Itinerary
- Day 1
Madrid
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant at 18:30 with Travel Director and fellow travellers - delicious food and wine)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Riu Plaza España, Madrid), Hotel (Canopy by Hilton Madrid Castellana)
Included Activities
- Explore Madrid's Old Quarter with Local Expert guidance on the district's development from medieval citadel to Habsburg centre
- Day 2
Toledo - Granada
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Vincci Albayzín, Granada)
Included Activities
- Visit the Church of Santo Tomé housing El Greco's painting 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz'
- Meet a master artisan at a Damascene workshop for insight into this ancient craft of inlaying gold and silver into iron
- Guided walk through Toledo's narrow cobbled streets with Local Expert
Landmarks Church of Santo Tomé 
- Day 3
Granada - Seville
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Meliá Sevilla)
Included Activities
- Visit Alhambra Palace with Local Expert - explore courtyards, carved plasterwork and palace rooms from the Nasrid period
- Walk through the exotic water gardens of the Generalife
- Visit Seville Cathedral and view the Giralda (originally a 12th-century Almohad mosque minaret)
- Guided walk through Santa Cruz quarter (old Jewish quarter) OR panoramic drive around Seville - choose one
Landmarks Alhambra Palace Generalife Seville Cathedral Giralda Santa Cruz Quarter 
- Day 4
Seville
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Meliá Sevilla)
Included Activities
- Visit Cristina Heeren Foundation for flamenco dance lesson and performance - learn basic steps and gain insight into how the school trains young artists in guitar, singing and dance
Optional Activities
- Optional Experience: Day trip to Córdoba to visit the Mezquita (8th-century mosque with Christian cathedral built inside)
Landmarks Mezquita Cristina Heeren Foundation - Day 5
Évora - Lisbon
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Turim Saldanha, Marques de Pombal, Lisbon)
Included Activities
- Explore the ancient city of Évora with Travel Director
- Visit Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones) - a chapel decorated with human remains
Landmarks Capela dos Ossos 
- Day 6
Lisbon
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Turim Saldanha, Corinthia, Lisbon)
Included Activities
- Guided sightseeing tour of Lisbon with Local Expert - Baixa district and Belém Quarter
- Taste pastéis de Belém from the historic patisserie using the same recipe for nearly 200 years
- View the Monument to the Discoveries
- Visit the Belém Tower
- Visit the National Coach Museum - examine collection of royal carriages from 16th to 19th centuries
Optional Activities
- Optional Experience: Visit the beautiful Portuguese Riviera
Landmarks Monument to the Discoveries Belém Tower National Coach Museum - Day 7
Fátima - Salamanca
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Alameda Palace, Salamanca)
Included Activities
- Visit the Sanctuary of Fátima - see the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary and Chapel of the Apparitions
- Explore Salamanca's Plaza Mayor with its golden stone and arcades
- View the Puente Romano across the River Tormes with Roman arches
Landmarks Sanctuary of Fátima Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel of the Apparitions Plaza Mayor Puente Romano 
- Day 8
Ávila - Madrid
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Final dinner with Travel Director and fellow travellers at a local restaurant)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Canopy by Hilton Madrid Castellana)
Included Activities
- Explore within the ancient walls of Ávila
- Explore Madrid's Old Quarter with Local Expert
Landmarks Ávila City Walls - Day 9
Madrid
