Spanish Escapes

ARRIVE MADRID, SPAIN

Arrival at Madrid Airport, transfer to your hotel. Check in, with the rest of the day free to explore Madrid.

Madrid, Spain's central capital, is a city of elegant boulevards and expansive, manicured parks such as the Buen Retiro. It's renowned for its rich repositories of European art, including the Prado Museum's works by Goya, Velázquez and other Spanish masters. The heart of old Hapsburg Madrid is the portico-lined Plaza Mayor, and nearby is the baroque Royal Palace and Armory, displaying historic weaponry.

MADRID: FULL DAY CITY SIGHTSEEING TOUR, VISIT TO PRADO MUSEUM WITH SKIP-THE-LINE TICKETS

After breakfast, explore Madrid on a full-day city sightseeing tour. From the Triángulo del Arte to the Palacio Real and from the Plaza de Cibeles to the Puerta de Toledo, the Madrid city tour offers a complete historical, artistic and monumental route through the city's most emblematic tourist sites. Also explore modern Madrid attractions like the Torres KIO, the magnificent Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, the modern Palacio de Deportes, the Casón del Buen Retiro palace and the emblematic Estación de Atocha.

MADRID TO MALAGA BY TRAIN

After breakfast, transfer from Madrid to Malaga by train, 2nd class.

Arrive in Malaga and check in to your hotel. Málaga is a port city on southern Spain's Costa del Sol, known for its high-rise hotels and resorts jutting up from yellow-sand beaches.

MALAGA: FULL DAY TRIP TO GIBRALTAR OR RONDA

After breakfast, explore a full-day trip to Gibraltar or Ronda from Malaga.

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and headland on Spain's south coast, dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, a 426m-high limestone ridge. Gibraltar is a small peninsula on the southern Iberian coast near the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, with a history spanning over 2,900 years.

Or explore Ronda for the full day. Ronda is a mountaintop city in Spain's Malaga province, set dramatically above a deep gorge. This gorge (El Tajo) separates the city's circa-15th-century new town from its old town, dating to Moorish rule.

MALAGA TO VALENCIA TRANSFER BY TRAIN: VALENCIA CITY TOUR & OCEANOGRAPHIC AQUARIUM

After breakfast, transfer from Malaga to Valencia and check in to your hotel.

Explore Valencia's main sites, buildings, gardens and beaches. Discover the picturesque cityscape of Valencia and the lively city centre, and learn about life in the city throughout the ages. Also explore the biggest sea life centre in Europe with a ticket to the Oceanogràfic in Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences, discovering the aquatic environments of the Arctic, the Red Sea and more, with fish from the world's oceans and an underwater restaurant. Later return to your hotel in Valencia.

VALENCIA TO BARCELONA TRANSFER BY TRAIN

After breakfast, transfer from Valencia to Barcelona by train, 2nd class. Arrive in Barcelona and check in to your hotel.

Barcelona, the cosmopolitan capital of Spain's Catalonia region, is known for its art and architecture. The fantastical Sagrada Família church and other modernist landmarks designed by Antoni Gaudí dot the city. Museu Picasso and Fundació Joan Miró feature modern art by their namesakes. City history museum MUHBA includes several Roman archaeological sites.

BARCELONA: FULL DAY CITY SIGHTSEEING TOUR, VISIT TO SAGRADA FAMÍLIA WITH TOWER ENTRY

After breakfast, explore Barcelona on a city sightseeing tour. Marvel at the intriguing works by Antoni Gaudí, admire the medieval architecture in the Gothic Quarter and soak up the sun along the beautiful Mediterranean coast.

Later visit the Basílica de la Sagrada Família, a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, whose work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Return to your hotel in Barcelona afterwards.

BARCELONA HOTEL TO BARCELONA AIRPORT

After breakfast, check out from your hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight back home. Tour ends.