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Program Itinerary |
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Day
1
Sunday, September 25, 2005
L/D
Arrive Madrid – Burgos – La Rioja |
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Arrive at Madrid
International Airport (MAD) this morning according
to your flight
schedule. After passing through Customs and Immigration, you
will be met by our guide and transferred by private motor coach
to the city of Burgos in Spain’s Castile region. Burgos is an
ancient Castilian capital, known for its stunning medieval
architecture and home to one of the grandest Gothic cathedrals
in all of Spain. We’ll have lunch at a local restaurant followed
by a walking tour of the old city.
Continuing on
through scenic countryside, we’ll arrive in the La Rioja region
where some of Spain’s finest wines are produced. After settling
into our hotel, we’ll enjoy dinner at one of the area’s
best-known local restaurants and sample a selection of
complementary wines. |
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Overnight:
Hotel Ciudad Cenicero (2 nights) |
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Day 2
Mon, Sept. 26
B/L/D
Wines of La Rioja |
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This morning we’ll
visit some of La Rioja’s most
prestigious wine producers. First we’ll travel to Haro and Muga
Bodega, one of the region’s finest wineries. From Haro we’ll
drive to the fortified medieval village of Laguardia, located in
the Basque province of Alava. We’ll take a walking tour of this
beautiful walled village that overlooks the Ebro River and enjoy
a visit to Bodega El Fabulista for wine tasting and lunch.
Our afternoon will
feature a visit to Dinastia Vivanco Winery Museum, the most
complete wine museum in Spain. We’ll conclude our day in Logroño,
the capital of La Rioja, where we will indulge in a tapas dinner
at one of our favorite local restaurants. |
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Day 3
Tue, Sept. 27
B/L/D
Guggenheim Bilbao Museum – Santillana del Mar |
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We will depart La Rioja this morning for northern Spain
and the Basque capital of Bilbao. This Spanish industrial hub is
the unlikely setting for an architectural jewel: the Guggenheim-Bilbao
Museum. It’s an exciting new museum of modern art that draws
everyone into its astounding galleries with its undulating walls
and lofty, simulated silvery fish-scaled roof. We’ll take a
brief guided tour and then allow time for lunch and exploration
on your own of this world-famous museum. |
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In the afternoon
we’ll travel along the Costa Verde and through the seaside city
of Santander to the romantic cobblestone village of
Santillana del Mar. This peaceful village, whose origin dates
back to the 8th century, features winding cobblestone lanes and
stone houses with regal coats-of-arms in relief. Our parador is
a converted manor house at the edge of a bustling plaza where we
can visit local art museums, see the 12th-century Romanesque
church, and shop for a variety of traditional Spanish crafts. |
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Overnight:
Parador Santillana del Mar (2 nights) |
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