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Day 11 - Madrid and Segovia

The final day started with a bus tour of Madrid with a local specialist concluding with a walk around the Royal Palace. Then we drove north to Segovia to see the aqueduct and sites.

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Day 10 - Salamnca, Avila, Toledo, Madrid

Another early wakeup call, breakfast and on our way to a vista of the walled city of Avila. A surprise chocolate and churros morning snack was followed by a drive through the countryside of Castile La Mancha to Toledo. …

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Day 9 - Lisbao to Salamanca

Day 9’s first stop was Fatima. We were fortunate to arrive just as a mass in the chapel located on the spot where Mary appeared to the three shepherds. We then rode through the countryside and onto Coimbra, Portugal. We …

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Day 8 - Sintra, Estoril, Cascais, Lisbao

The morning excursion to the west of Lisbao included a palace in Sintra, a drive through Estoril and the costal fishing port of Cascias. Then we went back to Lisbao for a local guided tour of the Jerónimos Monastery. …

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Day 7 - Evora to Lisbao

Leaving Evora, our first stop was Monsaraz, a medieval town atop a mountain. Then on to the capitol city of Lisbao. We walked the main square area, ate lunch and toured the river bank..

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Day 6 - Sevilla to Evora

Day six started early as we headed west across Andalucía to the Guadiana river into Alentejo Portugal. Our first stop was a Lusitano horse farm named Monte Negro. The farm has been in the same family for three hundred …

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Day 5 - Jerez and Cádiz

A day trip from Sevilla to Jerez de la Frontera and the ancient port city of Cádiz. The first stop was the Sandeman sherry bodega where we learned about the types if sherry and how they are made. Of course, in the name …

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Day 4 - Sevilla

Day four was a tour of the main sights in Sevilla . This included the Plaza de America from the 1929 Exposition, the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world and the Alcazar. The evening ended with a night of Flamenco.