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Package Overview

Embark on an unforgettable eight-day journey through Andalusia, the jewel of the Spanish South, where captivating experiences and breathtaking landscapes await. This comprehensive tour seamlessly blends the finest highlights of this region, promising an immersive exploration of its rich culture and stunning coastal beauty.Join us on this remarkable expedition, where every moment is a brushstroke on the canvas of your perfect vacation

What's Included?

  • 02 Nights’ Accommodation in Seville
  • 01 Night Accommodation in Cordoba
  • 03 Nights’ Accommodation in Costa del Sol
  • 01 Night Accommodation in Granada
  • Meals: 7 breakfasts, 2 lunch, 6 dinners
  • Modern and air-conditioned bus
  • Multi-lingual tour escort
  • Sightseeing tour with local guide in Sevilla, Cordoba, Granada, Toledo
  • Tickets to Cordoba's Mosque
  • Tickets to Alhambra in Granada
  • Tickets to St. Tome and St. Maria Blanca churches in Toledo

What's Not Included?

  • ✖   International flights
  • ✖   Insurance: All types
  • ✖   Tipping
  • ✖   Hotel room taxes
  • ✖   Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic drinks, cold drinks, laundry.
  • ✖   Any others expenses which are not mentioned at the included section

Tour Details

Day 01 : Madrid - Caceres - Sevilla (560km ~ 348 miles)

Departure from the bus terminal at 08.00 in the morning. We'll be heading to the region of Extremadura, where you will make a first stop in Caceres -a beautiful medieval town founded by the Romans in 25 BC. Visiting this place is like travelling back in time, to the old medieval era. The streets climb and twist among hoary palaces and mansions. As you turn your head up, you can see the skyline decorated with gargoyles, spires, and gigantic storks’ nests. The fortress has been serving as defensive walls since the 16th century. You will have a good hour and a half there, so, please go ahead and check the main highlights, those are very close to each other and located in the city center: Plaza Mayor - town’s most-lively square. There are several must-see places located in Plaza Mayor. Climb up the steps from the Old Town and turn left. You will see the great Torre de Bujaco, or Bujaco Tower. At the top of the tower, you will be treated to a storks’ eye view of the Plaza Mayor. To climb the tower, you need to spend 2 euros.
Next to Torre de Bujaco, at the top of the stone stairs, you will see Arco de La Estrella, (Star Archway). This archway serves as a traditional entrance to the Old Town. Built in the 18th century, this archway is considered to be the most important gate in Cáceres.
The essential part of travelling to Cáceres is what lies inside the fortress. As you enter through Arco de la Estrella, several antique buildings greet you. If you walk left from the archway, you will find Palacio de Toledo-Moctezuma, built between the 14th and 15th centuries. Though you can only visit the palace from the outside, the front-facing architecture is worth seeing.
Additionally, the small streets in the Old Town have different small shops selling local products, such as homemade pastries and sweets. Other local products definitely worth trying are goat cheese (Torta de Casar) and fig cake. Continuation to Seville. Arrival, dinner and accommodation.


Overnight: Seville
Meals: Dinner

Day 02 : Seville

Breakfast in the hotel, followed by a proper city tour throughout Seville with a local guide, to admire this beautiful and also the largest city of Southern Spain. With numerous sights and attractions, this city will never leave visitors stuck for choice. Main highlights of the tour: Plaza de España was built as a centerpiece for the 1929 Ibero-American Exhibition. Described as one of Seville’s most impressive sights, this plaza (square) measures at 50,000 sq. meters. Only a twenty-minute walk from Seville Cathedral, this is one of Seville’s more popular locations and with a canal measuring 500 meters, the plaza is known as ''the Venice of Seville’’. Maria Luisa Park acted as the site of the Ibero-American Exhibition in 1929. Moorish style, this park brings a touch of the exotic to the city. It is surrounded by a number of historic sites and wonderful architectural buildings which allows visitors to indirectly appreciate the beauty of Seville.
Seville’s Cathedral is one of the largest in the world. It stands at an enormous 126 meters long and 83 meters wide with a ceiling height of 37 meters. Barrio Santa Cruz - Seville’s most famous area and a former Jewish Quarter. Its unfeasibly narrow streets, white houses, secret squares and small churches creates an unforgettable atmosphere, just enjoy it.
After the city tour you will have the afternoon off to rest or explore more on your own. Overnight in Seville.


Overnight: Seville
Meals: Breakfast

Day 03 : Seville - Cordoba (145km ~ 90 miles)

Breakfast, then morning transfer to Cordoba - a beautiful ancient town in Andalusia as well as one of Spain's most famous historical monuments. You will have a proper tour through its historic center - a very charming place, with its patios and courtyards, decorated with pots of aromatic jasmine and geraniums and walk narrow, winding streets, lined with what must be some of the prettiest and most colorful houses in southern Spain. And of course you will enter the Mosque-Cathedral - the greatest dual-identity monument in Spain.
Mosque-Cathedral. Originally there was a Roman temple on this site, but it was replaced by a Christian church during the Visigoth era. After the Moors captured Córdoba in 711, the church was split in two and used by both Christians and Muslims as a place of worship. But the reign of religious pluralism in Córdoba didn’t last long: in 784, on the orders of the Emir Abd al-Rahman, the church was destroyed and work on a great mosque began. Construction lasted for over two centuries and, when the building was completed in 987, Córdoba’s mosque was the largest in the Islamic kingdom, save only for that of Kaaba in Arabia. When the city was reclaimed by Christians in 1236, the mosque was converted into a church and in the 16th century Charles V added a great Renaissance nave right on top of the original Moorish structure. The mosque’s most-photographed aspect is its vast main hall, which is supported by over 850 double-arched columns. Sunlight and shadows create unusual effects as you wander among them, contemplating the multifaceted history of this great building.
Extending in a tangle of cobbled streets and squares to the north of the Mosque- Cathedral is Juderia - the city’s former Jewish quarter. This is a great area to stop for lunch, packed as it is with smart restaurants as well as superb no-frills tapas bars.
Free evening, dinner and night in Cordoba.


Overnight: Cordoba
Meals: Breakfast

Day 04 : Cordoba - Ronda - Costa del Sol (322km ~ 200 miles)

Breakfast. Transfer and a first stop to the beautiful town of Ronda. Steeped in dark myths and bullfighting folklore, whilst boasting one of the most extraordinary locations in Spain, it is no wonder that Ronda has become Andalusia's third most visited place. With its world-famous New Bridge and bullring, as well as the hidden corners of the gorge on top of which it perches, Ronda will definitely not disappoint. You will have free time to explore the main highlights of this beautiful town.
Later we'll continue to Costa del Sol.
Situated in the province of Málaga, in the south of Spain, Costa del Sol (or Coast of the Sun) is among the most popular tourist destinations in Spain. Having marvelous weather (with over 300 days of sun a year) ensures that Costa del Sol gets bombarded by tourists any time of the year. Coming to there means finding not only beautiful landscapes andscenery, but also outstanding beaches.Each town is rich in cultural heritage and tasty food.
Arrival to Torremolinos - a beautiful coastal town with excellent beach, vibrant nightlife and very relaxed atmosphere. Dinner and accommodation.


Overnight: Costa del Sol
Meals: Breakfast $ Dinner

Day 05 : Costa del Sol

Breakfast. Enjoy your free day in one of the most beautiful coastlines in Spain. Torremolinos is the perfect blend of a cosmopolitan town and a traditional Andalusian fishing village. With its seven kilometers-long coastlines, Torremolinos offers wonderful, seafront promenades. Aqualand and the Crocodile Park are the perfect alternatives for visitors who seek non-beach diversion. Additionally, nightlife lovers can opt for bars and nightclubs in Los Álamos or La Nogalera for truly great nighttime entertainment. Dinner and another night on Costa del Sol.


Overnight: Costa del Sol
Meals: Breakfast $ Dinner

Day 06 : Costa del Sol

Breakfast. Another full day is at your full disposal. A relaxing time at the beach while sipping on a cool drink is highly recommended. Many of the beaches in Costa del Sol are awarded with Blue Flag This is the gold standard for hygiene and public facilities, so wherever you go you’ll always be close to a first-class beach. The climate helps too, as the Costa del Sol has the longest beach season in Iberian Spain, with consistent warmth from as early as April through to late- October. Even in the low season it’s normally sunny, and daily highs will graze the high-teens. Dinner and your third night in the Sunny Coast of Spain.

Overnight: Costa Del Sol
Meals: Breakfast $ Dinner

Day 07 : Costa del Sol – Granada (180km ~ 112 miles)

Breakfast, then transfer to Granada. Granada is a beautiful city right at the foot of the spectacular Sierra Nevada Mountains. The popular favorite of the region of Andalusia, Granada has a rich history, fantastic range of sites to see, and a bustling nightlife. With Arab influences and Spanish charm, there is plenty of culture and history to explore here. Upon arrival you'll have a guided tour to see the famous complex of La Alhambra, Alhambra is definitely number one on the list of unmissable things to see in Granada, and the most visited sight in the whole Spain. The world-renowned Alhambra gets its name from the Arabic for ''Red Castle'', and has been poetically described as the place where the air is clear and the fresh water from the mountains reaches.
Try free tapas ''culture''. Tapas (an appetizer or snack in Spanish cuisine) is certainly one of the first things that comes to mind whenever Spain is mentioned, and Granada is probably the city most renowned for its popular tradition of free tapas. With the fantastic ''buy a drink, get free tapas'' phenomenon, this timely Spanish tradition is even more popular here. With countless numbers of bars and tapas restaurants, you’ll certainly be left with plenty of choice of where to get these tempting little snacks. Offering everything from gourmet and international tapas like sushi and caviar, to traditional Spanish jamón (dry-cured ham), you can’t leave Granada without experiencing this culinary delight.Dinner and night in Granada.


Overnight: Granada
Meals: Breakfast $ Dinner

Day 08 : Granada - Toledo - Madrid (446km ~ 277 miles)

Breakfast, then transfer to Toledo. Toledo is an incredibly cultural-diversified city; it has seen numerous different cultures and dynasties pass through its walls, as well as many wars, royalty, and artists. The legacy that it guards is an essential part of Spanish culture, so visiting Toledo is bound to be an extremely unique experience. Some of the highlights we'll see during the tour: Cathedral. Toledo’s Cathedral is one of the most important places to visit when in this stunning city.
The Juderia (''the city of the Jews'') district is what once used to be the city’s Jewish quarter, and nowadays it is one of the most beautiful parts of the city, with some excellently preserved buildings.
You will see and enter the important buildings of synagogues of Santa María la Blanca (12th century) and also the church of Santo Tomé. The last one has a fine tower and a chapel containing the painting Burial of the Conde de Orgaz by El Greco. Lunch during the tour. Later, we will visit the craftsman's own workshop to discover the ancestral techniques and the phases of the true Toledano sword-making elaboration. Towards the evening transfer and arrival to Madrid. End of the tour.


Meals: Breakfast

Dates & Prices

Dates Twin/Double/Triple Sharing Single Supplement
3 Apr 2024
$2499
$1199
11 May 2024
$2499
$1199
3 Jun 2024
$2599
$1299
1 Jul 2024
$3399
$1699
21 Aug 2024
$3399
$1699
12 Sep 2024
$2599
$1299
16 Oct 2024
$2499
$1199

Where you will Stay

City Category No of Nights Hotels to be used
Seville
4 star
2
Melia Lebreros  or Similar
Coradoba
4 star
1
EXE Ciudad de Cordoba.  or Similar
Costa del Sol
4 star
3
Sol Principe Hotel  or Similar
Granada
4 star
1
Saray   or Similar

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