Hello all. I'm trying to map out a great 3-week itinerary covering various parts of Spain. Would welcome feedback on this very early stage in mapping out a feasible itinerary. Flight has been purchased: fly into Madrid Sept. 12 (7:55 am) and fly out of Barcelona morning of Oct. 1.
Sept. 12-Sept. 16: Madrid plus a day trip to Toledo likely on the 14th (my family and I have been to both, but it's been a little over 10 years) and a day trip to El Escorial and Segovia (too much in one day? If so, I'd rather do the whole day in Segovia) perhaps on the 15th or 16th.
Sept. 16/17: debating on taking an evening train on the 16th to Salamanca (or morning of the 17th) where we'd like to spend a full day and a half perhaps.
Everything after this gets fuzzy. Initially wanted to go from Salamanca to Granada, but that whole train construction near Granada seems to make this a very long journey. So option B I came up with is train from Salamanca to Cordoba (connecting in Madrid), which was supposed to be a short day trip (or still can be). Point being is that we want to spend about a week (up to about Sept. 23-25) getting to know Sevilla, Granada, and Cordoba (willing to spend less time in Cordoba than the other two). Would appreciate a game plan for doing all three with ease in terms of transport.
I wanted to go to Valencia (fly from Sevilla), and spend at least one night there. The final 4-5 days are meant to be spent in Barcelona. Here, I wanted to do a day in Sitges, but now realizing that I threw Valencia into the mix I have a feeling there is not enough time.
Again would appreciate some sort of feedback in terms of piecing all these places together. I have written out lots of notes regarding train connections between Madrid area and Andalucia, but trying to figure out the order of cities is getting a bit daunting. Thanks!