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15 Nights in Spain Itinerary

Hi everyone! Hope someone can help me finalise our itinerary for 15 nights in Spain. My husband and I will be flying out from Manila on the 2nd of October to Barcelona and flying out on the 18th. Unfortunately since we got our tickets from a bank promo, we have to fly in and out from the same city. We're in our late 20's/ early 30's and don't mind walking a lot and eating street food. Please help and let me know (especially for the transfers between cities) if were taking the right transportation, if I can still squeeze in some activities or if I should take out others that are not worth going to. Thank you very much in advance for helping!!!

DATE Activity
DAY 0 OCT 2, FRIDAY Flight to Barcelona

DAY 1 OCT 3, SATURDAY Barcelona
8:40 Arrive Barcelona

10:30 Airport to Town
12:00 Leave Bags in Hotel to grab snacks and go around area
14:00 Lunch Lunch near hotel
15:00 Check-in Gran Torre Catalunya Hotel
15:30 Barri Gotic Walk
ANTICIPATED MASS
21:00 DINNER

DAY 2 OCT 4, SUNDAY Barcelona to Madrid
7:00 AVE to Madrid

Leave Bags at Atocha Station
10:00 El Rastro Flea Market
14:00 Check-in Apartment
15:00 Retiro Park
16:00 Prado
19:30 Gran Via Walk

DAY 3 OCT 5, MONDAY MADRID
8:30 Madrid walk
10:00 The Royal Palace
14:00 Lunch

15:00 Continue Madrid walk
17:00 Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
21:00 Dinner Barhop and Dinner

DAY 4 OCT 6, TUESDAY MADRID
9:00 Bus 664 to El Escorial

10:00 El Escorial (Unesco World Heritage)
14:00 Lunch

15:30 Travel Back to Madrid (55 mins)
16:30 Arrive at Moncloa Station

21:00 Dinner at Diver XO

DAY 5 OCT 7, WEDNESDAY MADRID / TOLEDO
10:00 "Thysssen-Bornemisza
14:00 Lunch

15:00 Apartment

16:50 Train to Toledo, 33 mins via AVE
17:30 Check-in Toledo

DAY 6 OCT 8, THURSDAY TOLEDO
10:00 Toledo Cathedral
14:00 Lunch

15:00 Santa Cruz Museum

DAY 7 OCT 9, FRIDAY TOLEDO / CORDOBA
11:00 Army Museum
14:30 Lunch

15:30 Apartment

16:18 Train to Madrid, arrive 16:51
18:00 Train from Madrid to Cordoba
Check-in Cordoba

DAY 8 OCT 10, SATURDAY CORDOBA
8:30 Mezquita
12:00 Mid-day snack

14:00 Museum of Al-Andalus Life and Calaborra Tower
17:00 Explore Anticipated Mass?

DAY 9 OCT 11, SUNDAY CORDOBA/ SEVILLA
9:08 Train to Seville via avant or ave (1h 19m), arrive 10:29
11:00 Check-in Sevila
13:00 Iglesia del Salvador

14:00 Quick Lunch
14:30 Cathedral and Giralda Bell Tower
18:00 Barrio Sta. Cruz Walk

19:30 Metropol Parasol

20:00 Dinner

DAY 10 OCT 12, MONDAY SEVILLE
9:30 Royal Alcazar
13:30 Torre del Oro

14:00 Lunch

15:30 Hospital de la Caridad
18:00 Flamenco Dance Museum
20:30 Calle Tetuan
Calle Sierpes
Calle Sierpes
Birthday Dinner

DAY 11 OCT 13, TUESDAY SEVILLA/GRANADA
6:40 Train to Granada
11:00 Check in Granada
12:00 Granada Old Town Walk
14:00 LUNCH

16:00 Cathedral
17:00 Royal Chapel
20:00 Dinner

DAY 12 OCT 14, WEDNESDAY GRANADA
8:30 Alhambra The last and greatest moorish palace
12:00 Palacios Nazaries
14:00 LUNCH

16:00 Albayzin Old Moorish Quarter
SUNSET San Nicolas Viewpoint

20:00 Tapas Crawl

DAY 13 OCT 15, THURSDAY GRANADA/BARCELONA (OLD CITY)
8:55 Fly to Barcelona
12:00 Check in Barcelona
13:00 Ramblas Ramble
15:30 Church of Santa Maria del Mar
17:00 Santa Caterina Market
18:30 Picasso Museum
21:30 DINNER

DAY 14 OCT 16, FRIDAY BARCELONA (MODERNISME, Eixample)
9:00 Block of Discord
11:00 Casa Lleo Morera
13:00 La Pedrera (Casa Mila) (1h 30 mins)
14:30 LUNCH

15:30 Sagrada Familia Church

16:45 Nativity Tower Façade

18:30 Park Guell

20:00 DINNER

DAY 15 OCT 17, SATURDAY BARCELONA
10:00 Mueseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (3hrs)

13:00 LUNCH
14:00 CaixaForum
17:00 Fundacio Joan Miro (2hrs) Abstract art
LAST DINNER

DAY 16 OCT 18, SUNDAY BARCELONA / MANILA
7:00 Check-out

Posted by
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It looks pretty well thought out, but I had a couple of things for you to consider. Have you checked sunset times for Barcelona in October? You have your Parc Guell visit at 18:30 - will there still be sufficient daylight at that time of year? Also, I prefer Casa Batllo over Casa Mila. Your Barcelona time is very museum-heavy, and that's fine, but there are lots of other things to see and do in Barcelona, too. One of the best things we did was go up Mount Tibidabo to look down over the city. You could also take a trip up Mountjuic to see Olympic sites.

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If you wait one more hour until 1700 for the Prado on your first Sunday, entrance is free. Line up early at the Murillo entrance. Otherwise, get to the Prado much earlier (like directly after lunch) and pay for the 14 euro ticket. Well worth the cost.

Or, you could go on Sunday at 1700 and go back again at 1800 on your free afternoon Tuesday. The last two opening hours every day at the Prado are always free.