We are 2 adults mid fifties looking to travel to spain for first time this early november. Looks like 8 days (not including travel days). We enjoy hiking, museums and historical places. Hoping to avoid car travel. We are coming from Boston area so easiest to fly into and out of Madrid. Looks like time of year would make sense to focus south. Most interested in Sevilla and Granada. Not sure if enough time to add in Cordoba. The Castle of Almodóvar del Río is enticing as we are big GOT fans but seems difficult without a car and given our time window. Would love thoughts on a rough itinerary to get us started.
TIA
Posted by
Mid-Atlantic area
8820 posts
There are buses to the castle from Córdoba, but some walking or a taxi would be required from the bus stop to get to the castle. We had a rental car so getting there wasn’t an issue.
With your very limited time, you’d be stretching it to make that visit without shortchanging someplace else.
Posted by
16 posts
Check my itinerary from last year, may be of some help. Only major difference is we arrived and departed from Malaga
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/spain/itinerary-help-one-week-in-andalucia
Posted by
Massachusetts, USA
2420 posts
Are you interested in spending time in Madrid? If not, I think you should check flights in and out of Malaga. Or do open-jaw (multi city) such as fly into Madrid and home from Malaga, or into Seville and home from Malaga.
Do you have 9 nights on the ground? If so, I would do the following:
Seville - 4 nights
Cordoba - 2 nights
Granada - 2 nights
And then 1 night in your departure city the night before you fly home.
Yes, I agree visiting Andalucia is a good idea in November, considering how hot this part of Spain is during the summer months.
Posted by
NC
795 posts
Agree with the excellent suggestions made by @kmkwoo. Even if you are not able to squeeze in a 9th day, the itinerary could still work with one less day in Seville or Cordoba. You won’t regret taking time to visit lovely Cordoba and to see the amazing Mezquita.