15 DAY TOUR
Limited to 20 Travelers
DATE & PRICE
September 26 - October 10, 2008
Los Angeles Departure $6,290 per person, double occupancy
Single Supplement $1,290
Business and First Class Airfare
Available Upon Request
TOUR PRICE INCLUDES
- International Air
- All Internal Transportation
- All Deluxe Accommodations
- Private Deluxe Motor Coach
- Full American Breakfast Daily
- 9 Lunches, 6 Dinners
- All Sightseeing Tours
- All Lecturers/Discussions
- All Transfer, Porterage & Taxes
EXPERIENCE WITH US
- Jeronimos Monastery.
- Gulbenkian Museum
- Fado Performance
- Pena Palace
- Fatima
- Batalha
- Wine Tasting
- Segovia
- Prado Museum
- Toledo
- Alhambra Palace
- Flamenco Show
- Evora
ACCOMMODATIONS
Lisbon - Hotel Tivoli Lison
BuÁaco - Palace Do BuÁaco
Avila - Palacio De Los Velada Avila
Madrid - Hotel Tryp
Granada - Hotel Alhambra Palace
Seville - Melia Colon
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Lecturer: Professor Ron Harmon
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, -
Depart for Llisbon
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 - LISBON
Arrive Lisbon and transfer to the Tivoli Hotel. This afternoon’s tour includes a visit to St. George’s Castle with its magnificent view of the city and the Tagus River, the narrow streets and alleys of the Alfama and the Moorish Quarter; as well as the Jeronimos Monastery. (D)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 - LISBON
Today tour Belem, the Gulbenkian Museum, the Ancient Art Museum, and Igreja de Sao Roque. Tonight delight in the haunting music of a fado. (BLD)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 - LISBON
Enjoy a full-day tour through the picturesque villages of Estoril, Cascais and Sintra, a favorite summer residence of the Portuguese monarch. Visit the Sintra Palace and the Pena Palace. (B)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - BUCACO
Travel to Fatima, an important Roman Catholic pilgrimage site. Later visit Batalha a UNESCO World Heritage Site memorializing a victory over the Spanish. Enjoy your stay at the Palace Do BuÁaco once a royal hunting lodge. (BLD)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 - BUCACO
Today’s program includes the university in Coimbra, Portugal’s oldest, and one of the Iberian Peninsula’s most important archaeological sites, Conimbriga. Return to BuÁaco for a special evening of wine tasting and dinner. (BLD)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 - AVILA
Travel across the scenic Portuguese and Spanish countryside to Salamanca, a showpiece of the Spanish Renaissance. There tour the town and the Old and New Cathedral. Continue onto the walled city of Avila. (BL)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 - MADRID
This morning journey to breathtaking Segovia, an important military town in Roman times. The city tour includes the Alcazar and the Cathedral. Enroute to Madrid stop at Valle de los Caidos, a massive monument to fascism’s victory over democracy. (BL)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 - MADRID
After breakfast enjoy a city tour and a visit to The Prado, which has the world’s foremost collections of Goya, El Greco and Velazquez, Your afternoon is at leisure. (BL)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 - GRANADA
Journey to Toledo, long considered the spiritual capital of Spain. Visit the Toledo Cathedral and St. John of the Kings Church. Continue onto Granada, staying at the Hotel Alhambra Palace. (BL)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 - GRANADA
Spend the morning exploring the incomparable Alhambra, once the seat of caliphs and kings, and one of the finest examples of Muslim art and architecture. The afternoon is left open to your own design. (B)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 - SEVILLE
On the way to Seville visit Cordoba, the Roman and Moorish capital of Spain.The city’s sights include the Mezquite, a grand mosque built by the Moors and later converted into a church. (BL)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 - SEVILLE
This morning explore the Old Barrio, the Alcazar Santa Paula Monastery and Museum. Afternoon at leisure. Tonight enjoy a Flamenco Show. (BD)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9 - LISBON
Travel to Evora and stroll the maze of narrow streets. There visit the Bones Chapel at Sao Francisco Church, the Cathedral and the Roman Ruins. Continue onto Lisbon where you share fond memories at the farewell dinner. (BLD)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 - USA
Transfer to the airport for your flight back home. (B)
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