Hi Forum friends …. Appreciate some insights on a tentative itin for Southern Spain for two 50 something adults and our two nieces in early twenties. Right now I’m focused on number of days per locale, with a general idea of what we might like to do/see in each location, but details in each to follow as I’ve given a “hitlist” to the nieces to get some priorities (museums, churches, food tours, cooking classes, etc etc) . about us: hubs and I have been to Spain before (Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid) , this is the nieces’ first trip to Europe. We like art, architecture, history, nature, food, cultural experiences and are pretty comfortable with public transport . We like to have a mix of planned and unscheduled time …
A couple of disclaimers: We just got confirmation that Niece 1 is interning in Caceres from mid May to early July so our inbound/ outbound gateway of Madrid is fixed to match her internship completion schedule in early July and with the constraint that she and Niece 2 can travel until late July before having to return to US to return to college; we’ve known it would be Spain but the college did not consider my need to have a 9-12 month head start for planning purposes when making final decisions so here I am planning very late(for me) in the game LOL! Also know southern Spain in July will likely be hotter than hot, so we’ll have to make the best of it given the other constraints. We plan to take the train wherever feasible / practical , but not opposed to bus or even car rental for specific legs where it makes sense .
Ok here we go:
6/7 July transit from US to MAD, Arrive Madrid am and train to Caceres , stay Caceres
8 July Caceres area/ recovery day
9 July Caceres area / (*Niece 1 internship complete *)
10 July transit pm Caceres train to Seville, stay Seville
11 July Seville area , stay Seville
12 July Seville area , possible day trip to ? Gibraltar( this is a Niece wishlist item so…) , or Jerez/Cadiz, or white villages?, stay Seville
13 July Seville area, possible day trip to ? ( group tour or rent car….See above list?); stay Seville
14 July Seville area , stay Seville
15 July am Seville, transit train pm to Cordoba, stay Cordoba
16 July Cordoba, stay Cordoba
17 July Cordoba , stay Cordoba
18 July am Cordoba, transit train to Granada, stay Granada
19 July Granada, stay Granada
20 July am Granada , late day transit train to Toledo, stay Toledo
21 July Toledo, late day transit train to Madrid, stay Madrid
22 July Madrid, stay Madrid
23 July Madrid , possible day trip Segovia, stay Madrid
24 July Madrid , stay Madrid
25 July transit intl flights MAD to US
Some alternates I considered : A. less days in Seville(3nts) and stay in Cádiz/Jerez(2nts) vs a day trip from Seville;( if we did this should we move cordoba to before Seville or after Granada so less backtracking?) B . Go direct to Madrid(5nts)from Granada and Do Toledo as a day trip from Madrid so to avoid a single night stay?; C. Less nights in Seville(3nts) and instead of hub/ spoke day trips, leave Seville to transit to Gibraltar , en route to Estepona or Nerja and stay there 2nts before moving on to Granada ( prob rent car in Seville and drive this portion ?)
Open to all feedback. THANKS IN ADVANCE !
GryhndGrl23