of the Running of the Bulls, the best-known event of the San Fermín festival. Beyond that famous tradition, the old centre offers a closer look at the city’s medieval roots and enduring civic character.

Admire the exterior of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum, Frank Gehry’s striking riverside building of sweeping curves, glass and titanium. Its changing surfaces catch the light beside the Nervión River, making the architecture itself a compelling sight.

Opened in 1997, the museum became a landmark of Bilbao’s urban renewal and helped establish the city as an international arts destination. This experience focuses on viewing the building from outside; museum entry is not specified.

Take in the landscapes around the Picos de Europa, where green valleys and small market towns sit below distant, rocky summits. The views reveal a rural side of northern Spain shaped by steep terrain and long-standing farming traditions.

The Picos de Europa form a dramatic mountain range close to the Cantabrian coast. This is a scenic viewing experience during the journey through their foothills, rather than a guided hike or a visit inside the national park.

Join the Castañón family at their working cider mill near Oviedo. Tour the cellar, learn how Asturian cider is made and taste cider poured the traditional way—from a height to aerate it in the glass.

Hosts Marta and Julio share their family’s story over an Espicha-style meal featuring regional dishes such as fabada, cachopinos and Spanish omelette. The visit offers a personal introduction to Asturias’s cider-making heritage and the convivial customs surrounding it.

Explore Santiago de Compostela with a Local Specialist, learning about the Way of Saint James and the pilgrims who make the journey each year. Visit Praza do Obradoiro and the cathedral that dominates the square, then step inside the vast building.

The cathedral is traditionally believed to hold the remains of Saint James the Great and has been a pilgrimage destination since the Middle Ages. The square’s varied architecture reflects the city’s long religious and civic history.

Explore Salamanca with a Local Specialist, walking through its handsome Plaza Mayor and viewing the cathedral and historic university buildings. The city’s honey-coloured stone gives its facades a warm glow and lends the old centre a remarkably consistent character.

Learn about the university, one of Europe’s oldest, and see how Salamanca’s intellectual history sits alongside its monumental architecture. The arcaded Plaza Mayor is a particular highlight of Spanish Baroque design and remains a lively public gathering place.

See Madrid with a Local Specialist, taking in the Old Town and travelling along the elegant Paseo de la Castellana. View the Royal Palace, Gran Vía and Cibeles Fountain, landmarks that span the capital’s royal, commercial and civic life.

The palace’s imposing exterior recalls Madrid’s role as the seat of the Spanish monarchy, while Gran Vía reflects the city’s 20th-century expansion. At Cibeles, a neoclassical fountain anchors one of the capital’s best-known squares.

Visit Madrid’s Prado Museum and spend time with its exceptional collection of European art, spanning the 12th to the early 20th centuries. The museum offers an opportunity to encounter painting and sculpture in one of Spain’s foremost cultural institutions.

Works by artists including Velázquez, Goya and El Greco illuminate different periods of Spanish art, alongside masterpieces from elsewhere in Europe. This Dive Into Culture experience gives the capital’s streets and royal history a deeper artistic context.

Share a farewell dinner with wine in Madrid alongside your Travel Director and fellow travellers. Unlike a routine hotel meal, this is a hosted occasion to gather around the table and reflect on the places and people encountered across northern Spain.

Conversation and a shared toast provide a fitting close to a journey shaped by regional traditions, from Catalan Modernisme to Asturian cider and the pilgrimage heritage of Galicia. The dinner celebrates the social pleasure of travelling together.

Explore Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Biarritz on an optional excursion from San Sebastián. Across the border, these two French Basque towns offer contrasting coastal scenes: Saint-Jean-de-Luz’s fishing-port character and Biarritz’s grand seaside setting.

Discover a region where Basque identity extends across the Spanish–French border, expressed in local architecture, food and maritime traditions. The excursion offers a broader perspective on the Bay of Biscay coast. It is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore the Rías Baixas on an optional excursion from Santiago de Compostela, taking in views of Galicia’s deeply indented Atlantic coastline. Its rías—sea inlets stretching inland—create a landscape of sheltered waters and wooded shores.

The coast offers a striking contrast to Santiago’s stone streets and pilgrimage landmarks, revealing another defining part of Galician life: its close connection to the sea. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.