1st Day(Sun.) MADRID
Meet and assistance at theairport, transfer to the hotel. Balance of the day at leisure. Accommodation atthe hotel
2nd Day(Mon.) MADRID
Breakfast at the hotel. MorningMadrid panoramic city tour; find the medieval origins of the city, like theArabic fortress, at the Barrio de la Morería, famous for its historicalbuildings. Drive through the courtesan district of the Hapsburgs characterizedby Phillip II and its Renaissance and Baroque style buildings, Puerta del Sol,Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa; the Madrid of the Bourbons and the complextown planning schemes of Charles III, the Royal Palace, Cibeles and NeptunoFountains and the Puerta de Alcalá. Admire the XIX C. works such as PradoMuseum. The contemporary Madrid with areas such as Gran Vía, Castellana, thedistrict of Salamanca, Plaza Castilla and Parque del Oeste, as well ascommercial and financial areas of Modern Madrid, the emblematic Las VentasBullring and the Santiago Bernabéu Football Stadium. Afternoon free to continueexploring the wonders that the city has to offer. Accommodation at the hotel.
3rd Day(Tue.) MADRID AVILA SALAMANCA - PORTO
Departure from JULIÁ TRAVEL busterminal, located in the underground parking of the Plaza de Oriente at 08:30a.m. Drive to Avila. A city that preserves its medieval wall. Short stop toknow its walled and old town. Then to Salamanca. Free time in this UniversityCity World Heritage of great architectural and artistic wealth. Departure tothe Portuguese border until you reach Porto. Accommodation.
4th Day(Wed.) PORTO
Breakfast. Panoramic sightseeing tour of Porto, considered World Heritage city. We admire the Cathedral, Stock Exchange building and Santa Clara church. In the afternoon, possibility of an optional visit to a famous winery with tasting of its world-famous "port wine".Accommodation.
5th Day(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.
6th Day(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 toAlcobaça (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.
7th Day(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.
8th Day(Sun.) LISBON CACERE S 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. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
9th Day(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 thehotel.
10th Day(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 youto discover exclusive views, specific flavors of this active full of lightcity. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. Optional Flamenco tour.
11th Day(Wed.) SEVILLE GRANADA
Breakfast at the hotel. Drive east through the Caliphate road to the heart of ANDALUSIA observing an end less 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.
12th Day(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.
13th Day(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 ofthe Turia to the most avant-garde complex Ciudad de las Artes y las Cienciasto 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.
14thDay (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. TheMontjuïc 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.