Spain: Bilbao, San Sebastian, Pamplona, León, Santiago de Compostela | Portugal: Douro Valley, Porto
Includes airfare
During your trip, you will have the opportunity to join optional tours to further your discoveries—all of which are noted below. Most of these tours can only be reserved onsite with your Trip Experience Leader, however due to limited space and other special requirements, some optional tours must be reserved before your departure from the U.S. If this trip has optional tours that need to be purchased in advance, they will be noted with a disclaimer below.
Day 15 | $147 per person
Day 15 | $147 per person
Enjoy a morning of discovery as you visit Arouca village and Arouca Monastery, classified as a national monument. Before it closed down in 1886, this monastery was one of the most prominent women's monasteries in the region. You'll tour the grounds and sample some sweets, whose recipe dates back to the last nuns who inhabited the convent. Afterwards, you'll explore the quaint village of Arouca, which played an integral part in World War II by supplying the German and English sides with the mineral wolframite.
Then, set off to traverse the wilds of the record-breaking Arouca Bridge and Geopark—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—from a bird’s-eye perspective. Cross the 1700-foot-long suspension bridge, hanging over the cascading rapids of the Paiva River, and enjoy views of the Aguieiras Waterfall, Paiva walkways, and Paiva Gorge. Following your discoveries, you'll enjoy lunch in a local restaurant.
Day 11 | $134 per person
Day 11 | $134 per person
Journey to the small towns of Pontevedra and Combarro to take a deep dive into local history and culture. Pontevedra is a city in northwest Spain known for it's well-preserved old town laden with shops, markets, cafés, and tapas bars. The town also serves as a stop along the Portuguese Way. Combarro is a small fishing village famous for its hórreos, traditional stone grain stores on stilts. Explore the narrow streets, admire the numerous cruceiros (typical Galician stone crosses), and be sure to sample licor café, a liquor native to this region and produced with coffee.