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Day 16 Departing Seville today for our next destination, Torremolinos on the Costa Del Sol. We awoke to another clear fine and hot day, with the forecast of storms in the afternoon. This would be a full day trip, however on the drive to Torremolinos we would be going via Gibraltar and then a...

Day 15 I know I am repeating myself but another glorious day greeted us, with temps expected to be in the low 30’s and no rain it was perfect for our day trip to the Moorish city of Cordoba. This was actually a free day in Seville by the itinerary, however most of the group decided to join the...

Day 14 Another gorgeous day greeted us as we farewelled Portugal at 7:30am for the 420 k drive to Seville. A lunch stop was planned at Badajoz along the way and we arrived in Seville about 3pm. We passed through some agricultural areas on the drive and spotted a number of and learnt some...

Loved this TR clipped_wings. Driving the full length of route 66 has always been a goal of mine and this has inspired me to get serious about it. Thanks for sharing.

Day 13 Big day planned today. After a hearty breakfast we boarded the coach for the included morning tour which took us down to the waterfront where we visited the Rose Compass and Monument to the Discoveries, the Belem Tower fortress, the superb square, Terreiro do Paco and finished off with...

Day 12 Another hotel buffet breakfast awaited us as we were greeted by another magnificent day weather wise. Soon we were on the coach and headed to Lisbon, some 320 k south, with a couple of planned stops along the way at Fatima and Obidos. The main attraction at Fatima is the Sanctuary of...

Day 11 Early start today to head to Portugal. Bags out, hotel buffet for breakfast and we were on the coach once again for the 350 k drive to Porto. It was interesting, as a career firey, to drive through the areas that were recently devastated by bushfires and remark at how similar the...

It was when i flew it a few weeks back.

Thanks OZDUCK. By the look of your trip report we may have visited many of the same cities. It is a small world indeed.

Day 10 Continued On entering Salamnca we stopped to view the Puente Romano bridge before making our way to our hotel for the evening, the Hotel Alameda Palace. We had a short time to freshen up before heading out for a walking tour of this wonderful town. Our tour took us from the hotel along...

Day 10 Farewell to Madrid after 3 wonderful days. Today we head to Segovia and then onto Salamanca, our overnight destination. It was about a 90 minute drive to Segovia and was another warm day with clear blue skies. First stop in Segovia was the Alcazar Fortress in Segovia. Very...

Day 9 Awoke to a wonderful, sunny and warm day. Hotel buffet breakfast to get us all started and we were soon in the coach for our first full day of guided sightseeing. The morning plan was for a trip around Madrid Centro area to visit many of the same monuments we saw yesterday, albeit with...

Day 8 We had a free day in Madrid today before joining our Insight tour this evening. The plan was to find somewhere close by for breakfast followed by catching the hop on / hop off bus for a tour of the city. About 100m up the road from our hotel we found a nice little cafe called Panela &...

Day 7 Todays itinerary sees us returning to ZRH to drop the rental car off before flying to Madrid for the next phase of our trip. We headed out for a walk, looking for somewhere to have breakfast before heading off. About 100 metres from the hotel we found a small bakery called Bread a...

Day 6 Never knowing when the next opportunity to wash some clothes may present we decided to use the public laundromat a couple of minutes walk up the road from our hotel in the early hours before we departed. All chores finished by 8:00am and back to the hotel for breakfast, check out and...

Day 5 continued We had a slight change of plans on the way down and decided that as the day was only half over we would try and change our return train from Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald direct to one that went via Lauterbrunnen and Zweilutschinen. We asked at the ticket office at Kleine...

Day 5 An early start today to meet the conditions of our Good Morning tickets to Jungfrau. The conditions for these tickets are that you must be on either the 8:00am or 8:30am trains from Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch. These are the first 2 trains of the day that head up the mountain. You...

Never had that issue and have used it extensively over the last few years.

Ahh yes the good old days of 35mm film where you were only limited by how much film you could afford and carry. We are very spoilt today from a photography perspective.

Day 4 continued Back on the road for the 1 hour drive to Interlaken. Such a beautiful drive through the country and along the lake edges. I have never seen such greenery anywhere in my travels. The weather is continuing to improve and we manage to get some great photos along the drive. A...