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Spain - 11 days in November

Hi. I will be visiting Spain in November. This is a rough city itinerary for my trip. People are tell me it looks like too much but I do like moving around on my trips.

If I remove one of either Cordoba, Toledo, or Segovia which one should I skip? Which one would you recommend for an overnight stay?

Im mostly interested in museums, historic sites, and food. Im usually out early in the morning walking around instead of staying out late.

Saturday Day 1 - arrive in Seville early afternoon(train)
Sunday Day 2 - Seville
Monday Day 3 - Seville
Tuesday Day 4 - morning train to Cordoba
Wednesday Day 5 - early morning train to Granada
Thursday Day 6 - Granada
Friday Day 7 - early mornong train to Madrid
Saturday Day 8 - Madrid
Sunday Day 9 - Toledo
Monday Day 10 - Segovia
Tuesday Day 11 Madrid
Wednesday Day 12 - Leave from Madrid airport

Thank you

Posted by
227 posts

Looks good to me.

I think the best for an overnight stay would be Cordoba, especially since Toledo and Segovia really lend themselves to efficient Madrid day trips. When you're in Cordoba in the evening you get the Roman bridge lit up which is pretty.

Posted by
3590 posts

The itinerary actually looks like a nice pace to me. There are 3 nights in Seville which is fine. You could stay a fourth night and see Cordoba as a daytrip as it’s just 45 minutes away from Seville by high-speed train. Alternatively, you could overnight in Cordoba before going on to Granada. If you stay in the Barrio Santa Cruz neighborhood in Seville, you’ll be close to most of Seville’s attractions and about one mile from Seville’s Santa Justa train station.

Two nights in Granada. If you’re visiting the Alhambra, be sure to book your admission entry as soon as possible as it does sell out.

With five nights in Madrid, you could easily visit both Toledo ( 35 minutes away by train from the Atocha station) and Segovia ( 28 minutes away by high-speed train from Madrid’s Chamartin Clara-Campoamor train station). Madrid’s Chamartin train station is on the north side of the city and can be quickly reached on the Cercanias commuter train line.

The National Archaeological Museum in Madrid is awesome as is the reassembled Egyptian Temple of Debod near the Royal Palace.

If you stayed two nights in Cordoba, that would eliminate having a one-nighter which some find to be too rushed.

Have a great trip!

Posted by
8920 posts

Looks good, but if you are wanting to do all the museums and the palace, probably not enough time in Madrid. You can always day trip to one or the other of Segovia or Toledo, my preference would be to stay the night in Toledo, daytrip to Segovia (I have stayed the night in both on different trips)

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8031 posts

Personal preference, but if I had to skip one town it would be Segovia. Each Córdoba, Toledo, and Segovia deserve an overnight. So again, it’s a personal preference. I’ve never visited them as day trips; every time at least an overnight or two since I always get a rental car.

By the end of the trip you may not want to do two day trips in three days. You can make a decision on which to skip (Toledo or Segovia) if needed, once you’re there. You should enjoy whichever town you decide to visit.

Posted by
675 posts

If it were me, I would add a night to Seville (so total 4), definitely stay a night in Cordoba, 2 nights in Granada, and 4 nights in Madrid with daytrips to Segovia and Toledo or, alternately, fewer nights in Madrid with overnights in Segovia (recommend) and/or Toledo.

Looks like a great trip!

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I might be biased since I lived there, but I’d definitely say spend more time in Madrid—there’s so much to see, do, and eat that a couple of days never feels like enough! For your day trips, I’d pick either Segovia or Toledo, not both, as the others have said. Buen Viaje!