International Education

Classic Spain Sample Itinerary

Day 1

• Arrival in Barcelona
• Welcome Tapas Dinner at a restaurant .

Day 2

• Breakfast
• Explore city on a guided walking tour that strolls La Rambla to the public market and Gothic Cathedral.
• Then take the coach tour past Olympic Stadium, La Pedrera, Parc Guell finishing with Sagrada Familia with an inside visit.

Day 3

• Breakfast
• Departure from the hotel by bus to La Seu d’Urgell in a form of excursion with a stop to Montserrat for a guiding tour of the Mountain that rises to 1.238 m, religious center of Catalonia.
• Royal Basilica and the statue of the Black Virgin “The Moreneta” patroness of Catalonia (Romanesque sculpture in polychrome wood of the XII century).
• Then on to Cardona – Dinner at a local restaurant
• Afternoon, drive to La Seu d’Urgell

Day 4

• Breakfast
• Morning, walking tour with local guide in Seu Urgell, located 10 km from the Spanish-Andorran border.
• Discovery of the village, the seat of the Bishop of Urgell (Co-Prince of the Principality) and Olympic city – Dinner -After afternoon, coach tour with local guide toward the Principality of Andorra to discover of the old city Andorra, the capital of the principality.
• Walk through the old quarters to the outside of the Casa de la Vall (Old manor house belonging to the family Busquets, purchased in 1702 by the Council of the Earth, to become, today, the Andorran Parliament).
• Free time for shopping
• Return to the hotel

Day 5

• Breakfast
• Departure from the hotel by bus to San Sebastian with a stop in Pamplona, medieval and modern city – Afternoon, take a walk with local guide through its picturesque medieval quarters with the Plaza del Castillo, who marks the transition between the old and modern parts of the city, it was in the middle Ages the “Plaza de Armas”.
• Visit the cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin del Sagrario, one of the religious buildings of the largest in Spain. Continuation to San Sebastian, the pearl of the Basque Country.
• Dinner in a restaurant.

Day 6

• Breakfast
• Morning, walking tour with local guide of the old town that does not lack charm with its narrow bustling streets. Along the beautiful bay of the Shell, “Bahia de la Concha” at the foot of the Mounts Urgull and Igueldo.
• Afternoon, free time.

Day 7

• Start your day with a visit to Guggenheim Museum nearby Bilbao before venturing the medieval Santillana del Mar in the Cantabria region.
• Enjoy lunch in the heart of town en route to Fuente De.​

Day 8

• Leisurely departure from Fuente De (possibility to do cable car).
• Stop and visit Laguardia with its beautiful church.
• Tour the countryside.
• Overnight and dinner at hotel

Day 9

• Breakfast and departure from the hotel by bus to Madrid as excursion with stop in Burgos, which preserves important vestiges of its medieval splendor, the former step on the Pilgrim which is often presented as a proud city, proud of its past and its rich cultural life.
• Burgos tour with a local guide to discover the Cathedral, a jewel of Gothic art in Spain. Then the Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Santo Domingo de Guzman.
• Bustling streets with several souvenir shops, boutiques and local products.
• Regional Lunch at a restaurant.
• Afternoon, continuation to Madrid.

Day 10

• Breakfast
• Morning, city bus tour with a local guide, which allows you to contemplate the contrasts that Madrid offers to visitors: the modern city, the offices along the Castellana boulevard, the Santiago Bernabeu or the famous Arenas perpetuating traditions as the national holiday.
• The beautiful squares: Puerta del Sol, Cibeles, also the door d`Alcala and the Retiro Park and the Atocha station.
• Then the old city you will discover the Royal Palace, Mayor Street and the Plaza Mayor in the neighborhood of the House of Austria
• Return to the hotel.
• Free dinner.
• Afternoon, visit with a local guide the Museo del Prado, one of the most prestigious in the world. Contains the most important works from the Royal Collection. The Spanish school is distinguished with paintings of Goya, El Greco, Velázquez.
• Rest of afternoon free.
• Tapas Route for dinner.

Day 11

• Breakfast
• Departure for the day by bus to Toledo, a town located 70 km from Madrid, which retain a summary of art, history and religion of the Spanish.
• Visit with local guide of the city the cathedral, the Santo Tomé church which houses one of the famous paintings by El Greco, “The Burial of Count Orgaz”.
• Afternoon free time.
• Return to the hotel.

​Day 12

• Time to head home.