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Spain and Portugal in October

Flying into Madrid arriving October 6 and stay till 9th. We plan a day trip to Toledo in that time. (4 nights)
Train to Barcelona October 10 to 13. (4 Nights)
Fly to Porto 14-15 (2 nights)
Train to Lisbon 16-21 (6 nights)
Fly to Seville 22-25 with day trip to Córdoba (4 nights)
Train to Madrid 26th (overnight)
Fly home 27th.
I have some flexibility, does this look like good use of time and travel?
Flying in and out of Madrid works best for us.

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It would be more efficient to take the train to Barcelona right after you land, add a night in Barcelona, and have all your Madrid days at the end. The train ride is 2.5 hours, so with a typical morning arrival from the US, it is doable. If you fly in from the west coast and arrive later in the day, it might be tiresome.
Otherwise, that's a balanced trip. I don't love the fact that you fly twice within the trip, but there is no way around it if you want to fit in both Portugal and Spain.