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Spain: the 2027 Total Eclipse in Cadiz and Andalusia
7 days from Seville to Malaga for the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027: Seville's Alcazar, two nights in Cadiz for totality, Jerez sherry and horses, Vejer and a night in Ronda.
7 days · Seville to Malaga · up to 12 guests
Cadiz Cathedral, in the old town where we spend the eclipse Photo: Joshua T. Garcia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catedral_de_Cadiz_Cadiz_Cathedral_Spain_Roman_Catholic_Christianity.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 7 days, 6 nights
- Start and end
- Seville to Malaga
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Easy
Easy walking on old-town cobbles and stone steps, about 2 to 3 hours on foot on most days, done in the morning and evening because of August heat. The path below Ronda's bridge and the Giralda ramps are optional. Eclipse morning is about three hours standing or sitting outdoors in sun.
- Meals included
- 6 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 1 dinner
- Room of your own
- + CAD 1,025 (estimated price)
- Season
- Total solar eclipse, Monday 2 August 2027
Highlights
Why this trip
- Totality from a scouted site on the Cadiz coast, inside the path, with about three minutes of totality at Cadiz in the late morning
- A cloud plan B decided the evening before and at dawn, with the vehicle ready to move inland or toward Tarifa
- The Real Alcazar of Seville at opening, before the heat and the crowds
- The Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art show in Jerez, and a sherry bodega tour with tasting
- Cadiz old town from the Torre Tavira camera obscura, and a swim at La Caleta
- Lunch in the hilltop white town of Vejer de la Frontera
- An evening and early morning at Ronda's Puente Nuevo without the day-trip crowds
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 1,025 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Seville
Seville Airport or Santa Justa station to your hotel in the old centre
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Seville
- Drive about 15 min
Fly into Seville Airport (SVQ) or arrive at Santa Justa station by train from Madrid; a driver meets you and takes you to a central hotel in the old town. Afternoons in late July are hot, often near 40°C, so the plan is to rest and let the city come to you after dark.
Morning
At about 7:30 pm your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a short briefing on the week: how the eclipse morning works, what the cloud plan is, and how we pace the days around the heat. Then we walk out as the streets fill again, through the lanes of Barrio Santa Cruz, past orange trees and tiled patios, to the floodlit cathedral and the Giralda tower.
Evening
The welcome dinner is at a local restaurant, late by Spanish custom, with small plates to share: salmorejo, fried fish, Iberian ham and something cold to drink.
Included
- Pick-up at Seville Airport (SVQ) or Santa Justa station
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Evening walk through Barrio Santa Cruz
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
Activity: Arrive by about 5 pm to settle in before the briefing.
The Alcazar at opening, the cathedral, and Triana
A day on foot in Seville
- Breakfast
- Stay in Seville
We are at the gate of the Real Alcazar when it opens, at about 9:30 am, with timed tickets bought months ahead. The palace is still a working royal residence and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the early hour means cool courtyards and room to stand in the Patio de las Doncellas, the Hall of the Ambassadors under its gilded dome, and the gardens with their fountains and peacocks. From there it is a few minutes' walk to Seville Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, where your guide shows you the tomb of Christopher Columbus before we climb the ramps of the Giralda, once the minaret of the city's great mosque, for the view over the rooftops.
Afternoon
By early afternoon the heat is serious, so lunch is yours and the afternoon is for a siesta or the hotel pool.
Evening
In the early evening we cross the river to Triana for its ceramics workshops, then walk back along the Guadalquivir.
Included
- Real Alcazar at opening with your guide, timed entry included
- Seville Cathedral and the Giralda with your guide, entry included
- Early-evening walk to Triana across the Guadalquivir
Optional experiences
- A flamenco show in the evening, booked through your guide
Easier option: Skip the Giralda climb and wait in the cathedral's Patio de los Naranjos.
More active option: Walk out in the evening to the Plaza de España and Maria Luisa Park before Triana.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: The Giralda has 35 ramps, not steps, but it is a steady climb in a warm tower.
Down to Cadiz on the Atlantic
Seville to Cadiz, then the old town on foot
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Cadiz
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
After breakfast we drive about an hour and a half south to Cadiz, a narrow peninsula city almost surrounded by the Atlantic and often called the oldest city in western Europe, founded by the Phoenicians about 3,000 years ago. It is a few degrees cooler than Seville, with a sea breeze.
Afternoon
We check in, then sit down to lunch: fried fish from a freiduria is the local habit. After a rest, we walk the old town in the late afternoon: up the Torre Tavira, an 18th-century merchants' watchtower whose camera obscura projects a live view of the rooftops onto a dish, then through the Barrio del Populo to the Roman theatre. The walk ends at La Caleta, the small beach between two castles, for a swim or a drink as the sun drops into the ocean.
Evening
Before dinner, your guide gives the eclipse briefing: timings, safe viewing, photography and the forecast for tomorrow.
Included
- Drive from Seville to Cadiz with your guide
- Lunch in Cadiz
- Torre Tavira camera obscura, entry included
- Old town walk: Barrio del Populo and the Roman theatre
- La Caleta beach at sunset
- Eclipse briefing and the site decision for the morning
Free time: Evening free in Cadiz
Activity: Bring a swimsuit; La Caleta is a calm city beach.
Eclipse day: totality over the Atlantic coast
Cadiz to the chosen viewing site and back (plan B: the hills around Medina-Sidonia; plan C: toward Tarifa)
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Cadiz
- Drive about 1 h
Monday 2 August 2027.
Evening
At about 7 am your guide checks the satellite images and forecasts against last night's call. If the coast is clear, we watch from our scouted site at or near Cadiz; if sea fog or low cloud sits on the coast, the vehicle leaves by 7:15 am for the hills around Medina-Sidonia, inland, or about an hour and a quarter east toward Tarifa. All three are inside the path of totality. The partial phase begins at about 9:40 am, the sun high in the east, and through your eclipse glasses the moon eats slowly into it. In the last minutes the light turns strange and metallic and the air cools. At about 10:45 am the sun goes out: about three minutes of totality at Cadiz, nearer four toward Tarifa, with the corona, planets in a dark sky and a sunset glow all round the horizon. Glasses go back on for the last partial hour. Then a long celebration lunch and a siesta. In the late afternoon we visit Cadiz Cathedral, and the evening is free.
Included
- Eclipse viewing at a scouted site inside the path of totality, with your guide
- Certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses
- Cloud plan B and C with our own vehicle
- Celebration lunch after the eclipse
- Cadiz Cathedral in the late afternoon, entry included
Easier option: Chairs and shade at the site; if the forecast is clear at Cadiz, walk to the site and back to the hotel.
More active option: Late afternoon, climb the cathedral's Torre de Poniente for the view over the old town and the bay.
Free time: Evening free in Cadiz
Activity: Totality length and the exact contact times are confirmed for each candidate site; we send them with your final itinerary. Roads around the path will be busy, so a plan B move means an early start.
Jerez: the dancing horses and a sherry bodega
Cadiz to Jerez de la Frontera
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Jerez de la Frontera
- Drive about 45 min
A short drive of about 40 minutes inland brings us to Jerez de la Frontera, the town that gave sherry its name and one of the homes of flamenco. At noon we take our seats at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art for its show, in which riders in 18th-century dress put Andalusian and Carthusian horses through dressage to Spanish music; in August it usually runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and the departure is dated so that we are here on a Tuesday.
Afternoon
After the show and a free lunch, the hottest hours are for the hotel. Late in the afternoon we walk the old centre with your guide, past the Alcazar walls and the cathedral, then tour a sherry bodega: high, cool, whitewashed aisles of oak casks, the solera system that blends young wine into old, and a tasting from bone-dry fino to sweet Pedro Ximenez.
Evening
Dinner is tapas at a tabanco, Jerez's old sherry bars, where flamenco is sometimes sung late.
Included
- Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art show, tickets included
- Old town walk in Jerez with your guide
- Sherry bodega tour and tasting
- Tapas dinner at a tabanco
Free time: Lunch and early afternoon free
Activity: If the school changes its show day for August 2027, we book a training session visit instead and tell you before you travel.
Vejer de la Frontera, then up to Ronda
Jerez to Vejer de la Frontera, then through the hills to Ronda
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Ronda
- Drive about 3.5 h
We drive about an hour south to Vejer de la Frontera, a white town on a ridge above the coast that keeps much of its Moorish street plan, its walls and gates. Your guide walks you in through the Arco de la Segur, up to the castle and the church, and round to the Plaza de Espana with its tiled fountain, with views over the plain toward the sea and, on a clear day, the mountains of Morocco.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Vejer, a town known along this coast for its food. In the afternoon we drive about two and a quarter hours east through the cork oaks and hills of the Alcornocales and Grazalema country to Ronda. Today is the longest driving day at about three and a quarter hours, split by Vejer and lunch.
Evening
We arrive as the day-trippers leave and walk to the Puente Nuevo to watch the evening light fall into the gorge.
Included
- Walk through Vejer de la Frontera with your guide
- Lunch in Vejer
- Evening walk to the Puente Nuevo in Ronda
Free time: Evening free in Ronda
Activity: Vejer is steep; the walk is short but uphill.
Ronda's gorge in the morning, then Malaga
Ronda to Malaga Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 2 h
Ronda is best early, before the coaches from the Costa del Sol arrive.
Morning
After breakfast your guide walks you across the Puente Nuevo, finished in 1793 and standing about 100 metres above the Guadalevin river in the El Tajo gorge, into the old Moorish town. We go down to the Arab baths, among the best preserved in Spain, with their star-shaped skylights, and look out from the viewpoints below the bridge. On the way back you pass the Plaza de Toros, one of the oldest bullrings in Spain. In the late morning we drive about an hour and three quarters down through the hills to Malaga Airport (AGP), arriving by about 2:30 pm. Book a flight leaving after about 5 pm. If you are staying on, we drop you in central Malaga instead, a few minutes further on.
Included
- Morning walk in Ronda with your guide: the Puente Nuevo, the old town and the viewpoints
- Ronda's Arab baths, entry included
- Drop-off at Malaga Airport (AGP) or central Malaga
Easier option: Stay on the level streets of the new town and the bridge while the group goes down to the baths.
More active option: Walk down the path below the bridge to the lower viewpoint for the full height of the gorge.
Activity: Book a flight leaving Malaga after about 5 pm.
- Seville2 nights
- Cadiz2 nights
- Jerez de la Frontera1 night
- Ronda1 night
- Malagaend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: August is hot and usually dry in Andalusia, with long clear days that give this coast good odds for the eclipse; the risks are morning sea fog on the Atlantic coast and haze when the levante wind blows, which is why the site is chosen on the day.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- First-time eclipse watchers who want the logistics handled and a plan for cloud
- Eclipse chasers who want Andalusia around the event, not a day trip to it
- Travellers who are fine with August heat when the days are paced around it
- Solo travellers who want company on the big morning
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who needs a flexible date: the eclipse fixes the week
- Travellers who want Granada and the Alhambra; see our Andalusia trip
- Those who find 35 to 40°C afternoons hard, even with a siesta
- A beach holiday
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
6 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Seville2 nights
- Cadiz2 nights
- Jerez de la Frontera1 night
- Ronda1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 6 nights in central hotels: 2 in Seville's old centre, 2 in Cadiz, 1 in Jerez de la Frontera, 1 in Ronda near the Puente Nuevo
- Air-conditioned rooms, shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Seville Airport (SVQ) or Santa Justa station
- Drop-off at Malaga Airport (AGP) or central Malaga
- A private air-conditioned vehicle and driver for the group for the whole trip, ready to move on eclipse morning
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide for the whole trip, who also leads the eclipse briefing and the site decision
- Local guides where sites require them
Activities
- Real Alcazar at opening, Seville
- Seville Cathedral and the Giralda
- Triana evening walk, Seville
- Torre Tavira camera obscura, Cadiz
- Cadiz old town and Roman theatre walk
- Cadiz Cathedral
- Total eclipse viewing at a scouted site inside the path, with plan B and plan C sites
- Certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses
- Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art show, Jerez
- Sherry bodega tour and tasting, Jerez
- Vejer de la Frontera walk
- Puente Nuevo and old town walk, Ronda
- Arab baths, Ronda
Meals
- 6 breakfasts
- 3 lunches (Cadiz on arrival, eclipse day, Vejer)
- 2 dinners (welcome dinner in Seville, tapas dinner at a tabanco in Jerez)
Not included
- International flights to Seville and from Malaga
- Travel insurance (recommended, with cover for eclipse-week deposits)
- ETIAS travel authorisation, if your nationality needs one
- Meals not listed
- Drinks other than the sherry tasting
- Tips
- Optional flamenco show in Seville
- A solar filter for your camera
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 1,025 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We check that date and confirm it in your quote.
Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
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Booking terms
Nothing is charged now. Full terms and the cancellation schedule come with your quote, before you accept.
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Questions
What does the price include?
Six nights in central hotels, 6 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 2 dinners, airport or station transfers at both ends, a private vehicle and driver, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, eclipse glasses, the eclipse briefing and a scouted viewing site with a cloud plan, and every entry in the day plan: the Alcazar, Seville and Cadiz cathedrals, Torre Tavira, the Jerez horse show, a sherry bodega and Ronda's Arab baths.
Where exactly will we watch the eclipse?
At a site scouted in advance on the coast at or near Cadiz, inside the path of totality. If sea fog or cloud sits on the coast, we move inland to the hills around Medina-Sidonia, or east toward Tarifa; the guide decides the evening before and at about 7 am. Seville, where the trip starts, is outside the path and sees only a partial eclipse.
How long is totality on this trip?
About three minutes at Cadiz, and closer to four toward Tarifa and the strait, nearer the centre line. The partial phase starts around 9:40 am local time and totality comes at about 10:45 am. Totality length and the exact contact times are confirmed for each candidate site, and we send them with your final itinerary.
What happens if it is cloudy?
We move. August on this coast is usually clear, but morning sea fog and levante haze happen. With a small group and our own vehicle we can drive up to about an hour and a quarter to a clearer site inside the path. No plan can promise clear sky, and the price cannot be refunded for weather.
Why is it more expensive than your other Andalusia trip?
Eclipse week. Hotels along the path of totality are expected to charge more than normal August rates and to ask for early deposits, and rooms in central Cadiz will be in demand. The price also includes the eclipse glasses, briefing and plan B logistics, the horse show and a sherry bodega. We state the deposit terms before you book.
How hot will it be in August?
Seville and Ronda often reach 35 to 40°C in the afternoon; Cadiz and Vejer are cooler, around 28 to 32°C, with a sea breeze. We see the big sights at opening, keep the middle of the day free for a siesta or a pool, and walk again in the evening. Every hotel has air conditioning.
How big is the group and who leads it?
The small group runs with 7 to 12 guests, led by a See Sight Tours guide for the whole trip, with local guides where a site requires them. The guide also runs the eclipse briefing and the site call on the morning, so you are not left reading forecasts alone.
How fit do I need to be?
Not very. Expect 2 to 3 hours of walking on most days, on cobbles and some steep streets in Vejer and Ronda, done in the cooler hours. Eclipse morning means about three hours outdoors, with chairs and shade. The Giralda ramps and the gorge path in Ronda are optional.
I am travelling solo. What will I pay?
A room of your own is from CAD 1,025 more, and it is a real single or a double for one, not a smaller room. If you would rather share, ask when you book and we will try to pair you with another solo guest of the same gender.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Privately, yes: the private trip is for your party only, with your own guide and vehicle, which makes chasing clear sky even easier. The dates stay around eclipse week, because the eclipse sets them. If you would rather travel independently, ask us from the dates section for a quote.
Do I need a visa for Spain?
Canadians, Americans and many others can visit the Schengen area for up to 90 days without a visa. The EU's ETIAS travel authorisation is not yet in operation and its start date is not confirmed; we will send you the rule in force for your passport before you travel.
How does booking work?
Request to book on this page. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. Because eclipse-week hotels ask for early deposits, we explain the payment schedule and cancellation terms in that confirmation, before you commit.
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