10-Day Madrid, Andalusia and Barcelona

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Today you'll explore the most important city in Spain, Madrid, on a driving sightseeing tour. This elegant city with its manicured gardens and boulevards is renowned for its rich European art and for being the heart of old Hapsburg royalties and Baroque palaces. Your tour will finish at the Gran Via which is known as the broadway of Madrid.

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Your first stop will be in Cordoba, a World Heritage city and visit the magnificent Mosque-Cathedral, Viana Palace and the Alcazar of Cordoba. You will then continue your journey to the most emblematic Andalusian city, Seville. When you arrive, you can head out into the old city centre to explore or stay in the hotel and rest.

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Today, venture out into Seville to discover this stunning city and its main streets, avenues and monuments. Visit the University, the Old Tobacco Factory, the Plaza de España, San Telmo Palace, The Golden Tower, Isabel II Bridge and the Macarena Basilica. Then Santa Cruz's Jewish quarters, a labyrinth of narrow streets and the gorgeous Plaza de Los Venerables. Finish at the Royal Alcazares and the largest gothic cathedral in the world, the Cathedral of Seville, and Cristopher Columbus tomb.

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Take a 4-hour high-speed train to Granada, a beautiful addition to this south of Spain tour. Explore the old Arab quarter Albaycin, with winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. Discover the typical urban layout and learn about life in Granada while walking through the streets. Visit Sacromonte, the gypsy quarter of Granada, most famous for the gypsy caves, although, they were not actually the first people to live in them. You have an optional activity of a high-quality Flamenco show.

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Today you'll leave Granada and head back to Madrid. Places you may wish to visit include the Prado Museum, the Reina Sofia Museum, Thyssen Museum. Other options incide the Retiro Park, The Crystal Palace, Las Letras neighbourhood, The Debod Temple, Almudena Cathedral, or the Salamanca and Recoletos districts for some high-end shopping.

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Today you'll leave Madrid and visit Toledo, a UNESCO World Heritage City. Toledo is a beautiful artistic city and a beautiful example of the history of cooperation between the Arabs, Jews and Christians of historical Spain. Whilst in Toledo, you can visit the Jewish Quarter, where you'll find the Synagogue of El Transito and Synagogue of Santa Maria La Blanca. Other interesting sites to visit whilst in Toledo are the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes and San Bartolome Church.

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Today's rail journey to Barcelona is just 3 hours. Barcelona was founded as a Roman city, in the Middle Ages and is now one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea. The hotel is flanked by art galleries, the university gardens, the Gothic Quarter and many interesting shopping streets, you'll have time to explore at your own pace to discover this busy and creative city.

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A Half-day excursion takes you around the historic Barcelona. Its early city centre, surrounded by walls during Roman times, makes up the Gothic Quarter with narrow streets and is also home to Gothic buildings and medieval palaces. Architects such as Gaudí, Doménech i Montaner and Puig i Cadafalch have left many outstanding buildings such as Sagrada Familia, Casa Milà La Pedrera, Palau de la Música Catalana and the Sant Pau Hospital for you to marvel at today.