Day 1: Madrid - Burgos
Arrive and transfer to your hotel by luxury car, Mercedes or Audi, with an English speaking driver. Overnight.
Day 2: Madrid - Half Day City Tour - Tapas Tour
After breakfast, enjoy a private tour of Madrid, by luxury car with your English speaking driver/guide. Madrid is a city of great cultural and political importance. The panoramic sightseeing tour includes the old part of the city, the façade of the Royal Palace, the Sabatini Gardens and Campo del Moro in the city centre, the church of San Francisco El Grande, the fountains of Paseo del Prado, the Toledo Bridge, the Prado Museum and Puerta de Alcalá.
In the evening, sample Spanish nightlife and Madrid's tasty tapas on an evening walking tour that will tantalize your taste buds! Led by an entertaining foodie guide, this walking tour is the best introduction to the laid back Madrileno lifestyle. You'll visit Madrid's tucked-away corners and feast on tasty treats you would never discover on your own, leaving you with a lasting feeling for Madrid and its people, and an appetite for its fabulous food and drink! Overnight.
Day 3: Madrid - Lisbon - Half Day Tour to Sintra, Cabo da Roca, Estoril & Cascais
After breakfast, private transfer from hotel to airport to take the one hour flight to Lisbon. Private transfer to your hotel.
In the afternoon, enjoy a tour to Sintra, a fairy tale town on the edge of Europe, a magnificent village where the Royal Family used to live during the summer. Taste the delicious local sweets in the tea-rooms: "queijadas" and "travesseiros". It is a cheese tart spiced with cinnamon and the most popular place to sample them is at "Casa da Piriquita," an inviting café with a warm atmosphere just around the corner from the National Palace.
Drive through Sintra’s Serra de Sintra with its extensive range of luxuriant green hills and its crags, arriving at Cabo da Roca (from 1st March to 31 October). This is the westernmost point in continental Europe. Continue to Cascais , driving past the Guincho beach and Boca do Inferno, a grotto created by rain and sea erosion. Enjoy the seascape till you reach cosmopolitan Cascais, a coastal resort town, 30 km west of Lisbon. See the Nossa Senhora da Conceição chapel dedicated to Virgin Mary, Rua Frederico Arouca, one of Cascais's most interesting streets for restaurants and speciality shops.
Return to Lisbon via Estoril another resort town popular for its Casino. Enjoy a panoramic view of the Casino and its gardens. Overnight.
Day 4: Lisbon - Full Day City Tour - Fado Show (optional)
Breakfast. Enjoy a city tour of Lisbon one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Drive across the 25th April Bridge to Belem, the historical section of Lisbon. Admire Torre(Tower) de Belem a jewel of Manueline art which was part of a defense system at the mouth of the Tagus River and a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. Next, the Padrao dos Descobrimentos, a modern monument dedicated to Portuguese maritime discoveries, followed by a visit of the church at the Monasteiro dos Jeronimos.
Visit the interesting Coach Museum, which is home to one of the best coach collections in Europe. Then visit Alfama, an old traditional district and walk in its narrow streets, visit a handicraft shop where you taste an aperitif of Porto wine. Continue to Praca do Comercio, the biggest and most beautiful square in Lisbon, Baixa-Rosso in the centre of the town and finally to Avenida da Liberdade and Marques de Pombal.
Enjoy an optional Fado show with dinner and wine. The fado is undoubtedly Portugal's most famous music, with a usually melancholic sound, inevitably inviting comparisons with the blues. Overnight.
Day 5 Lisbon – Seville
After breakfast, private transfer from your hotel to the railway station or airport to depart for Seville. Arrive and transfer to your hotel. In the evening, enjoy “tapas” the typical Spanish dishes with a glass of Sherry wine in one of the thousands of bars in the city on your own. Overnight.
Day 6: Seville – Full Day City Tour
After breakfast, explore this city built on the banks of the Guadalquivir River. Start with your local guide at around 0900 hrs. Walk along the best-known streets, past numerous churches, Renaissance palaces and Baroque buildings. Stop at the Seville Cathedral, one of the world's most beautiful Gothic structures and the third largest church in the world. The remains of Christopher Columbus lie in the Cathedral.
Next, visit the Giralda, the former minaret of the Arab mosque, completed in the 16th century. Then, visit the Santa Cruz area, which was the former Jewish Quarter, a complex network of little streets and bars where you can stop for tapas. Pass by the Reales Alcázares (Royal Fortresses), Archive of the Indies, a World Heritage Site, the Casa de Pilatos, a palace that fuses Gothic and Mudejar elements with Italian Renaissance style.
See the baroque façade of the Royal Tobacco Factory, now the University, San Telmo Palace and arrive at the Guadalquivir river, to see the 13th century Torre del Oro, of Arab origin, which was part of the ancient walls. Next, Plaza de España, dominated by 2 towers between which runs a network of galleries. Overnight.
Day 7: Sevilla – Granada – Flamenco (optional)
After the breakfast, private transfer from hotel to airport or railway station to depart for Granada. Arrive and transfer to your hotel. Enjoy an optional Flamenco dance show in the caves of Sacromonte, a mountain where gypsies lived centuries ago. Overnight.
Day 8: Granada – Alhambra Palace and Generalife Gardens Tour
After breakfast, join a regular tour of Alhambra Palace & Generalife Gardens. Visit the Alhambra, built on the top of a hill. The palace complexes of the Alhambra and Generalife, are World Heritage Sites. The Alhambra, with its beautiful collection of buildings and gardens was the palace of the Sultan when Arabs dominated Spain. Also visit the Generalife, the country residence of the Sultan, with its orchards. The views are incredible. Lunch on your own.
You have the afternoon free to enjoy an Arab Bath. Feel the relaxing flow of water, the jasmine scent and refreshing mint tea, soft lighting and essential oils. Enjoy a relaxing massage including a quiro massage and aromatherapy. Overnight.
Day 9: Granada – Barcelona
After breakfast, transfer to the railway station to depart for Barcelona. Arrive and transfer to your hotel. Today relax and enjoy the evening on your own. Overnight.
Day 10: Barcelona – Half Day City Tour
After breakfast, enjoy a private tour of Barcelona, by luxury car with English speaking driver. Get to know the most typical monuments of the city. Visit the façade of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia church, Barcelona's most universal symbol. Continue to the Olympic Village, Columbus Monument and to Montjuïc Mountain to see the Olympic Stadium. Afternoon free to choose from our many optional programs or just relax. Overnight.
Day 11: Barcelona - Monserrat (optional)
Breakfast. Day free to do a bit of shopping, relax on the beach or go on an optional tour to Montserrat a mountain, a sanctuary and a monastery founded in the 11th century located in a Natural Park, 60 km west of Barcelona. Overnight.
Day 12: Barcelona
After breakfast, check out and transfer to the airport/station.
