Payment of bespoke tour program of Southern Spain | 31st of October – 6th of November | 6 pax
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Description and schedule of services
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31st of October. Arrival to the port of Tarifa by ferry from Morocco and private transfer to Ronda with a stopover in Gibraltar for a self-guided visit of the city.
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10am: upon arrival of your ferry to Tarifa from Morocco, go through passport control and head to the terminal building of the port. Your driver will be waiting for you there holding a sign saying “Sandy and Scott – Genuine Andalusia”.
10:45am (estimated): Then, be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes minivan to Gibraltar (the drop-off point will be the border as Spanish drivers cannot enter Gibraltar).
11:45am: upon arrival to the border between Spain and Gibraltar, cross the border on foot and enjoy a self-guided visit of Gibraltar and lunch there.
3:45pm: reconnect with your driver at the border between Spain and Gibraltar and be transferred to your accommodation in Ronda.
5:40pm: arrival to your accommodation in Ronda and end of services for the day.
Overnight in Ronda (own arrangements)
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1st of November. From Ronda to Granada and private introductory flamenco and tapas evening tour of Granada
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11am: be met by your personal driver at your accommodation and be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes minivan to your accommodation in Granada (please note that traffic in Granada old town is heavily restricted and only residents, local taxi drivers or private drivers carrying passengers with a hotel reservation (not airbnb) are allowed to enter. If your accommodation is in a restricted area, you will be dropped at the nearest spot where a car can legally drive).
1pm: arrival to your accommodation in Granada and free time to check-in, to have lunch and to freshen up before your introductory flamenco and tapas tour of the city.
6pm: meet your personal local host at your accommodation to start a guided walk towards a selected flamenco venue. This walk is aimed at learning about the origins of flamenco music in Southern Spain and also about its evolution throughout the centuries. This will set the context for (and enhance your appreciation and enjoyment of) the flamenco performance in a small and intimate venue that will follow, with 4 people on stage (one singer, one guitarist and two dancers).
7pm: start of the flamenco performance.
8pm: after your flamenco performance, enjoy a tapas tasting tour through Granada old town. Along the journey, you will learn about and enjoy this local custom. Granada is considered a tapas paradise and your tour will take you to 2 – 3 selected tapas bars to experience this and where you will taste a selection of 6 – 9 local dishes to share and up to 4 drinks per person (beer, wine, refreshments, water).
10pm: after your tapas adventure, be escorted back to your hotel stopping along the way for a sweet local treat.
10:30pm: arrival to your accommodation and end of services for the day.
Overnight in Granada (own arrangements)
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2nd of November. Private walking tour of the Alhambra and El Generalife
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10am: be met by your personal local host at your accommodation and be transferred by 2 taxis to the top of the hill of la Sabika, where the Alhambra and el Generalife are located.
10:15am: upon arrival to the Alhambra, be taken on a private walking tour of this palatial city which is the most exquisite example of the 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.
1:30pm: after your tour of the Alhambra, enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
Overnight in Granada (own arrangements)
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3rd of November. Private transfer from Granada to Seville with a stopover in Cordoba to tour the city and have lunch there
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9am: be met by your personal driver at your accommodation and be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes minivan to Cordoba old town. (Please note that traffic in Granada old town is heavily restricted and only residents, local taxi drivers or private drivers carrying passengers with a hotel reservation (not airbnb) are allowed to enter. If your accommodation is in a restricted area, you will be picked up from the nearest spot where a car can legally drive).
11:15am: upon arrival to Córdoba old town, be met by your personal local host to go on a 2,5h discovery journey of the historical 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 and the synagogue 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.
1:45pm: end of your tour free time for lunch at leisure and to maybe do some further (self-guided) exploration of the city before being driven to Seville.
3:30pm: reconnect with your driver and be transferred to your accommodation in Seville.
5:15pm: arrival to your accommodation in Seville and end of services for the day.
Overnight in Seville (own arrangements)
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4th of November. Private morning walking tour of Seville World Heritage Sites and evening food tour.
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10am: be met by your personal local guide at your accommodation 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 Archive of the Indies.
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 you will visit the Archive of the Indies. The Archive of the Indies is an iconic neoclassical building erected to keep invaluable documents from all those commercial expeditions that took place between Seville and the New World. Learning about it will uncover probably the most glorious period of the history of Seville and how it connects to the American continent and to the present character of the city.
1:30pm: end of your tour and free time for lunch and to explore the city at leisure before your evening food tour.
7:30pm: start of your food tour (not booked through Genuine Andalusia).
Overnight in Seville (own arrangements)
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5th of November. Private day trip from Seville to Jerez de la Frontera and the hilltop town of Arcos de la Frontera.
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9am: meet your personal driver at your accommodation and be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes minivan to Jerez old town.
10:15am: upon arrival to Jerez, meet your personal local host and start a private walking tour of the old town with a special focus on its Hispanic-Muslim origins and on the transformations that it experienced (architecture, urban-planning, social composition and overall character) with the Christian conquest in the 13th century and later in the 18th and 19th centuries when the local wines (sherries) became probably the most fashionable drinks in the world. Your tour will also include a private visit to the local market (one of the most vibrant in Southern Spain) in order to understand not only the essential proximity service it is for the local community but also the important role it plays in the social fabric of the city.
11:30am: end of your introductory walking tour of Jerez in a selected sherry winery for a private visit aimed at learning about the aging process of the different types of sherry. This will be followed by the corresponding tastings and by some basic notions about the art of pairing food and sherry.
12:45pm: end of your visit to the sherry bodega and short walk to a selected tapas and sherries tavern for lunch.
1pm: arrival to the sherry and tapas tavern and tapas and sherries lunch there. Further notions about the art of pairing food and sherry will be given through a pairing lunch including a selection of 5 – 8 dishes to share and up to 4 sherries per person.
2:30pm: end of lunch and private transfer to the hilltop town of Arcos de la Frontera.
3pm: upon arrival to Arcos de la Frontera, enjoy a private walking tour of the old town with a special focus on its Hispanic – Muslim urban planning and traditional constructions, on its Christian monumental buildings, on its traditions and on its breath-taking viewpoints. Understanding of what life on the frontier between the Christian Kingdom of Castilla and the Muslim Kingdom of Granada was like in the 14th and 15th centuries.
4:30pm: end of your visit to Arcos de la Frontera and of the services of your local host for the day and private transfer back to your accommodation in Seville.
5:45pm: arrival to your accommodation in Seville and end of services for the day.
Overnight in Seville (own arrangements)
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6th of November. Private transfer to Seville train station and end of services.
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9:40am: meet your personal driver at your accommodation in Seville and be transferred in a modern and comfortable Mercedes minivan to Seville train station.
10am: arrival to Seville train station on time to take your high-speed train to Madrid.
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Pricing
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The cost of this bespoke tour program for a private group of 6 pax is 4932 Euros (1644 Euros per couple)
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This price includes
– All private transportation services mentioned above in a modern and comfortable Mercedes minivan with a dedicated uniformed driver.
– All private tours and experiences mentioned above with a knowledgeable, personable, kind, flexible and interactive fully licensed guide.
– All entrance tickets and admissions for all the sites included in your private tours.
– Admission to a flamenco show in a small and intimate venue in Granada.
– A tapas and wines dinner in Granada including a selection of 6 – 9 dishes to share, up to 4 drinks per person (beer, wine, refreshments or water) and a sweet local treat to finish.
– Taxi ride to get from your accommodation in Granada to the Alhambra on the 2nd of November.
– Private visit to a selected Sherry Winery with the corresponding tastings there.
– A tapas and sherries lunch in Jerez including a selection of 5 – 8 dishes to share, up to 4 drinks per person (sherry, beer, wine, refreshments or water).
– A tapas and wines dinner in Madrid including a selection of 6 – 9 dishes to share and up to 4 drinks per person.
– A list of recommended things to do and see and of places to eat in each of the places where you will be based.
– 24h assistance during your trip.
– Petrol, parkings and tolls.
– All taxes.
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This price excludes
– Your ferry tickets to travel from Morocco to Spain.
– Your train tickets to travel from Seville to Madrid.
– Your Seville food tour.
– Accommodation.
– Any meals not mentioned right above.
– Anything else not mentioned right above.
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Confirmation and payments
In order to confirm this bespoke tour program, we need a 25% deposit of the grand total no later than the 23rd of June via credit/debit card. The final 70% of the grand total must be paid via the same method no later than 20 days prior to the start of the tour program.
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Grand total of this tour program: 4932 Euros (1644 Euros per couple)
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25% deposit needed per couple no later than the 23rd of June to confirm the tour program: 411 Euros
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Final 75% needed per couple no later than 20 days prior to the start of the trip: 1233 Euros
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Cancellation policy
– If you all cancel your tour program more than 20 days prior to its scheduled start, we will charge the 25% deposit only.
– If you all cancel your tour program between 20 and 10 days prior to its scheduled start, we will charge 50% of the full cost of the tour program.
– If you all cancel your tour program between 9 and 4 days prior to its scheduled start, we will charge 75% of the full cost of the tour program.
– If you all cancel your tour program 3 days or less prior to its scheduled start, we will charge 100% of the full cost of the tour program.
(*) If Spain closes its borders due to a national or global emergency and you are not able to enter the country, we will give you a full refund.
(**) Please note that partial cancellations won’t result in partial refunds. This applies to the group size and to the length of the tour program.
