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We offer a wide variety of tours throughout Spain. For more tours or information please contact our call center at info@SpainByChoice.com or call toll-free at 1-832-EUROPE1 (1-832-387-6731).
The following list of optional excursions are examples only for our vacations. These optional excursions might or might not be offered and are only sold in conjunction with our escorted tours.
Availability is subject to sufficient participation, weather conditions, seasonal suitability, days of operation, group interests, and general feasibility for your vacation. The approximate value listed gives you a good, general idea of what you can expect to pay but may vary once you are on your vacation. Some information provided might be in a foreign currency. Tours will be available for purchase when you arrive at your destination.
MADRID EXCURSIONS
Discover Toledo — Price Range $$
Discover majestic Toledo, an incredible melting pot of Jewish, Islamic, and Christian influence over the centuries, making it one of Europe’s most interesting and unique walled medieval cities!
Panoramic Drive & Dinner — Price Range $$
Drive through the capital’s boulevards, passing beautiful buildings and fountains. Later, dine Spanish style! Tonight is your chance to try many of the dishes that Madrid is renowned for, at one of Madrid’s favorite restaurants. Drinks and coffee are included. During this evening, don’t miss the opportunity to sip a glass of Sangria, the most traditional and famous Spanish drink prepared with wine, chopped fruit, sweetener, and a small amount of added brandy.
Madrid by Night and Tapas — Price Range $
An authentic Spanish food experience in a tapas restaurant situated in the centre of the capital. After dinner, an orientation drive of Madrid.
BARCELONA EXCURSIONS
Beautiful Barcelona — Price Range $
Together with your local expert explore the Ciutat district (old city); the Barceloneta, an 18th-century traditional district of sailors and fisherman; the Olympic Village, constructed for the 1992 Olympic Games, with magnificent views of the harbor; the neo-Moorish-style Arc de Triomf. Don’t miss out the experience of walking down the famous La Rambla to visit the Boqueria Market the oldest food-market in Spain, where the best “chefs” buy for their Michelin Restaurants and where you will enjoy one of the popular fresh fruit juices (included in the tour).
Discover Montserrat — Price Range:$$
Experience the magical beauty surrounding Barcelona on this memorable guided excursion to the soaring mountains of Montserrat..
Spanish Dinner — Price Range $$
In the heart of Barcelona, enjoy a 3-course meal, including local specialties and drinks, in a typical Spanish restaurant.
COSTA DEL SOL
Full-Day Excursion to Gibraltar* — Price Range $$
Visit the strategic rock fortress of Gibraltar, in British hands since 1704. See the Upper Galleries, part of the Great Seige Tunnels (outside), and visit St. Michael’s Caves, consisting of an Upper Hall with five connecting passages to a smaller hall. Also view the ruins of the Moorish Castle, providing excellent examples of Islamic architecture of the period, and admire the colony of Barbary Apes, a species of tailless monkeys called Barbary Macaques.
*If you intend to join the optional excursion to Gibraltar, please check visa requirements with your local consulate(s); responsibility for obtaining visas rests with the traveler. For Gibraltar, a special visa is required; a UK or Schengen visa will not gain entrance.
Mijas & Dinner on the Carihuela — Price Range $$
Drive to the enchanting village of Mijas, nestled in the mountainside at 1,404 feet (428 meters) above sea level. Enjoy a walking tour, then free time for shopping or admiring its cobblestoned, narrow winding streets, dazzling whitewashed walls, and breathtaking views. Later, enjoy a 4-course dinner, with drinks, at one of the celebrated restaurants in La Carihuela, the original fisherman’s district in Torremolinos, famous for the best seafood in the region.
SEVILLE EXCURSIONS
Andalusian Dinner & Flamenco — Price Range $$
While savoring a 3-course Andalusian dinner with drinks, enjoy an exciting flamenco show. The flamenco dance, with its roots in Indian, Arabic, and Spanish cultures, is a highly-expressive, passionate dance form that no visitor to Spain should miss.
Cathedral and Columbus Tomb — Price Range $
Standing on the site of a grand mosque, Seville’s 15th-century gothic cathedral was built to demonstrate the city’s power and wealth after the Reconquista, when the city was captured from the Moors. It is the third-largest church in Europe and boasts 80 chapels, the largest altarpiece in the world, and the breathtaking La Giralda, one of the three remaining Almohad minarets in the world (the others are in Marrakesh and Rabat, Morocco). This beautiful structure became the bell tower of the cathedral, and dominates the city’s skyline. The cathedral also houses the remains of explorer Christopher Columbus. Although originally buried in Havana’s cathedral in Cuba, his first discovery in 1492, his remains were moved to Seville during the upheavals surrounding the Cuban Revolution in 1902.
Classic Flamenco Show — Price Range $
You will be taken to a select location to enjoy a good flamenco show, the guitars, castanets and whirling skirts.
Other services and tours are also available on request.
Prices are per person and are valid only if tours are purchased and prepaid in the U.S. at least five days prior to departure.
For reservations or information on other tours please email info@SpainByChoice.com or call 212-400-7347.
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