11 days · 10 nights
Your own car, the southern coast of Portugal and three nights in Seville.
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Ask about datesCollect your car at Faro and follow the Algarve coast west to Lagos and Cape St Vincent, then north up the Vicentine Coast into the Alentejo and on to Évora. Cross into Spain for Roman Mérida and Cáceres, settle into Seville for three nights, and return to the Algarve by way of Huelva and Tavira.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Faro
Day 1 · Faro
A local representative meets you at Faro airport and helps with the car hire. Drive ten minutes into Faro, the Algarve's capital, and walk the old town inside its walls, with whitewashed lanes and seafood by the water, before checking in.
Lagos
Day 2 · Lagos
Follow the coast west to Carvoeiro and the weathered rock formations of Algar Seco. Head inland to Silves, once the Moorish capital of the Algarve, with its castle among orange, almond and carob groves, then back to the sea at Ferragudo and Alvor before Lagos.
Grândola
Day 3 · Grândola
Start in Lagos with the gilded baroque Church of St Anthony and the sea arches of Ponta da Piedade. Drive to Cape St Vincent and its 16th-century fortress, then the Sagres promontory, tied to Prince Henry and the age of exploration. Follow the coast north through Aljezur and Zambujeira do Mar, known for its goose barnacles, to Grândola.
Évora
Day 4 · Évora
Spend the morning on Comporta beach, then stop at Carrasqueira, a fishing wharf built on wooden stilts. Continue inland to Évora, whose walled, UNESCO-listed centre holds two thousand years of history in its narrow lanes and open squares.
Cáceres
Day 5 · Cáceres
Leave Évora for Estremoz, the white marble town, and Elvas, with its vast bastioned fortifications on the border. In Spain, see the Moorish Alcazaba at Badajoz and the Roman ruins of Mérida, a World Heritage town since 1993, before driving on to Cáceres.
Seville
Day 6 · Seville
Drive south to Zafra, known as little Seville, with its 15th-century fortress and medieval lanes. Arrive in Seville to see the Royal Alcázar, the Cathedral with its Giralda tower and Santa Cruz, the old Jewish quarter.
Day 7 · Seville
A day out from Seville: Jerez de la Frontera, the home of sherry, with its Moorish fortress and palm-lined squares, then Cádiz, one of Europe's oldest cities, with its watchtowers and domed cathedral on the waterfront. Return to Seville for the evening.
Day 8 · Seville
A free day in the city. Walk the gardens and Moorish halls of the Alcázar, see Columbus's tomb in the Cathedral, then the tiled alcoves of the Plaza de España and the shade of María Luisa Park. Later, the Metropol Parasol and the Torre del Oro both give views over Seville.
Tavira
Day 9 · Tavira
Leave Seville for Huelva, a port tied to Columbus's voyage of 1492, then the fishing town of Isla Cristina, with its beaches and marshland nature park. Cross back into Portugal for the night in Tavira.
Faro
Day 10 · Faro
Explore Tavira, with its tiled houses, churches and old bridge over the Gilão river, then Olhão, the Algarve's largest fishing port and a town known for its food. Spend your last evening in Faro.
Day 11 · Faro
After breakfast, drive back to Faro airport, return the car and check in for your flight.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Faro · 2 nights
Your first and last nights. Or similar
Lagos · 1 night
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Grândola · 1 night
In the Alentejo countryside. Or similar
Évora · 1 night
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Cáceres · 1 night
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Seville · 3 nights
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Tavira · 1 night
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Spain
8 days · 7 nights
Málaga → Granada → Córdoba → Seville → Málaga
Collect your car at Málaga airport and drive a loop through the great cities of Andalusia: two nights in Granada for the Alhambra and the Albaicín, a night in Córdoba, then two in Seville. The drive back to the coast can take in Jerez on the way.
Spain
6 days · 5 nights
Seville → Granada → Seville
A compact loop from Seville airport: two nights in Seville for the Alcázar and the cathedral, a day in Córdoba on the drive east, two nights in Granada for the Alhambra and the Albaicín, then a last night back in Seville.
Spain
6 days · 5 nights
Madrid → Salamanca → Cáceres → Madrid
Collect your car in Madrid and head west to the university city of Salamanca, then south into Extremadura for two nights near Cáceres. A day trip along the old Silver Way reaches Roman Mérida before you drive back to Madrid for a last night among its galleries.
Collect your car at Faro and follow the Algarve coast west to Lagos and Cape St Vincent, then north up the Vicentine Coast into the Alentejo and on to Évora. Cross into Spain for Roman Mérida and Cáceres, settle into Seville for three nights, and return to the Algarve by way of Huelva and Tavira.
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