Map of Spain with major cities

A Suggested Route around Spain

Although Spain is a major tour destination in its own right, many tours combine it with Portugal and even Morocco. Such combinations inevitably miss out interesting areas. Here’s a route that covers most of the major Spanish attractions so you can get an overall picture:

Note: links to the towns go to photo albums on the Travel Signposts website

MADRID – Segovia – Avila – SALAMANCA – Leon – Lugo – SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA – Coruna – Burgos – VITORIA – Santander – Bilbao – San Sebastian – PAMPLONA – Zaragoza – BARCELONA – Peniscola – Tarragona – VALENCIA – Alicante – GRANADA – Las Alpujarras (ORGIVA, Bubion, Trevelez) – Malaga – Torremolinos – Marbella – Gibraltar – Jerez – SEVILLE – Cordoba – Toledo – MADRID

This tour would take a minimum of fifteen days to do and you wouldn’t be sitting still much, twenty would be more comfortable! If you wanted to cut it down, missing out the Santiago de Compostela extension and omitting the Alpujarras detour would still give you a pretty comprehensive tour.

A Spectacular and Diverse Country

Spain is a spectacular and diverse country. Although you may tend to think about the beaches and drier landscape of the south, don’t forget the north, especially the Basque Region, with its different food, mountains, ancient hill top walled villages and rolling, green hills that remind you a bit of Ireland.

Whether you’re visiting the Alhambra in Granada or the Grand Mosque of Cordoba (the Mezquita), or Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, or the Antoni Gaudi designed Parc Guell or Sagrada Família, Barcelona’s best-known landmark, the variety of attractions is astonishing.

And although you may have a tight schedule, the thing to remember is that Spain is best experienced slowly. Take it easy and relax, especially in the countryside, where life and the local people tend to move to a slower rhythm…you won’t regret it!

TRAVEL TO SPAIN WITH US: PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS

Some other Spain pages:

Travel to Spain for a Europe tour with passion!

When to travel to Spain for your tour: weather and seasons

Useful facts, dates and links to help you plan your tour of Spain

Book your sightseeing tours or day-trips in Spain online

Book your hotel in Spain online

Travel to Spain for a holiday with passion...

Travelling in Spain is a hot-blooded experience! Strong red wine, the brilliance and heat of the sun, spicy Spanish food, flamenco music that stirs your soul – whatever it is, people get passionate about their travel to Spain. It’s that kind of place.

Cowboys,Gaudi and Don Quixote

Sergio Leone shot Clint Eastwood in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” in the deserts of Almeria, Gaudi conceived his Sagrada Familia and other mind-bending architectural masterpieces in Barcelona, Hemingway popularised the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona (although it happens in lots of places), Cervantes had Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at windmills in La Mancha and Sev Ballesteros caused the proliferation of golf courses all over (although the constant sunshine helped).

Spain is fiestas – and a lot more!

Spain is Fiestas. All over Spain, from small villages to large cities, the local populace devote a couple of days each year to their own individual festivals.

But Spain is also Flamenco. Castanets. Guitars. Tapas. Gazpacho. Paella. Manchego cheese. Olives. Oranges. Rioja and Penedes wine. Sherry. And Cervantes. Lope de Vega. Lorca. Carreras. Domingo. Segovia. Velasquez. Goya. Picasso. Miro. Dali. Almadovar. Gaudi. The Alhambra. The Prado. La Mezquita. Costa Del Sol. Sierra Nevada. The Pyrenees.

Places that echo through history

Travel to places whose names echo through Europe’s history: Seville. Granada. Madrid. Valencia. Toledo. Cordoba. Salamanca. Barcelona. Zaragoza. Santiago de Compostela. Cadiz. Castile. Aragon.

Travel to Spain for a Europe tour with a hot-blooded difference!

Other Spain pages:

Tour Routes in Spain

When to travel to Spain: weather and seasons

Useful facts, dates and links to help you plan your tour of Spain

Book your sightseeing tours or day-trips in Spain online

Book your hotel in Spain online