Help planning days in Spain

Posted by shellyherr2000 on 08/05/18 01:08 PM

I'm planning a 14 day family trip that will be the beginning of January. We're planning to fly to London, spend approximately 5 days there and then fly to Seville (day trip to Cordoba and Granada) and then train to Barcelona. I'd like help in deciding how many days to stay in each location. It's our first trip to all of these locations. And I haven't gotten this far in the planning but if you have recommendations for areas to stay in each city, I'd love that also. I'd like to stay in one hotel/vrbo in each city.

Thank you!

Posted by jaimeelsabio

Mid-Atlantic area

08/05/18 01:48 PM

6572 posts

I’ve been to all those places multiple times (except Barcelona that I visited once), so you might take a little longer visiting them. Depending on what you want to see, it would be very easy to add time in Sevilla and Barcelona.
Cordoba - 1 day
Sevilla - 3 full days
Granada - 2 full days. (1 day for the Alhambra and 1 for the rest of the town)
Barcelona - 4 days minimum. (More time if you decide to day trip to either Figueres or Monserrat)
Of course you need to figure in travel time between places.

Posted by Suki

08/05/18 01:50 PM

11169 posts

Seville is a wonderful city and a day trip to Cordoba is easy by train. Granada would be more than a day trip so spend at least one night there.
Is the five days in London part of the 14 days? Or do you have 14 days in Spain?

Posted by shellyherr2000 OP

08/05/18 04:30 PM

4 posts

Thanks for the input! London is part of the 14 days. So if we spend 5 days there, we have 8 days (taking a day off for travel) in Spain.

Posted by David in Brisbane

Brisbane, Australia

08/05/18 11:54 PM

7175 posts

Granada is not advised as a day trip from Seville. I would take a day off London to make Spain work. So with 14 full days (not including arrival/departure) days...

Day 0 - Fly in to London (5 nts)
Day 5 - Fly to Seville (4 nts) - with Córdoba day trip to visit the Mezquita
Day 9 - Train to Granada (2 nts) - visit the Alhambra
Day 11 - Fly to Barcelona (4 nts)
Day 15 - Fly out of Barcelona

BA fly direct from London Gatwick to Sevilla in January.
Vueling fly direct from Granada to Barcelona.