We are flying in and out of Madrid in late September- early October of this year, for 9 days. We have a red eye from the US to Madrid and arrive 8:30 am - so I am counting this as day 1 in Madrid.
Ideally we'd love to see Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and Granada. Here is what I have tentatively put together, though very early stages... is this doable? too ambitious? I realize you can spend weeks in any one of these places, but our time is limited. Is two days in Barcelona enough to see the main sights? or Should we drop Barcelona and give ourselves more time in the other places? I really want to see Seville and Granada, and we have round trip tickets for Madrid- so Barcelona is the only city we could drop- though very reluctantly. It is a bit overwhelming! all advice is welcome, including best way to travel from city to city - planning on using the train systems. Thank you.
Day 1 Madrid - arrive in 8:35 am - check in hotel - sight seeing
Day 2 - Madrid
Day 3- morning train to Barcelona - sight seeing in Barcelona
Day 4 - Barcelona
Day-5 morning travel from Barcelona to Granada - train or flight? sight seeing in Granada
Day 6 - Granada - Alhambra
Day 7 - morning train to Seville - sight seeing in Seville
Day 8- Seville
Day 9- morning train back to Madrid - sight seeing rest of the day in Madrid
day 10- flight back -11:00 am