I am considering booking a commercial tour that includes
Flying into Lisbon
2 nights Lisbon including day trip to Evora
2 nights Seville including day trip to Ronda
3 nights Torremolinos including day trip to Granada and tour of Alhambra
then, my husband and I would be on our own for another 10 or 12 days. I'm thinking we head into Morocco via Tarifa (2 nights) for a day trip and go to Madrid (5 days, allowing for side trips) and Barcelona (2 days), flying out of Barcelona. That leaves us 1-3 days to add to the itinerary.
The benefit of the commercial tour is that it includes transportation for the part of Spain that seems difficult to navigate by public transportation and probably saves us some money by bundling. The down-side is that it is more rushed than I'd like, allowing little time to explore Seville and Granada.
I'm looking for advice on ways to spend the remaining 10-12 days that will allow us to sink in a little deeper - take a tapas bar crawl, cooking lesson, tour a winery and just explore a neat town. What backdoor experiences would you recommend to balance out the packed commercial tour?
We are in our early 30s, no kids, adventurous, but trying to do public transit.