Granada, Córdoba and Seville
Throughout thousands of years of history, Andalucia has built an exceptional cultural heritage. Traces of Andalucia’s resplendent past are not only visible in these large centres: its artistic legacy can be discovered through countless towns and villages, where exquisite examples of Islamic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture illustrate the region’s varied history.
Holiday Highlights
Your tour lecturer will be Sue Rollin.
Sue specialises in the ancient and Islamic Middle East and Mediterranean. An archaeologist and linguist by training, she lectures for the Arts Society and the Art Fund and has led study trips in Spain, Sicily, Morocco, the Middle East, Central Asia and India. Sue speaks Spanish, Italian, French and German and works regularly as an interpreter for international organisations. She is co-author of two travel guides: the ‘Blue Guide to Jordan’ and ‘Istanbul: A Traveller’s Guide’.
What's Included
- Scheduled return flights between London City and Málaga
- Private coach transfers in Spain
- In Granada three nights B&B, in Córdoba two nights B&B, in Seville three nights B&B
- Five dinners and two lunches
- Guided visits to monuments and museums listed in the programme
- Services of the lecturer and a tour manager
- Detailed programme and study notes
- All entrance fees, taxes, and gratuities for coach drivers and waiters
- Small group between 12 and 22 participants
NH Collection Victoria**** Grenada - 3 nights
Housed in an early 20th-century corner building with a classical-style façade in the very heart of Granada. The guest rooms are modern and elegantly decorated, most feature a balcony with views over the city to the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Las Casas de la Judería**** Cordoba - 2 nights
This four star boutique boasts an excellent location in Cordoba Jewish Quarter, within the vicinity of the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, the Royal Stables, the 10th century Caliphate Baths and just 200 metres from Cordoba's Mosque-Cathedral. For most of its history the building has been a stately home, and the design of the hotel pas respect to the history and architecture of the building with authentic period furniture and historic artworks.
Hotel Las Casas de la Juderia**** Seville - three nights
Located in the heart of the Jewish Quarter and comprising of 27 traditional houses linked through 40 patios, gardens and a labyrinth of small passageways, with remains of pedestals, Roman statues, amphoras, earthenware jugs and antiques decorating each of its corners, the hotel is a showcase of historical Seville. Each room at this hotel is unique yet decorated in the same historic character found throughout the hotel.