Along the way, Seville and Córdoba's squares and alleyways give way to views of San Sebastián, the Rías Baixas and Aveiro's canals. Guided visits combine with free days and stops, allowing you to discover the main sights and spend time at the places that interest you most. This option follows the complete 23-day, 22-night itinerary.
DAY 1 (Friday) Arrival in Madrid
The tour begins in Madrid. Make your own way to the hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure to relax or start exploring the city. This first overnight stay allows you to join the trip before the coach departure the following morning.
Overnight in Madrid. Any activities during your free time are at your own expense.
DAY 2 (Saturday) Madrid · Mérida · Seville
Leave Madrid for Extremadura and arrive in Mérida. Enjoy free time to explore its Roman heritage, including its well-known theatre and amphitheatre, and have lunch at your own expense.
Continue along the Autovía de la Plata to Seville, where dinner is included, followed by an overnight stay.
The first day on the road connects two very different chapters of the peninsula's history: Roman heritage in Mérida and Andalusian monuments in Seville. The stop in Mérida is free time, so you can plan your visit according to your interests.
DAY 3 (Sunday) Seville
After breakfast, explore Seville with a local guide. Explore María Luisa Park, Plaza de España and Santa Cruz, with its squares and alleyways. We also see the exterior of the cathedral and the Giralda.
Afterwards, continue exploring at your own pace. Overnight in Seville.
Optional You can take a boat trip on the Guadalquivir, visit the Maestranza bullring or attend an evening flamenco show.
The visit combines open spaces, such as Plaza de España and María Luisa Park, with the narrow streets of Santa Cruz. This change of scale is part of Seville's appeal: from grand monuments to small squares framed by façades and alleyways.
DAY 4 (Monday) Seville · Córdoba
After breakfast, head to Córdoba. Begin the walking tour beside the Puerta de Almodóvar, explore the Jewish Quarter and enter the Mosque-Cathedral.
The rest of the day is free to continue discovering the city. Dinner included and overnight in Córdoba.
The route connects the Jewish Quarter's maze of streets with the interior of one of Córdoba's most recognisable monuments. The Mosque-Cathedral reveals different architectural periods within a single building.
DAY 5 (Tuesday) Córdoba · Ronda · Costa del Sol
After breakfast, leave Córdoba along the White Villages Route towards Ronda. You will have free time to discover this Andalusian town independently.
Continue to the Costa del Sol, where dinner is included, followed by an overnight stay in Torremolinos.
The day leaves Córdoba's monuments for the scenery along the route to Ronda and Málaga's coast. During the free stop, decide which parts of Ronda you would like to explore before continuing towards the sea.
DAY 6 (Wednesday) Costa del Sol · Granada
After breakfast, leave the Costa del Sol for Granada. Visit the Alhambra and Generalife*, where gardens, fountains and architecture reveal its Nasrid past.
Dinner included and overnight in Granada.
Optional In the evening, you can explore the Sacromonte caves and attend a zambra flamenco show.
In this monumental complex, water and gardens are as prominent as the architecture. Fountains, courtyards and arcades reveal the character of the former residence of the Nasrid kings.
DAY 7 (Thursday) Granada · Valencia
After breakfast, leave Granada via Guadix, Baza and Puerto Lumbreras towards the Mediterranean coast. Our destination is Valencia, where we stay overnight.
The rest of the day is free to start exploring the city independently and enjoy its atmosphere and food.
Arrival in Valencia begins the Mediterranean stage of the tour. The afternoon is yours, with no organised visits, to get a first impression of the city after the journey.
DAY 8 (Friday) Valencia · Barcelona
After breakfast, enjoy free time in Valencia. In mid-morning, continue to Catalonia and arrive in Barcelona.
A panoramic tour takes in Montjuïc Park and its views, the Olympic Ring, the Columbus Monument and the Sagrada Família. Overnight in Barcelona.
The panoramic tour combines views from Montjuïc, Olympic venues and some of Barcelona's urban landmarks. It offers an introduction to the city that you can build on during the following free day.
DAY 9 (Saturday) Barcelona
Breakfast and a free day in Barcelona. You will have time to explore its streets and squares, stop at the buildings that interest you most and discover the city at your own pace.
Second overnight stay in Barcelona.
After the panoramic tour, this day allows you to choose which parts of Barcelona to explore in more depth. Return to the places that caught your eye and spend more time among its streets, squares and buildings, arranging visits independently.
DAY 10 (Sunday) Barcelona · Zaragoza · Pamplona
After breakfast, head to Zaragoza. Make a short stop with free time to visit the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar.
Continue to Pamplona, known for its San Fermín festival and old town. Overnight in the city.
The journey connects Zaragoza's religious heritage with Pamplona, a city closely associated with the San Fermín festival. The stop in Zaragoza is brief before continuing into Navarre.
DAY 11 (Monday) Pamplona · San Sebastián · Bilbao · Santander
After breakfast, travel to San Sebastián, for a short panoramic tour and an ascent of Monte Igueldo to admire the bay.
The route continues to Bilbao, stopping to admire the exterior of the Guggenheim Museum before continuing to Santander. Dinner included and overnight in Santander.
This day brings together three very different cities on the Cantabrian Coast: San Sebastián and its bay, Bilbao's contemporary Guggenheim architecture, and Santander. In Bilbao, we admire the building from outside; admission to the galleries is not included.
DAY 12 (Tuesday) Santander · Santillana del Mar · Covadonga · Oviedo
After breakfast, head to Santillana del Mar, with its historic stone streets and buildings. Continue through northern landscapes to Covadonga, where you will have free time to visit the sanctuary.
The day ends in Oviedo, with an overnight stay in the city.
The route alternates Santillana del Mar's historic centre with the scenery around Covadonga. There, you will have time to visit the sanctuary independently before continuing to the Asturian capital.
DAY 13 (Wednesday) Oviedo · A Coruña · Santiago de Compostela
After breakfast, leave Oviedo for Galicia. In A Coruña take a short panoramic tour before continuing to Santiago de Compostela.
Explore Santiago on a visit to Praza do Obradoiro, where we can admire the cathedral. Dinner included and overnight stay.
Praza do Obradoiro is one of the trip's standout settings: the cathedral's Baroque façade presides over a square associated with the arrival of pilgrims. The guided tour introduces Santiago before your free day.
DAY 14 (Thursday) Santiago de Compostela
Breakfast and a free day in Santiago de Compostela. Revisit its squares and streets at leisure, enjoy Galician cuisine or continue exploring independently.
Dinner included and second overnight stay in Santiago.
Optional You can join an excursion to Finisterre.
A second night in Santiago lets you enjoy the city without changing hotels. Return to its monuments, stroll through stone streets or spend part of the day on the optional coastal excursion.
DAY 15 (Friday) Santiago de Compostela · Rías Baixas · Vigo
After breakfast, head to the Rías Baixas, making short stops on A Toxa Island and in O Grove. Continue to Vigo for free time and an overnight stay.
Optional In O Grove, you can take a catamaran trip to learn about oyster and mussel farming, including a tasting of mussels and Ribeiro wine. A visit to Santa Tecla from the Vigo area is also offered.
The estuaries create a landscape of sea inlets and towns connected with fishing and shellfish harvesting. The optional catamaran trip explores this relationship between the landscape and shellfish farming.
DAY 16 (Saturday) Vigo · Viana do Castelo · Braga · Guimarães · Porto
After breakfast, cross into Portugal. In Viana do Castelo enjoy free time in the old town, among cobbled streets and buildings with coats of arms.
Continue towards Braga and Guimarães, the first capital of the Kingdom of Portugal and a World Heritage city. After free time in Guimarães, continue to Porto for an overnight stay.
On entering Portugal, visit three towns before reaching Porto. Viana do Castelo offers cobbled streets and buildings with coats of arms; Braga has a long archiepiscopal tradition, while Guimarães preserves a World Heritage historic centre.
DAY 17 (Sunday) Porto
After breakfast, explore Porto on a panoramic tour with a local guide. The cathedral, the Stock Exchange Palace and the Church of Santa Clara feature on our route through this city on the Douro.
Our visit ends at a winery for a port wine tasting. The rest of the day is free. Second overnight stay in Porto.
The day combines Porto's urban heritage with its wine tradition. The winery tasting is part of the visit, while the time afterwards is free to continue exploring.
DAY 18 (Monday) Porto · Aveiro · Coimbra
After breakfast, head to Aveiro, known for its canals. Continue to Coimbra, home to one of Europe's oldest universities and its own fado tradition.
Enjoy the included lunch and free time to discover Coimbra independently. Overnight stay.
Aveiro's canals lead to Coimbra's university atmosphere. The city is linked to one of Europe's oldest universities and its own musical tradition, two defining aspects of its identity.
DAY 19 (Tuesday) Coimbra · Fátima · Lisbon
After breakfast, head to Fátima. Enjoy free time to visit its basilica and discover this pilgrimage centre.
Continue to Lisbon, where we stay overnight.
Optional In the evening, you can attend a fado show to discover Portugal's traditional music and songs.
Fátima adds another city closely associated with pilgrimage to the route. After free time at the basilica, arrival in Lisbon begins a new stage beside the Tagus estuary.
DAY 20 (Wednesday) Lisbon
After breakfast, take a panoramic sightseeing tour of Lisbon with a local guide. The route passes through the Eduardo VII area, Rossio, Avenida da Liberdade and the Madragoa neighbourhood.
Continue to Belém, with its tower, Monument to the Discoveries and Jerónimos Monastery. Free afternoon and second overnight stay in Lisbon.
Optional You can complete the day with an excursion to Sintra, Cascais and Estoril.
Belém brings together some of Lisbon's landmarks associated with its maritime history. The panoramic tour places these monuments in their Tagus riverside setting before a free afternoon.
DAY 21 (Thursday) Lisbon · Mérida · Madrid
After breakfast, leave Lisbon and cross the Spanish border to return to Mérida. Enjoy free time to explore its archaeological site, with the Roman theatre and amphitheatre among the highlights, and have lunch at your own expense.
This stop revisits the Extremaduran city explored at the start of the journey. Afterwards, continue towards Madrid, where we stay overnight.
DAY 22 (Friday) Madrid or Toledo
Breakfast and overnight in Madrid. Today, choose between a panoramic sightseeing tour of Madrid and a half-day excursion to Toledo. One of these two options is included, according to your choice.
The remaining time is free. After travelling through Andalusia, the Mediterranean, northern Spain and Portugal, this day gives you the chance to spend more time in the capital or visit Toledo.
DAY 23 (Saturday) Madrid · End of the tour
Breakfast and end of services in Madrid.
