southern spain
 

My husband and I will be taking the bullet train from Madrid to Southern Spain the beginning of November. We will have about 7-8 days in the South, and want to visit Granada, Seville, Cordova and a White town or 2. We would love to know how long to stay in each and what it the best order. Thanks in advance,
Cynthia

With 7 days, I believe your itinerary is ambitious. Typical first-time visits are, IME, 2-3 nights for Granada (2 for just the Alhambra, another night if you want to see any of Granada's other gems), 4 nights for Sevilla, 2 for Cordoba, and 1 to 3 for the White Towns. Some people visit Cordoba as a day trip from Sevilla (in which case you would probably want to add time to Sevilla), but there's more than enough to keep one happily busy in Cordoba for 2 or even 3 nights. The gems are Granada, Sevilla, and Cordoba; the white towns are nice, but not in the same tier.

You might benefit from reading some of the trip reports and trip planning threads on this forum.

4-5 destinations in 7-8 days isn't going to work unless you want to spend your entire vacation moving around rather than enjoying anything.

We are here since march 10th... loving every minute.
Katia

Book that AVE train ASAP for possible discounted fares - full fare always available on short notice - Renfe is where you can, in theory, book your own trains - www.seat61.com has lots on doing that yourselves on that and other sites with similar fares - general train info BETS-European Rail Experts and www.ricksteves.com.

My advice would be skip the White towns.

3 Granada
3 Sevilla
2 Cordoba