Europe Tours: Lisbon, Seville & Madrid 9 Day Tour

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Lisbon, Seville & Madrid tour - 9 day tour. BONUS: COSMOS Tours BIG RED SALE SPECIALS.

Departure dates

26 December 2024

What's included

Accommodation: 8 nights hotel accommodation.
Trip Leader: Tour director.
Transport: Private air-conditioned motorcoach with FREE Wi-Fi access (where available).
Meals: 8 Breakfasts & 3 Dinners.

Itinerary / more information

  • BONUS: COSMOS Tours BIG RED SALE SPECIAL Please Note: Airfares are additional. Flights, arrival and departure transfers, departure and airport taxes, visas, all other meals, all optional tours or activities during free time, transfers outside of the tour program, travel insurance, tips and items of a personal nature. are not included.

    Your Lisbon, Seville & Madrid tour with Cosmos departs from Madrid.



    DAY 1: ARRIVE IN MADRID, SPAIN. Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free to start exploring lively Madrid. Tonight, meet your Tour Director and travel companions. (D)

    DAY 2: MADRID-AVILA-SALAMANCA-COIMBRA, PORTUGAL. Visit fortified Avila with its intact medieval city walls, then stop in Salamanca. Be sure to spend some time wandering around Salamanca's Plaza Mayor, considered the most beautiful square in Spain. Travel through the valley of the Serra da Estrela on your way to Coimbra in Portugal. Today's Distance: 329 mi/ 530 km (B,D)

    DAY 3: COIMBRA-FATIMA-OBIDOS-LISBON. Enjoy an orientation tour of Coimbra, strategically situated on a hill overlooking the Mondego River. Continue to Fatima to visit the Sanctuary, a catholic pilgrimage site where the Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children- Francisco, Jacinth, and Lucia-on May 13, 1917. On to Obidos, a fortified city still flanked by towers and bastions overlooking the countryside dotted with windmills. Overnight in Lisbon. Today's Distance: 177 mi/ 285 km (B)

    DAY 4: LISBON. Henry the Navigator made Lisbon the 15th-century "Mistress of the Seas." You'll see his monument, the Belem Tower, the Moorish Citadel, the impressive Black Horse Square, and other highlights on your guided city tour. Spend the afternoon at leisure in the Alfama's tile-decorated streets or discover the Portuguese Riviera by joining our optional excursion. (B)

    DAY 5: LISBON-SEVILLE, SPAIN. Drive through the Alentejo countryside, famous for its cork production. Continue south as far as the sunny Algarve region on your way to delightful Seville. Today's Distance: 287 mi/ 462 km (B,D)

    DAY 6: SEVILLE. Seville is the city of passionate flamenco and one of Spain's most vibrant cities. Enjoy an included sightseeing tour with all the main highlights, including the iconic Plaza de Espana, located in the centre of the Parque de Maria Luisa. The park was designed in a "Moorish paradisical style," with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras; lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylised flower beds. Numerous buildings were constructed in the park to provide spaces for the Ibero-American exhibition World Fair of 1929. (B)

    DAY 7: SEVILLE-CORDOBA-MADRID. Travel to Cordoba, Spain's most Moorish city with its Mezquita, which is rightly known as one of Islam's greatest pieces of architecture outside the Arab world. Continue through the very heart of La Mancha, famed for its castles and windmills, to Madrid. This evening, why not join the optional traditional tapas dinner and highlights of Madrid? Today's Distance: 342 mi/ 550 km (B)

    DAY 8: MADRID. This morning enjoy free time in Madrid or join the fascinating optional trip to Toledo. The splendid setting of this old walled city above the Tagus River was made famous in El Greco's painting-even now, it's like a great open-air museum of Spanish history and art. Later, join the included Madrid city sightseeing. As the capital of Spain and situated 2,180 feet above sea level, the Spaniards call Madrid the nearest thing to Heaven. (B)

    DAY 9: MADRID. Your holiday ends with breakfast this morning. (B)
  • Tour on sale until 26 May 2024, unless sold out prior.
  • You must book in store and have paid a deposit, or in full where deal requires payment in full, prior to close of business on sales end date.
  • Prices are per person, and are based on Twin-share occupancy unless otherwise specified.
  • Prices are correct at time of publication to the web, but are subject to change without notice, and can be withdrawn or varied without notice.
  • All pricing is subject to availability.
  • Prices do not include local gratuities unless stated otherwise.
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  • Stopovers and alternative routes may incur additional costs.
  • All prices are based on payment by cash or eftpos only.
  • Any bonus inclusions, additional nights or special offers are already included in the advertised price.
  • Blackout dates and seasonal surcharges may apply depending on date of travel.
  • Airfares are not included.
  • All components included in your holiday are provided by carriers, hoteliers, and other providers with their own terms & conditions.
  • Travel Insurance maybe compulsory for some tours please check with your consultant.
  • Flights, arrival and departure transfers, departure and airport taxes, visas, all other meals, all optional tours or activities during free time, transfers outside of the tour program, travel insurance, tips and items of a personal nature.
  • are not included.
  • Pricing is per person (pp), twin share.
  • Airfares & transfers are additional. Big Red Sale specials are available on select 2024 Cosmos tour itineraries and departure dates. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person per tour is required within 7 days or by 05/06/24 (whichever comes first) to secure reservation. Not combinable with any other offer except Second Tour discount (may be applied when multiple tours are booked at the same time for travel within the same calendar year) and/or Welcome Back Credit. All discounts based on twin share price, not including extra night accommodations, upgrades, extensions, flights, taxes/fees, tips and, supplements/reductions. Valid for Singles (single supplement applies). Offer can be withdrawn or amended at any time without notice. Additional restrictions may apply..

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