Flying into Barcelona on June 23, 2016 and flying out of Madrid on July 3, 2016. What is my best route to see everything I can in 11 days? I figure 3 days in Barcelona and a Day in Madrid, would like to see Seville, Granada, Toledo, and a few days at the beach would be nice! What are my best options as far as city to city..was thinking about renting a car maybe in Granada or Seville and traveling that way...
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Brisbane, Australia
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June 23 Arrive Barcelona - 3 nights
June 24+25 Barcelona sights
June 26 Fly to Granada - 2 nights
June 27 Visit Alhambra
June 28 Train to Seville - 2 nights
via stop in Córdoba to visit Mezquita
June 29 Seville sights
June 30 Train to Madrid - 3 nights
July 1 Madrid sights
July 2 Day trip to Toledo
July 3 Depart Madrid
You don't have time to linger anywhere enough that makes considering a car worthwhile.
Hopefully a visit to one of Barcelona's city beaches will fulfill your requirements in that regard.
Fortunately you have the absolute minimum time to see all of Spain's highlights.
Posted by
California 🦋
5211 posts
I like David's itinerary.
Having said that, IMO, it's a bit rushed for my taste, but you only have 10 nights to work with, so it's possible to see all the places on your list by following that route.
Hopefully you will plan to return to your favorite places & spend a bit more time there! ;-)
I'd suggest booking your tickets to the Alhambra ASAP, to get your desired time: http://www.alhambra-patronato.es
Enjoy!
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
David's itinerary is great, if you're determined to see all those places in your short time, and Priscilla is quite right that you want to book your Alhambra tickets as soon as they are available (reports here are that times are selling out much faster than before). As for beach time, you don't have "a few days" extra, but you can go to the beach while in Barcelona, since it's right on the Mediterranean.