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Ferry route M e d i t e r r a n e a n
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of conquistadores Pizarro and Cortés. Stop in DAY • Córdoba • Journey to Úbeda Arrive Early, Stay Later
Mérida, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Journey to Úbeda, and en route, visit Córdoba.
Toledo, Spain Prices below include accommodations, daily breakfast,
home to some of Europe’s best-preserved Once an Islamic capital in the tenth century, it and private airport transfer.
Roman ruins, including a 6,000-seat Roman rose to become western Europe’s largest city.
theater and amphitheater. There, explore the Mezquita, its eighth-century • Arrive early in Porto on your Northern Portugal
Back Roads of Iberia: Spanish Paradores & Portuguese Pousadas B,D — Parador de Carmona mosque and one of the world’s greatest Islamic pre-trip extension for $150 per person per night
buildings. Then, continue on to Úbeda for • Arrive early in Lisbon on your main trip for $150
Portugal: Lisbon, Évora | Spain: Carmona, Ronda, Úbeda, Toledo DAY • Carmona • Optional Seville tour dinner at our parador. per person per night
Departures: Explore Carmona on your own, or join an
For departure dates, available single space, and pricing, visit www.oattravel.com/ wps pricing Jan-Jun; Aug-Dec 2023 Optional Tour to Seville, the Spanish city B,D — Parador de Úbeda or similar • Conclude your main trip with more time in Toledo
renowned for bullfighting, flamenco, and Don DAY • A Day in the Life of a family-run for $150 per person per night
Juan. During the Optional Tour, we’ll discover olive oil mill • Spend more time in Oviedo at the end of your
16 days from $ 3795 Portugal and Spain are countries that evoke the passion of the flamenco and drama Seville’s whitewashed homes, 2,000-year- Visit a family-owned olive oil mill during our A Northern Spain post-trip extension for $125 per
including international airfare of the bullfight. We’ll chart our own course for discovery in these ancient lands while old plazas, cobbled neighborhoods, and the Day in the Life experience. We’ll join a local family person per night
massive Seville Cathedral.
for coffee and a conversation on the importance
Single Supplement: FREE staying in intimate Portuguese pousadas and Spanish paradores, restored historic inns B,D — Parador de Carmona of olives in the local economy. Afterwards, meet
that evoke the glory of an earlier era. Discover royal cities, hilltop citadels, and ancient with the owners of the olive oil mill and tour the
Save a FULL 10%, up to $550, with our olive groves on a journey deep into the lands of conquerors and conquistadores. DAY • Ronda • Controversial Topic: olive fields. We’ll learn about olive-oil production DAY • Toledo or Madrid
Good Buy Plan—reserve by 8/31/22 Bullfighting during a visit to the mill, where we’ll sample some Enjoy a free day to explore on your own, either in Toledo
Journey to Ronda, admiring views of extra virgin olive oil. Then, sit down and enjoy a or in Madrid, a city filled with museums and lovely
WHAT TO EXPECT DAY • Lisbon DAY • Rural Portugal • Évora Andalusia’s “white villages.” Stop at La traditional meal with the family. parks. This evening, gather for a Farewell Dinner and
toast to this adventure.
Cobatilla, a bull ranch, and tour the grounds
Explore Lisbon, including the Tower of Belém Learn about azulejos, the ceramic tiles used to before enjoying lunch on the property. Then, B,L — Parador de Úbeda or similar B,D — Sercotel Alfonso VI or similar
and the Avenida da Liberdade. Discover Baixa, decorate church walls, palaces, and the façades of we’ll join the ranch owner for a conversation DAY • Toledo
an area in Lisbon that was rebuilt after the homes. We’ll also try painting some of these tiles. about a Controversial Topic: bullfighting DAY ¡ • Return to U.S.
View all physical requirements at Great Earthquake of 1755. After, explore the Then, visit a traditional artisanal cheese producer. in Spain. Bullfighting is a tradition, but the Depart Úbeda for Toledo, stopping en route After breakfast, we depart for the airport for our return
www.oattravel.com/ wps Alfama district on foot, one of Lisbon’s oldest B,L,D — Pousada de Évora or similar country’s younger generation views it as to Puerto Lapice. In Toledo, a local guide will flights home, or continue your Spain travel and fly to
neighborhoods. Tonight, walk to a local restaurant animal cruelty. take you on a tour of the city, showing you Bilbao to begin our post-trip extension to Northern
ITINERARY to enjoy a Welcome Dinner together. DAY • Évora • Portuguese cooking lesson B,L — Parador de Ronda ancient synagogues, churches, mosques, and Spain: Bilbao, San Sebastian & Medieval Villages.
impressive palaces.
B,D — Hotel Marquês de Pombal or similar Enjoy a walking tour of Évora, an ancient hilltop B
DAY • Depart U.S. town, where we’ll see the Roman ruins of the DAY • Ronda Old Town B — Sercotel Alfonso VI or similar
Depart today on your overnight flight from the DAY • Cascais • Sintra National Palace • Temple of Diana. After, gather for a Portuguese Explore Ronda’s walled Old Town, and wander DAY • Toledo • Madrid • Flamenco
U.S. to Lisbon, Portugal. Home-Hosted Dinner cooking lesson. Then, enjoy time to explore the labyrinth of medieval streets, flanked by demonstration
Leave the city to visit Cascais and Sintra, and independently.
DAY • Lisbon, Portugal explore Sintra National Palace, a 15th-century B,L — Pousada de Évora or similar Moorish homes. We’ll also enjoy views of the Explore Madrid, including a visit to the Prado
Arrive at the airport in Lisbon, where an O.A.T. palace where the royal family resided until canyon from atop the Puente Nuevo Bridge. Museum for a glimpse into Spain’s artistic
representative will greet you. We’ll also meet 1910. After, join a local family for a Home-Hosted DAY • Roman ruins of Mérida • B,L — Parador de Ronda history. After a flamenco demonstration, your
those who traveled on our optional Northern Dinner in Lisbon. Carmona, Spain afternoon is on your own in Toledo.
Portugal: Porto & the Douro Valley extension. B,L,D — Hotel Marquês de Pombal or similar Head to Extremadura, Spain, an autonomous B,L — Sercotel Alfonso VI or similar To learn more about
Hotel Marquês de Pombal or similar Spanish province known as the homeland this adventure, scan the
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