Northern Spain Tour  Basque Land, Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia Cantabrico - Rias Bajas 8 days/7 nights from Euro 740 Departures Every Saturday  2May - 24 Oct 2009

Itinerary:

1st day. MADRID - BURGOS - SAN SEBASTIAN
Departure from our BUS TERMINAL: Parking Oriente Sq., at 9.00 a.m., (or pick up at hotel) to Burgos. Free time for visiting the famous cathedral and/or for  lunch on your own in it many typical tapas restaurants and bars where you taste  a large selection of mouthwatering and affordable appetizers. (Not included). Departure to San Sebastián.  Free time to walk along the inviting city with its famous horse-shoe shape bay and beautiful Art Nuevo buildings. Overnight in San Sebastian.

2nd day. SAN SEBASTIAN - BILBAO - CASTRO URDIALES - SANTANDER
Breakfast. Panoramic sightseeing and departure to Bilbao. Free time to visit the Guggenheim Museum on your own or treat yourself to some of the tapas in Spain's gourmet capital. Drive to the atmospheric oceanside town of Castro Urdiales where you can have lunch in one of the many seafood restaurants. Continue on to Santander, the contender of San Sebastian in beauty with its long sandy shoreline circled around by cloud-covered hills. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight.

3rd day. SANTANDER - SANTILLANA - COVADONGA - OVIEDO
Breakfast and departure to a typical village, Santillana with medieval houses made of granite stone. Stroll around the Medieval streets or visit the unique torture museum in your free time. Continue on to Covadonga a mountain hideaway of old legends. Sightseeing and typical lunch. Departure to Oviedo. Free time to visit the city, an important stop for the pilgrims to Santiago de Compostella. Overnight in Oviedo.

4th day. OVIEDO - GIJON - LUGO
Breakfast and departure to Gijón, a former old Roman town. Continue to the charming village of Cudillero where you'll have free time  for a delicious fisherman lunch or if you have energy, for a climb up to the top of the mountain on a labyrinth of village stairs and tiny flower gardens to the lookout from where you'll have a spectacular view of this romantic inlet village and the surrounding mighty ocean. Continue to Lugo famous for its original Roman walls that still surround this ancient city. Overnight.

5th day. LUGO - LA CORUÑA - SANTIAGO
Breakfast. Departure to La Coruña. Panoramic sightseeing around the important fishing harbor and the original Roman lighthouse. Free time. Optional tour to some old villages of the Rias Altas shore, where fjords meet with wide rivers creating a special biosphere. Departure to Santiago. Overnight in Galicia's Baroque Pilgrimage center, a second Vatican.

6th day. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
After breakfast, morning sightseeing tour of the monumental city. Visit the world famous cathedral where pilgrims have been gathering since the Middle Ages. Afternoon at leisure to wander around its arcaded streets, try some of the specialty restaurants or visit the several museums, monasteries and churches the city is famous for.

7th day. SANTIAGO - RIAS BAJAS - LA TOJA - VIGO
Breakfast in Santiago. Trip through the most charming area of the Galician Rías Bajas in order to reach La Toja Island. Optional boat tour to visit the several mussel and seashell growing farms and taste the freshest mussels ever. Free time on La Toja island, then continue to Vigo, one of the largest harbors in Spain. Afternoon optional tour to Celtic the archeological site of ancient of  Santa Tegro Castro and the southernmost point of Galicia, A Guarda from where you'll have a spectacular view over the Minho river and Portugal on its opposite shore. Overnight in Vigo.

8th day. VIGO - PUEBLA DE SANABRIA - MADRID
Breakfast and departure to Orense and Puebla de Sanabria. at the Parador and departure to Madrid in order to arrive in our BUS TERMINAL.

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* US$ price varies depending on the exchange rate

Included in the price: •Guided visit in Santiago. • English speaking Escort during the whole trip. • Panoramic tour of Bilbao, Gijon, A Coruña and Rias Bajas. • Visit of the collegiate church of Santo Domingo and Covadonga’s Cave and Basilica. • Air conditioned deluxe motor coach. • Daily breakfast, 1 lunch  • Panoramic tours. • Porters. • Travel Insurance & travel bag.

Pre or post tour stay in Madrid 

including arrival transfer from the airport to the hotel,
 2 nights accommodation with breakfast at the selected hotel and taxes 

Price per person in EUROS
* US$ rate varies depending the exchange rate