Spain Islamic Heritage Tour

Breakfast will be served in your hotel at 9.00 approximately, and later, transfer to Toledo, the oldest town in Europe and has great artistic beauty and buildings from almost all periods in history (Arabian, Gothic, Mudejar, Renaissance, and Baroque style of architecture). Toledo is called the “City of the Three Cultures” since Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived together. In the XVI century, it was also the place of residence of the great painter El Greco. We will make a Panoramic Tour of Toledo by Bus, with a photo stop in Mirador del Valle. At 14.00 h. have lunch. Afterward, we will walk around Visiting Square Zocodover, Street of Commerce, Damascena Workshop, and the Former Mosque of Bab Al-Mardum. Your private guide will take you on this monumental city tour for most of the afternoon. Free time for shopping if possible and have dinner at 21.00 h. approximately. Check-in at the hotel and overnight in Toledo.

Breakfast at 8.30 h. At 9.00 h. departure to Granada, which trip will take approximately 4 hours. Once in Granada, have lunch in a specialized Moorish restaurant at 14.00 h. After that, take a little break at a hotel to relax before your local guide meets you and continues visiting the city center. At 17.00 h, visit Albaicin quarter with the most spectacular viewpoints, such as San Cristobal, San Nicolas or San Miguel, where the visitant can feel all Granada's beauty from different perspectives, and Elvira Street, the largest and main road during the Islamic age in Granada. Dinner at 21.00 in a halal restaurant. Afterward, you can transfer to the hotel and check in.

Breakfast at 9.00 h. Then, please transfer to the Alhambra to, at 11.00 h., discover Granada’s beautifulness by visiting the most famous archaeological remains like The Alhambra: Palace, citadel and fortress, residence of the Muslim sultans who inhabited the kingdom from the ninth century, and where they left all their wit and wisdom represented through their works. In addition, visit the Generalife Gardens: Fountains, gardens, and courtyards whose sights and sounds have inspired the minds of writers like Washington Irving and his "Tales of the Alhambra.” After that, at 14.00 h, have lunch in a halal restaurant and break at the hotel. At 18.00 h, visit the city center where there will be free time for shopping. At 20.00, dinner and back to the hotel.

Breakfast at 9.00 h. at the hotel. After that, he transferred to Málaga, one of the oldest cities in Europe with a rich historical past marked by the passing of Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and Muslims. The guided tour starts in Alcazabilla Street, close to the Roman Theatre and the Cathedral of Malaga, where we will learn about the Muslim legacy in a city they inhabited for eight centuries. Have lunch at approximately 14.00 h. Then, in the city center and next to the sea, we find the Alcazaba of Malaga, one of the city´s most important monuments, well-renowned for its beauty and history. This fortress was built in the 9th century as a castle that became a fortress. We will wander along with its main rooms as our local guide reveals many other curiosities: Plaza de Armas, Puerta de Los Arcos, Cuartos de Granada, the Torre del Homenaje, and much more. Free time and in the evening, have dinner at 21.00 h, and finally, check-in at the hotel and overnight in Málaga.

Breakfast at 9.00 h. at the hotel. Then transfer to Marbella, a shopper´s paradise with its many hypermarkets, supermarkets, designer boutiques, and back street tourist shops. Free morning for shopping. Have lunch at 14.00 h. approximately and, in the afternoon, continue shopping until 17.00 h. After that, transfer to Torremolinos to walk along its award-winning beaches. In the evening, have dinner at 21.00 and check in at the hotel to relax.

Breakfast at 9.00. Next, transfer to Seville, where arrival will take approximately 2 hours. Once there, visitors will be able to learn about the Andalusian capital in depth by visiting the royal fortress, the main representative Islamic remains, and the Giralda or Gold Tower. Lunch in a specialized fish restaurant at 14.30 h. After that, we will visit Tetuán Street to buy whatever visitants want. Then, in the afternoon, free time for shopping. Dinner at 21.00 and check-in hotel. Overnight in Seville.

Breakfast. As commonly known, Ishbiliya, or Sevilla, is Spain’s most beautiful city. The Muslims left a rich legacy in this historical city that gave birth to a culture that was the epitome of the refinement of the Moorish-Andalusian heritage. Visit what was once the main mosque, which was demolished and replaced by a Gothic Cathedral. Visit Spain Square, located in the Parque de María Luisa, built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929; stop by the Golden Tower, built in the 13th century by the Almohad dynasty to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir River. visit Plaza España and walk around the Guadalquivir River to contemplate the Gold Tower. Around 21.00 h., have dinner and check-in at the hotel later to relax.

Breakfast at 9.00 at the hotel. Check out and transfer to the magnificent city of the Caliphate “Córdoba”. Start your city Muslim Heritage tour in Qurtuba with a stroll through the cobbled streets of this jewel city of the Middle Ages. Be spellbound by the Mezquita, the exquisite mosque started by Abdul Rahman I and expanded by his successors. The Great Mosque -Aljama- of Córdoba as it is also known, built during the period of Moorish governance in the most splendid Islamic monument in the western world. Its construction commenced in 785 when Abd Rahman established Córdoba as the capital of Al-Andalus; it was extended during successive periods by Abd Rahman II, Al-Hakam II, and Almanzor sultans. Have lunch at 14.00 h approximately. In the afternoon, after lunch, we will continue with the visit of a Twelfth-Century House that retains the intimate atmosphere of Hispanic-Muslim houses, with an exhibition of Arabic coins, decorative items, etc., of the Andalusian Muslim period. Have dinner and later, check-in at hotel, dinner, and overnight in Cordoba.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to visit Medinet Al Zahra, the magnificent and mysterious city that Muslim King Abd-al Rahman III had built at the foot of Sierra Morena, eight kilometers from the city of Cordoba, contains legendary stories even in its name. Back to Cordoba and have lunch at 14.00 h. In the afternoon, a complete tour through the rest of the Islamic heritage of Cordoba: Calahorra Tower, a Roman temple in the center of the city, Roman bridge, and walking on its flowery main streets. If possible, free time for shopping. In the evening, have dinner and go back to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel at 9.00 h. Then, we departed to Madrid to spend the last day as best as possible. But, before, we will stop in Aranjuez, the historic city of southern Madrid. Once there, we will learn about its history and visit all the main monuments, such as the Royal Palace, Isabel II Gardens, Island Garden… Have lunch and, in the afternoon, spend your free time shopping for some souvenirs. At 15.00 h. transfer to Madrid again, in order to visit some of the monuments we could not visit the first day, such as Bernabeu, Retiro Park or Debod temple. In the evening, have dinner and check-in at the hotel to spend the last night in Madrid.

Breakfast at the hotel at 8.30 h. Later, depending on the flight departure, we might go to the “Las Rozas” Factory Outlet, where you can have free time to go shopping. We will Transfer to the airport 4 hours before flight departure.