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Galicia, The Cantabrian and Asturias

DAY 1 MADRID – TORDESILLAS – LOWER RÍAS Arrival at the specified time in order to leave by coach for Tordesillas, enchanting city, which offers a lovely square Central Plaza surrounded by galleries supported by pillars. Continuation to the Lower Rías, lunch en route. Arrival, dinner and lodging.

DAY 2 LOWER RÍAS – SANTIAGO – CORUÑA – LOWER RÍAS Breakfast. Departure for Santiago de Compostela. Panoramic tour of this monumental city, where we will see Obradoiro Square, the Cathedral, with its famous Portico of the Glory, the Old Neighborhood, etc. Lunch. Continuation to A Coruña. Panoramic tour during which we will be able to view the famous Tower of Hercules, Roman and the world’s oldest functioning lighthouse, Maria Pita Square, the Collegiate Church, etc. Return to the hotel. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 3 LOWER RÍAS – LA TOJA – PONTEVEDRA – VIGO – LOWER RÍAS Breakfast. Departure for A Toja, small and paradisiac island covered in green vegetation and surrounded by crystalline water. Continuation to Pontevedra. Panoramic tour, where we will view its most emblemtic monuments, the Church of Saint Mary Major and the Church of the Virgin Pilgrim, etc. Lunch. Continuation to Vigo. Panoramic tour, where we will see the complex of mansions over arcades, the steep and narrow streets, the Cathedral, the Collegiate Church, the famous one of Stone, etc. Return to the hotel. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 4 LOWER RÍAS – RIBADEO – LUARCA – ASTURIAS Breakfast and departure for Ribadeo, which features the famous Piazza del Campo, with architecture of different periods and styles. Continuation to Luarca, in the center of the western Asturian coast, around the Black River. Lunch. Continuation to Asturias. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 5 ASTURIAS Breakfast. Departure to take a full day excursion with lunch to Oviedo, where we will contemplate the Arch of Saint Vincent, the Cathedral, the Square of the Catholic Kings, etc, and then on to Gijón. Return to the hotel. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 6 ASTURIAS – COVADONGA – FOUNTAIN OF – CANTABRIA Breakfast. Departure for Covadonga to visit the Basilica. Continuation to Fountain Dé, in the Picos de Europe , with Lunch en route. Continuation to Cantabria. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 7 CANTABRIA – SANTANDER – SANTILLANA – CANTABRIA Breakfast. Departure for Santander, where we will take a panoramic tour to admire the Pereda Gardens, Hernán Cortés Street, the Arcaded Square, the Church of Christ, the Cathedral. Lunch. Departure for Santillana del Mar, one of the oldest and most beautiful towns in Cantabria. Return to the hotel. Dinner and lodging.

DAY 8 CANTABRIA – ARANDA – MADRID Breakfast. Departure for Burgos. Tour of the impressive Cathedral. Lunch. Continuation of journey via Aranda de Duero to arrive in Madrid and end of services.