SPAIN for SEPTEMBER TOUR - Unimaginable Beauty every day every way!
Details
17 Days of beautiful SPAIN in SEPTEMBER as a private maximum 12 people small group tour. (NOTE: PORTUGAL 5 extra days, MOROCCO 6 extra days both optional)
TOUR DATES: 26 August – 11 September 2023 (Leave Sydney 25 - Arrive Barcelona 26)
PRICE: $6975 Twin Share plus Airfares! (Single Supplement $995) Flights additional.
TRANSPORT: Professionally Operated Private Day Trips in Luxury Mini Vans with your guide all the way every day.
ACCOMODATION: Classy 3.5 and 4 star Hotels, hot breakfasts and tours.
TEMPERATURE: Perfect!
VISITING: Numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites
CONTACT: George 0435 801 602 (please call ASAP for more information about this tour)
August 25 - Flight from Sydney to Barcelona
August 26 - Barcelona Afternoon Day Tours & Free Time (Stay Barcelona)
August 27 - Barcelona Day Tours & Free Time (Stay Barcelona)
August 28 - Barcelona Day Tours & Free Time (Stay Barcelona)
August 29 - Barcelona to Zaragoza (Stay Zaragoza)
10.00am - Tarragona's Roman UNESCO World Heritage
11..00am - Antoni Gaudí's famous Museum
1.00pm - Poblet Monastery. Founded in the 12th century
3.30pm - Basilica of Nuestra Zaragoza
August 30 - Zaragoza to San Sebastian
10.30am - Gothic Royal Palace of Olite
12.00pm - "Pamplona" famous "running of the bulls"
2.00pm - Azpirotz Viewpoint, gaze at the beautiful Pyrenees
3.00pm - San Sebastian
August 31 - San Sebastian to Bilbao (Stay Bilbao)
9.00am - "The Old Town" San Sebastián
12.00pm - "Durango's" National Cultural Site, town's historic centr
2.00pm - Bilbao's "The Guggenheim Museum"
September 1 - Bilbao to Salamanca (Stay Salamanca)
10.00am - Anana Salt Valley, UNESCO site
11.30pm - Burgos, the "land of castles" King Alfonso reconquered the region
1.30pm - Palencia Gothic Cathedral 'unknown beauty'
3.00pm - Valladolid - King Fernando and Queen Isabel’s wedding
5.30pm - Salamanca province Castile and León region.
September 2 - Salamanca to Madrid (Stay Madrid)
9.30am - "Alba de Tormes" Monastery of Saint Teresa.
11.00am - "Palacio de Juan 11", birthplace of Catholic Queen Isabel
12.00pm - “Arevalo” - Church of San Martín.
1.30pm - "Avila" - City of Saints and Stones.
3.00pm - “The Valley of the Fallen” Franco commissioned
4.00pm - San Lorenzo de El Escorial Monastery built In 1558
6.00pm – “Madrid” Spain's central capital
September 3 - Madrid & Surrounds Tours
September 4 - Madrid tours and free time
September 5 - Madrid to Cordoba
9.30am - "Aranjuez Palace" modelled on Versailles
10.45am - “Toledo” Santa María la Blanca
1.00pm - “Cosuegra” Settled Roman times, Cosuegra’s windmills are the best in Spain
3.15pm - “Burgalimar Castle” Declared a National Monument
5.30pm - Córdoba
September 6 - Cordoba to Granada (Stay Granada)
9.00am – Town Tour and cathedral walks.
2.45pm - "Antequera" Roman, Moorish, Spanish influences
5.30pm - Granada
September 7 - Granada (Stay Granada)
9.00am - "Alhambra" eighth wonder of the world
11.30am - Walking Tour of Granada
September 8 - Granada to Gibraltar Border
9.45am - Frigiliana was inhabited by the Moors
10.00am - "Montefrio" premier Moorish frontier fortresses
2.00pm - Pablo Picasso Museum in Malaga (optional)
4.00pm - Horse and Flamenco Show in Malaga (optional)
September 8 - Granada to Gibraltar Border (Stay Gibraltar Border)
9.30am - "Montefrio" Moorish frontier fortresses
11.15am - "Antequera" Roman, Moorish, Spanish influences
12.15pm - Pablo Picasso Museum (optional)
2.00pm - Christopher Columbus Monument
2.30pm - "Majis" pure white buildings
3.30pm - "Marbella" Home to Phoenicians, Romans, and Visigoths.
4.30pm - The church of our lady of remedies
5.45pm - The Roman Ruins of Carteia
September 9 - Gibraltar Tour - Gibraltar to Seville (Stay Seville)
8.30am - Gibraltar Tour over the border
2.30pm - Cadiz Cathedral and Castillo de San Sebastián
4.00pm - "Jerez de la Frontera" - Phoenician colony Xera about 3,000 years ago
6.00pm - Seville Hotel
September 10 - Seville Tours (Stay Seville)
9.00am - Plaza de Espana
11.00am - Royal Alcazar of Seville
12.30pm - La Giralda
September 11 - Seville to Lisbon (Stay Lisbon)
9.00am - Archaeological Ensemble of Italica
11.00am - "Merida" an Ancient Roman Capital
12.30pm - Badajoz ancient Roman and Visigoth structures
1.30pm - Evora (Portugal) Templo Romano and Roman baths
3.00pm - Christ the King Lisbon (like in Rio)
September 12 - Lisbon Tours (Stay Lisbon)
September 13 - Lisbon to Porto (Stay Porto)
9.00am - Pena Palace in Sintra
10.30am - Coimbra, Portugal's former capital
11.30am - Óbidos’ striking historic centr
1.00pm - Nazare - Shrine to Our Lady of Nazaré
3.00pm - Aveiro - The Venice of Portugal
September 14 – Porto Tours (Stay Porto)
September 15 - Porto to Lisbon (Stay Lisbon)
9.00am - Porto walks, tours
2.00pm - Fatima Catholic pilgrimage site
4.00pm – Lisbon
