MCGPTCE: Northern Spain & Portugal – FAM Trip for Travel Agents & Guest

16 Days

Overview

MCGPTCE: Northern Spain & Portugal – FAM Trip for Travel Agents & Guest 16D/15N

This fully escorted English only speaking guided tour is a small group tour experience with just a total of 24 participants, you’ll enjoy a unique intimate experience.

Highlights of this 16 Day Tour of NORTHERN SPAIN & PORTUGAL FROM MADRID include a Douro river cruise, 11 UNESCO sites & guided city tours.
Enjoy a traditional tapas dinner,  experience a Wine tasting at a traditional wine cellar in La Rioja, taste a Traditional Pintxo dinner in Bilbao, take in the views at La Concha bay in San Sebastian, Enjoy Dinner at a traditional cider house in Oviedo, take a Boat trip in the Spanish Fjords, and  be moved by the sounds of Fado at typical restaurant  in Lisbon.
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A panorama of Northern Spain and Portugal to soak up its landscapes, traditions and customs. The most interesting points to know about Portugal. Its great cities yet to be discovered. Northern Spain and culture are part of the trip.

GUARANTEED DEPARTURES ON SUNDAY FROM MADRID:
September:03
October:15,22

Itinerary

Meet and greet at the airport. Take a transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Discover the beauties of the city with a guided city tour. Barrio de la Morería, the Habsburgs District, Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa; the Madrid of the Bourbons and the complex town planning schemes of Charles III, the Royal Palace, Cibeles and Neptuno Fountains and the Puerta de Alcalá. The contemporary Madrid with areas such as Gran Vía, Castellana, the district of Salamanca, Plaza Castilla and Parque del Oeste, as well as commercial and financial areas of Modern Madrid, the emblematic Las Ventas Bullring and the Santiago Bernabéu Football Stadium. Afternoon at leisure to continue exploring the wonders that the city has to offer. Join your fellow travelers for an authentic Welcome Tapas Dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart towards Burgos. Free time to visit the 13th century gothic Cathedral, the third largest in Spain after Sevilla and Toledo. We will continue to Haro, in the heart of La Rioja, one of the most famous Spanish wine regions. Among the vineyards, we will visit a traditional and family run wine cellar. Take a taste of the world famous Rioja Reds. Depart to Bilbao. Enjoy dinner at local restaurant to taste the famous typical “pintxos”, Bask´s name for tapas. Accommodation

Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel. Take a Bilbao city tour and discover its most recent developments. Time at leisure for you to explore the esplanade where The Guggenheim Museum is located in order for you to admire this modern architectural building. Continue to San Sebastian in the afternoon, one of the most famous tourist destinations where they hold the International Film Festival. Panoramic city tour of this marvel style bourgeois city, seeing the extraordinary landscape dominated by the bay and the magnificent La Concha beach. We will approach Mount Igueldo, to contemplate the marvelous views of the city. Free time to stroll through this elegant city. Accommodation.

Breakfast

Breakfast at hotel. Bound for Asturias, famous Green Spain, we will proceed to the old fishing village “Castro Urdiales”. Time at leisure. Depart to Santander, a port city located between the sea and the mountains, well known for its Sardinero Beach. Accommodation.

Breakfast

Breakfast at hotel. Depart to Santillana del Mar, one of the most important historical artistic towns in Spain. It contains architectural treasures such as the Collegiate of Santa Juliana, a Jewel of the Romanesque Architecture in Cantabria. Continue to Covadonga, where you will have free time to see the Sanctuary and the Grotto where you will see the patroness of Asturias our Lady of Covadonga. In the afternoon, departure to Oviedo, where you will see on a series of hills the beauty of Saint Maria de Naranco Church, Jewel of the pre Romanic asturian architecture. Free time to explore Oviedo, many of their streets are pedestrian, where you will be able to see World Heritage sites like The Cathedral, a splendid example of gothic Asturian architecture. Join your fellow travelers to dine at a traditional cider house. Accommodation.

Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel. Bound for Galician lands. On de way to Lugo, take a short stop at Mondoñedo, Time at leisure to visit the 13th century Cathedral and try the delicious “Mondoñedo cake”. Continue to Lugo. Time at leisure to explore the Roman remains that still retains like its walls, declared Patrimony of the Humanity. We finally approach Santiago de Compostela´s holly land, declared World Heritage as it is the most important center of Christian Pilgrimages in Spain as the end of the Camino de Santiago route built during the Roman Empire. Accommodation.

Breakfast

Breakfast at hotel. Join a Santiago city tour where we will see the main square called Obradoiro and the Cathedral (entrance included) dedicated to the Apostle Santiago.
Rest of the day at leisure to explore the narrow cobblestone streets. Optional dinner with Queimada experience. Accommodation

Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart towards one of the most marvelous areas of Galicia, the Rias Bajas (Spanish Fjords). Continue to the Ria de Arosa, where will do a cruise, with tasting of the typical wines and mussels. Bond for the Portuguese border to reach Porto. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European towns, and proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. Accommodation.

Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Take a guided sightseeing tour of Porto. Admire the Cathedral, Stock Exchange building and Santa Clara church. Afterwards, enjoy a Douro River Cruise and discover famous Port Wine Cellars with a wine tasting experience included. Rest of day at leisure. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure. Optionally, you can visit Guimaraes, one of the oldest cities in Portugal, cradle of the Portuguese nation, whose historic center is considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast

After breakfast, we depart to Coimbra, one of the oldest universities in Europe and the birthplace of Fado. Time at leisure. Continue to Fatima. Center of the Christian Faith and World Pilgrimage Sanctuary with its impressive Basilica and the Cova da Iria place where the Virgin Mary appeared. The Chapel of the Apparitions, heart of the sanctuary, with the tombs of the three shepherds, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta. At night possibility to attend the procession of the candles. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to the Batalha Monastery, a masterpiece of Gothic and Manueline style considered a World Heritage place by UNESCO. Continue to the picturesque fishing town of Nazaré. Free time and continue to Alcobaça (World Heritage) with its Gothic church and Cistercian monastery, whose origins date back to the XII C. We continue to Lisbon. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast

After breakfast, join a morning city sightseeing of the ancient Olissipo. Drive through its main squares and avenues, Belem Tower, Jeronimos Monastery, Coach Museum, Monument to the Discoverers, Marquis of Pombal Square & Liberty Avenue. Afternoon at leisure for you to catch the nostalgic corners of Alfama Quarter, the old city gathered next to its Castle, with old buildings nested in narrow twisting “Ruas” full of color housing the genuine “tabernas”. Join your fellow travelers and enjoy a typical Portuguese dinner visiting one of the oldest Fado venues in the city, also located in one of the most interesting cultural neighborhoods in the area. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast. Departure to Caceres, considered as World Heritage place because of the city’s blend of Roman, Islamic, Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture. Walk through its Plaza Mayor and the Old Town with its famous Medieval Quarter. Continue to Madrid. Accommodation at the hotel.

Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport.END OF OUR SERVICES.

(*) In the event that the panoramic tour of Madrid is not operated for technical reasons will be replaced by the Madrid Hop-on Hop-off Bus 1 day instead.

Breakfast

Includes:

  • Guided city tour with local guides in Madrid, Bilbao, Santiago, Porto & Lisbon
  • Tour director throughout the journey
  • Transportation in luxury coach
  • Accommodation at selected hotel class
  • Daily breakfast & 4 dinners

NIGHTSCITYCLASSHOTELS
3MadridAPrincesa Plaza or similar
2Bilbao ABarceló Nervión or similar
1SantanderASantemar or similar
1OviedoAAC Oviedo Forum /Exe Oviedo
2Santiago de CompostelaAEurostars Hotel / Exe Peregrino
3OportoAVila Gale Porto / Fenix Ipanema
1FátimaASanta Maria/ Aurea / Regina / Estrela
2LisboaALutecia

 

 

Conditions and Requirements:

  • Eligibility: inside & home-based travel agents/independent contractors, airline employees, travel writers/bloggers.
  • Proof of qualification: iatan id card, iatan list, clia id card, true id, agency letter, / airline interline id or professional profile kit for writers.
  • All rates are per person in double occupancy on land only basis. Companion welcome (see companion supplement). Additional traveling companions in rooms with out an agent welcome (see additional companion
    supplements)
  • $400 per person, non-refundable deposit required to book.
  • Non-refundable final payment due 60 days prior trip date.
  • Option insurance highly recommended. Cancel for any reason policy available, see
    https://www.trawickinternational.com/?agent=10230
  • Advertised accommodations may be subject to change based on availability.
  • A valid U.S. passport with minimum 7 months validity past the date of entry is required to travel. Cancellation: payments are non-refundable. Unused tour features are neither refundable nor exchangeable once the tour is in progress.

Supplements:

  • Companion supplement is $250
  • Additional companions supplement (in room without an agent) $900 pp in dbl occ.
  • Single supplement, add 80%.
     

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