SPAIN & portugal: portugal andalucia & MEDITERRANEAN CAPITALS from madrid 13 days
Madrid - salamanca - porto - coimbra - fatima - batalha - nazare - alcobaca - lisbon caceres - cordoba - granada - VAlencia - barcelona - madrid
itinerary, prices & Inclusions
Day 1 (Tue.) MADRID – SALAMANCA – PORTO
Depart from our established hotels in Madrid. Please refer to your documentation for detailed departure information. Drive to Salamanca. Free time in this University City Heritage of Humanity of great architectural and artistic wealth. Departure to the Portuguese border until you reach Porto. Accommodation. HF Ipanema Porto Hotel IP ART’s HOTEL or or Bessahotel Boavista Hotel or Vila Gale Porto Hotel
Day 2 (Wed.) PORTO
Breakfast at the hotel. Panoramic sightseeing tour of Porto, considered World Heritage city. We admire the Cathedral, Stock Exchange building and Santa Clara church. Afterwards, enjoy a different perspective of the city along the river Douro aboard the Blue Boats Cruise and discover the historic heritage visiting one well known Port Wine Cellars with a wine tasting included. Rest of day at leisure. Accommodation.
Day 3 (Thu.) PORTO – COIMBRA – FATIMA
Breakfast. Departure to Coimbra. City seat of one of the oldest universities in Europe and the birthplace of Fado. Free time. Then to Fatima. Center of the Christian Faith and World Pilgrimage Sanctuary with its impressive Basilica and the Cova da Iria place where the Virgin Mary appeared. The Chapel of the Apparitions, heart of the sanctuary, with the tombs of the three shepherds, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta. At night possibility to attend the procession of the candles. Accommodation. Aurea Fatima / Estrela de Fatima / Regina Hotel or Santa Maria Hotel.
Day 4 (Fri.) FATIMA – BATALHA – NAZARE – ALCOBAÇA – LISBON
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to the Batalha Monastery, a masterpiece of Gothic and Manueline style considered a World Heritage place by UNESCO. Continue to the picturesque fishing town of Nazaré. Free time and continue to Alcobaça (World Heritage) with its Gothic church and Cistercian monastery, whose origins date back to the XII C. Then to Lisbon. Accommodation. Optional traditional and typical dinner including a show of Fado, typical Portuguese song and music. Lutecia Hotel or VIP Art’s Hotel or VIP Entrecampos Hotel or similar.
Day 5 (Sat.) LISBON
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning sightseeing tour of the ancient Olissipo, drive through its main squares and avenues, Belem Tower, Jeronimos Monastery, Coach Museum, Monument to the Discoverers, Marquis of Pombal Square, Liberty Avenue. Afternoon at leisure for you to catch the nostalgic corners of Alfama Quarter, the old city gathered next to its Castle, with old buildings nested in narrow twisting “Ruas” full of color housing the genuine “tabernas” where Fado sounds as a missing past. Accommodation at the hotel.
Day 6 (Sun.) LISBON – CACERES – CORDOBA
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure at 07:30 hrs. to Caceres declared UNESCO World Heritage sitre because of the city’s blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture. Walk through its Plaza Mayor and the Old Town with its famous Medieval Quarter. Afterwards, continue on towards Cordoba, once the capital of the Caliphate. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. Hotel Eurostars or NH Califa Hotel or similar
Day 7 (Mon.) CORDOBA – SEVILLE
Breakfast at the hotel. Impressive tour of its Mosque and other sites that will ease our mind and spirit strolling through its narrow winding streets of the Jewish Quarter. In the afternoon, after a short two hours ride reach Seville. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. Mealia Sevilla Hotel or Melia Lebreros Hotel.
Day 8 (Tue.) SEVILLE
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning panoramic city tour visiting: the exterior of the Cathedral (the second largest in the Catholic world after St. Peters in Rome), Santa Cruz quarter (a natural scenario of “Carmen” as well as a precisely where the myth of “Don Juan” developed), Maria Luisa Park and Plaza de España. Afternoon at leisure for you to discover exclusive views, specific flavors of this active full of light city. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. Optional Flamenco tour.
Day 9 (Wed.) SEVILLE – GRANADA
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive east through the Caliphate road to the heart of ANDALUSIA observing an endless number of olive trees on the way to Granada and its incredible and amazing monumental environment, last stronghold of the Moorish Kingdoms up to 1492. 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. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. Optional Gipsy Flamenco show at Sacromonte quarter. Melia Granada Hotel or similar.
Day 10 (Thu.) GRANADA – VALENCIA
After breakfast at the hotel start driving looking for the Mediterranean coast. Via Murcia, capital of the fertile garden of the Segura river, continue north via Alicante, the second largest city within the region of Valencia. Reach Valencia one of the main capitals of the Mediterranean coast with its modern Arts and Sciences Architectural Complex integrated by six elements: Hemispheric, Umbracle, Science Museum, Oceanographic, Palau de les Arts and Ágora. Valencia is also the home of the internationally well renowned and delicious “Paella”, Accommodation at the hotel. NH Las Artes Hotel.
Day 11 (Fri.) VALENCIA – BARCELONA
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour of this bright city including a drive through the old city showing the most prominent buildings, we will then be driven past the old riverbed of the Turia to the most avant-garde complex “Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias” to watch the emblematic exteriors of the six buildings. Early afternoon departure northward all along the Mediterranean coast to Catalunya, via Tarragona, the Roman Tarraco. Reach Barcelona principal Mediterranean city homeland of the famous architect Gaudí symbol of the Catalonian modernism. Accommodation at the hotel. Catalonia Barcelona Plaza / Evenia Rossello Hotel or similar.
Day 12 (Sat.) BARCELONA
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour of Barcelona well known worldwide for the Olympic Games during 1992, drive along the main avenues with impressive modernist buildings by Gaudí such as La Pedrera, Casa Milá, etc. – declared World Heritage buildings. – The Montjuïc Park with spectacular views of the city, Olympic Ring, monument to Columbus and the Olympic Port. Afternoon is for you to keep on discovering this city full attractive offers as well as exquisite and varied gastronomy. Accommodation at the hotel.
Day 13 (Sun.) BARCELONA – ZARAGOZA – MADRID
After breakfast at the hotel departure southwest along an industrial and agricultural area with certain relevance within Europe. Arrive to Zaragoza, capital city of Aragón, within the banks of Ebro River the most copious within the Iberian Peninsula. Zaragoza, known as Cesar Augusta during the Roman period had an important role in Spanish history. Some free time to see the impressive Baroque architecture of the Basilic-Temple of Our Lady Pilar. Continue to Madrid.
Note: This tour might be a combination of different programs. If applies there might be a change in the tour escort and passengers between the programs.
Arrive | Depart | Dbl Occ. Per person | Sgl Occ. | Booking |
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Nov 05 2024 | Nov 17 2024 | $3,129 | $4,359 | Book Now |
Nov 12 2024 | Nov 24 2024 | $3,429 | $4,829 | Book Now |
Dec 10 2024 | Dec 22 2024 | $3,099 | $4,499 | Book Now |
Dec 17 2024 | Dec 29 2024 | $3,099 | $4,499 | Book Now |
Jan 07 2025 | Jan 19 2025 | $3,099 | $4,499 | Book Now |
Feb 11 2025 | Feb 23 2025 | $3,099 | $4,499 | Book Now |
Feb 25 2025 | Mar 09 2025 | $3,099 | $4,499 | Book Now |
Mar 04 2025 | Mar 16 2025 | $3,129 | $4,359 | Book Now |
Mar 11 2025 | Mar 23 2025 | $3,129 | $4,359 | Book Now |
Mar 18 2025 | Mar 30 2025 | $3,129 | $4,359 | Book Now |
Apr 01 2025 | Apr 13 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Apr 22 2025 | May 04 2025 | $4,099 | $5,709 | Book Now |
Apr 29 2025 | May 11 2025 | $4,099 | $5,709 | Book Now |
May 20 2025 | Jun 01 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
May 27 2025 | Jun 08 2025 | $4,099 | $5,709 | Book Now |
Jun 17 2025 | Jun 29 2025 | $4,099 | $5,709 | Book Now |
Jun 24 2025 | Jul 06 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Jul 01 2025 | Jul 13 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Jul 22 2025 | Aug 03 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Jul 29 2025 | Aug 10 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Aug 05 2025 | Aug 17 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Aug 12 2025 | Aug 24 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Aug 19 2025 | Aug 31 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Sep 30 2025 | Oct 12 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Oct 21 2025 | Nov 02 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Oct 28 2025 | Nov 09 2025 | $3,779 | $5,389 | Book Now |
Nov 04 2025 | Nov 16 2025 | $3,409 | $5,009 | Book Now |
Nov 11 2025 | Nov 23 2025 | $3,409 | $5,009 | Book Now |
Dec 16 2025 | Dec 28 2025 | $3,329 | $4,949 | Book Now |
Dec 23 2025 | Jan 04 2026 | $3,649 | $5,269 | Book Now |
Jan 06 2026 | Jan 18 2026 | $3,329 | $4,949 | Book Now |
Feb 03 2026 | Feb 15 2026 | $3,329 | $4,949 | Book Now |
Feb 10 2026 | Feb 22 2026 | $3,329 | $4,949 | Book Now |
Feb 24 2026 | Mar 08 2026 | $3,329 | $4,949 | Book Now |
Mar 03 2026 | Mar 15 2026 | $3,409 | $5,009 | Book Now |
Mar 10 2026 | Mar 22 2026 | $3,729 | $5,339 | Book Now |
Single room supplement is extra. Please contact us for Single travel alone and Single room supplement.
Highlights
The Alfama district, located at the foot of the Castle of São Jorge, shows the nature of the old fishermen’s neighbourhood. Its picturesque tiny streets are wonderful to get lost in and to discover the charm of the city.
The Sanctuary of Fatima, built in the 20th century after the apparitions of the Virgin, is the destination of an inner journey of Christian faith. It is one of the main Marian shrines of the world.
The narrow and labyrinthine streets of Barrio Gótico are the cultural heritage of the Roman and Medieval history of Barcelona.
INCLUSIONS
Guided visits in Porto, Lisbon, Cordoba, Seville, Granada (Alhambra & Generalife Gardens), Valencia, Barcelona and panoramic sightseeing tours as per the itinerary.
Tour escort during the tour.
Air conditioned deluxe motor-coach.
Accommodation at selected class.
Daily Breakfast and 4 dinners.
EXCLUSIONS
• Personal expenses, International airfare, Visa fees
• Customary gratitude to your guide and driver