Payment of bespoke program of private tours | May 2026 | 2 pax
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Description and schedule of services
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16th of May: Sherry tour
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9am: meet your personal local host at your accommodation in Seville and be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes vehicle with a dedicated driver to Jerez. Along the journey, your personal local host will set the context for the day by sharing with you some general information about the geography, history, culture and present character of Southernmost Spain.
10:15am: upon arrival to Jerez, you will be taken on a walking tour of the old town aimed at understanding the Hispanic-Muslim origins of the city and the transformations that its architecture, urban planning, social composition and overall personality experienced in the 18th and 19th centuries when the local wines (sherries) became probably the most fashionable drinks in the world. Your tour of Jerez will also take you to visit the local food market. There you will learn about the produce that shapes the local gastronomy, about the important proximity service it is for the local community and about the important role that it plays in the social fabric of the city.
11:30am: then it will be time to learn further about sherry by taking a private visit of a selected sherry bodega. There you will learn about the aging process of the different types of sherry and you will also do the corresponding tastings. During the tasting you will be given some basic notions about the local art of pairing food and sherry.
12:50pm: after your visit to the Sherry bodega, you will be taken for lunch to a selected tapas and sherry bar where you will be given further and practical notions about the art of pairing food and sherry!.
2:30pm: after lunch, reconnect with your driver and be transferred to the city of Cádiz.
3:05pm: upon arrival to Cadiz, enjoy first a panoramic tour of the perimeter of the city.
This panoramic tour is aimed at discovering its peculiar geography and also its defensive colonial architecture resembling the one in Havana, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Cartagena de Indias in Colombia and Montevideo in Uruguay.
After your panoramic tour, start a private walking tour of the old town with a special focus on the foundation of the city by the Phoenicians 3000 years ago and on the period when the city held the monopoly of all trade with America, formerly established in Seville. You will start this tour seeing incredibly well preserved evidence of the Phoenician past of the city. This will allow you to understand who the Phoenicians were, where they came from, why they based themselves in Cadiz 3000 years ago and the impact that their arrival had in the present history, culture, gastronomy and wines of Southern Spain.
Later, you will travel forward in time to the 18th century, when the city was the heart of the Spanish economy due to holding the monopoly of all trade with the Spanish colonies. The bourgeoisie that settled down in Cádiz during this period transformed the city completely into a refined and cosmopolitan colonial hub. These new inhabitants of the city brought to Cádiz not only gold, silver, mahogany and other precious materials but also new ideas that transformed the mentality of the city and later of the whole of Spain. Along this second part of the tour you will visit some selected buildings that will reveal the wealth, refinement and change of mentality that the city enjoyed in this colonial period.
5:15pm: end of your tour of Cadiz and private transfer back to Seville.
6:35pm: arrival to your hotel in Seville and end of services for the day.
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Price for 2 pax: 1390€
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This price includes
– Your own personal driver with a modern and comfortable Mercedes vehicle throughout the journey.
– Your own personal guide from Genuine Andalusia (a knowledgeable, personable, kind, flexible and interactive guide with a great command of the English language) throughout the journey.
– A private visit to a selected sherry bodega with the corresponding sherry tastings there.
– A tapas and sherries lunch including a selection of 5 – 8 dishes to share and up to 3 drinks per person (sherry, wine, beer, refreshments)
– All entrance tickets and admissions.
– All taxes
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17th of May: private walking of Seville Cathedral, Alcazar and Jewish quarter
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11:30am: be met by your personal local guide at your hotel in Seville to start a private walking tour that will take you to visit its impressive World Heritages Sites: the Alcazar or Moorish palace, the Cathedral with its Giralda tower and the medieval Jewish quarter.
You will start your discovery journey by visiting the Alcazar, which is a massive complex of palaces erected in different periods and of breath-taking gardens of different styles. The Alcazar has stunning historical constructions featuring a very particular crossover between Hispanic-Muslim and Christian architecture styles, called Mudejar. This style became very fashionable in Spain in the 14th and 15th centuries amongst the Christian nobility and it reached its maximum splendor in Seville. Another essential part of the Alcazar is the famous house of Trade, which once hosted the offices from where all the commerce with the New World was managed. After enjoying these inner areas, you will be taken to the gardens, which are an exquisite sample of European landscaping from the 16th until the 20th centuries.
Then you will be taken to visit the Cathedral, which is the largest gothic temple in the World and where Christopher Columbus is buried. The Cathedral of Seville was built on a vast extension of land where previously a Mosque had been erected. An important part of the Mosque was preserved and it is now a part of the Cathedral. This makes it a unique construction featuring styles as diverse as Hispanic-Muslim, Gothic, Renaissance, Neoclassical and Baroque. A most important part of the Cathedral is its bell tower known as la Giralda, which is a perfectly preserved Hispanic-Muslim minaret from the period when a Mosque occupied the grounds where the Cathedral stands today. During your tour you will be taken to the top in order to enjoy the wonderful views of Seville that one can admire from there.
To finish the tour you will visit the quarter of Santa Cruz, with its countless quaint corners, narrow streets, cozy squares, houses of traditional Southern Spanish architecture and Moorish urban planning. It is in this quarter where an important part of the Jewish Sephardic community of Seville lived in the medieval times and you will learn about what life in the quarter was like then and how it has evolved until becoming what it is today.
3:30pm: end of your tour and rest of the day at leisure.
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Price for 2 pax: 450€
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This price includes
– Your own personal guide from Genuine Andalusia (a knowledgeable, personable, kind, flexible and interactive guide with a great command of the English language)
– All entrance tickets and admissions.
– All taxes
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18th of May: private transfer from Seville to Granada in a modern and comfortable Mercedes vehicle with a personal uniformed driver (we don’t have other vehicles)
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10am: meet your personal driver at your hotel in Seville and be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes vehicle to your hotel in Granada.
12:45pm: arrival to your hotel in Granada.
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Price for 2 pax: 550€
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This price includes
– Your own personal driver with a modern and comfortable Mercedes vehicle.
– All taxes
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18th of May: private walking tour of the Alhambra and of the Gardens of El Generalife
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3pm: meet your personal local host by the reception desk of your accommodation and take a taxi to get to the top of the hill of la Sabika, where the Alhambra and el Generalife are located.
Once at the Alhambra, enjoy a private walking tour of this palatial city which is the most exquisite example of Hispanic-Muslim architecture. The Alhambra was the city where the Hispanic-Muslim sultans used to live with their army, their court and some selected artisans. Because of this, it has several parts, all of which you will get to visit during your tour while you understand the role that each of them had.
Later you will visit the summer palace or Generalife. This is the place where the sultans would go to escape from the hustle and bustle of the Alhambra. It was a place designed for relaxation and contemplation and because of this, it has the most beautiful gardens and some of the nicest views that the city of Granada has to offer.
7:30pm: end of your tour of the Alhambra and rest of the day at leisure.
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Price for 2 pax: 480€
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This price includes
– Your own personal guide from Genuine Andalusia (a knowledgeable, personable, kind, flexible and interactive guide with a great command of the English language)
– All entrance tickets and admissions.
– All taxes
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20th of May: private day trip from Granada to Madrid via Córdoba
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9am: be met by your private driver at your hotel in Granada and be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes vehicle to Córdoba old town.
11:15am: upon arrival to Córdoba, meet your personal local host to start a private 3h walking tour of the historic center of the city.
A UNESCO site since 1994, Córdoba is an inspirational city, which during the Middle Ages, saw a peaceful interaction between the three great Mediterranean cultures. Jews, Muslims and Christians coexisted then in the city turning it into a unique intellectual hub that gave birth to very renowned philosophers, poets, scientists and doctors. This also resulted in the construction of unique buildings of remarkable historical significance.
During your private walking tour, you’ll learn about the period of maximum intellectual splendor of the city and you will see beautiful examples of architecture and urban planning that will allow you to recreate all the grandeur of this era, which has the Great Mosque – Cathedral, the synagogue and the Chapel of Saint Bartholomew as its most representative constructions.
The Great Mosque-Cathedral is probably the most thought-provoking building in Spain and your personal local host will uncover all its beauty and complexity for you. You will understand its origins, its different enlargements and the role that the building has played in the culture and social fabric of the city throughout the centuries.
The synagogue will allow you to understand the very important Jewish – Sephardic community that Córdoba once had and how much it embraced Hispanic-Muslim decorative arts in its places of devotion.
In the Chapel of Saint Bartholomew you will be explained about the transformations that the Jewish quarter of Córdoba suffered after the pogrom of 1391 and how it was repopulated with Christians, who were also very heavily influenced by Hispanic-Muslim decorative arts.
2:15pm: end of your tour and free time for lunch at leisure.
3:30pm: after lunch, reconnect with your driver and be transferred to Córdoba train station.
3:50pm: arrival to Córdoba train station and end of services for the day.
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Price for 2 pax: 960€
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This price includes
– Your own personal driver with a modern and comfortable Mercedes vehicle from your departure from Granada until your arrival in Córdoba train station.
– Your own personal guide from Genuine Andalusia (a knowledgeable, personable, kind, flexible and interactive guide with a great command of the English language) for your tour of Córdoba.
– All entrance tickets and admissions.
– All taxes
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Grand total of this tour program: 3830 Euros
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Confirmation and payments
In order to confirm this bespoke tour program we require full payment no later than the 20th of April 2026 via credit/debit card.
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Cancellation policy
– If you cancel the tour program more than 20 days prior to its scheduled start, we will charge 30% of the full cost of the tour program and we will refund the remaining 70%.
– If you cancel the tour program between 20 and 11 days prior to its scheduled departure, we will charge 50% of the full cost of the tour program and we will refund the remaining 50%.
– If you cancel the tour program between 10 and 6 days prior to its scheduled departure, we will charge 70% of the full cost of the tour program and we will refund the remaining 30%.
– If you cancel the tour program 5 days or less prior to its scheduled start, we will charge 100% of the full cost of the tour program.
(*) Please also note that partial cancellations won’t result in partial refunds. This applies to the group size and to the duration, services and activities included in the tour program.
