8 days · 7 nights
Moorish palaces and whitewashed lanes, at your own pace behind the wheel.
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Ask about datesCollect 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.
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.
Málaga and the Costa del Sol
Day 1 · Málaga and the Costa del Sol
Collect your hire car at Málaga airport. Spend the rest of the day around the city centre, its port and museums, or drive under 20 km to the long sandy beach and seafood restaurants of Torremolinos.
Granada
Day 2 · Granada
After breakfast, drive inland to Granada. Spend the afternoon at the Alhambra, the hilltop palace the Nasrid rulers built around cool patios and fountains, from the Court of the Myrtles and the Hall of the Ambassadors to the Court of the Lions.
Day 3 · Granada
Walk the Generalife, the summer palace and gardens where water still runs through narrow channels. Then cross the Darro ravine into the Albaicín, the old Moorish quarter of whitewashed houses and steep lanes, and climb to a lookout facing the Alhambra and the Sierra Nevada.
Córdoba
Day 4 · Córdoba
Drive to Córdoba, once capital of the caliphate of Al-Andalus. Inside the Great Mosque, now the cathedral, hundreds of marble columns carry two-tone arches; outside, the Patio of the Orange Trees is shaded by around 100 trees. Finish in the old Jewish quarter at the 14th century synagogue.
Seville
Day 5 · Seville
Drive to Seville and check in, then walk to the Royal Alcázar, a palace begun in the 10th century and added to in every style since, with tiled halls and quiet gardens. Next door, the cathedral holds 80 chapels and a gilded altarpiece beneath the Giralda tower. Lunch on tapas in the lanes of Santa Cruz.
Day 6 · Seville
A free day to put the map away and let the city lead you, from Plaza de España to the river and the side streets of the old town.
Málaga and the Costa del Sol
Day 7 · Málaga and the Costa del Sol
Drive back towards Málaga, perhaps stopping in Jerez de la Frontera, home of sherry, Carthusian horses and the roots of flamenco. Your last night is on the Costa del Sol.
Málaga
Day 8 · Málaga
Breakfast, then return the car at Málaga airport before your flight.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Málaga · 2 nights
Your first and last nights. Or similar
Granada · 2 nights
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Córdoba · 1 night
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Seville · 2 nights
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Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
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.
Spain
8 days · 7 nights
Seville → Jerez de la Frontera → Ronda → Granada → Córdoba → Seville
A week-long loop from Seville airport that adds the countryside to the cities: through the white villages to Jerez, inland to Ronda on its gorge, then two nights in Granada and one in Córdoba before a last night in Seville.
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.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
Other ways to see Spain, closest in length first.
Self-drive | 8 days | Seville · Jerez de la Frontera · Córdoba
Self-drive | 8 days | Costa del Sol · Seville · Huelva
Self-drive | 7 days | Madrid · Córdoba · Seville
Small group tour | 10 days | Madrid · El Escorial · Sóller | Price on enquiry.
