14-Nights Best of Spain & Portugal, end Barcelona - Small Group
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4/18/2027
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5/16/2027
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Travel through Spain and Portugal on a journey that links Moorish palaces, medieval hill towns and Atlantic wine country with authentic culinary experiences and local insight. From Segovia’s aqueduct and Fátima’s sanctuary to Porto’s cellars, Andalusia’s flamenco schools and the paella kitchens of Valencia, this tour moves through the Iberian Peninsula in a way that joins architecture, tradition and everyday life across two nations shaped by centuries of exchange.
Dining Summary
- 5 Dinner (D)
- 14 Breakfast (B)
- 2 Lunch (L)
- Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.
- Business class coach with extended leg room
- Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
- 4 & 5-star stays
- Madrid: Visit the Prado Museum with an art historian who places key works within their historical setting. With your historian’s expert guidance, you’ll examine paintings by Velázquez, Goya, Titian and Rubens, noting their connection to royal patronage and the broader European tradition. Learn how the museum, founded in 1819, became a principal repository for Spain’s royal collections and major works from across the continent.
- Madrid: Explore Madrid’s Old Quarter with a Local Expert who outlines how the district developed from a small medieval citadel into the center of Habsburg Madrid. You’ll see the compact street grid, market squares and civic buildings that shaped the early city, and trace how each layer of expansion created the foundations of the modern capital.
- Segovia: Walk Segovia’s historic center with a Local Expert who explains how the city developed at the meeting point of Roman, medieval and royal influence. View the Alcázar, a fortified complex documented from the 12th century, and examine the structure of the Roman aqueduct, whose towering granite arches carried mountain water into the city for almost two thousand years.
- Salamanca: Explore Salamanca’s central streets and squares with a Local Expert, tracing the city’s rise as one of Europe’s early university centers. Study the sandstone facades around Plaza Mayor and the university buildings founded in the 13th century, including examples of Plateresque detail that mark the city’s architectural identity.
- Porto: Join your Travel Director for an overview of Porto’s key districts, moving through the medieval Ribeira and the areas shaped by 19th-century trade. See everyday landmarks such as São Bento station, known for its 20,000 hand-painted azulejo tiles depicting scenes from Portuguese history, and the Clérigos Tower, a long-standing reference point in the historic center.
- Obidos: Walk inside Óbidos’ medieval walls, you’ll follow a street pattern that reflects its origins as a Roman settlement later granted as a royal wedding gift in the 13th century. You’ll move through lanes lined with whitewashed houses and small churches, and sample ginja, the local cherry liqueur traditionally served in small cups.
- Fátima: Explore Fátima with a focus on the Sanctuary complex established after the reported apparitions of 1917. Here, you’ll also be able to view the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Chapel of the Apparitions and the broad esplanade built for large pilgrimage gatherings.
- Lisbon: Explore Lisbon with a Local Expert, focusing on the Baixa district rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake and the broad Pombaline layout that shaped the Lower Town. Continue through the Belém Quarter to view landmarks linked to Portugal’s maritime era, including the Monument to the Discoveries and the Belém Tower, both positioned along the Tagus.
- Lisbon: Visit the National Coach Museum to examine its collection of royal carriages dating from the 16th to 19th centuries. Used for state ceremonies and diplomatic events, you’ll view coaches that illustrate the shifts in artisanship, decoration and court protocol across several European courts.
- Seville: Explore Seville with your Local Expert, viewing the Giralda bell tower, the exterior of Seville Cathedral and the former Jewish quarter. You’ll also see María Luisa Park, laid out for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, with its tiled fountains, pavilions and formal gardens reflecting the city’s layered architectural character.
- Gibraltar: Join a Local Expert to get under the skin of Gibraltar, moving from the compact town center up towards the Rock. Learn how the territory’s mix of British and Mediterranean influences shows up in its streets, its military history and its daily life.
- Granada: Explore Granada with your Local Expert, moving through the city streets that sit between the Albaicín’s older Moorish lanes and the broader avenues shaped in later centuries. The tour introduces you to the city’s layered history and the landmarks that sit below the Alhambra’s ridge.
- Valencia: Get your bearings in Valencia’s Old City as your Travel Director points out the surviving medieval gateways and the street grid shaped by centuries of expansion.
- Peñíscola: See Peñíscola’s 14th-century castle rising above the old town, set on a limestone headland that divides the shoreline.
- Barcelona: Explore Barcelona with a Local Expert who sets out the city’s shape from street level — the long run of Passeig de Grcia, the sharp grid of the Eixample and the way the skyline shifts as the Sagrada Família comes into view. The route ties together the city’s Modernista detail and its ongoing architectural change.
- Barcelona: Enjoy early access to the Palau de la Música Catalana, a Catalan Modernist concert hall known for its stained-glass skylight and sculptural detail. Take in the Lluís Millet Hall and settle