Program

Day 1: Larnaca - Barcelona
Concentration at Larnaca Airport and flight to Athens for the capital of Catalonia and Spain's second largest city, Barcelona. Arrival, transfer and we will start a first contact with the city where we will take a walking tour. It will start from the historic center of the city, the Gothic complex, known as the Barrio Gotico, with its beautiful stone alleys. A trademark of the neighborhood is the cathedral of Agia Evalia, which is particularly impressive. You will stroll down the Porta del Angel shopping street where you can shop. Return to hotel for room reception and rest. In the afternoon you will tour Barcelona's most beautiful and expensive boulevard at the Paseo de Gracia. We'll see the best hotels in the city with restaurants up to 3 stars Michelene for gastronomy lovers, the most expensive shops in the world's most popular fashion houses, but above all we will admire the two most famous houses of the great architect Antonio Gaudi , Casa Battlo and Casa Mila, as well as the residences of the best architects of the time, such as Lluis Domenech I Montaner, Puig I Cadafalch, Enric Sagnier and many others. For the evening we suggest you to watch Flamenco in his home country and enjoy his intense and passionate rhythm. Overnight.

Day 2: Barcelona
Our morning tour will start from the imposing temple of Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's most important work, which is Barcelona's most visited monument. We will continue to the Olympic Village, the Olympic Port and Barceloneta, the old fishing village with its beautiful beaches. We will pass through Plaza Cataluna's larger and more commercial square and then return to the famous Las Ramblas Square, with its flower market, its artists and countryside artists, with its endless vibrancy. Continuing, we will look at the canal fountain, drink water to return to Barcelona according to a local tradition and is also the meeting point for the fathers of the most successful team of the 21st century, Barcelona. Walking around, we will see Plaza Square and at the end of the pedestrian street is the great jewel of Columbus. You'll climb Montjuik and watch the Olympic Stadium with almost all the facilities of the 1992 Olympics. Our next stop is the Spanish village, a miniature of Spain, built for the 1929 World's Fair. Overnight.

Day 3: Barcelona - Figaro Tour - Dali-Gerona Museum (Option *)
Our all-day tour will start from Girona, a beautiful town on the bank of the river Onar with beautifully decorated houses. We will admire the cathedral of the city and find ourselves in the former Jewish quarter, where Sephardic, the Jews of Spain, was. After a coffee, we continue on to Figueres in the city of Dali. In the museum we will see the largest collection of works in the world. A wonderful building with paintings and paintings from her youth until her death. Many of his works feature Milk, the woman and the love of his life, and in the center of the museum is his grave in the place and city he honored like no other. Coming out of the museum also enjoy the jewelry exhibition consisting of 37 unique jewelry designed by the multi-talented painter. Late in the afternoon, back to Barcelona. Overnight.

Day 4: Barcelona - Valencia
After the morning departure for Spain's most typical Mediterranean city in Valencia. Capital of Levade, as it is called in Spanish on the east side of Spain. Arrive early in the afternoon, and stay at the hotel. Dinner & overnight.

Day 5: Valencia - Madrid
After breakfast we will take a panoramic tour of the city, bringing the architectural and cultural tradition of the thousand years of its history. Today Valencia could be described as one of Europe's most fashionable cities. It will pass through the old city and we will see the city council giving a style of Renaissance Baroque and was the seat of the Democrats in the time of civilization. Next we will see the palace of Marques de dos Aguas, today's museum pottery with its magnificent alabaster facade. You will wander the market with the old stock market and end up at the cathedral with the Mikelet Gate, considered a symbol of the city. Then, the entrance to Madrid. Arrival and stay at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight.

Day 6: Madrid
Breakfast at the hotel and departure for our morning tour in Madrid. We will probably visit the most important Art Gallery in the world (Museo de Prado). The over 10,000 works in his collection offer a unique journey through Time and Color. We will enjoy the masterpieces of El Greco, Velatechet, Goya standing next to other equally important painters. Next we will walk to the most bohemian district in the heart of Madrid, the famous Barrio de la Letras, the neighborhood of the arts where many of Spain's great painters and writers lived and created such as Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ), Lope de Vega and Federico García Lorca. The evenings are the neighborhoods where the nightlife of the city hits with cervecerias, tapas, Jazz club etc. Our tour will take place. Finished in the heart of Madrid, Luxembourg, its historic and commercial center For the afternoon we suggest visiting the prestigious Salamanca district with its elegant shops. Enjoy your coffee at Plaza Oriente, overlooking the Royal Palace or stroll through the alleys of the old city leading to Madrid's Plaza Mayor's central square and enjoy hot chocolate at the renowned Chocolatería San Ginés. Dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Madrid - Toledo
After breakfast, departure to meet Spain's most historic city, medieval Toledo. A natural impregnable fort (due to the Tagus River) dating from the Roman era. The city of three civilizations (Arabs-Jews-Christians) and the city of Don Quixote and the Caballeros of Cervantes. The diamond on the crown of the Spanish Empire of the 15th and 16th centuries when the sun never set in the imperio. The city where El Greco lived and grew up. A museum in itself. We will visit Spain's most historic and important Gothic temple with 13th century classical Gothic architecture. Inside the temple, we will see El Greco's priceless paintings, such as the Expolio and the Apostles collection, as well as paintings by Tiziano, Rafaello and Caravaggio. Next, in the church of Santo Tome (St. Thomas), we will admire El Greco's most important and greatest work "The Burial of the Count Orgath", a masterpiece that captures all the influences and styles of the famous Cretan painter. Going down to the Jewish Quarter we come across the house of El Greco where he lived with his wife Jerome and his son George-Manolis. Before we make our way back to Madrid we will visit a famous Tasmanian art factory "Damasquinado", an art from the distant Damascus based on steel work. Return to Madrid. Dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Madrid - Athens - Larnaca
Breakfast at the hotel and some free time available. Airport shuttle and flight to Larnaca, with a stopover in Athens.