Day 1, Arrival in Lisbon
Upon your arrival in Lisbon airport meet your driver and continue to your hotel in the city center. The balance of the day is at leisure to explore Lisbon on your own. Overnight in Lisbon.
Day 2, Lisbon City Tour
Today discover the splendor of Portugal Capital with a guided tour in a small group. Visit of Belém district, with the famous Tower, the Monument to the Discoveries and the Church of the Jerónimos Monastery. Continue your tour to the district of Alfama, with the typical decorated streets and alleys. Continue to the main squares of the city: Praça do Comércio, Rossio and Marquês de Pombal. The tour includes also a stop and taste of Port Wine in a local shop. Overnight in Lisbon.
Day 3, Sintra - Cascais - Estoril
After breakfast meet your driver at the hotel for and excursion to Sintra and the town of Cascais and Estoril. In Sintra you will visit the Pena Palace one of the icons of Portugal, impressively placed on the top of the Sintra Mountain – the Pena Palace. On the way back to Lisbon, you will explore the Portugese Riviera and the fisherman towns of Cascais and Estoril. Overnight in Lisbon.
Day 4, Lisbon to Porto
Check out hotel this morning, make you way to the train station. Today you will travel from Lisbon to Porto by train. The balance of the day is to visit the town on your own. Upon your arrival in Porto make your way to your next hotel in the city center. Check in hotel and start to enjoy Porto on your own. Overnight in Porto.
Day 5, Porto - City Tour
After breakfast enjoy a half day guided tour through Porto, Capital of the North of Portugal and UNESCO World Heritage. Porto’s most striking characteristic is that of ‘faded grandeur’. In Europe there are very few remaining cities that can do ‘faded grandeur’ quite on the scale of Porto, you’d have to travel to Cuba or Argentina for competition. Overnight in Porto.
Day 6, Porto. Douro Valley
This morning after breakfast enjoy a Wine Tour “Douro Valley” Full Day Tour. The Douro Valley could as easily be called the enchanted valley, such is the beauty and magic that its landscapes offer. Overnight in Porto.
Day 7, Porto - Madrid
Check out from hotel, meet your private driver for your transfer to Porto International Airport and your next flight to Madrid.
FLIGHT NOT INCLUDED.
Arrive in Madrid International Airport. Meet your private driver for your transfer to your hotel in the city center. The balance of the day is to enjoy Madrid on your own.Overnight in Madrid.
Day 8, Madrid City Tour
Meet your driver and guide at the hotel for your city tour of Madrid. The tour includes a panoramic drive through the main and representative avenues, streets and squares of the Spanish Capital. Arrive to the Royal Palace for a guided visit of this main rooms. The Palace is one of the best preserved in Europe, constitutes one of the most the beautiful distinction of the royal residence style, the permanence symbol making firm Madrid as the political capital of the Kingdom, in which the most bright official receptions of the Crown are taking place. Independent return to your hotel. Overnight in Madrid.
Day 9, Toledo
Today On board of a comfortable bus you will reach the top hill town of Toledo. During your guided tour you will visit the restored Alcazar de Toledo, an impressive fortified building located at the highest point of the city, housing the museum of the Spanish Army and an important Library, the famous Gothic Style Cathedral, the Church of St. Tome, the old Jewish district with the old Synagogue of St. Maria la Blanca. The tour includes lunch in atypical restaurant and visit of a typical factory of “Damasquinado” the famous handcraft art of Toledo of decorating steel. Overnight in Madrid.
Day 10, Madrid - Barcelona
Check out from hotel, Today you will travel from Madrid to Barcelona on board of a comfortable high speed train. The balance of the day is to enjoy the vibrant life of Barcelona on your own. Overnight in Barcelona.
Day 11, Barcelona
Barcelona is known as the capital of Catalan Art Nouveau, where the famous architect, Antoni Gaudi, lived and worked. Today you will visit the Sagrada Familia (outside) one of the symbols of Barcelona richly and symbolically decorated, where vaults reach up to seventy meters. Continue to Gaudi’s bizarre Park Guell which is listed in the UNESCO world heritage sites, and to Paseo de Gracia to see Gaudi’s famous apartment buildings such as La Pedrera and Casa Batllò. Overnight in Barcelona.
Day 12, Departure
Check out from hotel, meet your private driver for your transfer to Barcelona International Airport and your flight back home.
