Highlights of Portugal & Spain

(11 Days - Departs Daily on a Private Basis)
Lisbon, Sintra, Madrid, Granada, Barcelona

This private tour features the very best of Spain and Portugal: dynamic cities, beautiful landscapes, impressive UNESCO World Heritage sites, delicious food and wine, and rich cultural traditions. The tour includes acclaimed luxury hotels and private touring with sophisticated local experts.

Experience Lisbon like an insider with your private guide and driver. During flexible, comprehensive touring, visit our favorite cultural attractions and neighborhoods, seeing Moorish and Manueline-style architectural gems, castles, monasteries and other monuments, and decorative arts attractions. Explore the steep, narrow, twisting streets of the Alfama district and other interesting neighborhoods and learn about their history and unique characters. Explore historic villages and beautiful palaces during excursions outside of the city. One day, enjoy an excursion to the lovely aristocratic town of Sintra.

Next, fly to Madrid, the Spanish capital known for its elegant squares, stately Habsburg architecture, leafy boulevards and some of the finest art museums in Western Europe. With your expert private guide, explore the city according to your interests. One evening, enjoy a private “tapas tasting” tour of some of the city’s most beloved tapas bars.

Continue to Granada in Andalusia. With your own private guide, explore the extraordinary Alhambra—one of the highlights of Spain—a stunning Moorish castle, palace and garden complex on a hillside overlooking the town. Also enjoy a private tour of the labyrinthine streets of the Albaicin—the old Arab Quarter—and discover a world full of winding, hilly streets, Moorish ramparts, traditional villas, shops and teterías (Arabic tearooms).

Conclude in Barcelona, one of Europe's most dynamic centers of modern art and contemporary culture. With your private guide, discover Gaudi's fantastical buildings. Also tour the narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter, food markets, Barcelona's most interesting museums, and neighborhoods that are centers of Barcelona's design movement.