My wife and I have 2 nights undecided on a November Spain trip traveling between Seville and Barcelona and can’t decide where to spend them.
We were thinking one of Granada, Cordoba, Toledo or one of the White Hill Towns mentioned in the RS book, but are open to suggestions as well. Where would you spend two extra nights between Seville and Barcelona and why? Any guidance greatly appreciated. Also, we were not planning on renting a car unless necessary.
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Seattle, WA, USA ☔️
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Impossible to give a reasonable answer without knowing more.
Where else are you going on your trip? How many days/nights in each place? Where in Spain have you been before? It's quite possible that those "extra" nights would be better spent in locations already on your list (many people plan a very unrealistic itinerary that seriously compromises their experience). Provide more context, you will get better input on how to spend those nights.
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OP
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My wife and I will be Spain first timers. We are traveling in to Seville and will finish in Barcelona. We are spending a sufficient amount of time in both of those cities and have two nights we aren’t positive about. We would like to have a third location for a quicker stop and are looking for a little advice from the RS community
Posted by
Washington DC
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I'd choose either Cordoba or Toledo. I assume you are not mad about art, else Madrid would have been on the itinerary in the first place. Cordoba will be logistically a bit simpler since it is straight up the rail line from Seville. For Toledo you would travel into Madrid on the AVE train then double back on a different train to Toledo. Toledo is on a spur line and connected only to Madrid.
A third very good possibility is Girona, which is less than an hour [actually as little as 38 minutes] north of Barcelona by train. It is much smaller but still very lively. It has a walkable wall, a couple of important churches, a large medieval district and an excellent museum.
I would be more comfortable about the above advice if you would tell us how many days you are spending in Seville and, especially, Barcelona. Barcelona is an especially tough nut to crack if you don't allow enough time, because so many of its top sights require pre-purchased timed tickets. And then they're very crowded when you get inside, so you don't move through them very fast. I have a feeling that if you told us how many days you were spending in Barcelona, I'd say you should add the two "extra" nights there. (I spent 10 nights in Barcelona and 3 in Girona in 2016.)