DAY 1, MADRID
Arrival to Madrid airport or rail station and transfer to your superior category, centrally located boutique hotel. Balance of the day is at your leisure to get acquainted with Spain’s capital city.
OPTIONAL: Perhaps enjoy an Evening Walking Tapas Tour with private guide.  Consult Petrabax for details and prices.

DAY 2, MADRID:   PRIVATE WALKING TOUR OF MADRID WITH PRADO MUSEUM
Breakfast at your hotel.  Meet your guide at the designated meeting point for today’s walking tour.
Bring your most comfortable walking shoes as the most authentic Madrid deserves to be visited on foot. Meet your local guide at the designated time and meeting place to begin this walking tour. You’ll see the Puerta del Sol in Old Madrid, the Gran Via, Cibeles Fountain, Palace of Comunicaciones, the Plaza de Neptuno, the Spanish Congress building and finally a visit to the world famous Prado Museum with its superb collection of Wester Art including the works of Spanish masters such as Goya and Velazquez, including entrance fees. After the tour, return to your hotel on your own.
Afternoon is at leisure.

DAY 3, MADRID:   FULL DAY TOUR OF TOLEDO BY HIGH SPEED TRAIN & PRIVATE GUIDE
Breakfast at your hotel.  Meet your professional private guide in the lobby of your hotel promptly at 7:45am and travel together by taxi to Madrid’s Atocha train station.  Board your AVANT high speed train to Toledo, departing at 08:50am.  Arrive in Toledo at 09:23am and travel together by taxi to the center of wonderful Toledo: the City of the Three Cultures. Upon arrival, get dropped-off at Zocodover Square, the commercial center of the Old City. Everything in Toledo is historical, for 2000 years it has been the home of Celts and Iberians, Romans, Visigoths, Jews and Muslims and later Castilians to become one of the major capitals in the times of the Hapsburgs. It remains the Head of the Spanish Church and the number of places of interest one can see is certainly overwhelming.
We shall start by visiting the Cathedral, one of the Gothic Jewels of Spain and one of the largest. The experience is unforgettable: the Choir and main Altarpiece, the Cloister and Organs, the Chapels and the Cathedral Museum (housed in the Sacristy it boasts pieces by Velázquez, Caravaggio and a large collection of Grecos).
Time to wander around the maze of tiny streets Toledo is mostly made of. Learn about sword-making traditions and the famous Toledo steel, the art of Damascene and taste the delicious marzipan. Admire El Greco’s Masterpiece: the burial of the Count of Orgaz in Sto. Tomé church, the work of a true genius. By the time we reach the tiny Cristo de la Luz Mosque we are beginning to understand the complexity of Toledo’s layered history. Towards the Judería or old Jewish Quarter where we will visit one of the oldest standing synagogues in Europe: Sta. María la Blanca.   Free time for lunch on your own in Toledo before returning by train to Madrid.   Tour ends upon arrival to Madrid train station. Make your way to your hotel by taxi, on your own.

DAY 4, MADRID-BARCELONA by High Speed Train
Breakfast at your hotel. Make your way, on your own, to nearby Atocha train station to board your AVE High Speed Train to Barcelona.  Includes Tourist Class high speed train from Madrid to Barcelona (approximately 2 hours 50 minutes).   Arrive in Barcelona Sants station and take a local taxi, on your own, to your centrally located superior category boutique hotel. Balance of the day is at leisure to discover cosmopolitan Barcelona on your own.
OPTIONAL: Perhaps you would enjoy a Gourmet Foodie Tapas in the Gothic Quarter and the El Born District. (Consult Petrabax for details and price).

DAY 5 - PICASSO MUSUEM, BOQUERIA MARKET AND GOTHIC QUARTER - PRIVATE WALKING TOUR
Light leisurely morning walking tour, except for Sundays (Food Market is closed) and Mondays (Picasso Museum is closed).
Meet your Guide in your Hotel or designated meeting point for your walking tour of the 3 must see Barcelona's Sites with your private local expert Licensed Guide that guarantees you “fast track, no waiting in line” admission.
You will discover Pablo Picasso's gift for painting arriving with his family in Barcelona at the age of 14 and his artist's life evolution. "Picasso before Picasso" with jewel works that New York, Paris or Saint Petersburg could never have.
Along La Rambla in The Gothic Quarter we will visit the Boquería Food Market, praised as the "best food market in the world".
Understand Mediterranean diet and culture. The itinerary includes great Food stores along the way to the sites. You could sample as well different food of your liking and take great photos too!
We will visit one of the most beautiful Cathedrals in the world never having been destroyed in its 700 years existence. See its wonderful richly decorated choir; the luxurious chapels of the medieval guilds and the guardian geese of the cloisters. Get to know the martyrdom of Santa Eulalia’s first patroness of the City 1.600 years ago, as well as where the first Caribbean Indians brought to Europe by Cristopher Columbus were baptized.
Tour will end at the last site visited where the guide will be able to point out other possibilities for you to keep easily visiting on your own, including shopping and dining options if you wish.
Afternoon is at leisure.

DAY 6 – PRIVATE HALF DAY FANTASY WORLD OF ANTONIO GAUDI TOUR
Breakfast at your hotel.  Your private guide will pick you up by taxi at your hotel this morning to start the Gaudi's Barcelona Tour.
This private half day tour explores Modernism in Barcelona with Gaudí’s Masterpieces. Sites covered: SAGRADA FAMILIA & PARK GUELL with fast track, no waiting in line tickets, for interior visits; Passeig de Gràcia, the heart of the Eixample District, where Modernism (Art Nouveau) was developed. You'll see from outside, with explanations of: CASA BATLLO with its colorful façade as part of the block of disagreement with other architects: Puig Cadafalch (CASA AMETLLER) and Domènech Muntaner (CASA LLEO MORERA). We'll enjoy a leisurely stroll to: CASA MILA / LA PEDRERA: a whimsical rental apartment building. The last one that Antonio Gaudí built before he dedicated last years of his life entirely to Sagrada Familia. UNESCO's World heritage and first building with elevators & parking garage in Barcelona. Also included is PARK GÜELL: A former luxury gated community for affluent families. Today, a World Heritage Unesco Site very praised by Walt Disney himself. Short Taxi ride to get to the inside Visit of Basilica SAGRADA FAMILIA, by far the highlight of any Tour of the City. Understand structure, engineering, decorations, symbols; stain glass windows etc. as well as how the more than 130 years of under construction Sagrada will be completed.
Afternoon and evening are at leisure.

DAY 7 – BARCELONA
This morning we say goodbye to Barcelona. Breakfast at your hotel and private transfer to Barcelona airport, port or train station. End of services (additional nights available - consult Petrabax for prices).