Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Spain and Portugal at a slower pace: Lisbon, Seville, Granada, Madrid and Barcelona
14 days from Lisbon to Barcelona at an easy pace: three nights in Lisbon and Seville, the Alhambra from Granada, three nights in Madrid with Toledo, and Gaudí's Barcelona.
14 days · Lisbon to Barcelona · up to 12 guests
The Belém Tower on the Tagus, seen from the riverside path on day 2 Photo: Lark Ascending, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portugal,_Lisbon,_Belem_Tower_(52594141394).jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 14 days, 13 nights
- Start and end
- Lisbon to Barcelona
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Easy
Easy pace for travellers over 60. About 1.5 to 4 km on foot a day, never more than 5, mostly on the flat, with a seat or café within reach on every visit. Old towns still have cobbles and some slopes; where a sight is steep (Alfama, Sintra, the Albaicín, Toledo) we use a vehicle, a shuttle, a minibus or public escalators, and where a sight is stairs-only (Quinta da Regaleira, the upper Generalife, the Sagrada Família towers) there is a level alternative. Two early starts only, for Pena Palace and the Alhambra. No day has more than 3 hours of driving. You can sit out any part.
- Meals included
- 13 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 3 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 1,300 (estimated price)
- Season
- March to June and September to early November
Highlights
Why this trip
- Pastéis de nata at a café table in Belém after a timed visit to the Jerónimos cloister
- Pena Palace on the first slot, with the park shuttle doing the climb
- A short flight from Lisbon to Seville instead of a five-hour road day
- The Real Alcázar's gardens at opening, and flamenco from reserved seats
- Córdoba's Mezquita by fast train, back to the same hotel at night
- The Alhambra's Nasrid Palaces early, taken in stages with seated breaks
- Toledo by escalator and the Prado on a slow Sunday morning
- The Sagrada Família and Casa Batlló, with lifts, then a farewell dinner
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 1,300 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Lisbon
Lisbon Airport (LIS) to your hotel in central Lisbon
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Lisbon
- Drive about 30 min
Fly into Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), which sits inside the city about 7 km from the centre, so the drive in takes under half an hour. A driver meets you in arrivals at any time of day, carries your bags to the vehicle and takes you to the hotel, where a lift serves every floor. There is nothing to do today but settle in. If you feel like a stroll, the Baixa below the hotel is flat, a grid of streets rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake that runs down to the riverside arcades of Praça do Comércio, with café tables all the way.
Evening
In the early evening your See Sight Tours guide meets the group in the hotel for a short briefing: how the days are paced, where the seats and rest stops are, which tickets are timed and why. Then a short ride to a neighbourhood restaurant for a welcome dinner of Portuguese dishes, grilled fish or a slow-cooked stew, and a glass of vinho verde.
Included
- Pick-up at Lisbon Airport (LIS)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner in central Lisbon
Free time: Free until the early-evening briefing
Activity: Plan to land by mid-afternoon to join the briefing; later arrivals are met and briefed the next morning.
Belém and a fado dinner
Lisbon: Belém, then Alfama by vehicle
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Lisbon
- Drive about 1 h
Morning
After an unhurried breakfast our vehicle takes us along the Tagus to Belém, about 20 minutes, and drops us at the door of the Jerónimos Monastery for a mid-morning timed entry. With a local guide we walk the double-storey cloister, carved in the Manueline style with ropes, shells and sea creatures, and see the tomb of Vasco da Gama in the church; the cloister is on one level and there are benches along it. The monastery and the Belém Tower share a UNESCO World Heritage listing, and we see the tower from the flat riverside path. Next door is the bakery that has sold pastéis de Belém since 1837, and we sit down for a warm custard tart and a coffee.
Afternoon
We are back at the hotel by lunchtime and the afternoon is free.
Evening
In the evening the vehicle takes us up into Alfama, Lisbon's oldest and steepest quarter, so nobody climbs its stairways, and we walk a few level metres to dinner with live fado.
Included
- Jerónimos Monastery on a timed entry with a local guide
- Pastéis de nata and coffee in Belém
- The Belém Tower and the Monument to the Discoveries from the riverside
- Dinner with live fado in Alfama, with door-to-door transport
Optional experiences
- São Jorge Castle by taxi in the free afternoon (entry on the day)
- The Gulbenkian Museum, flat and with a lift and seating
Easier option: Stay in the vehicle for the short hop from the monastery to the riverside and see the tower from the window.
More active option: Walk the riverside from the Belém Tower back to the Monument to the Discoveries, about 1.5 km on the flat.
Free time: Afternoon free in Lisbon
Activity: About 3 km on foot, mostly level; Alfama is reached by vehicle, not on foot.
Sintra's palaces, at our pace
Lisbon to Sintra and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Lisbon
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
This is one of the few mornings we leave a little early, because Sintra fills with day-trippers by late morning and the first timed entry at Pena Palace, which we confirm with your departure, is the calmest hour there. Our vehicle takes about 40 minutes to reach the park gate, and the park shuttle (or our vehicle where permitted, confirmed with your departure) carries us up the steep hill to the palace door, so the climb is done for you. Pena is the yellow and red 19th-century royal palace on the summit; inside are the rooms the last kings of Portugal used, and the terraces look over the Moorish Castle to the Atlantic on a clear day. The palace has stairs inside, and your guide shows the way round that keeps them to a minimum.
Afternoon
The shuttle brings us down to the village for a long, seated lunch. Afterwards we visit the Sintra National Palace on the village square, known for its two great conical chimneys and its tiled rooms, before an early return to Lisbon.
Included
- Pena Palace on the first timed entry, with the park shuttle up and down
- Sit-down lunch in Sintra village
- Sintra National Palace with your guide
Optional experiences
- Quinta da Regaleira and its Initiation Well, for anyone happy with many steps and uneven paths
Easier option: Skip the National Palace and spend the afternoon over coffee and travesseiros on the village square.
More active option: Visit Quinta da Regaleira instead of the National Palace; its spiral well is nine levels of narrow steps.
Free time: Evening free in Lisbon
Activity: About 3.5 km on foot. Pena has stairs inside and some slopes on its terraces; the shuttle covers the hill.
A short flight to Seville
Lisbon to Seville by direct flight
- Breakfast
- Stay in Seville
- Drive about 45 min
The road from Lisbon to Seville is about 4 hours 45 minutes and there is no direct passenger train, so instead of a long day in a vehicle we plan a direct flight of a little over an hour, with the operator and timing confirmed with your departure.
Morning
The morning is free: a last coffee in the Rossio, or the flat Baixa streets once more.
Afternoon
Around midday our vehicle takes you and your bags to the airport, ten minutes away, and your guide handles the check-in as a group. You land at Seville's San Pablo Airport (SVQ) in the afternoon; remember to put your watch forward an hour, as Spain is an hour ahead of Portugal. Another vehicle meets the flight, and it is about 20 minutes to the hotel in the old town, our base for three nights.
Evening
There is time for a rest before an easy evening walk with your guide through the orange-tree squares of the Santa Cruz quarter to see the Cathedral lit up, with plenty of places to stop for a drink.
Included
- Transfer to Lisbon Airport and from Seville Airport, with bags handled
- Direct flight from Lisbon to Seville in economy, with one checked bag
- Short evening walk in Santa Cruz with your guide
Free time: Morning free in Lisbon, late afternoon free in Seville
Activity: About 2 km on foot. Flight times are confirmed with your departure; the flight is booked by us in your name.
The Alcázar and the Cathedral
Seville: the Real Alcázar and the Cathedral
- Breakfast
- Stay in Seville
We walk a few minutes from the hotel to the Real Alcázar and go in at opening, while its courtyards are cool and before the heat and the crowds. With a licensed local guide we see the Palace of King Peter, built in the 14th century by Moorish craftsmen for a Christian king, the plasterwork of the Courtyard of the Maidens, and the gardens of orange trees, pools and tiled pavilions, which have shaded benches all through them. After a coffee break we cross the square to the Cathedral, one of the largest Gothic churches anywhere, with the tomb of Columbus. The Giralda, the old minaret, is climbed by 35 gentle ramps rather than stairs; go up if you like, or wait in the shade of the Patio de los Naranjos. The Alcázar, the Cathedral and the Archive of the Indies are listed together by UNESCO.
Afternoon
The afternoon is free, when Seville itself rests.
Evening
In the evening we take seats at a flamenco show.
Included
- Real Alcázar at opening with a licensed guide
- Seville Cathedral, with the Giralda ramps for those who want them
- Flamenco show with reserved seats in the evening
Optional experiences
- Hospital de los Venerables and its Velázquez painting, in the free afternoon
- A horse-drawn carriage ride to Plaza de España and María Luisa Park
Easier option: Skip the Giralda and wait in the Patio de los Naranjos.
More active option: Climb the Giralda's 35 ramps for the view over the city.
Free time: Afternoon free in Seville
Activity: About 3.5 km on foot, flat, with benches in the Alcázar gardens and the Cathedral.
Córdoba by fast train
Seville to Córdoba by high-speed train and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Seville
- Drive about 45 min
A high-speed train takes about 45 minutes from Seville to Córdoba, so we visit for the day and come back to the same hotel instead of packing.
Morning
We take a mid-morning train in reserved seats, and a vehicle meets us at Córdoba station and drops us near the Mezquita-Catedral, which saves the 20-minute walk in. Begun as a mosque in 785 and enlarged over two centuries, it holds a forest of more than 800 columns joined by red and white striped arches, with a Renaissance cathedral nave built into its centre from 1523, after the city was taken in 1236. A licensed guide takes us through the prayer hall to the gilded mihrab; the floor is level throughout.
Afternoon
Afterwards a short, flat stroll through the Judería, the old Jewish quarter of whitewashed lanes and flowered patios, brings us to a long, seated lunch of Córdoba dishes such as salmorejo.
Evening
We are back in Seville by late afternoon, with a free evening.
Included
- Reserved high-speed train from Seville to Córdoba and back
- The Mezquita-Catedral with a licensed guide
- Short walk through the Judería
- Sit-down lunch in Córdoba
Easier option: After lunch, rest in a café near the Mezquita while the group looks at the synagogue.
More active option: Walk out over the Roman bridge for the view back to the Mezquita, about 1 km there and back.
Free time: Evening free in Seville
Activity: About 3 km on foot, flat. Covered shoulders are expected in the Mezquita.
Antequera's dolmens on the way to Granada
Seville to Antequera, then Granada
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Granada
- Drive about 3 h
Morning
We leave Seville at about 9:30 after breakfast and drive east through olive country, about an hour and 40 minutes, to Antequera, a market town in the middle of Andalusia. Just outside it are the Dolmens of Antequera, burial mounds built more than 4,500 years ago from enormous stone slabs, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. The path from the visitor centre to the Menga dolmen is short and level, and you can walk into the chamber under its capstones without a step.
Afternoon
Lunch is a long, seated meal in town, with porra antequerana, the local cold tomato soup. In the afternoon it is just over an hour on to Granada, our base for two nights, so we reach the hotel by about 4 pm with two hours to rest.
Evening
As the light softens, a small minibus takes us up the steep Albaicín, the old Moorish quarter, to the Mirador de San Nicolás, where the Alhambra turns red against the Sierra Nevada at sunset; nobody has to walk the hill, and anyone who would rather stay at the hotel simply does.
Included
- Dolmens of Antequera with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Antequera
- Sunset at the Mirador de San Nicolás, reached by minibus
Easier option: Stay at the hotel instead of the sunset outing and rest; you still see the Alhambra close up, inside and out, on tomorrow’s guided visit, so nothing on the trip is missed.
More active option: Walk back down from San Nicolás through the Albaicín lanes with your guide, about 25 minutes downhill on cobbles.
Free time: Late afternoon free in Granada
Activity: Our longest day: start about 9:30, about 2 h 45 of driving in two legs of 1 h 40 and 1 h 5 with a long seated lunch between, hotel by about 4 pm, rest until about 6 pm, sunset outing back by about 8:30 pm. About 2 km on foot.
The Alhambra, early
Granada: the Alhambra and the Generalife
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Granada
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
This is the morning the early start pays off. Nasrid Palaces entries are timed and in your name, and the first slot of the day is the calmest one, so our vehicle takes us up the hill to the Alhambra gate for the first slot, usually around 8:30 and confirmed with your departure. With a licensed guide we walk through the Mexuar and the Comares Palace, past the long pool of the Court of the Myrtles, into the Court of the Lions and under the honeycomb ceiling of the Hall of the Two Sisters. The Alhambra is large, so we take it in stages with seated breaks: a rest on the terraces of the Partal gardens, then the Palace of Charles V, and the lower water gardens of the Generalife. The Alhambra, the Generalife and the Albaicín are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Afternoon
The vehicle has us back at the hotel by early afternoon for a free afternoon and a siesta.
Evening
In the evening we sit down together to a dinner of Granada dishes.
Included
- The Alhambra with a licensed guide: the Nasrid Palaces on the first timed entry, the Partal gardens, the Palace of Charles V and the Generalife
- Dinner together in Granada
Optional experiences
- Granada Cathedral and the Royal Chapel, with the tombs of Ferdinand and Isabella, both flat and close to the hotel
- An Arab-style bathhouse in the old town
Easier option: Skip the upper Generalife gardens, which are reached by stairs, and wait in the café by the Palace of Charles V.
More active option: Walk the upper Generalife terraces and the stairway of the water, with its handrail of running water.
Free time: Afternoon free in Granada
Activity: About 4 km on foot over gravel paths and some steps, in stages with seated breaks. Bring your passport: tickets are checked against it.
By train to Madrid
Granada to Madrid by direct train
- Breakfast
- Stay in Madrid
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
A direct train runs from Granada to Madrid in about three and a half hours, across the olive groves of Jaén and up onto the plateau of La Mancha, and we take a mid-morning one in reserved seats. A vehicle carries the bags from the hotel to the station and from Atocha station to the hotel in Madrid, and your guide helps lift cases onto the racks.
Afternoon
We reach Madrid in the early afternoon and check in to the hotel, our base for three nights, between Sol and the Paseo del Prado. The rest of the day is free. Most people are glad of a quiet afternoon, and a late lunch on your own at one of the cafés on the Paseo del Prado or a rest in the hotel suits the pace.
Evening
In the early evening your guide offers a short, level stroll to the arcaded Plaza Mayor for anyone who wants to get their bearings. Madrid eats late, so a 9 pm table is early.
Included
- Reserved direct train from Granada to Madrid, with bags moved by vehicle
- Short evening stroll to Plaza Mayor with your guide
Free time: Afternoon and evening free in Madrid
Activity: About 1.5 km on foot. The train takes about 3 h 20 to 3 h 40, plus about 30 minutes of transfers at each end; the under 3 hours limit covers road driving, and on the train you can stand, walk to the café car and use the toilet.
Toledo
Madrid to Toledo and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Madrid
- Drive about 2 h
Afternoon
Toledo is about an hour south of Madrid by road, set on a rock almost wrapped by the Tagus, and we go in the morning, before the midday heat. First the vehicle stops at the Mirador del Valle across the gorge, for the view El Greco painted, without leaving the roadside. Then we ride the public escalators from the riverside up into the old town, which saves the steep streets. A local guide leads us through a UNESCO World Heritage city where Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities lived side by side for centuries. We see the Cathedral, with its carved choir stalls and the Transparente, a baroque altar lit through a hole cut in the vault, then the small church of Santo Tomé for El Greco's Burial of the Count of Orgaz, and the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca with its white horseshoe arches. Lunch is a long, seated meal in the old town, and we are back in Madrid by late afternoon.
Included
- The Mirador del Valle viewpoint
- Toledo with a local guide: the Cathedral, Santo Tomé and the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca
- Sit-down lunch in Toledo
Easier option: Skip the synagogue after lunch and wait in a café on the Plaza de Zocodover.
More active option: Walk down through the old lanes to the San Martín bridge with your guide, about 1.5 km downhill, where the vehicle collects us.
Free time: Evening free in Madrid
Activity: Toledo is hilly; with the escalators and the vehicle the walking is about 3.5 km, with benches in the Cathedral.
The Prado, unhurried
Madrid: the Prado, then a free afternoon
- Breakfast
- Stay in Madrid
Morning
The Prado opens at 10, so there is no rush this morning; we walk a few level minutes from the hotel and go in with an art guide. Rather than trying to see everything, the guide chooses the rooms that matter most and the visit lasts about two hours, with benches in many galleries: Velázquez's Las Meninas, the court portraits and dark late paintings of Goya, El Greco's tall, flickering saints, and Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. There are lifts between floors, and the museum has offered wheelchairs on loan; we confirm this with your departure. We finish in time for a late-morning coffee in the museum café or across the road in the Retiro park, where the boating lake and the Crystal Palace are a gentle stroll away.
Afternoon
The afternoon is free. The Royal Palace, the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum or a long Spanish lunch are all easy from the hotel, and your guide can book a taxi for any of them.
Included
- The Prado with an art guide
Optional experiences
- The Royal Palace of Madrid in the free afternoon
- The Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, next to the hotel area
Easier option: Ask us about a museum wheelchair (loan confirmed with your departure), or leave after the Velázquez rooms and wait in the café.
More active option: Walk through the Retiro to the Crystal Palace with your guide after the museum, about 2 km on flat paths.
Free time: Afternoon free in Madrid
Activity: About 2 km on foot, with benches in many rooms and lifts between floors.
Fast train to Barcelona
Madrid to Barcelona by high-speed train
- Breakfast
- Stay in Barcelona
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
We leave the hotel mid-morning for Atocha station, while the vehicle takes the bags, and board a reserved high-speed train to Barcelona, about two and a half to three hours across Aragon and down to the Mediterranean. Seats are assigned and the carriages have room to stretch.
Afternoon
We arrive at Sants station in the early afternoon and a vehicle takes us to the hotel, our base for the last two nights, where the afternoon is yours to rest. In the late afternoon your guide offers a short, level walk through the Gothic Quarter, the medieval core of the city, past the Cathedral and the Roman columns of the Temple of Augustus to the Plaça del Rei, with a café stop on the way. Anyone who would rather keep the energy for tomorrow can stay at the hotel.
Evening
The evening is free in a city that dines even later than Madrid.
Included
- Reserved high-speed train from Madrid to Barcelona, with bags moved by vehicle
- Short walk through the Gothic Quarter with your guide
Easier option: Stay at the hotel and join the group tomorrow.
More active option: Carry on with your guide into El Born and the Gothic church of Santa Maria del Mar, about 1 km more.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free in Barcelona
Activity: About 2 km on foot.
The Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló and a farewell dinner
Barcelona: the Sagrada Família, then Passeig de Gràcia
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Barcelona
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
Our vehicle takes us to the Sagrada Família for a mid-morning timed entry with a licensed guide, when the sun comes through the stained glass on the east side and the nave glows blue and green. Antoni Gaudí worked on the basilica from 1883 until his death in 1926, and building still goes on; your guide explains how the tree-like columns carry the vault and what the Nativity and Passion facades tell, and there are seats in the nave. The Nativity facade and the crypt are part of the UNESCO listing of Gaudí's works.
Afternoon
Lunch is a seated meal in the Eixample, and afterwards we visit Casa Batlló on the Passeig de Gràcia, Gaudí's apartment house with a facade of broken tile and bone-like balconies; a lift serves its floors, and how step-free the roof terrace is we confirm with your departure.
Evening
Back at the hotel there is time to rest before the farewell dinner of Catalan dishes, when your guide goes over tomorrow's transfers.
Included
- The Sagrada Família on a timed entry with a licensed guide
- Sit-down lunch in the Eixample
- Casa Batlló, with its lift
- Farewell dinner in the old town
Optional experiences
- A tower lift at the Sagrada Família, booked with your entry, subject to availability and with a stair descent
- Park Güell, which is hilly, by taxi on your own
Easier option: Skip Casa Batlló and rest at the hotel before dinner.
More active option: Walk from Casa Batlló up the Passeig de Gràcia to Casa Milà, La Pedrera, about 600 m.
Free time: Late afternoon free in Barcelona
Activity: About 3 km on foot. Bring your passport; Sagrada Família tickets are in your name.
Depart Barcelona
Your hotel to Barcelona Airport (BCN)
- Breakfast
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
The trip ends after breakfast, with no early call. A driver takes you and your bags from the hotel to Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN), about 15 km and 30 minutes away, at a time set around your flight, so flights at any hour of the day work. If you are flying out late, leave your bags at the hotel and spend the morning nearby: a last coffee in the arcaded Plaça Reial, the Picasso Museum in El Born, or the seafront promenade at Barceloneta, which is flat and lined with benches. If you would like more time, ask us about extra nights in Barcelona, or a few quiet days in Girona or on the Costa Brava, and we will quote for them with the same kind of hotel. Your guide says goodbye at breakfast, and a driver does the transfer; your guide first checks that everyone's transfer and flight details are right before the group goes its separate ways.
Included
- Drop-off at Barcelona Airport (BCN)
Free time: Free until your airport transfer
Activity: Any flight time works; allow 2 hours at the airport for international flights.
- Lisbon3 nights
- Seville3 nights
- Granada2 nights
- Madrid3 nights
- Barcelona2 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: Spring and autumn are mild, with warm afternoons and cool mornings, the best weather for walking cities slowly. Southern Spain is hot by June and from mid-September, so the guided visits are in the mornings and the afternoons are for rest. We do not run this version in July and August.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers over 60 who want Lisbon, Andalusia, Madrid and Barcelona without long days or early calls
- Anyone who wants to walk a little, sit often and unpack only four times
- Travellers who want the Alhambra and the Sagrada Família booked and guided
- Solo travellers who want company at dinner and a fair single price
Not for you if you want
- Wheelchair and scooter users: old towns, palaces and cathedrals are not step-free
- Travellers who want a full day of sightseeing every day; this trip leaves many afternoons free
- Anyone wanting Porto, the Douro, the Algarve or a beach stay
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
13 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Lisbon3 nights
- Seville3 nights
- Granada2 nights
- Madrid3 nights
- Barcelona2 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 13 nights: 3 in Lisbon, 3 in Seville, 2 in Granada, 3 in Madrid and 2 in Barcelona
- Central hotels of a 3-star-plus standard with a lift and private bathrooms; we name each hotel when we confirm your dates
- Hotel city taxes
Transport
- Pick-up at Lisbon Airport (LIS) and drop-off at Barcelona Airport (BCN)
- Direct flight from Lisbon to Seville in economy with one checked bag, and transfers at both ends
- Our own vehicle and driver for Belém and Alfama, Sintra, Córdoba station, Seville to Granada via Antequera, the Alhambra, the Albaicín minibus, Toledo and the Sagrada Família
- Reserved trains: Seville to Córdoba and back (high-speed), Granada to Madrid and Madrid to Barcelona (high-speed)
- Luggage moved by vehicle on every travel day
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from the day 1 evening briefing to breakfast on day 14; a driver meets you at arrivals on day 1 and does the day 14 airport transfer
- Licensed local guides at Jerónimos, the Real Alcázar, the Mezquita, the Alhambra, Toledo, the Prado and the Sagrada Família
- Quiet-guide headsets at the big sites (where sites allow them)
Activities
- Lisbon: Jerónimos Monastery, pastéis de nata in Belém and a fado dinner in Alfama
- Sintra: Pena Palace with the park shuttle and the Sintra National Palace
- Seville: the Real Alcázar, the Cathedral and the Giralda, and a flamenco show with reserved seats
- Córdoba: the Mezquita-Catedral and the Judería
- Antequera: the Dolmens of Antequera
- Granada: sunset at the Mirador de San Nicolás and the Alhambra with the Nasrid Palaces and the Generalife
- Toledo: the Cathedral, Santo Tomé and the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca
- Madrid: the Prado with an art guide
- Barcelona: the Gothic Quarter, the Sagrada Família and Casa Batlló
- All entrance fees for included sights, on timed entries where the site offers them
Meals
- 13 breakfasts
- 5 lunches: in Sintra, Córdoba, Antequera, Toledo and Barcelona
- 4 dinners: a welcome dinner in Lisbon, a fado dinner in Alfama, a dinner in Granada and a farewell dinner in Barcelona
Not included
- International flights to Lisbon and from Barcelona
- Visa or ETIAS fees, if they apply to you
- Travel insurance
- Meals not listed
- Drinks outside the included meals
- Tips for your guide and driver
- Optional activities, such as Quinta da Regaleira, São Jorge Castle, the Royal Palace of Madrid or Park Güell
- Taxis in your free time
- Extra checked bags on the Lisbon to Seville flight
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 1,300 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Questions
What does the slower-pace Spain and Portugal trip price include?
Thirteen nights in central hotels with lifts and city taxes, 13 breakfasts, 5 lunches and 4 dinners including fado, the Lisbon to Seville flight, reserved trains, our own vehicle for the road days and short hops, airport transfers both ends, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, licensed local guides, and every entry in the day plan.
How much walking is there each day?
Between about 1.5 and 4 km a day, never more than 5, mostly on the flat with seats or a café along the way. Steep quarters such as Alfama, the Albaicín and Toledo are reached by vehicle, minibus or escalator, and every stairs-only sight has a level alternative. You can sit out any part. Early starts are only two: Pena Palace on day 3 and the Alhambra on day 8.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests. That means one table at lunch, one guide's voice in the palaces and a quick, unhurried boarding on trains, against the 40 to 50 seats of a coach tour.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide leads the group from the day 1 evening briefing in Lisbon to breakfast on day 14 in Barcelona, and handles check-ins, bags and tickets. A driver meets you at arrivals and does the final airport transfer. Licensed local guides join us at Jerónimos, the Alcázar, the Mezquita, the Alhambra, Toledo, the Prado and the Sagrada Família.
I am travelling solo. What does a single room cost?
A room of your own is from CAD 1,300 more for the whole trip, and it is a real room with its own bathroom, not a converted twin. Solo travellers are welcome at every meal; if you would rather share, ask us about pairing you with another solo guest of the same gender.
When is the best time to go?
March to June and September to early November, when days are warm but not hot and the cities are pleasant on foot. We do not run this slower version in July and August, when Seville, Córdoba and Granada often pass 40 C.
How does booking work?
Pick a departure and send a request to book. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. Once confirmed, we buy your flight, Alhambra and Sagrada Família tickets in your name, so we ask for passport details then.
Can I do this trip on my own dates?
Yes, as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, at the same gentle pace. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section for a quote on the same hotels, flight, trains and local guides, without a group or tour leader.
Do I need a visa for Spain and Portugal?
Canadian, US, UK and Australian passport holders do not need a visa for stays of up to 90 days in the Schengen area, which includes both countries. The EU's ETIAS travel authorisation is not yet in operation and its start date is not confirmed; we tell you at booking if it applies to your trip.
Can the trip handle my dietary needs?
Yes. Tell us at booking about vegetarian, gluten-free, diabetic, low-salt or allergy needs, and we pass them to every restaurant for the 5 included lunches and 4 dinners. Spanish and Portuguese kitchens handle most requests well; your guide checks each dish on the day and can translate a card for your free meals.
Do I carry my own luggage, and do the hotels have lifts?
No carrying: bags travel by vehicle on every travel day and go to your room, and we check them in for the flight. Every hotel has a lift to each guest floor, and we ask for walk-in or low-step showers, confirmed room by room when we name your hotels. Bring one suitcase each.
What if I use a stick, cannot keep up or want to sit out a visit?
Sit it out, with no fuss; a walking stick is no problem. Every demanding day has an easy option, usually a café or the vehicle nearby, and the pace is set for the slowest walker. The trip is not step-free, with cobbles and some palace stairs, so if you use a wheelchair or scooter, ask us before booking.
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