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Barcelona, Northern Spain & Portugal Journeys
Bilbao
Basilic Temple of Our Lady Pilar
La Pedrera
Plaza de Cibeles
Puerta de Alcalá
Douro River
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral and Obradoiro
The Guggenheim Museum
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Overview
Embark on a captivating 17-day journey through the cultural heart of the Iberian Peninsula, from the vibrant streets of Barcelona to the historic charm of Madrid. Discover Northern Spain’s scenic coastline, artistic treasures, and culinary delights, before crossing into Portugal’s enchanting cities of Porto, Coimbra, and Lisbon. Along the way, admire architectural masterpieces, UNESCO World Heritage sites, and authentic regional flavours. This immersive adventure offers the perfect blend of history, art, gastronomy, and breathtaking landscapes across Spain and Portugal.
Itinerary
Day 1 Barcelona
Arrival at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Join your travel director for your welcome dinner at a local restaurant and enjoy the opportunity to get to know your fellow travellers over a delightful evening of good food and wine.
Overnight stay in Barcelona at Hotel Catalonia Plaza or similar.
*We recommend you to select flights that arrive no later than 5 PM so you can enjoy the itinerary from the beginning.
Dinner
Barcelona
Day 2 Barcelona
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour of Barcelona. Drive along the main avenues with its impressive Gaudi modernist buildings such as La Pedrera and Casa Batlló. The Montjuïc Park with spectacular views of the city and harbour, Olympic Ring, Monument to Columbus and the Olympic Port. Visit the most important landmark in the city of Barcelona, Sagrada Familia.
Continue to Port Vell to board a catamaran and sail along the beautiful coastline of Barcelona. Upon arrival, the crew will welcome you on board with music, a courtesy drink and a typical local tapa to start the experience in a Mediterranean style. You can sit in the shaded aft seats to feel the sea breeze, or lie on the forward nets in the sun to tan and be closer to the sea. This experience is the ideal complement to get to know Barcelona from all perspectives
The afternoon is for you to keep on discovering this city.
Overnight stay in Barcelona at Hotel Catalonia Plaza or similar.
Breakfast
Sagrada Familia
Day 3 Barcelona Zaragoza Pamplona Bilbao
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure southwest along an industrial and agricultural area with certain relevance within Europe. Arrive to Zaragoza, capital city of Aragón, within the banks of Ebro River, the most copious within the Iberian Peninsula.
Free time to see the impressive Baroque architecture of the Basilic Temple of Our Lady Pilar. Continue to Pamplona, internationally famous for its annual San Fermín festival, a city rich in history, with roots dating back to Roman times, and offers a variety of cultural and architectural attractions, including its medieval old town and the Gothic-style Cathedral. Depart to Bilbao.
Overnight stay in Bilbao at Radisson Collection or similar.
Breakfast
San Fermin Festival
Day 4 Bilbao San Sebastian Bilbao
Breakfast at the hotel. Take a Bilbao city tour and discover its most recent developments. Time at leisure for you to explore the esplanade where The Guggenheim Museum is located in order for you to admire this modern architectural building.
Continue to San Sebastian in the afternoon, one of the most famous tourist destinations where they hold the International Film Festival. Panoramic city tour of this marvel style bourgeois city, seeing the extraordinary landscape dominated by the bay and the magnificent La Concha beach. We will approach Mount Igueldo, to contemplate the marvelous views of the city.
Free time to stroll through this elegant city. Back in Bilbao, enjoy dinner at local restaurant to taste the famous typical “pintxos”, Basque name for tapas.
Overnight stay in Bilbao at Radisson Collection or similar.
Breakfast, Dinner
City Views from Mount Igueldo
Day 5 Bilbao Castro Urdiales Santander
Breakfast at hotel. Bound for Asturias, famous Green Spain, we will proceed to the old fishing village “Castro Urdiales”. Time at leisure. Depart to Santander, a port city located between the sea and the mountains, well known for its Sardinero Beach.
Overnight stay in Santdaner at Hotel Santander or similar.
Breakfast
Santander Bay
Day 6 Santander Santillana del Mar Covadonga Oviedo
Breakfast at hotel. Depart to Santillana del Mar, one of the most important historical artistic towns in Spain. It contains architectural treasures such as the Collegiate of Santa Juliana, a Jewel of the Romanesque Architecture in Cantabria.
Continue to Covadonga, where you will have free time to see the Sanctuary and the Grotto where you will see the patroness of Asturias our Lady of Covadonga.
In the afternoon, departure to Oviedo, where you will see on a series of hills the beauty of Saint Maria de Naranco Church, Jewel of the pre Romanic Asturian architecture. Free time to explore Oviedo, many of its streets are pedestrian, where you will be able to see World Heritage sites like The Cathedral, a splendid example of gothic Asturian architecture. Join your fellow travellers to dine at a traditional cider house.
Overnight stay in Oveido at Hotel Silken Monumental Naranco or similar.
Breakfast, Dinner
Covadonga Basilica
Day 7 Oviedo Mondoñedo Lugo Santiago de Compostela
Breakfast at the hotel. Bound for Galician lands. On the way to Lugo, take a short stop at Mondoñedo. Time at leisure to visit the 13th century Cathedral and try the delicious “Mondoñedo cake”.
Continue to Lugo. Time at leisure to explore the Roman remains that still retains like its walls, declared World Heritage. We finally approach Santiago de Compostela´s holly land, declared World Heritage, as it is the most important centre of Christian Pilgrimages in Spain as the end of the Camino de Santiago.
Overnight stay in Santiago de Compostela at Hotel Exe Peregrino or similar.
Breakfast
Santiago de Compostela
Day 8 Santiago de Compostela
Breakfast at the hotel. Join a Santiago city tour where you will see the main square called Obradoiro and the Cathedral (entrance included) dedicated to the Apostle Santiago. Rest of the day at leisure to explore the narrow cobblestone streets.
Overnight stay in Santiago de Compostela at Hotel Exe Peregrino or similar.
Breakfast
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
Day 9 Santiago de Compostela Rias Bajas Porto
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart towards one of the most marvelous areas of Galicia, the Rias Bajas (Spanish Fjords). Continue to the Ria de Arosa, where will do a cruise, with tasting of the typical wines and mussels.
Bound for the Portuguese border to reach Porto. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European towns, and proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996.
Overnight stay in Porto at Hotel Vila Galé or similar.
Breakfast
Ria de Arosa
Day 10 Porto
Breakfast at the hotel. Take a guided sightseeing tour of Porto. Admire the Cathedral, Stock Exchange building and Santa Clara church. Afterwards, enjoy a Douro River Cruise and discover famous Port Wine Cellars with a wine tasting experience included. Rest of day at leisure.
Overnight stay in Porto at Hotel Vila Galé or similar.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Porto Cathedral
Day 11 Porto
Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure.
Tonight, you will have the opportunity to share a typical fado show with dinner with your fellow travellers
Overnight stay in Porto at Hotel Vila Galé or similar.
Breakfast, Dinner
Porto
Day 12 Porto Aveiro Coimbra
After breakfast, we depart to Aveiro, known for its picturesque canals, which have earned it the nickname “The Venice of Portugal”. We will enjoy a ride on a moliceiro, a traditional colorful boat used for navigating the canals of Aveiro, before heading to Coimbra. We will meet the local guide for a tour of Coimbra, a historic city known for its prestigious university (one of the oldest in Europe), charming medieval streets, and beautiful riverfront.
Overnight stay in Coimbra at Hotel Coimbra Aeminium or similar.
Breakfast
Moliceiro ride
Day 13 Coimbra Batalha Nazare Lisbon
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to the Batalha Monastery, a masterpiece of Gothic and Manueline style considered a World Heritage place by UNESCO. Continue to the pinturesque fishing town of Nazaré and time at leisure. Then, we continue to Lisbon.
In Lisbon, we will cross the Tagus River to Cacilhas and enjoy a dinner at a local restaurant featuring seafood.
Overnight stay in Lisbon at VIP Executive Art’s Hotel or similar.
Breakfast, Dinner
Nazaré
Day 14 Lisbon
After breakfast, join a morning city sightseeing of the ancient Olissipo. Drive through its main squares and avenues, Belem Tower, Jeronimos Monastery, Monument to the Discoverers, Marquis of Pombal Square & Liberty Avenue.
Afternoon at leisure for you to catch the nostalgic corners of Alfama Quarter, the old city gathered next to its Castle, with old buildings nested in narrow twisting “Ruas” full of color housing the genuine “tabernas”. Rest of the day at leisure to enjoy this magnificent city.
Overnight stay in Lisbon at VIP Executive Art’s Hotel or similar.
Breakfast
Marquis of Pombal Square & Liberty Avenue
Day 15 Lisbon Merida Madrid
Breakfast at the hotel. Bound for Andalusian soils, back in Spain, we drive to Merida, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its wellpreserved Roman ruins, including the Roman Theatre and Amphitheatre. Explore its rich historical heritage before continuing to Cordoba, once the capital of the Caliphate.
Overnight in Madrid at The Westin Madrid Cuzco or similar.
Breakfast
Ampitheatre in Merida
Day 16 Madrid
Breakfast at the hotel. Discover the beauties of the city with a guided city tour with your local expert: Barrio de la Morería, the Hapsburgs District, Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa; the Madrid of the Bourbons and the complex town planning schemes of Charles III, the Royal Palace, Cibeles and Neptuno Fountains and the Puerta de Alcalá.
The contemporary Madrid with areas such as Gran Vía, Castellana, the district of Salamanca, as well as commercial and financial areas of Modern Madrid, and the Santiago Bernabéu Football Stadium. During the visit, we will taste the typical chocolate with churros, the most Madrid-style snack.
Afternoon at leisure to continue exploring the wonders that the city has to offer. In the evening, join your fellow travellers for a farewell dinner
Overnight in Madrid at The Westin Madrid Cuzco or similar.
Breakfast, Dinner
Plaza Mayor
Day 17 Madrid
After breakfast at the hotel transfer to the airport.
End of services.
Breakfast
Accommodation
Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza
Barcelona
The Catalonia Barcelona Plaza hotel is located in Barcelona next to Plaza España and the facilities of the Fira de Barcelona and Montjuïc. With 347 rooms, an ideal place to stay on a business trip or a few days off. The panoramic terrace has a swimming pool and a large chill-out area with bar service and offers incomparable views of Plaza España and the Magic Fountains of Montjuïc, as well as most of the rooms. The Catalonia Barcelona Plaza hotel has 3 restaurants, an aesthetic and beauty center with treatments and massages, 13 meeting rooms equipped with the latest technology, free Wi-Fi, parking in the same building and excellent connections with all public transport.
Radisson Collection Bilbao
Bilbao
Experience the five-star Radisson Collection Hotel, Gran Vía Bilbao, featuring 137 elegantly designed rooms and suites that seamlessly combine modern sophistication with exceptional service. Immerse yourself in the vibrant artistic culture of the city and visit renowned Bilbao landmarks, including the iconic Guggenheim Museum.
Enjoy an unforgettable evening at the speakeasy rooftop bar, beautifully decorated with vertical gardens, colorful parasols, and stunning views of Bilbao. For a distinctive dining experience, savor the harmonious blend of flavor, texture, and aesthetics at the Eneko Basque Bilbao Restaurant by Eneko Atxa.
Hotel Santemar
Santander
The hotel is ideally located two minutes from the kilometer-long fine sand beach El Sardinero and very close to La Magdalena, the former residence of Alfonso XIII. Its location is privileged for visitors who need accommodation close to the Santander Conference and Exhibition Center and the Magdalena Palace, the venue for the UIMP summer courses and the main venue for most of the congresses held in the city.The rooms at the Hotel Santemar have been carefully designed to offer you the ultimate in comfort and relaxation.
Hotel Silken Monumental Naranco
Oviedo
This 4-star hotel offers excellent facilities and a prime location just a 10-minute walk from Oviedo’s old town, making it ideal for both business and leisure travellers. One of the few in the city with a swimming pool, it provides modern comforts and spacious areas for guests to relax and explore Asturias.
Hotel Exe Peregrino
Santiago de Compostela
Located in Santiago’s peaceful Santa Marta neighbourhood, this welcoming hotel offers a relaxing stay just 15 minutes from the historic old town and near the city’s Intermodal Station. With bright, wood-accented rooms, expansive gardens, a panoramic terrace, and an outdoor pool, it provides an ideal retreat for travellers on the Portuguese Way. Guests can also enjoy a generous breakfast buffet, a fitness studio, on-site parking, and a restaurant serving fine local cuisine.
Hotel Vila Galé Porto
Porto
Vila Galé Porto is centrally located, a 10-minute walk from Rua de Santa Catarina and 100 metres from Campo 24 de Agosto metro. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2015, it features cinema-inspired décor, rooms for all needs, two restaurants, bars, event spaces, and a rooftop spa with pool, jacuzzi, gym, and city views. Guests can easily explore the Ribeira, Port Wine Cellars, Casa da Música, Serralves Museum, and landmarks like Aliados, Sé Cathedral, Clérigos Tower, and Palácio da Bolsa.
Hotel Coimbra Aeminium Meliá
Coimbra
Located in a quiet area near the university hospital and Coimbra city centre, Hotel Coimbra Aeminium Affiliated by Meliá offers comfortable rooms and a varied buffet breakfast. Close to the historic old town, University of Coimbra, Botanical Gardens, and Celas Convent, it’s an ideal base to explore the city’s museums, convents, and vibrant student atmosphere.
VIP Executive Art’s Hotel
Lisbon
The VIP Executive Art’s Hotel combines modern design with calming, neutral décor, offering a peaceful retreat in the heart of a bustling city. Focused on guest comfort, it provides well-designed rooms, excellent service, dining, and facilities, creating a relaxing environment that balances city energy with tranquillity.
The Westin Madrid Cuzco
Madrid
The new Westin Madrid Cuzco, set on the prestigious Paseo de la Castellana just five minutes from Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, offers 287 elegant rooms and suites, including a new two-bedroom concept. Enjoy the signature Westin Heavenly Bed, free Wi-Fi, a modern gym, a lavish breakfast buffet with show cooking, a stylish bar, and a fine dining restaurant. With six versatile meeting spaces and excellent transport links via Cuzco Metro and Chamartín Station, it’s ideal for both business and leisure stays in Madrid.
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