Cathedrals of Castilla and Asturias

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TOUR FOR GROUPS

9 Days – 8 Nights Departures: Monday

DAY 1 .- MADRID Arrival at Madrid, meet and assistance. Transfer from the airport to hotel. Accommodation.

DAY 2 .- MADRID - SALAMANCA Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Salamanca. Arrival and accommodation.

DAY 3 .- SALAMANCA - CIUDAD RODRIGO - SALAMANCA Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning guided tour of Salamanca, a city declared World Heritage Site. Plateresca city, monumental and university, full of churches, palaces and noble cane. Stresses its baroque Plaza Mayor, at the confluence of the Town Hall, Cathedral and the University together with its exterior of the sixteenth century and the Old Cathedral. In the afternoon guided tour of Ciudad Rodrigo, with walls built by King Ferdinand II of Leon (S. XIII), the Cathedral of Santa Maria, Romance in transition to Gothic Chapel. Back to the hotel. Accommodation.

DAY 4 .- SALAMANCA – TORDESILLAS - LEON Breakfast at the hotel. Depart towardsTordesillas, with its narrow streets and adobe houses. You will discover the Plaza Mayor, Church of St. Mary's, Church of San Pedro. Go into the Royal Monastery of Santa Clara, founded in S. XIV. Continue to Leon, born of Roman military camp. A local guide will show us the town and visit the Cathedral, an example of French Gothic architecture, the Collegiate Church of San Ildefonso, called the "Sistine Chapel of Romanesque Art," by the magnificent frescoes covering the dome of the Pantheon of the Kings. Accommodation.

DAY 5 .- LEON – ASTORGA- LEÓN Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Astorga, founded by the Romans and important communications hub of the time. We will visit the Archbishop's Palace and Cathedral + Museum. Return to Leon. Accommodation.

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DAY 6 .- LEON - OVIEDO Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning depart to Oviedo, capital of the Principality of Asturias. In the afternoon a local guide will take us to visit two of the most significant Romanesque Asturian: Santa Maria del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo. Continue roaming the streets, the Cathedral, San Pelayo church. Accommodation.

DAY 7 .- OVIEDO – COVADONGA - OVIEDO Breakfast at the hotel . We will visit Cangas de Onis, the first capital of the kingdom and its Roman bridge over the River Sella. We continue to visit Covadonga, reaching the Sanctuary of the Virgin known as La Santina (where the remains of Don Pelayo). In option we can visit the Lagos de Covadonga. Return to the hotel. Accommodation.

DAY 8 .- OVIEDO - MADRID Breakfast at the hotel. Depart towards Madrid. Arrival and accommodation.

DAY 9 .- MADRID Breakfast. Transfer from the hotel to the airport and end of our services.

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