Northern Spain, La Rioja, Barcelona and Madrid March 21 to 30, 2025

Unforgettable tour through Northern Spain, La Rioja, Barcelona and Madrid

Travel Itinerary

Day 1. Friday, March 21, 2025 Miami

Departure of your flight from Miami to Madrid. Check price for the following departure cities: Orlando, Tampa, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, New York, Newark, Washington DC, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, among others.

Day 2. Tuesday, March 22, 2025 | Madrid (C)

Welcome to Madrid! Transfer from the airport to the hotel, rest of the day free. We recommend attending a flamenco show or exploring tapas bars. At night you will enjoy a

welcome dinner included. Accommodation.

Day 3. Sunday, March 23, 2025 | Madrid

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day in Madrid. We recommend visiting the Royal Palace where you can appreciate its architecture and historical wealth, stroll through Retiro Park to enjoy its natural and cultural beauty, and end the day tasting tapas in the lively Plaza Mayor to experience local cuisine.

Day 4. Monday, March 24, 2025 | Madrid – León – Oviedo

We will leave at the beginning of the morning. We cross Castilla y León. Stop in TORDESILLAS. You will learn the history of this small town and you can have a coffee in its Plaza Mayor. Continuation to LEÓN, time to have lunch and see the fantastic Gothic cathedral of this historic city on the Camino de Santiago. Later we crossed the mountains of the Cantabrian Mountains traveling towards Asturias. Arrival in OVIEDO in the middle of the afternoon. We include (sometimes in the morning of the next day) a one and a half hour visit with a local guide of the city. We will visit the 9th century cathedral, the Calatrava Palace, the Campoamor theater, and Rúa street.

Note: If the number of travelers from Madrid to León is very limited, the trip can be made by train or regular transportation, eliminating the stop in Tordesillas.

Day 5. Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | Oviedo – Covadonga – Santillana del Mar – Santander

We travel to the Picos de Europa. Among beautiful landscapes we know the Basilica of Covadonga. We continue the route following the sea towards SANTILLANA, one of the most beautiful towns in Spain with its intact medieval town. In its vicinity we know the LAS CUEVAS DE ALTAMIRA Museum, (entrance included). Later we traveled to SANTANDER, the regional capital, a maritime city with impressive views between mountains and beaches. We include a panoramic tour with a local guide in which we can discover this elegant coastal city and its beautiful bay.

Note: Due to high occupancy, some groups will be accommodated in Bilbao.

Day 6. Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Santander – Bilbao – Foronda Service Area – La Rioja – Zaragoza

We follow the highway along the Cantabrian coast. Some of the landscapes between the mountains and the sea are of great beauty. BILBAO, arrival to the largest city in the Basque Country. With a local guide, we make a short visit of the city: Guggenheim area, old town, cathedral… then you will have free time to have some «pintxos» in the «Old Town». We later traveled to the region of LA RIOJA, a land that produces excellent wines. We visit the Wine Culture Museum, in Briones and we will learn about the importance of viticulture since time immemorial. ZARAGOZA, arrival at the end of the afternoon.

Day 7. Thursday, March 27, 2025 | Zaragoza – Poblet – Barcelona

In the morning we include a panoramic visit in ZARAGOZA with a local guide; During the visit we visit the Basilica del Pilar, the Cathedral; We will talk about the painter Goya, learning about some of his works, we will also see a Roman theater, a Renaissance palace and we will pass in front of the Arab palace of Aljafería.

After lunch time we continue towards Catalonia. Stop at the Poblet Monastery, surrounded by its walls, in a beautiful setting, one of the best preserved medieval monasteries in the world (entrance included). Continuation to BARCELONA, arrival at the end of the afternoon.

Day 8. Friday, March 28, 2025 | Barcelona

In the morning we include a panoramic tour of the city of Barcelona, ​​considered one of the most interesting European capitals, open to the Mediterranean Sea, famous for Gaudí and its modernist architecture without forgetting its ramblas and the memories of the Universal Exhibitions and Olympics that took place there. they took place. Free afternoon. In the evening we include a transfer to the Maremágnum, an avant-garde leisure center and restaurants facing the sea, next to Plaza Colón, where you can stroll through this lively area and dine.

Day 9. Saturday, March 29, 2025 | Barcelona – Peñíscola – Valencia – Madrid

We travel south following the Mediterranean. A stop in PEÑISCOLA, a small medieval walled city surrounded by beautiful beaches. Time for a walk. We continue to VALENCIA, a port city on the Levantine coast where we will arrive at lunch time. Will you try their paella? Around 4:30 p.m. we leave and after making a brief stop in the avant-garde City of Arts and Sciences of Valencia, we will continue towards MADRID. Expected arrival around 8:30 p.m. / 9:00 p.m.

Note: If the number of travelers from Valencia to Madrid is very limited, the trip can be made by high-speed train.

Day 10. Sunday, March 30, 2025 Madrid

At the appropriate time, transfer to the airport to take your return flight and end of our services.

*Both the cities and the visits may vary without prior notice for the best development of the tour*

Price Includes

• Air ticket with Taxes Included
• Arrival and departure transfer in Madrid
• Coach tour with guide in Spanish
• Basic travel insurance
• Welcome Dinner
• 8 nights of accommodation with buffet breakfast included in hotels
• Panoramic Visit in: Oviedo, Santander, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Poblet and Barcelona
• Night Transfer: Maremágnum in Barcelona
• Tickets: Altamira Caves Museum in Santillana
• Wine Culture Museum entrance with tasting in La Rioja
• Entrance to the Poblet Monastery

Price DOES NOT INCLUDE

Any service not mentioned in the itinerary

• Extra expenses, drinks and tips (Approximately €8.00 EUR per person per day)
• Additional transfers (flights other than those of the group, please quote it with our agents)

Prices

• Price per person in a TRIPLE room $2,667.00 USD “SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY”
• Price per person in a DOUBLE room $2,689.00 USD
• Price per person in room SINGLE $3,285.00 USD
• Price for children between 9-15 YEARS $2,595.00 USD
• Price for children between 3-8 YEARS $2,290.00 USD

NOTE: Triple rooms can be a double room (with one or two beds) with an additional bed that, in some cases, may be folding or a sofa bed. Triple room is NOT recommended for 3 adults.