Price: $2,420
14-Day Tour Portugal and Andalusia from Madrid
Description
Enjoy an unforgettable experience of 14 days, in which you will travel around the most emblematic places from Madrid, Portugal and Andalusia. Your trip will start in Madrid, where you will do a panoramic visit of the city to get to know the most emblematic buildings of Renaissance and Baroque style. Then, you will discover the religious monuments declared Human Heritage Sites of the Portuguese cities.
In Portugal you will go down the Duero’s river in a fantastic cruise and you will end up toasting with an exquisite glass of wine. Once you are back to Spain, you will visit the Arabs monuments from the Middle Ages. In addition, you can experience a Flamenco show, while you taste one of their typical dishes. Lastly, your trip will end in the place where everything started: Madrid.
INCLUDED
- Guided city tour with local guides in Madrid, Porto, Lisbon, Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Toledo
- Entrance tickets to: Cordoba Mosque, Cathedral of Seville and Alhambra in Granada
- Douro Cruise and wine tasting in Porto
- Bilingual tour director throughout the journey (English and Spanish)
- Transportation in air-conditioned luxury coach
- 13-night accommodation at selected hotel class
- Daily breakfast
- Arrival & Departure transfers from/to airport
- Travel insurance
NOT INCLUDED
- Lisbon & Porto local city tax not included, to be paid directly to the hotel.
- Any other services not specified.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Offered two different hotel categories, Superior T or Superior Plus A. Both categories, first-hand selected, guarantee to all our clients a comfortable accommodation with high quality standards. Bear in mind that Superior Plus A tends to be centrally located.
- Even though our tours run bilingual, please select the preferred language at time of booking.
- 1 regular suitcase and 1 handbag per person is allowed. Any extra luggage is likely to be charged. Luggage handling is responsibility of the customer.
- Lisbon and Porto Local City Tax is not included, to be paid directly to the hotel.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Madrid
Meet and assistance at the airport, transfer to the hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Tryp Atocha or similar // A Class: Princesa Plaza, Riu Plaza España or similar
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Day 2: Madrid
Desayuno en el hotel. Por la mañana visita panorámica de la ciudad; contemplaremos sus orígenes medievales como la fortaleza árabe recorriendo el Barrio de la Morería, caracterizado por la antigüedad de sus edificios y los sabores de sus mesones; recorreremos el Madrid cortesano de los Austrias con Felipe II y sus edificios renacentistas y barrocos en la Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor y Plaza de la Villa; veremos el Madrid de los Borbones y el trazado urbanístico de Carlos III, el Palacio Real, la Fuente de Cibeles, de Neptuno y la Puerta de Alcalá; admiraremos las obras del s. XIX como la elegante Plaza de Oriente y el Museo del Prado; conoceremos el Madrid contemporáneo con avenidas como Gran Vía, Paseo de la Castellana, Barrio de Salamanca, Plaza de Castilla, Parque del Oeste, Ciudad Universitaria, zonas comerciales y financieras del Madrid Moderno, la emblemática Plaza de Toros de las Ventas y el Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Tarde libre a su disposición. Alojamiento en el hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Tryp Atocha or similar // A Class: Princesa Plaza, Riu Plaza España or similar
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Day 3: Madrid – Avila – Salamanca – Oporto
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Day 4: Oporto
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 BlueBoats Cruise and discover the historic heritage visiting one well-known Port Wine Cellars with a wine tasting included. Rest of day at leisure. Accommodation.
Accommodation: T Class: AC Porto or similar // A Class: Vila Gale Porto or similar
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Day 5: Oporto – 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.
Accommodation T and A Class: Aurea Fátima, Estrela de Fátima, Regina or similar
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Day 6: Fatima – Nazare – Alcobaca – Lisboa
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) visit the XII C. church and admire the tombs of Pedro and Inés de Castro and then to Lisbon. Accommodation. Optional night tour to attend a show of Fado, typical Portuguese song and music.
Accommodation: T Class: Roma or similar // A Class: Lutécia, Vila Gale Opera or similar
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Day 7: Lisboa
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.
Accommodation: T Class: Roma or similar // A Class: Lutécia, Vila Gale Opera or similar
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Day 8: Lisboa – Caceres – Cordoba
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure at 07:30 hrs. to Caceres considered as World Heritage place 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. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Tryp Córdoba or similar // A Class: Hesperia Córdoba or similar
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Day 9: Cordoba – Sevilla
Breakfast at the hotel. Impressive tour of its Mosque (entrance included) 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. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation: T Class: Catalonia Santa Justa, Catalonia Giralda or similar // A Class: Melia Lebreros or similar
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Day 10:Sevilla
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning panoramic city tour visiting 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. Accommodation at the hotel. Optional Flamenco tour.
Accommodation: T Class: Catalonia Santa Justa, Catalonia Giralda or similar // A Class: Melia Lebreros or similar
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Day 11: Sevilla – Ronda – Torremolinos
After breakfast at the hotel drive south passing typical villages. Reach Ronda; free time to admire this town of Celtic origin and the marvelous view of the valley and mountain range. In the afternoon continue on to the Costa del Sol, one of the most modern and important international tourist areas. Accommodation at the hotel.
Accommodation T and A Class: Sol Don Pablo/Don Marco, Sol Principe or similar
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Day 12: Torremolinos – Granada
Breakfast. Departure towards the city of Granada and its incredible and amazing monumental environment, last stronghold of the Moorish Kingdoms up to 1492. Visit the world famous Alhambra complex (entrance included) and Generalife Gardens that have inspired several authors with its sound and sights, such as the “Tales of the Alhambra” by W. Irving. Accommodation at the hotel. Optional Gipsy Flamenco show at Sacromonte quarter.
Accommodation: T Class: Hotel Alixares or similar // A Class: Hotel Catalonia Granada or similar
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Day 13: Granada – Toledo – Madrid
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive northward where it emerges, toward the sky of Castilla and surrounded by the Tagus River, the impressive Imperial city of Toledo –World Heritage City- where the three cultures Christians, Moorish and Jewish, have lived together. Resume of the Spanish art, history and spirituality the whole town is a National Monument. Short guided tour of this historical old town through its narrow streets. Continue to Madrid. Accommodation.
Accommodation: T Class: NH Manzanares, NH Madrid Ventas, Princesa Plaza or similar // A Class: Princesa Plaza or similar
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Day 14: Madrid
After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport. END OF OUR SERVICE.
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