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Segovia

World Heritage Sites of Spain

7-day tailor-made self-drive from £1,150 pp incl. flights

Summary

Short description

Knit together central Spain’s historic treasures with country drives and stays in historic hotels

Highlights

  • Showcase central Spain’s UNESCO-listed wonders
  • Compare medieval fortresses and Gothic cathedrals to hilltop monasteries and Roman ruins
  • Link it all together with scenic country drives
  • Stay in the region’s finest historic hotels, including a palace parador

In Brief

  • 2 Nights Toledo
  • 1 Night Cáceres
  • 2 Nights Salamanca
  • 1 Night Segovia

About

Recommended for:
City | History & culture | Natural world | Self-drive

Amid the rural idyll of Spain’s central provinces, Toledo, Cáceres, Salamanca and Segovia host some of Europe’s finest cultural treasures. Roman aqueducts sweep over Gothic cathedrals, cobblestone streets weave between sun-dappled plazas and medieval watchtowers stand guard over Baroque mansions. It’s all knitted together with stays in historic hotels and scenic country drives, affording you the flexibility to explore at your own pace. Stop off everywhere from postcard-perfect villages to hilltop citadels.

Day by day itinerary

Days 1-2
UK/Toledo

Beginning with complimentary airport lounge access, you’ll fly out to Madrid, picking up your hire car and perhaps stopping to explore the Spanish capital’s grand delights. You’ll then make the short, country drive south to Toledo. Here, within perfectly preserved city walls, Roman aqueducts vie for attention alongside ancient Islamic monuments, 12th-century synagogues and a Gothic cathedral considered to be among Europe’s greatest. See it all as you wander the city’s labyrinthine laneways, pausing to sample the food and wine that led Toledo to be named as Spain’s Capital of Gastronomy in 2016.

Stay: Parador de Toledo (Superior)

Meals: B

Day 3
Cáceres

Heading west, we highly recommend stopping at Gaudalupe – a hilltop village famed for its Royal Monastery of Santa Maria. Dating back to the late 13th century, it’s a lesson in Spanish ecclesiastical architecture with brick turrets hiding sculptured treasures. You’ll then continue on to Cáceres where you’ll stay in a converted Renaissance palace in the heart of the UNESCO-listed old town. Here, wandering down cobblestone streets, you’ll take in a unique blend of Roman, Islamic and Gothic architecture that plays out over everything from medieval towers to fortified mansions.

Stay: Parador de Cáceres (Superior)

Meals: B

Days 4-5
Salamanca

En route to Salamanca, call in at Plasencia, a great walled city whose imposing fortifications hide Las Catedrales – a magnificent complex of stately stone palaces, Romanesque churches and lively tapas bars. Then, in Salamanca itself, you’ll stay right among its golden sandstone centre, enjoying privileged views of the city’s burnished cathedral. It’s an iconic aesthetic that plays out across pretty plazas, 13th-century universities and a veritable catalogue of monuments, ranging from daringly Baroque to sternly Gothic. There’s even a 15th-century house dressed in no fewer than 350 seashells.

Stay: Parador de Salamanca (Superior)

Meals: B

Day 6
Segovia

Your holiday concludes with visits to two more UNESCO-listed treasures. The first, Ávila, was the birthplace of Mother Teresa, its lofty hilltop perch dressed in 11th-century fortifications, spanning from sky-scraping turrets to great monumental gates. You’ll then end in Segovia, whose ancient Roman aqueduct stands over royal residences, 16th-century Gothic cathedrals and the Alcázar. A fairytale palace of conical turrets and buttressed walls, it’s not hard to see why it’s said to have been the inspiration for Walt Disney’s Cinderella castle.

Stay: Parador de Segovia (Superior)

Meals: B

Day 7
Depart for UK

Driving back to Madrid, drop your hire car off at the airport for your flight home.

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Pricing

Any element of this itinerary can be adjusted to suit your needs. Just contact us to find out more.

Accommodation rating: Superior

7-day tailor-made self-drive
from £1,150 pp incl. flights

Standard

Feb / Mar / Oct

from £1,150 pp. incl. flights

Apr - Sep

from £1,345 pp. incl. flights

Includes:

  • Complimentary UK airport lounge access
  • Return flights between UK and Madrid
  • 6 nights Parador accommodation on a BB basis
  • 7 days car hire 

Terms & Conditions

Prices are per person based on two people sharing a twin/double room; prices are subject to availability and possible change; normal booking conditions apply.

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