Grand Spain: 7-Day Cultural Odyssey from Madrid
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From Madrid, spend seven days on a tour of Spain's most famous cities! You'll enjoy fascinating tours of Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Barcelona, and you’ll have plenty of free time to discover more on your own. See the Great Mosque of Cordoba, the Alhambra and the Generalife Gardens in Granada, Gaudi's Park Güell and La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, along with more top attractions in Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza.
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L8522UXchristopherw, 3/5/2025 7:13:41 PM
Tintoreria Vera provides stellar dry cleaning and laundry services!!! On October 30 of 2023, I dropped off 8 pants & 20 shirts for dry cleaning as well as 20 days' worth of t-shirts, underwear & socks. They were ready the next day and at a very good price compared to Manhattan UWS prices. Roberto is the owner there. He is very friendly and detailed with the intake of all clothing and even charges less for short sleeve shirts. The caliber of cleaning, folding and pressing was impeccable. He speaks very good English. The service is located at Av. de Menendez-Pelayo 11, on the edge of the central, Santa Cruz neighborhood of Seville, Spain. Roberto, this review is written by the man that carried out all of the dry-cleaning hanging on a strap over both sides of my shoulder. Thanks again, Jerome
sajjad_A, 12/23/2024 11:19:34 AM
Overall the trip was very good. It would be nice to suggest some programs on those days when the tour’s planned activities end around noon time. These of course would be at additional cost. The explanations in English were minimal and sometimes happened afterwards.
Todd R, 8/23/2018 3:39:09 PM
My wife & I recently traveled to Spain with Julia Travel. Our excursion began in Madrid where we spent two nights prior to joining our group. We were met promptly at Madrid airport by shuttle driver who was great (sorry I can’t remember his name) & arrived at the hotel around 4:00 pm. We were exhausted with the flight (where we had a bad experience on Norwegian Airlines) but the hotel staff was awesome. Our first day in Spain started with a three hour sightseeing tour of Madrid that began at another hotel. Honestly the coordination between the tour group & us lacked organization. We braced ourselves for a challenging vacation which was disappointing. I run restaurants in Los Angeles & my wife is a college professor so we’re both very busy working long hours & aligning our schedules to travel in not an easy task. The following morning we were told our Tour Group Leader would meet us at the hotel – given the previous day’s challenges, we were skeptical. However, everything changed when we met our guide Jaime Crespo. From the moment we met Jaime, we were impressed. He has the immediate impression of putting people at ease. Jaime was friendly, knowledgeable & has a great sense of humor. After picking up the rest of the group at the aforementioned hotel, we were off to Cordoba then two nights in Seville. We had a connection with Jaime joking around while also asking him many questions which he gladly answered. Some members of our group were challenging yet Jaime never once was rattled or showed any signs of frustration – believe me I would have been. Whether we were on the bus, walking tours or whatever else, Jaime was amazingly consistent. In Seville he suggested a few “out of the way” restaurants & encouraged us to see certain sights while the group was on their free time. Jaime’s generosity continued thru Granada & then the highlight of our trip – Valencia. We fell in love with Valencia & might possibly retire there. Jaime shared that he used to spend summers in Valencia when he was a kid while his passion was clearly evident. We ended our tour in Barcelona & honestly by that time we felt like we made a new friend with Jaime. When the tour officially ended in Barcelona, we stayed an extra day to visit Figueres. Although the tour guide for our day trip was nice enough – it wasn’t the same without Jaime. If you ever book a tour with Julia Travel – please request Jaime Crespo as your guide. To sum it up – our Spanish excursion simply wouldn’t have created the lifelong memories, laughter & wonderful experience without Jaime. He’s one in a million & if you’re fortunate enough to experience his guidance, you will understand exactly what I’m saying. Thanks so much Jaime!
balibhaione, 7/14/2017 2:15:54 PM
<p>It was a very well planned guided tour. One of the best we have undertaken. However They left us alone in Barcelona. I feel we should have been taken around the famous city a bit more . Guides were very knowledgeable and they took real good care of us.Thank you</p>
EdwardLance_M, 5/26/2016 4:00:27 AM
<p>We enjoyed all the cities we visited. We think it is unnecessary to offer 2 grades of hotel. There was very little difference in the standard, both 4 star. In 2 cities the superior grade was closer to the inner city but each day we wasted time visiting 2 hotels, finding,loading or unloading luggage and waiting for passengers. The guide was non strict enough about times. We changed buses and drivers after 5 days as the 1st driver had done his hours. The secondbus had no wifi and was not a coach. On our way to Granada our guide announced that the local tour operator did NOT have tickets for us to enter Alhambra Palace and that we were doing a night tour of the Generalife Gardens. ALL TRAVELERS were very angry and disappointed. We felt we had been cheated out of visiting the number one tourist place in Spain and had no come back to the local tour operator. I visited their office in Madrid and they felt that Viator had misadvertised the tour!!!! The local guides were very good and our tour guide very friendly. There were some long days of travelling but I guess that was necessary to cover all the cities. At the end of the tour we were staying in an airbnb address so were dropped off at the first hotel, not where we had been picked up the first day , which was what was stated on the itinerary. This resulted in a long walk , asking directions. All that aside, we had a good time and saw many places, enjoyed the countryside, vines and olive trees.</p>
Trisha_T, 4/11/2016 10:11:54 AM
<p>This tour has two parts. Don't expect to be in one tour group for the entire duration. </p> <p>Our tour guide Joseph was excellent! He took care of us from Cordoba, Seville and Granada. Loved all the local tour guides. We covered all the important sites. I just wish we were given more time to explore and take in the beauty of the Alhambra. We just went in then out of the place. Too fast. </p> <p>I found the tour group too BIG on this leg. Also the air-conditioning system of the bus didn't work for a couple of hours. But they were able to address this concern. They should have checked the bus before leaving for a 7 day tour. </p> <p>We were then transferred to another tour group/bus for Valencia-Barcelona-Zaragoza-Madrid. Our tour guide Hugo, was the opposite of our first tour guide. He was just ok. : Local tour guide for Valencia and Barcelona were good as well. </p> <p>Hotels for superior hotels were all good except for the one at Barcelona. They should change the beds. So old and used. Pillows were not fluffy as well. </p> <p>We didn't proceed to Zaragoza-Madrid as we took the train going to France. </p> <p>Best way to see Spain.</p>
Ranjit Singh M, 10/13/2014 7:58:34 AM
<p>The tour was well planned,we had a friendly tour guide namely HUGO and enjoyed the whole tour.</p>
Sandra G, 10/12/2014 12:33:52 AM
<p>Joseph was an excellent guide for this tour. He looked after us very well and really made the trip. It was great for us being first timers in Spain. We met lovely people and really would like to go back to Spain with a bit longer in each city.</p>
Felene M, 5/12/2014 4:32:46 PM
<p>Overall it was excellent, guides were great! We had a great time and saw many places and learned a lot about the history here. Only negative was we booked the "superior" hotels and seems the standard were every bit as good or better. Save your money and book the standard rooms.</p>
sikhamd, 10/3/2012 3:06:04 PM
<p>Our tour was very much enjoyable but once we bought the tour package 'Viator' did not provide any information about it, like time schedule of arrival and departure from different cities, hotels, we needed to know before - they just referred to 'Julia Travels'. Otherwise the tour guides, bus transportation, hotels were good. We would sure consider tours like this through Viator in future.</p>
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Maximum of 2 adults per room
- Infants aged 3 years and under are free of charge, providing they do not occupy a seat on the bus. Please note, any expenses incurred at the hotel (i.e. cot, meals, etc) should be paid directly to the hotel
- Each traveler is allowed a maximum of 1 suitcase
- This tour might be a combination of different programs. If applies there might be a change in the tour escort and passengers between the programs.
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* Departure point will be at our established hotels in Madrid: 8:00AM in Meliá Castilla (C. del Poeta Joan Maragall, 43, Tetuán, 28020 Madrid) * Kindly note that it is mandatory to present your passport the day you visit the Alhambra complex * Please note that 1 regular suitcase and 1 handbag per person is allowed. Any extra luggage is likely to be charged. Luggage handling is responsibility of the customer * Please contact us at least 24 hours in advance to reconfirm your tour and pick up time: - Monday to Friday from 09.00 am to 6.00 pm at 0034 91 758 06 42 - Saturday & Sunday from 08.00 am to 6.00 pm at 00 34 91 559 96 05If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
144 hours before travel date - 100% refund
From 48 To 144 hours before travel date - 50% refund
Less than 48 hours before travel date - 0% refund