Departing Córdoba en route to Ronda, we stopped at the little "white hill town"of Carmona. We were able to walk through the beautiful Parador (where we were originally scheduled to stay instead of Córdoba) at the highest point of this well fortified to...
Day 9 - Córdoba
Thus far each day of our trip in Spain has brought us to a new town or city with a few recurring threads. All have a rich and varied history, with common social and cultural influences - Roman, Visigoth, Muslim, Christian. They also have all undergone...
Day 8- Seville
Although we are staying at a parador in Córdoba, today we made the ninety minute journey to Seville, where we spent the day.
Our guide Emma’s lecture on the way covered a bit about Paradores, then the amazing story of Christopher Columbus, and an intr...
Day 7-Evora to Mérida to Parador de Córdoba
Our first day of serious traveling, we covered about 200 miles from Evora in Portugal across the border into Spain, ultimately arriving at our gorgeous, relatively new Parador in the larger city of Córdoba. This will be our base of operations for the n...
Day 6 - Evora
We awoke in our "cell" in the Pousada Loios in Evora ready for a day of walking and exploring this very friendly and charming medieval town. As mentioned yesterday, the Pousada is a converted convent, and the monks quarters which are now guest rooms a...
Day 5 - Lisbon to Evora
Well, we thought we would have a relaxing traveling day, but it was not to be. Pretty fun though. After an early start, getting our luggage out, etc., we left the wonderful Corinthian Hotel for our bus ride from Lisbon. Passing sights we had seen, and ...
Day 4 - Lisbon
A busy day—no problem making our 10,000 steps today! After breakfast, we started our day in Baixa (low land district) before wending our way up some narrow, hilly streets to the Alfama district to see the Lisbon Cathedral (Se de Lisbon) where Saint An...
Day 3 - Lisbon
The next morning, we ate ( and ate) one of the best buffet breakfasts we have ever had in a hotel. Since our group tour tomorrow is on a Monday, many of the museums and tourist attractions are closed. Knowing this, we went to Belém to see the famous ...
Day 1-2 - Lisbon
We left Sarasota en route to Lisbon via Atlanta. Our flights were uneventful (thankfully so,) other than getting very limited sleep during our overnight international flight.
We arrived bright and early Saturday morning, cleared immigration and custo...
Portugal and Spain Itinerary
Day 1 - Fri, Aug 31Travel from Sarasota to Lisbon Day 2 - Sat, Sep 1LisbonCorinthia HotelDay 3 - Sun, Sep 2LisbonCorinthia Hotel Day 4 - Mon, Sep 3Lisbon
QueluzCorinthia HotelDay 5 - Tue, Sep 4Lisbon
Alentejo Province
Monsaraz
EvoraPousada dos LoiosDay...
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