Day 1 – Arrival in Madrid

– Arrival at Madrid Airport. Transfer to your hotel and check in.
– Activities today will depend on your arrival time.
– Sightseeing tour: Retiro Park, Alcala Gate and Cibeles.
– Dinner at our hotel.

Day 2 – Madrid & Toledo

– Visit the Prado, Spain’s best Art Museum with a fantastic collection of Old Masters (Goya, Velasquez, El Greco…).
– Travel to Toledo, which was once the capital of medieval Spain.
– Visit the impressive gothic Cathedral.
– Dinner at a local restaurant in Madrid.

Day 3 – Madrid

– Visit the Reina Sofia Museum. See Picasso’s masterpiece “Guernica”, a painting everyone should see and know about.
– We will go to Atocha railway station and have lunch inside its Botanical Gardens.
– Visit Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of FC Real Madrid.
– Dinner at Madrid Hard Rock Café.

Day 4 – Cordoba

– Check out and travel to Cordoba, the ancient city where Arabs, Catholics and Jews lived well all together.
– Visit the Mezquita: from a Roman temple to a Mosque, it has been converted to a Cathedral in the 13th Century.
– Private transfer to Seville, capital city of Andalusia.
– Check in and dinner at our hotel.

Day 5 – Seville

– Visit the palace-fortress Alcazar, and then Seville’s cathedral, La Giralda, with its 90m high minaret.
– Visit the Archives of the Indies where Spanish links with the New World and its colonial possessions are maintained.
– Flamenco dinner and overnight in Seville.

Day 6 – Malaga

– Transfer to Malaga: visit the 11th century fortress of La Alcazaba and the Archaeological Museum to understand how the medieval wars between Moors and Spaniards shaped southern Spain.
– Visit the Picasso Museum to appreciate the works of this master of modern art who was born in Malaga.
– After the visit, there will be time for shopping.
– Check in to our hotel and dinner in town.

Day 7 – Tarifa

– Travel to Tarifa and go whale and dolphin watching.
Sightings may depend on the weather.
– The narrow streets, whitewashed houses and timeless feel of Tarifa are lovely and we will have time to explore it and do some shopping.
– Go to La Punta de Tarifa, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean and from where we may be able to see the African’s shores.
– Dinner and overnight in Malaga.

Day 8 – Granada

– Check out and travel to Granada.
– Visit the fairytale-like Alhambra, one of the humanity and Arabs heritage, this incredible fortress-palace complex is perched on a hill overlooking Granada.
– Walk through the Albaicin, the old town of Granada.
– Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight in Granada.

Day 8 – Departure

– Transfer to the international airport for your flight back home.
The program will vary depending on departure time.