Summary
During the 7-day Andalusia and Mediterranean Coast Tour from Madrid you will discover an important part of peninsular Spain visiting cities such as Cordoba, Seville, Granada in Andalusia, as well as Valencia, Barcelona and Zaragoza. Located in the southern part of Spain, Andalusia is the meeting point of two continents, Africa and Europe, and its coasts are bathed by both the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. You will enjoy a guided tour in Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Barcelona offered by local guides during which you will discover many important attractions of these cities. This Spain bus tour from Madrid will offer you unforgettable experiences, full of discoveries of incredible places and sites declared World Heritage by UNESCO. A multilingual tour escort will accompany you during the entire itinerary. If you are a solo traveller willing to join a group, this tour also suits you and you can be accommodated in a single room (Single Room Supplement: 330 €). This is a group guided tour organized from Madrid every Monday in 2024.
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Maria
Local travel expert in Spain
I speak English and Spanish. I studied tourism in Madrid, and I have more than 7 years’ work experience in travel agencies. My passion for travelling around Spain and Europe, made me discover new places and offer different routes around my country and some of its neighbours.
Itinerary
Travel from Madrid to Andalusia in Spain and Guided Tour of Cordoba
Madrid - Cordoba - Seville
You will depart from Madrid to Andalusia through La Mancha region at 8:00 a.m. and arrive in Cordoba. On arrival in the city, you will enjoy a guided tour starting at Almodovar Gate through the Jewish Quarter and continue visiting the famous Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It is the most important monument of all the Islamic West and one of the most wonderful in the world. Its history summarizes the complete evolution of the Umayyad style in Spain, as well as the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles of Christian construction.
After the guided tour of the city of Cordoba, you will have free time to enjoy lunch on your own.
After lunch, you will travel to Seville.
Dinner and accommodation in Seville.
After breakfast at the hotel, you will enjoy a morning guided city tour visiting the typical Barrio de Santa Cruz with its narrow streets, the Park of Maria Luisa and Plaza de España (Spanish Square). You will see Seville Cathedral known as Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
After the city tour, you will have a free afternoon.
In the evening, you will enjoy dinner in Seville.
In the morning, you will travel to Granada where you will visit the spectacular group of monuments of Alhambra and Generalife, former residence of the Moorish kings, with its magnificent fountains,
gardens and arches, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Generalife is located outside the walls of Alhambra and is made up of a set of buildings, patios and gardens, which make it one of the greatest attractions of the city of Granada, and, together with Alhambra, one of the most outstanding architectural ensembles of Muslim civil architecture.
In the evening, you can enjoy an optional visit to the caves of Sacromonte and attend a typical show of gipsy flamenco.
Dinner and accommodation in Granada.
The day will begin with the departure from Andalusia via Guadix, Baza and Puerto Lumbreras towards the Mediterranean coast and Valencia.
Accommodation in Valencia and free time. You can walk around the city, go to the beach or try the famous Valencian paella.
After breakfast at the hotel, you will have some free time. At mid-morning you will leave for Catalonia to reach the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona. As the capital of Catalonia and the second most important city in Spain, Barcelona is renowned for its cultural, financial, commercial and tourist importance. The city has one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean and is also an important point of communication between Spain and France, due to the highway and high speed rail connections.
Accommodation in Barcelona and free time.
The day will start with a guided tour of Barcelona city to see Montjuïc Park with spectacular views, the Olympic Ring, Christopher Columbus monument and the old Gothic quarter. The mountain of Montjuïc is an excellent lookout point to contemplate the city and is full of tourist attractions. Barcelona is known for the architecture of Antonio Gaudi, the greatest representative of Spanish modernist architecture. Antonio Gaudi designed striking buildings and endowed them with innovative solutions based on the forms of nature. He made great works and projects in Barcelona such as the Sagrada Familia known as Expiatory Church of the Holy Family and Park Güell in Barcelona, which are his best-known masterpieces worldwide, but he is also the creator of amazing buildings such as La Pedrera, Casa Batlló, Casa Vicens, Casa Calvet, or the lampposts of the Plaza Real.
This 7-day Andalusia and more Mediterranean Coast Tour offers you the possibility to have the afternoon free on this day, so that you could walk around the city on your own.
You can also enjoy an optional night tour through the wide avenues and lighted buildings and fountains.
After breakfast, you will depart to Madrid via Zaragoza.
You will have some free time to discover the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Patroness of the Hispanic people. It is considered the first Marian temple of Christianity and together with the sanctuaries of Torreciudad, Montserrat, Meritxell and Lourdes make up the Marian Route, an itinerary guided by Marian spirituality and devotion, which possesses a great patrimonial, gastronomic and natural wealth.
After visiting Zaragoza, you will arrive in Madrid, where this tour will end.
Prices
Every Monday (2024)
2 Pers.
6 Pers.
18 Pers.
1060€
1060€
1060€
1125€
1125€
1125€
| Travel dates | Accommodation | Price per person in € | ||
| 2 Pers. | 6 Pers. | 18 Pers. | ||
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Every Monday (2024) |
4* Hotels (January - June; November, December) | 1060€ | 1060€ | 1060€ |
| 4* Hotels (July, August, September, October) | 1125€ | 1125€ | 1125€ | |
What's Included
- 6 nights accommodation in a double (DBL) or twin (TWN) room at 4-star hotels;
- Breakfast at the hotel;
- Dinner on day 1, 2, 3 of the itinerary;
- Excursions on the entire itinerary;
- Transportation according to the entire itinerary (bus with free WI-FI onboard);
- Sightseeing tour with local guide in Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Barcelona;
- Multilingual tour escort;
- Travel insurance;
- Municipal tax in Barcelona.