Hey, I'm planning on a 3 week trip to Barcelona/Andalucia/Lisbon in late December.
Does the below look ok? Am I spending too much / little time in any particular place or missing out on any must sees?
Was trying to search train routes connecting the cities but was quite confused. Appreciate if someone could provide insight as to how to get from one place to another. (prefer train over coaches)
1 12/20/2008 Barcelona
2 12/21/2008 Barcelona
3 12/22/2008 Barcelona
4 12/23/2008 Cordoba
5 12/24/2008 Cordoba
6 12/25/2008 Baeza
7 12/26/2008 Ubeda
8 12/27/2008 Granada
9 12/28/2008 Granada
10 12/29/2008 Malaga
11 12/30/2008 Malaga
12 12/31/2008 Ronda
13 1/1/2009 Cadiz
14 1/2/2009 Cadiz
15 1/3/2009 Seville
16 1/4/2009 Seville
17 1/5/2009 Seville
18 1/6/2009 Lisbon
19 1/7/2009 Lisbon
20 1/8/2009 Lisbon
Many Thanks!!
3 week Barcelona/Andalucia/Lisbon itinerary help!
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Where are you traveling from? Do you need to allow for some jetlag/recovery time in Barcelona?
Which are your travel days - i.e, a quick search on raileurope.com or renfe.es (lower left has a choice for English) shows choices anywhere from 5 to 10 hour train ride from Barcelona to Cordoba - my point is that you will be spending chunks of days traveling so take this into account when you are planning the number of days in each city. Personally, I would give four full days to Barcelona, Sevilla and Lisbon.
I also don't see any days set aside for traveling .
Are you driving at all?
There are a lot of cheap flights
www.vueling.com
that can save you time.
Thanks guys, I am planning to take the train, and the longest journey should be that from Barcelona to Cordoba. Seeing that they have overnight trains I didnt allow for extra time for transportation. Speaking of this, could anyone tell me whether long distance train travel in Spain is safe (I am travelling with my sister, so two girls alone) and whether we can get a compartment to ourselves (for the overnight trenhotel)?
The other destinations should be reasonably close to each other?
For Seville to Lisbon I heard there is overnight coach service. Again any experience on that? Will safety be an issue?
Other than mode of transportation does my itinerary look alright? Have I covered most places that are worth seeing in Andalucia? (i know the costa del sol is nice but since I am going in winter maybe there wont be much going on along the coast?)
Tks again, Chelsea