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Royal Palace – Tapas Route Discover Spain through all your senses Specialist in groups and round trips Spain through your feelings Art, gastronomy, enology, nature and a stunning artistic heritage makes it a different country. From the most early examples of rock painting to the most antique architecture. We will show you these places from a different point of view: to feel, to see, to be, to fall in love so it seems completely new. Do not miss a detail come with us and live a trip that will be unique. to all customer needs. For this reason, we are Dear customer: We are pleased to specialists in tailor-made trips, valuing and making present you a roundtrip catalogue the most of time with the least possible expenses for passengers. designed for the groups. Accurate information Our programs and the agency staff will always Support 24/7 provide you with complete and correct information Our telephones are at your disposal 24/7. Allowing for your trip, always leaving a bond of trust with the us to fully monitor the evolution of the passenger’s passenger. We support them to save money and journey. This means that our passengers can make the most of their budget when traveling. travel with total peace of mind knowing that they will always have our help and collaboration to Rating of the hotels solve any issue. We will always give a personalized We have our own criteria when evaluating our treatment. hotels: the main criterion is not the stars assigned to the hotel but the evaluation that users make Dynamism of the hotel category. We do not sell stars, we We are a young work team that year after year seeks sell hotels: Not only the interior conditions of to perfect itself and innovate in all the preparation the hotel are valued, but also its location and and execution processes of a trip, always supporting accessibility. our passengers. We create products that are distinguished by their simplicity but full of details Packages with the planes and that are important. fast trains Flexibility We are specialists in packages by plane and train, which allows us to offer a fast point-to-point We have a wide range of products that can be adapted connection between cities that we are going to visit. Guest Incoming - Destination management company 2 Terms and conditions The start of the tour making reservation). Tickets for all trains and flights are bought in advance, and therefore According to the arrival of the group. There is no there are penalties for cancellation of the supplement for the late arrivals. If posible and tour for any reason, regardless of the date of according to the type of meal - late dinner can be cancellation (please consult while ordering). provided (if the hotels give that option free of charge, if not - we will inform about the supplement). • Transfers: As this program is for organized groups - we understand that the group is coming on the Accomodation same flight. If it is not like this - we will have to provide separate transfers for the people who are Minimum 3* hotels (although in difficult dates we coming on other flights (For extra charge). We can can offer also some good 2* hotels if the clients arrange fast train tickets for the more possibilities accept it). Accommodation includes breakfast to start the roundtrips from more spanish cities. (buffet or continental) all modern conveniences in the room (toilet bathtub or shower, TV, phone). The • Check in and check out the hotels: The check hotels are situated in the city or in the surroundings. in shall start from 14:00 and the check out, For the guaranteed hotel in the cities center - please prior to 10:00. If you come early in the morning ask for the supplement. Posible that hotels will be or leave late in the evening, you may pay for on the outskirts of the city during important Fair one extra night at a hotel or leave your luggage trades, Exibitions, Congresses, bank holidays or at the reception desk if space permits. national holidays (Easter, Fallas, Feria de Sevilla, GSM, Formula 1 and etc.) Order of the cities might be • Tours and Excursions: all excursions are carried changed as well if it helps to find better availability out in groups on a set schedule of which you will and better price. be informed on arrival by your guide. If you wish to spend more time in some place, you may lose Please NOTE: The prices in the catalogue are approx. your group excursion and will have to arrange for the exact prices we need the exact date. your own transportation to the hotel. Please make sure to show up on time because the tour Cancelation policy bus will depart by the schedule and the amount of the excursion is not refundable. Meeting point You will be informed about it during the booking for each excursion could be at the hotel or at the process. convenient location in the town centre. IMPORTANT • Additional days: tourists may spend some extra days prior or after the scheduled tour by • Trains: Train tickets are booked in advance and the extra charge. The option to book vacation at penalties will be charged for trip cancellation for the Canary or Balear Islands or another place any reason (please discuss your options when is also possible. Guest Incoming - Destination management company 3 Experience the triangle 8 DAYS Madrid – Valencia – Barcelona – Madrid Day 1. Madrid most famous in Valencia where the basilica of the Virgin of the homeless is located, let yourself be carried along Transfer from the airport to the hotel. Room assignment and dinner. its streets and appreciate its corners. We will pass through the Torres de Serranos and the Turia riverbed. Free time for lunch. Afternoon free to enjoy the city. Return to hotel, Day 2. Madrid - Valencia - Denia dinner and overnight. Breakfast. Departure at the indicated time with direction Valencia and surroundings. Free time for lunch. We will visit Day 4. Valencia Denia with a local guide, a city with a monument to its good Breakfast. Departure at the indicated time towards the Costa weather. We will walk through its streets we will see the del Maresme. Brief stops en route. Time for lunch Arrival at ethnological museum (entrance included) highlighting the the hotel, distribution of rooms and dinner. production and elaboration of the raisin. We will also visit the Toy Museum (entrance included) where we will see the traditional craft since 1904, we will pass through the Gothic Day 5. Barcelona town hall with baroque facade, through the neighborhood Roques where the old Arab medina was. Arrival at the hotel, Breakfast. Departure to visit Barcelona with an official guide, distribution of rooms and dinner. we will take a panoramic tour by bus and visit the city on foot. Highlighting the Gothic quarter where we will find lovely places Day 3. Valencia to see, we will pass through the Ramblas one of the best known places in the city, the mythical market of the boqueria, the Olympic village and the Plaza de Cataluña one of the most extensive and Breakfast. Departure to visit Valencia with a local guide, the significant in the city . The Barceloneta neighborhood and the old town is the most charming area and the best way to Olympic port area. Free time for lunch. In the afternoon we will start the visit to the historic center. We will pass through visit the Sagrada Familia (entrance included) Catholic basilica the square of the virgin where the Roman forum of the designed by Antonio Gaudí to which he dedicated more than forty city was located, we will see the beautiful facades of the years and which he could not see finished. Then we will go to the town hall and the post office building. At the end of the Park Güell, a huge garden with peculiar architectural elements square we arrive at the Cathedral (entrance included) also made by Gaudí, one of the main tourist attractions of the city. known as the Seu and the central market where you will be Return to hotel, dinner and overnight. overwhelmed by colors and smells that you will not forget. We will arrive at the Carmen neighborhood, the oldest and Guest Incoming - Destination management company 4 Day 6. Barcelona - Madrid Day 7. Madrid Breakfast. Departure at the indicated time with direction Madrid. Breakfast. Departure to take a panoramic view of Madrid by bus Brief stops en route. Arrival at the hotel, distribution of rooms through the most emblematic places of the city. We will have and dinner. free time in places like the main square, the Cibeles fountain, the Alcalá gate, the Santiago Bernabéu stadium and modern Madrid. We will pass by Alcalá Street or the Gran Via where many proposals for leisure, culture and entertainment are cited. We will visit the Retiro park, where there are hundreds of places to visit, we will see the pond, the glass palace, the monument to Alfonso XII and the promenade of the statues, where are those dedicated to the monarchs of Spain. Free time for lunch. In the afternoon departure to visit the Prado Museum (entrance included) one of the most important and visited in the world. It was inaugurated in 1819, exposes the best collection linked to the history of Spain, the most complete from the 11th to the 18th century. We can see great works of universal painters such as El Greco, Velázquez, Goya or El Bosco. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 8. Return Breakfast. At the indicated time departure to the airport to catch the return flight.
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