11-Day Explore the Culture of Andalusia

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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 the heart of old Hapsburg royalties and Baroque palaces. Today, you'll get acquainted with the vibrant atmosphere of the capital.

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Make your way into the heart of Andalusia, Sevilla. Your first stop will be in Cordoba, a World Heritage city, where you'll visit the magnificent Mosque-Cathedral, Viana Palace and the Alcazar. You will then continue your journey to the most emblematic Andalusian city, Seville where you will stop for the night.

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

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Take a 4-hour high-speed train to Granada. This sightseeing tour takes us to the old Arab quarter Albaycin, with winding streets of its Medieval Moorish past. Walking through its streets is the best way to discover the city and to understand how people lived in Granada. Visit Sacromonte, the gypsy quarter of Granada and the most famous of the gypsy caves, although gypsies were not the first people to live in these caves. In the evening, you'll have the option to enjoy a flamenco show.

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Today, you'll leave Granada and head back to Madrid. On arrival, you may wish to visit the Prado Museum, the Reina Sofia Museum, Thyssen Museum, Retiro Park, Las Letras neighbourhood, The Debod Temple, Almudena Cathedral, or the Salamanca and Recoletos districts for some high-end shopping. The day is yours to enjoy.

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Today you'll visit Toledo, a UNESCO World Heritage City. Toledo is a beautiful example of the historical cooperation between the Arabs, Jews and Christians in 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 that you can explore.

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Half-day excursion around historic Barcelona. Its early city centre, surrounded by walls during Roman times, makes up the Gothic Quarter with narrow streets, 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.

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Montserrat is a rocky mountain located 50 km far from Barcelona. It is considered the most significant and important mountain of Catalonia and was once dotted by hundreds of churches and monasteries. Today, many are still used, however, there are also many that have been abandoned. You will visit two of the most important monasteries in the mountain: the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria and the ancient monastery of Santa Cecilia.