3 Days El Expreso de la Robla – Leon to Bilbao
El Expreso de la Robla – Leon to Bilbao
3 Days / 2 Nights
TOUR INCLUDES:
In Standard Room
- Accommodation in a double berth (0.70 m x 1.80 m), equipped with bathtub or shower
- Welcome drink.
- Toiletries
- Mineral water.
- All breakfasts, with a buffet selection.
- Lunches and dinners are in select restaurants (including wine, water, soft drinks and coffee)
- Tickets to museums, monuments and shows.
- Excursions and scheduled visits.
El Expreso de la Robla – Leon to Bilbao
3 Days / 2 Nights
ITINERARY:
Day 1, Friday: Leon – Cistierna
Luggage check-in from 13:30 h to 14:30 h at Leon’s FEVE Station. Our coach will then take us to San Feliz, where El Expreso de La Robla will be waiting for us. Presentation of the crew, settling in, and transfer to Matallana. From here our coach will take us through the spectacular Hoces de Vegacervera gorge to Valporquero, where we can visit the wonderful caves famous for their stalactites, stalagmites, and outflows of fanciful shapes, as well as the impressive 100,000 m3 underground chamber called the Gran Rotonda. We will then return to the train to head towards Cistierna, where we will have dinner and spend the night.
(*) Consult DALATOUR for meeting point. On the day the trip begins, the access to the suite is not guaranteed until 18:00 h, although other services are already underway.
Day 2, Saturday: Cistierna – Espinosa de Los Monteros
While enjoying our first breakfast on board the train, we will travel to Guardo, in the province of Palencia. From there, we will travel by coach to visit the Roman town of La Olmeda, with its magnificent mosaic collection, before discovering one of the best ensembles of Romanesque art in Europe that forms part of the Camino de Santiago. Saldaña, Carrión de los Condes, and Fromista, where we will have lunch. After visiting the striking Church of San Martín and the Canal of Castile, we will return to the train and head towards Espinosa de los Monteros, a beautiful town in Burgos Province’s Las Merindades region; dinner and overnight stay in Espinosa.
Day 3, Sunday: Espinosa de Los Monteros – Bilbao
While having breakfast, we will go through the incredible landscape of the Mena Valley before coming to Bilbao. Tour of the city and its world-renowned Guggenheim Museum. Free time before our trip ends around 14:00 h..