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This Quijote´s land
is wide and quiet, dry in Summer and cold in Winter. Cuenca,
Toledo, Avila, Segovia… are beautiful cities where the
time seems to be stopped…on the contrary Madrid emerges
as cosmopolitan city, big contrast.
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Day: Madrid |
Arrival to Barajas airport, our local guide will pick up you
there, after that transfer to hotel, check in and rest of the
day free.
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Day: Madrid |
After breakfast, we will spend all the day in two of the most
important museums of the city, in the morning we will visit
Museo del Prado. Without doubt this is one of the best
museums of the world since it opened in 1819, this massive collection
is a testament to the centuries of devotion to art accumulation
by the Spanish monarchy and church, and to the attitudes prevalent
in the age of enlightenment when the Prado was conceived.
The building was designed by
the neo-classic architect Juan de Villanueva, and
is located on the Paseo del Prado, in one of Madrid's
most attractive areas.
After that, lunch in a city center’s restaurant and
in the afternoon we will go to the Thiessen’s Museum,
this fabulous collection of paintings is housed in the
Palacio de Villahermosa (19th century), which was
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remodelled by the architect Rafael Moneo specifically to house
its nearly 800 paintings. world's finest private art collections.
This collection complements the Prado Museum, filling in gaps
present in it. In the formers case this includes fine examples
of Italian primitives and works from the English, Dutch and
German schools. The modern collection include impressionist,
expressionist as well as European and American paintings from
the latter half of the 20th century.
In the evening, we suggest to visit Museo Reina Sofia
and Museo Thyssen: It will be the perfect complement
to finish this intensive museum journey. Overnight.
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Day: Madrid –
El Escorial – Segovia - Madrid |
After breakfast our local guide will pick up you at hotel and
we will drive to San Lorenzo del Escorial, located at
50 Km from Madrid. There we will visit its monastery and palace,
considered one of the finest edifices in Europe. Built in the
sixteenth century as the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial
by Philip II to commemorate the Spanish victory over the French
at Saint-Quentin (1557). The somber and massive pile of granite
buildings, including monastery, church, royal palace, mausoleum,
college, and library, form a quadrangle with towers rising from
the corners. The Escorial has an art collection that
includes paintings by Velázquez,
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Ribera, El Greco,
and Tintoretto.
After that, lunch in a restaurant of the town and, in
the afternoon we will visit Segovia. Home of one of the
most important Roman edification in Spain. Impressive
of an splendid stand, the monumental size of the Roman
aqueduct has become the icon of this millennial city.
Segovia is its walls, its great plaza, its cathedral,
its Romanesque churches, its convents, its narrow streets,
and its splendid mansions. It has been and is the meeting
point of cultures down through the millennia: Roman, Arabic,
Jewish and Christian. After visiting the city, at late
evening dinner in a typical restaurant of Segovia and
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Day: Madrid – Avila – Madrid
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After breakfast we will drive to Avila, this is a monumental
city plenty of history, conserving the same spirit that it had
in the medieval age, its city walls are the symbolical emblem
of Ávila, and contribute to the defining image of the
warring and monastic center that the city was and has been able
to maintain throughout the years. It constitutes a unique symbol
that encloses within its walls mysticism and history, art and
heroic chivalry.
Avila is a city of contrasts, the hustle and bustle of the Mercado
(market) contrasts with the quiet
repose of the temples and its
cloisters. Churches, convents, and hermit; beautiful palaces
and the impressive cathedral provide Ávila's character
and identity.
We will stay in Avila until the evening, then we will
come back to Madrid where we have prepared to you a special
dinner with flamenco show. Overnight. |
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Day: Madrid –
Cuenca – Ciudad Encantada – Cuenca |
After breakfast our local guide will pick up you at hotel and
we will drive to Cuenca. Places to visit: the Cathedral,
a gothic - Norman style building considered one of the jewels
of the castilian architecture built in the thirteenth century,
Later we will go to The hanging houses, the most emblematic
buildings of the city are an example of the Cuencan gothic architecture,
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After the lunch we will visit La Ciudad Encantada located
at 36 Km. distance from Cuenca, an impressive natural
landscape formed by almost 20 Km of extension, forming a fantastic
labyrinth of squares, bridges and strange and capricious figures,
that the nature built approximately in the secondary era, at
late evening return to Cuenca, dinner and Overnight.
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Day: Cuenca –
Aranjuez - Toledo – Madrid |
After Breakfast we will drive direction to Aranjuez,
a monumental city located at 150 Km distance from Cuenca,
once arrived there, visit the Royal Palace, built in the sixteenth
– seventeenth century, Aranjuez is famous for his
impressive gardens, we recommend to visit the gardens of La
Isla, and the gardens of El Príncipe. Other interesting
places in the city are the old quarter, which is considered
an important historic-artistic area. and la Plaza Barroca
de San Antonio.
After the visit we will continue to the city of Toledo,
located at 40 km distance from Aranjuez.
When we arrive in Toledo we will take a local guide and
starting our visit of the city we will go to the Toledo’s
Alcazar, an impressive building found at the highest point of
the city.
The Romans used the Alcazar
as a palace and after that was reconstructed by the Christians
by diferent kings.Today the Alcazar houses army’s
offices and a museum.
We will continue our visit in the Cathedral of Toledo,
One of the high regarded cathedrals of Spain,. It was
Built in the VI century and transformed into a mesquite
during the Muslims domination, all the structure was built
in gothic style.
After that we will visit the Greco’s House ,where
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exhibited 20 of the best known paintings of this famous painter,
El Greco, as well as the other his famous contemporary
artists of the Toledan school.
Once done this visits, we will go to Madrid. Overnight.
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Day: Madrid |
We propose a full day in Madrid: the old quarter with its Plaza
del Sol, its narrow streets, its Plaza Mayor... A
walking tour in the lively Madrid is the most suitable way to
know the Captial of Spain. In the evening, Gran Via St. and
the elegant shops of Salamanca District are the best areas for
shopping or simply sit down in the uncountable terraces. Madrid
is its people. Overnight.
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Day: Madrid –
End of the Trip |
After breakfast and depending on your flight schedule you will
have free time. Transfer to the airport. End of the trip.
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