• 4 Dinner (D)
• 8 Breakfast (B)

• Madrid: Drive through central Madrid and see some of the city’s famous features during an orientation with your Travel Director.
• Toledo: The invincible swords of Toledo have defended cities for centuries. Visit an inlaid steel factory in Toledo to see local craftsmen forging the highest quality steel.
• Madrid: See the highlights of the city with your Local Specialist. Visit the Old Town, traveling along the elegant Paseo de la Castellana, past the Cibeles fountain and Royal Palace.
• Toledo: Explore this magnificent ancient city with your Local Specialist and visit the Church of Santo Tomé to see an El Greco masterpiece.
• Córdoba: Explore the incredible Mezquita with your Local Specialist. Admire the forest of horseshoe arches and learn how this building symbolises many of Córdoba’s religious changes over the centuries.
• Seville: Guided by your Local Specialist, see the Giralda Tower, former minaret of the Great Mosque and now the cathedral’s belltower. Explore the narrow streets of the Santa Cruz Quarter and emerge by the great walls of the Alcazar.
• Granada: Visit the famous Alhambra Palace and Generalife Gardens. Explore with a Local Specialist keen to share insights into this Moorish landmark.
• Guadix: See the cave homes that embellish the hills around Guadix.
• Valencia: See the ultra-modern Center of Arts and Sciences and the historic bullring of Valencia during an orientation drive with your Travel Director.
• Peñíscola: See the castle featured in the film ‘El Cid’.
• 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.

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

Enter Córdoba’s spiritual heart and step inside the Mezquita, the former Great Mosque renowned for its forest of horseshoe arches. Your Local Specialist reveals how this sacred complex evolved across empires, from Umayyad Caliphate brilliance to Renaissance cathedral insertion.

Absorb the quiet rhythm of jasper and porphyry columns, the intricate mihrab, and the layered story of a city that once welcomed scholars from across Al-Andalus. This is an encounter with living, plural history under gracefully recurring arcades.

Join a Local Specialist to explore Seville’s historic core, taking in the leafy vistas of María Luisa Park before entering the world’s largest Gothic church. Gaze upon the tomb of Columbus and look up to the Giralda Bell Tower, once a minaret crowning the city skyline.

Wander the narrow alleys of the Santa Cruz Quarter, where jasmine-scented patios and wrought-iron balconies whisper of Sephardic heritage. Architectural layers reveal Seville’s passage from Almohad stronghold to Golden Age port of empire.

Travel into the countryside to meet your hosts at a family-run olive estate. Stroll through silvery groves, learn how fruit is harvested and pressed, and taste premium extra-virgin oils paired with rustic breads and local bites.

Hear stories of seasonal rhythms and multi-generation stewardship while discovering how Andalusia’s climate, soil and varietals shape flavor. This convivial encounter offers a warm window into rural life and the living tradition of Mediterranean olive culture.

Enter the Nasrid palaces to explore the Alhambra, where filigreed stucco, cedar ceilings and calligraphic friezes embody Moorish refinement. In the serene courtyards, water channels murmur beneath arches that frame Sierra Nevada views.

Continue to the Generalife Gardens, the sultans’ summer retreat, where terraced patios, rills and perfumed borders evoke a paradise of shade and sound. Your guide deciphers dynastic history and artistry, revealing how geometry, light and water compose this poetic palace-city.

Pause in the high plains near the Sierra Nevada to view the cave homes of Guadix, white chimneys sprouting from ochre hillsides. The semi-troglodyte dwellings keep cool in summer and warm in winter, a practical response to climate and clay.

Photograph this distinctive landscape and learn how generations adapted architecture to their environment. The scene—chimneys, ridgelines and blue Andalusian skies—offers striking photo opportunities and a glimpse of enduring rural lifeways.

Join your Travel Director to discover Valencia’s contrasts—from the medieval Quart and Serranos Towers to Santiago Calatrava’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences. See the bullring and broad avenues that frame this Mediterranean hub.

Hear how Valencia reimagined its old riverbed as a ribbon of parks and culture. Gothic guildhalls, Belle Époque facades and cutting-edge museums narrate a city that balances deep tradition with a forward-looking creative spirit.

Visit a local vendor to taste authentic Valencian horchata, a refreshing drink made from chufa (tigernuts) grown in nearby orchards. Sample its creamy, nutty character while learning about sourcing and traditional grinding methods.

Your stop supports a social enterprise that champions circular design—think carts crafted from recycled materials and solar-powered service—and creates jobs for people at risk of exclusion. It’s a delicious way to back community-rooted sustainability in the city where horchata became a classic.

Stop in the ‘City in the Sea’ to view Peñíscola’s cliff-top castle, a fortress built by the Knights Templar and later home to Benedict XIII—the ‘Spanish Pope’ known as Papa Luna. Whitewashed alleys tumble to beaches below.

Hear how the promontory’s strategic perch dominated trade routes and why filmmakers chose its ramparts for epic backdrops. The blend of maritime air, crenellated walls and bobbing fishing boats delivers evocative coastal panoramas.

Join a Local Specialist to survey Barcelona’s Modernist showcase along Passeig de Gràcia, where Gaudí’s Casa Batlló and La Pedrera sculpt stone into waves and bones. Continue to the exterior of the Sagrada Família, its nativity and passion facades telling scripture in stone.

Hear how Eixample’s grid fostered innovation and why Gaudí’s basilica—begun in 1882—still rises, guided by his models and light studies. Cap the tour at the Columbus Monument, a maritime marker at the foot of La Rambla.

Spend one evening to experience a traditional flamenco show in an intimate tablao. Guitars strike, palms clap and dancers carve arcs through space, capturing duende—the art’s soulful core—in percussive heelwork and sudden stillness.

Learn about flamenco’s Gitano roots, Andalusian folklore and café-cantante stages that shaped its evolution. This optional experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, offering a stirring window into Seville’s nocturnal pulse.

Travel beyond the city to visit the mountaintop monastery of Montserrat, a Benedictine sanctuary nestled among serrated peaks. Inside the basilica, approach the revered Black Madonna, a focus of Catalan devotion for centuries.

Hear how monks preserved learning and music here, and take in views over the Llobregat valley that inspired artists and pilgrims alike. This optional excursion is at additional cost and bookable on tour, complementing your Barcelona discoveries.

Explore hilltop Toledo with a Local Specialist and walk the medieval lanes where Christian, Muslim and Jewish heritage intertwine. Step into the Church of Santo Tomé to view El Greco’s masterpiece, then visit a historic synagogue to appreciate Mudéjar artistry in wood and brick.

Witness artisans at a traditional inlaid steel (damascene) workshop, where gold and silver thread flicker against blackened steel. The craft evokes Toledo’s reputation for arms and artistry, a legacy forged since Roman and Visigothic times.

Set out to join an orientation drive through Spain’s capital, gliding past grand boulevards and elegant plazas. Pause to admire the stately facades of the Royal Palace and the marbled grandeur of the Cibeles Fountain, gateway to the chic Salamanca district.

Hear how Bourbon architects reshaped the city and how civic spaces became settings for processions and celebrations. The tour frames Madrid’s contrasts—Habsburg-era lanes beside 20th-century avenues—offering a snapshot of from courtly Madrid to a modern metropolis.

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