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Insight Tours Winter Europe & Eastern Mediterranean: Portugal
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November to April is the perfect time to visit Europe. The climate is often surprisingly mild, and the cities belong to their inhabitants and just a few discerning visitors. There is no better, more complete way to enjoy this experience than on an Insight Vacations escorted tour. Best of all prices are substantially lower than in peak summer season!
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Amazing Spain and Portugal (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: E300
Land Price From: $2,199.00
10 Days
From the cobbled streets of Toledo to the arabesque Alhambra and Manueline Lisbon, this well planned itinerary highlights the culture, art and landscapes of these two ‘amazing’ countries. Tour Pace: A popular, well paced tour of Spain and Portugal with two night stays in the cities of Seville and Lisbon, allowing plenty of time for in-depth sightseeing. Other driving days are comfortable, interspersed with sightseeing en route. Hotels: Hotels on this tour are mostly modern, and comfortable with first class facilities. They are centrally located, close to amenities and shops, except for the scenically located and comfortable Marriott Lisbon, which has splendid views.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light informal meal (WR)
- Choose from a selection of local restaurants on your Dine-Around evening in Seville (DA)
- Celebration Dinner in Madrid at a local restaurant (CD)
- 8 buffet breakfasts (BB), 2 three course table d’hôte dinners, or buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 10. (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Toledo: Visit the Cathedral, to view El Greco’s famous paintings and to learn about the how four religions meet.
- Granada: Visit the Alhambra Palace and stroll through the exotic water gardens of the Generalife.
- Seville: Enjoy a walking tour of the Santa Cruz Quarter with its pretty squares, narrow lanes and flower decked balconies. Emerge by the walls of the Alcazar. Visit the tomb of Christopher Columbus in the Cathedral and climb the Giralda Tower if you wish.
- Algarve: Drive along this sun drenched coast.
- Lisbon: Visit Jeronimo’s Monastery. Tour the spacious avenues and elegant squares. Admire the modern Monument to the Discoveries & ancient Belem Tower.
- Fatima: Visit the great Basilica.
- Salamanca: See the Plaza Mayor and Puente Romano.
- Avila: Walk within the ancient walls of this unique town.
- Madrid: Your guided tour shows you the statue of Don Quixote in the Plaza de España, Royal Palace, Gran Via, Cibeles Fountain, Parliament and Puerta del Sol.
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Best of Spain and Portugal (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: E932
Land Price From: $3,435.00
16 Days
Combining some of Spain's most popular attractions with the lesser known delights of Portugal, allowing for an insightful exploration of the Iberian Peninsula. Tour Pace: Moderate. This popular tour consists of a majority two-night stays allowing time in these cities to take it easy, if you wish. Driving days are not too long and with well planned stops. Hotels: An excellent mixture of both modern and traditional hotels from the modern and luxurious Marriott in Lisbon to the more traditional Husa Reina Victoria hotel in Valencia.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light informal meal (WR)
- Highlight Dinner featuring a Flamenco Show in Seville (HD)
- Choose from a selection of restaurants in Granada (DA)
- A celebration dinner with wine at a Barcelona restaurant (CD)
- 14 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 3 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 16 (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Madrid: Visit the Prado Museum. See the Royal Palace, Cervantes Monument, Cibeles Fountain and Puerta del Sol.
- Toledo: Visit the Cathedral to admire the high altar, baroque window and El Greco’s famous paintings.
- Avila: Visit the unique walled town.
- Salamanca: See the cathedral in the university town.
- Porto: Enjoy a short tutorial about the world-famous wines.
- Fatima: Visit the great Basilica.
- Obidos: Visit this ancient fortified city.
- Lisbon: Visit Jeronimo’s Monastery on your guided tour. See the Monument to the Discoveries & ancient Belem Tower.
- Seville: Visit the Cathedral housing the tomb of Columbus. See the Giralda Tower, Alcazar and tour the Santa Cruz Quarter.
- Gibraltar: Visit the Rock and St. Michael’s Cave.
- Mijas: Journey to this white-washed village.
- Granada: Visit the Alhambra Palace and Generalife Gardens.
- Valencia: See the ultra modern Centre of Arts and Sciences. See the huge City Gates of Serranos and Quart.
- Peñíscola: See the white walled cottages and stone castle.
- Barcelona: Enjoy a walking tour through the Gothic Quarter. See the Modernist buildings of the Passeig de Gracia Visit Gaudi’s amazing Sagrada Familia church.
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Grand Tour of Spain and Portugal (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: E930
Land Price From: $4,775.00
19 Days
For the visitor, few countries offer more in the way of landscape, culture, art and history. Tour Pace: This tour moves along quite briskly, but like all Insight journeys, it is meticulously planned for maximum comfort. Hotels: Hotels on this tour are mostly modern, and comfortable with first class facilities and good locations.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light informal meal (WR)
- Choose from a selection of local restaurants on your Dine-Around evenings in Seville and Santiago (DA)
- Celebration Dinner in Madrid at a local restaurant (CD)
- A Celebration Dinner with wine at a Barcelona restaurant (CD)
- 17 buffet breakfasts (BB), 5 three course table d’hôte dinners, or buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 19. (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Toledo: Visit the Cathedral to view El Greco’s paintings.
- Granada: Visit the Alhambra Palace & gardens of the Generalife.
- Seville: Guided walking tour of the Santa Cruz Quarter. See the Alcazar. Visit the tomb of Columbus in the Cathedral.
- Algarve: Drive along this sun drenched coast.
- Lisbon: Visit Jeronimo’s Monastery. Admire the modern Monument to the Discoveries & ancient Belem Tower.
- Fatima: Visit the great Basilica.
- Salamanca: See the Plaza Mayor and Puente Romano.
- Avila: Walk within the ancient walls of this unique town.
- Madrid: Visit the Prado Museum on a guided city tour.
- Zamora: See the Cathedral and remains of the city walls.
- Santiago de Compostela: A guided tour of the old town.
- Oviedo: With a guide, visit the church of San Julian; Plaza Alfonso II, cathedral and sample Northern Spain’s ‘Sidra’.
- Covadonga: Visit the shrine to Pelayo.
- Santillana del Mar: Visit ‘the most beautiful village in Spain.’
- Bilbao: See the spectacular modern Guggenheim Museum.
- Zumaia: See the rock known as ‘el ratón’ (the mouse).
- San Sebastian: Enjoy a guided walking tour of the Old Quarter.
- Pamplona: Visit the city of the running of the bulls.
- Barcelona: A walking tour of the Gothic quarter. Admire the buildings of the Passeig de Gracia.Visit Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia.
- Scenic Drives: Costa Verda, Picos de Europa, Costa Vasca.
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Iberian Classic (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: G300
Land Price From: $3,935.00
12 Days
Come away a changed person. A devotee not only of the delicious food, but the gregarious nature of Tapas. Smitten by the ground breaking art and architecture, which ranges from Arabic to avant-garde. Like fiery Flamenco itself, you’ll be forever inspired by the Iberian appetite for life. Tour Pace: Perfect. This tour expertly blends just the right amount of touring with in-depth sightseeing and free time for personal exploration. Hotels: Tucked in behind sandy burnt orange walls in the back streets of an Andalucían hilltop town, enjoy the opulent luxury of the Casa de Carmona. The Westin Palace in Madrid was commissioned by King Alfonso XIII in 1912 and has been a centre of Spanish society for almost 100 years. The upscale, heritage, luxury El Palace in Barcelona is newly renovated in exquisite taste, with gorgeous rooms, stunning lobby, excellent personalised service and convenient, central location.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- Get to know your Tour Director and fellow guests over a Welcome Reception including a light buffet meal (WR)
- End-of-tour Celebration Dinner with wine in Barcelona (CD)
- 10 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 three course dinners with choice (D)
Insight Tours: Gold Services
- Escorted by your ‘Personal Concierge’, an Insight professional Tour Director; and accompanied by expert local guides where appropriate.
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 12.
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Lisbon: See St George’s Castle; wander the Alfama district; see the Monument of the Discoveries; see the lavish Belem Tower; visit Jeronimo’s Monastery, with its famous cloisters; Stroll through the Terreiro do Paco; Cross the Vasco da Gama Bridge.
- Evora: Spend some time in one of Portugal’s most delightful towns, with a large number of wonderfully preserved buildings and monuments - listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Seville: Visit the Plaza de España in Maria Loiusa Park; stroll through the pretty Santa Cruz quarter to visit the Cathedral and climb the Giralda tower if you wish; horse and carriage-ride
- Granada: Visit the amazing Alhambra Palace and walk through the rich scented Gardens of the Generalife.
- Baeza: See the Fountain of the Lions in the Plaza del Populo.
- Consuegra: Drive up to the crest of windmills overlooking the plains of La Mancha.
- Madrid: A guided tour of the magnificent Prado museum. See the monument to Cervantes in the Plaza de España; drive along the Gran Via and the Puerto del Sol; See the Cibeles Fountain.
- Toledo: Enjoy a guided visit to the Cathedral.
- Valencia: Enjoy a guided tour to witness both the old and new parts of the city.
- Peñíscola: Explore the cobbled lanes, shops, restaurants and white walled cottages around the base of the castle.
- Barcelona: Enjoy a walking tour through the old lanes of the Gothic Quarter. Drive down the elegant Passeig de Gracia to take in the some of the city’s daring Modernist architecture Visit Antoni Gaudi’s amazing Sagrada Familia church.
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Treasures of Spain, Portugal and Morocco (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: E942
Land Price From: $3,875.00
18 Days
A kaleidoscopic adventure that takes you from some of Europe’s most cosmopolitan cities, to an exotic and vivid land of medinas and minarets. Tour Pace: This tour moves at a comfortable, pace with two-night stays in five cities: Madrid, Lisbon, Seville, Fes and Marrakesh. The driving days are of a reasonable length with frequent stops. Hotels: This tour stays in predominantly modern hotels. Many reflect the regional character, as evidenced in the arabesque inspired Moroccan properties. Elsewhere, hotels range from the beach front Melia Costa del Sol, to the classic marble and woodwork of the Alameda Palace in Salamanca.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light informal meal (WR)
- Dine Around evening at a selection of Granada restaurants. (DA)
- Highlight Dinner, folklore show & belly dancing in Fes (HD)
- Two-course Highlight Lunch at Rick’s Bar, Casablanca (HL)
- Highlight Dinner featuring Flamenco in Seville (HD)
- Two-course Highlight Lunch in eastern Portugal (HL)
- End-of-tour Celebration Dinner with wine in Madrid (CD)
- 16 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Escorted by a professional Tour Director
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight’s Luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival and departure transfers at scheduled times on Day 2 and Day 18 (Should your flights not coincide with these transfers, please make your own way to/from the airport)
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Madrid: Experience the grandeur of the state apartments in the Royal Palace. See the Cervantes Monument, Cibeles Fountain and cross the Puerta del Sol.
- Consuegra: Enjoy views from the windmills above the town.
- Valdepeñas: Enjoy a short tutorial on wine.
- Granada: Visit the Alhambra Palace and Generalife Gardens.
- Gibraltar: Visit the Rock and St. Michael’s Cave.
- Tangier: See the Medina and Casbah.
- Fes: Visit the Medina and shop for Moroccan carpets.
- Marrakesh: Horse and carriage ride to Jemaa el Fna Square. See the Koutobia Minaret and visit the Bahia Palace,.
- Rabat: View the Royal Palace and Hassan Tower.
- Seville: Enjoy a walking tour of the Santa Cruz Quarter. See the Alcazar, Giralda Tower and tomb of Columbus in the Cathedral.
- Lisbon: Visit the Discoveries Monument and Belem Tower.
- Fatima: Visit the great Basilica.
- Salamanca: See the cathedral in the university town.
- Toledo: See the paintings of El Greco in the Cathedral.
- Scenic drives: Atlas Mountains, Costa del Sol, Sierra Nevada.
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