Name: Spain Food Adventure
Brand: Exodus Travels
SKU: ASE
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Overview

Highlights

Tapas tours in the vibrant capital of Madrid & university town of Salamanca
Madrid’s San Miguel Market and dinner in a local restaurant
Discover Toledo; learn how to make their traditional marzipan in a cooking class
Wine and cheese tasting in a Rueda winery
Visit the mediaeval village of Pedraza
Stay in Segovia; enjoy a famous suckling pig meal and see the Roman Aqueduct
Marvel at the magnificent UNESCO heritage site of El Escorial Monastery before enjoying a special gastronomic experience in a Michelin star restaurant

What's this trip about?

Steeped in history, culture and delicious cuisine; central Spain is bustling with UNESCO World Heritage listed towns and sights, mediaeval cobbled stoned villages, rural vineyards, breathtaking architecture and gastronomic delights. This trip visits all the main cultural highlights of central Spain with a strong focus on the gastronomy of the region. Starting in Madrid, we taste local produce at the Mercado San Miguel and go on a tapas tour of this vibrant Spanish capital. We visit Toledo, known for its fusion of historical influence, dramatic setting and famous marzipan, as well as the lively university town of Salamanca, where we will enjoy a tapas crawl like the locals. Other cultural and culinary highlights include rural heritage gems such as Rueda for wine and cheese tasting, the mediaeval village of Pedraza, the incredibly well preserved Roman aqueduct in Segovia with it's famous suckling pig specialty dish and the walled city of Avila before finishing in the magnificent monastery town of El Escorial with a final memorable gastronomic experience in a Michelin star restaurant!Taste and discover the gastronomic, cultural & historic highlights of central Spain.

Itinerary focusOperator does not provide

Group sizeSmall Group - 24 max

Age rangeOperator does not provide

Flights and transportN/A

Start CityMadrid

End CityEl Escorial

Travel Themes

Activities

Culture

Trip includes

All breakfasts
All accommodation
Transfers for group flights

Itinerary

Flight Inclusive

Day 1 Fly to Madrid; dinner at a local restaurant.

The trip will start this afternoon in the Spanish capital of Madrid, after arriving from London on the group flight. Madrid is one of Europe's richest culinary capitals and offers the perfect introduction to the gastronomic and cultural highlights of central Spain...

Day 2 Explore Madrid; San Miguel Market and local produce tasting; free afternoon followed by evening tapas tour.

This morning we take an orientation walk around Madrid to discover some of the highlights that this culinary and artistic capital has to offer. Afterwards we visit the San Miguel Market, built in 1916, which is fpopular with locals and tourists because of its huge...

Day 3 Day trip to Toledo with marzipan cooking class & degustation lunch

This morning after breakfast we will take an AVE (high speed train) to Toledo (journey time approx 25 minutes). Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 because of its extensive cultural and monumental heritage. Known as the 'Imperial City' for ...

Day 4 Transfer by train to Segovia; visit the Roman Aqueduct, suckling pig specialty dinner

From Madrid we will take another high speed train to the architecturally rich city of Segovia. Upon arrival we visit the incredibly well preserved Roman aqueduct, one of the most beautiful gothic cathedrals of Spain and we will also encounter mediaeval monuments...

Day 5 Visit the mediaeval village of Pedraza; afternoon wine and cheese tasting in Rueda. Transfer to Salamanca.

Today we travel by private minibus visting two attractions on our way to Salamanca, where will be staying for the next 2 nights. Our first stop is in the mediaeval village of Pedraza. This hill top town is beautifully preserved and is a perfect example of the rura...

Day 6 Explore Salamanca including the old University buildings and the cathedral; evening tapas crawl tour.

A full day to explore Salamanca and see the old university buildings as well as admire its baroque town square, Plaza Mayor, which is known as the most beautiful in Spain. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site back in 1988 and through the ages it ...

Day 7 Morning transfer to Avila; sightseeing and the city walls; afternoon transfer to El Escorial; visit UNESCO world heritage monastery; gastronomic dinner experience in a Michelin star restaurant

Day 8 Transfer to Madrid; fly to London.

Transfer to Madrid; fly to London.

Land Only

Day 1 Start Madrid; dinner at a local restaurant.

The trip will start this afternoon in the Spanish capital of Madrid. Madrid is one of Europe's richest culinary capitals and offers the perfect introduction to the gastronomic and cultural highlights of central Spain. This evening we will have dinner at a traditio...