ISTANBUL – MADRID – TOLEDO – GRANADA
After completing the baggage check-in, ticketing, and passport control procedures at Sabiha Gökçen Airport International Terminal by being present 3 hours before our flight time, we fly to Madrid at 11:50 on Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC 1101. After our arrival in Madrid at 14:20 local time, we head to Granada. En route, we carry out our Toledo Tour program. Upon arrival in Toledo, we arrange our tour. Founded by the Jews in 590 BC, Toledo is one of Spain’s most important cities in historical and touristic terms, where people belonging to three major religions live together peacefully today, and it is also known as the “city of knights.” The Tagus, the largest river on the Iberian Peninsula, passes through the city. The city was the capital of the Kingdom of Spain for a long time. Because it is one of the world’s largest medieval cities, it has been included on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List and protected. Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, was born in this city. The Toledo Cathedral, whose construction took approximately 270 years, formerly a mosque and today the world’s 3rd most important cathedral and Spain’s main cathedral, containing some of the world’s most expensive works, San Martin Bridge, Damasquinos (Damascene work), workshops and shops where gold handcrafting is done, are among the places to be seen panoramically on our tour. After the tour, we continue our journey to Granada. Upon arrival at our hotel in the Granada region, free time for room assignment and rest.
GRANADA – (Al Hambra Palace) – CORDOBA – (Kurtuba Mosque & Cathedral Tour) – SEVILLE – (Flamenco Show)
After breakfast and check-out from the hotel, we organize our city tour in Granada. Granada, established on fertile lands at the foot of the Sierra Navada Mountains, is one of Spain’s most touristic cities. In our panoramic tour in the city, which has been heavily influenced by Rome and the Umayyads throughout its rich history and hosts the Al Hambra Palace, among the historical Andalusian/Granada streets, the Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus Statue, Grand Via, La Rambla, and the Town Square will be among the places to see. Free time after the city tour. Guests who wish may participate in the Al Hambra Palace Tour (65 Euro), which will be organized as an extra. We see the Al Hambra Palace, one of the most extraordinary memories not only of Andalusia but of the entire Islamic history, famous for its Arabesque architecture, pools, and gardens, and included on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. “Entrance fee included” (It is carried out subject to the palace’s availability and does not include harem entry). After the tour, we head to Cordoba. Guests who wish may participate in the Kurtuba Mosque & Cathedral Tour (45 Euro) program. In our tour, we visit the Kurtuba Mosque & Cathedral “entrance fee included.” In addition to being the 3rd largest mosque in Islamic history in terms of size, it is a standalone attraction as one of the 2 greatest examples of Spain’s Moorish past. The structure, which went back and forth between Islam and Christianity for centuries, is currently used as a Catholic church. In our panoramic Cordoba city tour to be organized after the tour, we explore Cordoba, founded during the Roman Empire and in the 10th century the largest city in Europe under the rule of the Islamic state. In the city center, where we can still see Islamic influences today and which was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1984, our city tour will include Alcazar De Los Reyes Cristianos, the Royal Palace, and the Roman Bridge, with a history spanning 1000 years, as places to be seen panoramically. After our visit to Cordoba, we head to Seville. Upon our arrival in Seville, within the free time to be provided, guests who wish may participate in the extra Flamenco Show (60 Euro) program. After the world-famous Flamenco show, known as the cry of the lower class to the upper class and where dance comes to life, transfer to our hotel in the Seville region, room assignment, and free time for rest.
SEVILLE – (Seville Masterpieces Tour) – LISBON – (Lisbon Masterpieces Tour)
After breakfast and hotel check-out, within the free time to be provided, guests who wish may participate in the extra Seville Masterpieces Tour (65 Euro) program. Seville, the most crowded and most developed city in Andalusia, owes its exotic and rich cultural history to the period of rule by North African Muslims, the Moors, throughout its history. We carry out our panoramic city tour accompanied by beautiful and magnificent cathedrals, squares, palaces, museums, towers, and churches. During our city tour, Plaza de Espana, where some scenes of Star Wars 2 were filmed, Torro del Oro (Golden Tower), built for defensive purposes but later also used as a prison, the Seville Cathedral, the 3rd largest Gothic cathedral in the world and included on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1987, Giralda Bell Tower, and Maria Luisa Park are among the places to be seen panoramically. After the Seville tour, we head to Lisbon. Upon our arrival in Lisbon, within the free time to be provided, guests who wish may participate in the extra Lisbon Masterpieces Tour (55 Euro) program. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal and a city with two sides like Istanbul, is also Europe’s 6th most visited city throughout the year. Lisbon, which throughout history was governed under the rule of the Phoenicians, Romans, North African Muslims, and finally the Portuguese, hosts many historical monuments with this history dating back to 1200 BC. During the tour we will carry out in Lisbon, the historic part of the city where Rossio Square and St. Georges Castle are located, and the Santa Justa Elevator are among the main places to be seen. After the city tour, we offer free time in the city center. At the continuation of our city tour, Belem Tower and the Monument to the Discoveries, built during the age of geographical discoveries and carrying symbolic importance for Portugal, will be seen, and free time will be given for a photo break. Then Avenida de Liberdade, known as Lisbon’s Champs Elysees, famous for its cafes, quality shops, and restaurants, will be among the places to be seen, and we will have the opportunity to explore the city of Lisbon from different angles. After the tour, transfer to our hotel in the Lisbon region. Room assignment and free time for rest.
LISBON – (Greater Lisbon and Atlantic Coasts Tour) – OBIDOS – PORTO – (Fado Show)
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we head towards Obidos. En route, guests who wish may participate in the extra Greater Lisbon and Atlantic Coasts Tour (80 Euro) program. Our first stop on the tour will be the town of Sintra. Sintra will welcome us with boutique shops, colorful and ornate houses reminiscent of castles, and cobblestone streets. However, its most important feature that led to its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List is its architectural monuments and buildings belonging to the Romantic Period. After our visit to Sintra, where we will tour streets and avenues surrounded by palaces and churches, our next stop will be Cabo da Roca, called “The End of the World” and the westernmost point of the European Continent. After a short break for you to take photos of the famous beaches, which are a favorite spot for the ocean and surfers, we continue our tour with panoramic coastal visits to Cascais, a fishing town. At the end of the tour, we continue our journey to Obidos. In the medieval town of Obidos, surrounded by walls on a hill and with cobblestone streets that reflect the architectural features of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Gothic periods to its visitors, our visit will include the Roman-origin Obidos Castle, St. John Baptist Church, and Rua Direita, which attracts the most visitors as the town’s main street. After the Obidos Tour, we head to Porto. Upon our arrival in Porto, during our panoramic city tour, the 1st Dom Luis Bridge and the Douro River, designed by Gustave Eiffel, who gave his name to the Eiffel Tower, Porto Ribeira, Porto and San Francesco Cathedrals, Porto Square and the Lion Fountain, Liberty Square, Sao Bento Train Station, identified with its blue-white ceramic mosaics, and Bolsa Palace are among the places to be seen. After the city tour, we offer free time in the city center. Within this free time, guests who wish may participate in the extra Fado Show (45 Euro) program. In our tour, we attend the Fado Show, where we listen to Fado music, unique to Portugal, emerging from the emotional and melancholic laments of sailors’ wives and becoming world-famous. After the tour, transfer to our hotel, room assignment, and free time for rest.
PORTO – (Salamanca Tour) – MADRID
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we begin our journey to Madrid. En route, guests who wish may participate in the extra Salamanca Tour (50 Euro) program. Salamanca is a cultural, commercial, and tourism city in northwestern Spain, established on the banks of the Tormes River and hosting the Salamanca University, Spain’s first and Europe’s oldest university, with its ancient historical riches extending from the Carthaginians to the Romans. Together with its historical and cultural riches, Salamanca, added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1988, is a city where, after the surrounding excursion we will carry out and the short free time we will provide at Plaza Mayor, which is among Europe’s most beautiful squares, we complete our tour and continue our journey to Madrid. Upon our arrival in Madrid, we organize our city tour. Madrid, the capital of the Kingdom of Spain and also the third largest city of the European Union, is considered the political, economic, and cultural center of the country. During the city tour we will carry out in Madrid, where statues, monuments, and natural beauties are integrated with modern architecture, Plaza Mayor, Paseyo de la Castellana, the bullring, Gran Via, Plaza de Espana, the Royal Palace, and Puerto de Alcala are the places to be seen panoramically. After the short free time to be provided following the city tour, transfer to our hotel in the Madrid region. Room assignment and free time for rest.
MADRID – BARCELONA – (Barcelona Masterpieces Tour with High-Speed Train Transfer)
After breakfast and hotel check-out, transfer to our hotel in the Barcelona region. Guests who wish may also participate in the extra Barcelona Masterpieces Tour with High-Speed Train Transfer between Madrid and Barcelona (105 Euro). In this program, we first reach Barcelona from Madrid in 3 hours by high-speed train with a comfortable journey. Upon our arrival at the train station in Barcelona, we begin our tour accompanied by our guide. (On this tour, which will be organized subject to sufficient number of participants, the tour guide will accompany the guests who purchased the Barcelona Masterpieces Tour with High-Speed Train program and will travel with them to Barcelona by high-speed train.) After the Barcelona Masterpieces Tour, where we will see Barcelona Cathedral, Paral-Lel and Gothic neighborhoods, El Born, the Town Hall, Plaza Real, and the market place-La Bogueria, we head to our hotel in the Barcelona region after the free time to be provided. Upon arrival at the hotel, room assignment and free time for rest.
BARCELONA – (Barcelona Icons Tour) – (Figueres & Dali Museum & Outlet Tour)
After breakfast, free time for the whole day. Within this free time, guests who wish may participate in the extra Barcelona Icons Tour (65 Euro) program. First on our tour, we go up to Carmel Hill, where we can enjoy the magnificent view of the city, and visit Park Guell, designed and built by Antoni Gaudi. “Entrance fee included” We offer free time for photos and a surrounding excursion in Guell Park, which found its place on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1984 and takes its visitors to a fairy-tale world with its vivid colors and figures inspired by nature. Then we will see Casa Mila, one of the most important works Gaudi added to the city’s architecture (Gaudi’s House), and complete our tour by walking around La Sagrada Familia. Within the free time to be provided specifically for guests joining the Barcelona Icons Tour, guests who wish may participate in the extra Figueres & Dali Museum & Outlet Tour (85 Euro). In the first part of our tour, we will head to Figueres. After a short surrounding excursion in Figueres, where Salvador Dali was born and which hosts the museum he designed from the theater building to house his works while he was still alive, we will visit the Dali Museum and, “entrance fee included,” take an art tour with our guide in the museum housing 4000 of Dali’s works. We are starting our Outlet Tour program, the final stop of our tour. After our visit to the outlet center, which offers its visitors the opportunity to enjoy and experience pleasant and affordable shopping with the stylish shops of many prestigious brands it houses, as well as cafes, restaurants, and personal activity areas, we return to our hotel.
BARCELONA – ISTANBUL
After breakfast and hotel check-out, we head to the airport for our flight to Istanbul. Upon our arrival at the airport, after completing the ticket, baggage check-in, and passport control procedures, we fly to Istanbul at 12:45 on Pegasus Airlines scheduled flight PC1092. Arrival at Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 18:20 local time and the end of our tour.