13D10N & PORTUGAL Get the best of both worlds as you soak up the sun in Spain and Portugal.

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24 Southern & Eastern Europe | EU Holidays HIGHLIGHTS SPAIN MADRID • Royal Palace of • Valencia Cathedral Segovia Madrid (Entrance • Serrano or included) Cuarte Towers Salamanca 1 • Cibeles Fountain BARCELONA PORTUGAL 1 Porto 1 Barcelona • Santiago Bernabéu • Casa Batlló and Ávila 1 Madrid Stadium Casa Milà Peniscola • Puerta del Sol • La Sagrada Familia Fatima Toledo 1 Valaencia TOLEDO (Entrance included) • Toledo Cathedral • Columbus Monument • Aqueduct of Segovia • Montjuïc Hill 2 Cordoba • Segovia Cathedral • Las Ramblas • Alcazar of Segovia Seville SPAIN SEVILLE Guadix PORTUGAL 1 1 • Seville Cathedral PORTO Ronda Flight path (Entrance included) • Douro River 1 Traverse by coach Granada • Giralda Bell Tower • The Baroque Churt of Featured destinations (Entrance included) St. Francis Costa Del Sol Overnight stays 1 2 • The Tomb of • Stock Exchange Christopher Columbus Palace • Plaza de Toros • A Taste of the Famous DELICACIES SPECIAL • Plaza de España Port Wine RONDA FATIMA Meal Plan • Free WiFi on board • Puente Nuevo • Religious Sanctuary 10 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 7 Dinners • Bullring entrance (New Bridge) of Fatima Specialities • El Tajo Canyon • Chapel of Apparitions • Segovia’s Famous Roast Suckling Pig • Plaza de Toros de • Berlin Wall • Bacalhau Dinner Ronda (Entrance LISBON • Portugal’s Piri-Piri Chicken included) • Rossio Square • Spanish Tapas CÓRDOBA • The Alfama • Valencia’s Traditional Seafood Paella • Mezquita Mosque • Castle of São Jorge (Entrance included) • Cristo Rei • Historic centre • Port of Lisbon DAY 1 Madrid culture. of Cordoba • Belem Tower SINGAPORE → MADRID *Note: If Royal Palace is closed, it will be replaced GRANADA • Jeronimos Monastery Meals on Board by Palacio del Pardo or Prado. • Alhambra • Discoveries Monument Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport and (Entrance included) depart for Madrid, the central capital of DAY 3 • Generalife garden Spain. MADRID → SEGOVIA → ÁVILA → (Entrance included) SALAMANCA DAY 2 Breakfast, Lunch – Segoiva’s Roast Suckling Pig MADRID → TOLEDO – MADRID Head northwest to Segovia for an orientation Breakfast, Lunch tour of the historic city and visit the 4★ HOTELS Kick off the day with an exciting tour of 2000-year-old Aqueduct of Segovia, one Toledo, also known as the city of three of the most significant and best-preserved MADRID Holiday Inn cultures – Arabic, Christian and Jewish – and ancient Roman monuments on the Iberian SALAMANCA Vinicci Ciudad a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wander Peninsula. Whip out your camera for the PORTO Holiday Inn Porto Gaia through the narrow maze of streets to arrive magnificent sights of theSegovia Cathedral LISBON AÇORES LISBOA at the Toledo Cathedral, a sacred site that and the Alcázar of Segovia, before settling SEVILLE Hilton Garden Inn houses important masterpieces such as down for a sumptuous meal of Segovia’s COSTA DEL SOL MELIA COSTA DEL SOL a stunning baroque high altar and two El famous Roast Suckling Pig for lunch. Go for GRANADA Abades Nevada Palace Greco paintings. Then, proceed to Madrid a leisure drive past the old Spanish town of VALENCIA AC by Marriott Valencia for a guided city tour which includes the Ávila with its medieval town walls to reach BARCELONA Fira Congress Royal Palace and its lavish gold and scarlet Salamanca. Enjoy an idle walk through the *Note: Hotels subject to final confirmation. Should throne room as well as the Cibeles Fountain university town for a close-up view of the there be changes, customers will be offered similar which is one of Madrid’s most prominent splendid Baroque architecture in Salamanca’s accommodations as stated in this list. symbols. Also, drive past Santiago Bernabéu Plaza Mayor, the Old and New Cathedral, the Stadium – home to the Real Madrid football University of Salamanca and the House of club, for a fleeting glimpse into the heart of Shells.

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historical treasures. Stop by Lisbon’s most DAY 8 DAY 4 iconic monument, the World Heritage SEVILLE → RONDA → COSTA DEL SOL SALAMANCA → PORTO Belem Tower, and also not forgetting the Breakfast, Dinner Breakfast, Port wine tasting, Dinner – Bacalhau Jeronimos Monastery with its exquisite Make your way to Ronda, an ancient city Travel to Porto, a lovely coastal city cloisters, the Discoveries Monument built located about 750 meters above sea level, renowned for their stately bridges and rich in honour of Henry the Navigator. Enjoy and make a beeline for the Puento Nuevo port wine. View the magnificent metal the lively atmosphere of Rossio Square, the bridge to enjoy a thrilling view of the arch bridge over the Duoro River, visit the medieval alleyways of the Alfama quarter, 100-metre deep El Tajo gorge and a breath- Baroque Church of St. Francis and continue the impressive view of the Castle of São taking panorama over the Serranía de Ronda to explor the Stock Exchange Palace. Pay Jorge, the outstanding Cristo Rei, and the mountains. Pay a visit to the Plaza de Toros a visit to one of Porto’s famous cellars for a scene of swaying cruise boats docked at the de Ronda, one of the oldest bullrings in sampling of their sweet Port Wine. Port of Lisbon. If time permits, you may wish Spain and learn more about the bullfighting to indulge in an optional treat at the famous sport at the in-house museum. As night DAY 5 egg tart confectionary, Pasteis de Belem; or falls, head down to Costa del Sol to spend PORTO → FATIMA → LISBON join an optional tour to the towns of Sintra, the night at a seaside resort. If time permits, Breakfast, Dinner – Portuguese Piri-Piri Chicken Cascais and Estoril as well as the Cabo Da you may wish to take part in an optional Cross over to Portugal and embark on a Roca. excursion to the city of . guided stroll through Fátima to arrive in one of the most important Catholic shrines in DAY 7 DAY 9 the world, the Sanctuary of Fátima. Here, LISBON → SEVILLE COSTA DEL SOL → CÓRDOBA → you will be greeted with the sight of the Breakfast, Dinner GRANADA Berlin Wall at the entrance, followed by the Enjoy a smooth drive back to Spain as we Breakfast, Dinner – Spanish Tapas Chapel of Apparitions at the very heart of continue our journey to the capital of Spain’s Leave the Mediterranean coast to arrive in the sanctuary where four million pilgrims Andalusia region, Seville. Set off on an Córdoba, an important Roman city and an converge yearly. A scenic drive through the introductory city tour and take in the sights Islamic cultural centre during the Middle magnificent Serra d’Aire Mountains brings of the Plaza de Toros, an impressive bullring Ages. Meander around the squares and alley you to Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. that took several decades to construct, and streets in the Historic Centre of Córdoba the Plaza de Espana, a building complex that and proceed to enter the grand Mosque- DAY 6 is a beautiful work of Spanish Renaissance Cathedral of Córdoba, an important LISBON Revival style in architecture. Also, visit the testament to the presence of Islam in the Breakfast majestic Seville Cathedral, where the West and a unique artistic achievement of Home to the world’s greatest explorers burial tomb of Christopher Columbus is its time due to the sheer size and height such as Vasco de Gama, Magellan and also located, and enter the Giralda bell of its ceilings. Then, depart for Granada for Prince Henry the Navigator, embark on tower, one of the three remaining Almohad a gander at some of the most fascinating 123RF an adventure through Europe’s second- minarets in the world. sights of the city. Embark on a city tour as a

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26 Southern & Eastern Europe | EU Holidays local guide brings you to visit the Alhambra where you can admire the unique Gothic DAY 12 Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site exterior of Valencia Cathedral, and stop BARCELONA → SINGAPORE where varying transformations come about for some photos at the imposing Towers Breakfast, Meals on Board as the light and water create different of Serrano or Cuarte that were designed Enjoy the rest of the day at leisure till it is decorative effects on the special clay walls. as defensive structures along the old city time to transfer to the airport for your flight Then, move on to the Generalife and be walls. Then drive along the Mediterranean home or you may go for an optional tour to wowed by the lush greenery and sprinkling coast, past Peniscola, to arrive in Barcelona. the Monastery of Montserrat located on the fountains in the extensive gardens of the Experience Barcelona in its full splendour Montserrat Mountain in Catalonoia. leisure residence that belonged to former through a tour, where you can view the Arab kings. lauded art nouveau style buildings such as DAY 13 Casa Batlló and Casa Milà along the elegant ARRIVAL IN SINGAPORE DAY 10 Passeig de Gràcia avenue and enter the We hope you enjoyed your trip with EU GRANADA → GUADIX → VALENCIA statuesque La Sagrada Familia church and Holidays and we look forward to seeing you Breakfast, Dinner – Valencian Seafood Paella be wowed by the stunning interior. Marvel again for your next trip. Drive to the troglodyte town of Guadix and at the towering Columbus Monument pay a visit to one of their interesting cave and the impressive Monumental Bullring NOTE: houses. Continue on the road to Valencia, before heading up to Montjuïc Hill for a • The sequence of the itinerary, flight schedules and hotels are subject to change without prior notice in the event of where you will be treated to a traditional spectacular vista of the city and its harbour. unforeseen circumstances. Valencian seafood paella dinner. Then, make your way to Las Ramblas, a tree- • Activities are subject to weather conditions. lined pedestrian mall that stretches for 1.2km • During major events and festivals, accommodation may be DAY 11 along the street in central Barcelona. re-located to outside of the city or in another city without VALENCIA PENISCOLA BARCELONA prior notice. → → • Upgrades of hotels are subject to hotel room availability. BARCELONA *Note: If La Sagrada Familia is closed, it will • Wi-Fi on board service is currently available in Spain only. Breakfast be replaced with a visit to Park Güell. Service is strictly subject to confirmation and availability by Embark on a sightseeing tour of Valencia the coach and service provider and cannot be guaranteed. 123RF

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