Madrid Day Trips

Day 1: Hemingway in Madrid To begin your weekend with Hemingway, we'll get you to Madrid by AVE in the morning. Check in at your hotel and join your guide right after lunch for your first …

Today catch the AVE to Cuenca. As you arrive in Cuenca, leave your suitcases in lockers and meet your guide in the station. Enjoy a complete guided tour around this city. Take a taxi up to the …

Meet your driver for the ride to nearby Chinchon.  Here, switch to a 4x4 vintage car and begin a fun route through olive groves, past rivers into the Madrid countryside. We’ll stop along the way …

Catch the train from Chamartin Station to Ávila. The protective walls and towers encircling the town date from the 12th century. As you arrive, meet your guide to start your Ávila tour. Begin your tour in …

Today meet your driver for the ride to El Escorial, the final resting place of most of Spain’s kings and queens. As you arrive, meet your guide to start your tour. Visit the somber Castilian town of …

Day trip to Alcalá de Henares: Leave Madrid behind for the day to visit nearby Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Cervantes. This tour visits the most important and beautiful places in Alcalá.  Meet your guide …

Day trip to Chinchón and Aranjuez: Meet your guide and driver for a day away from the hustle and bustle of Madrid as you visit Chinchon and Aranjuez. Begin with a visit to Aranjuez Palace and …

Priced for a group of 2 - please request other rates. Meet your guide at the hotel to begin an afternoon walking tour of Protestant heritage in Salamanca. Salamanca is the home to Spain's oldest University. During …

Priced for a group of 2 - please request other rates. In the morning, begin your guided Protestant Heritage tour of Valladolid, the Heretic's Walk. Your guide will accompany you back through the years to a …

Catch the train to Segovia, a medieval gem that boasts of a 2000-year-old Roman aqueduct, a Gothic Cathedral and a castle. Walk to the aqueduct (known to still carry water!) and walk up Cervantes Street …

Catch the train from Chamartin station to Segovia, a medieval gem that boasts of a 2000-year-old Roman aqueduct, a Gothic Cathedral and a castle. Walk to the aqueduct (known to still carry water!) and walk …

Embark on a Jewish heritage tour of Toledo.  Notice how the entire city crowns onto a high, rocky perch protected by the Tajo River.  Your guide will meet you at the city gates before leading …

Today you'll meet your guide for a walking tapas tour of Madrid through streets and squares belonging to the times of the Hapsburg royalty and the 15th century.  Pass the Royal Palace, Theater and Opera. …

Meet your guide at your hotel and walk to Plaza de Oriente, the center of 15th century Madrid for a tapas tour. This walking tour will lead you through streets and squares belonging to the …