Page 25 - Back Roads of Iberia: Spanish Paradores & Portuguese Pousadas
P. 25
Then we depart for San Vicente de la Barquera. After an included lunch, we continue onward,
@YOP]YPL_S _SP RLeP ZQ _SP ^YZbNL[[PO ;TNZ^ arriving in Oviedo midafternoon. Oviedo has
OP 0`]Z[L XZ`Y_LTY ]LYRP _SP ʭ^STYR aTWWLRP MPPY ZNN`[TPO ^TYNP _SP PTRS_S NPY_`]d LYO
ZQ >LY ATYNPY_P OP WL -L]\`P]L T^ VYZbY L^ _SP NL[T_LW ZQ ,^_`]TL^ ^TYNP _SP #_S BPɪWW
X`NS QZ] T_^ ST^_Z]TN ʮLaZ] BT_S L XPOTPaLW SLaP _TXP _Z ^P__WP TY_Z _SP SZ_PW MPQZ]P Q]PP
castle, a church completed in the 16th time for dinner on your own.
NPY_`]d LYO XLYd M]TORP^ T_ T^ L QPL^_ QZ] _SP Breakfast, Lunch
eyes, as we discover during our visit. But the
palate is also rewarded here, in a city famed
QZ] ^PLQZZO ?SP XZ^_ MPWZaPO WZNLW OT^S T^
Day 7 Explore Oviedo
sorropotún L SPL]_d ^_Pb ZQ [Z_L_ZP^ MZYT_Z
BP Pc[WZ]P :aTPOZ ZY LY TYNW`OPO _Z`] _ZOLd
ʭ^S _ZXL_Z LYO [TXTPY_Z [P[[P]^ ;P]SL[^
?SP NT_dɪ^ XZY`XPY_^ LYO ^_]`N_`]P^ ZʬP] L
we’ll sample some local specialties during
view across the centuries, from the medieval
W`YNS L_ L WZNLW ]P^_L`]LY_ MPQZ]P ]P_`]YTYR _Z
.T_d BLWW _Z _SP !_S NPY_`]d aTLO`N_ _SP
Z`] SZ_PW /TYYP] _ZYTRS_ T^ ZY dZ`] ZbY
PWPRLY_ #_S NPY_`]d 7L =PNZY\`T^_L 3Z_PW
Breakfast, Lunch
LYO _SP $_S NPY_`]d .LX[ZLXZ] ?SPL_P]
,Q_P] W`YNS ZY dZ`] ZbY _SP MLWLYNP ZQ _SP
Day 6 Transfer to Oviedo • day is at leisure for your own discoveries
Visit Covadonga until we gather once more for a Farewell
/TYYP] _ZRP_SP]
?ZOLd bP RP_ _Z VYZb ,^_`]TL^ _SP
autonomous principality now enclosed within Breakfast, Dinner
>[LTY M`_ bSTNS bL^ ZYNP LY TYOP[PYOPY_
VTYROZX BP MPRTY TY .ZaLOZYRL SZXP
_Z _SP _ZXM ZQ _SP ʭ]^_ VTYR^ ZQ ,^_`]TL^ Day 8 Return to U.S.
and a cave chapel that honors the Virgin ,Q_P] M]PLVQL^_ bP _]LY^QP] _Z _SP LT][Z]_ QZ]
8L]d 4WW`XTYL_PO Md aZ_TaP^ LYO R`L]OPO Md Z`] ʮTRS_^ SZXP
XL^^TaP XL]MWP WTZY^ _SP NSL[PW T^ ZYP ZQ _SP
Breakfast
region’s most treasured cultural sites.
OPTIONAL TOUR
Winery & Laguardia tour Then, we continue on to Laguardia. Occupied
/Ld # [P] [P]^ZY roughly since the Bronze age, Laguardia
On this optional tour, we discover wine MPNLXP L bLWWPO aTWWLRP TY _SP _S NPY_`]d
N`W_`]P ZWO LYO YPb MPRTYYTYR L_ L bodega The four original entrance gates still stand,
bTYP]d TY _SP =TZUL bTYP ]PRTZY ?ST^ L]PL LYO MPYPL_S _SP ZWO ^_]PP_^ ]`Y L YP_bZ]V
[]ZO`NP^ ^ZXP ZQ >[LTYɪ^ XZ^_ YZ_LMWP of tunnels carved out in the Middle Ages to
aTY_LRP^ ^ZXP ZQ _SPX MZ__WPO L_ bTYP]TP^ SPW[ OPQPYO _SP WZNLW^ TY _TXP^ ZQ ^TPRP M`_
_SL_ QPL_`]P ^_]TVTYR L]NST_PN_`]P bSTNS MPNLXP ]P [`][Z^PO L^ bTYP NPWWL]^
TY WL_P] dPL]^ .L]^ NLYYZ_ MP O]TaPY bT_STY
_SP bLWWPO NT_d MPNL`^P _SP _`YYPW^ WP^^PY
Itinerary Subject to Change. For Information or reservations, call 1-800-955-1925
25
