Is this too much during holy week? Unable to decide which one to skip between Seville and Granada. If Seville can be done early in the week after we reach Madrid and head out to Seville. This plan leaves less time in Madrid. ..

Day 1, 13 Apr Sun : Reach Madrid, depart Madrid -Seville train , stay in Seville overnight

Day 2 14 Apr Mon : Seville

Day 3 15 Apr Tues: Seville- Granada train

Day 4 16 Apr Wed: Granada

Day 5 17 Apr Thurs: Granada- Madrid train, rest sightseeing in Madrid

Day 6 18 Apr Fri: Day trip from Madrid to Toledo

Day 7 19 Apr Sat: Day trip from Madrid to Segovia

Day 8 20 Apr Sun: Madrid

Day 9 fly
Eager to hear your feedback. Thanks

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Seville will be busy

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Must you fly into and out of Madrid? Flying into Sevilla and out of Madrid would simplify your trip.

You aren't planning much time for Sevilla (3 full days would not be unreasonable IMO), nor are you leaving much time for Madrid itself.

To me it seems far too rushed.
Too many destinations with too little time...too much packing, unpacking, checking in and out.

Yes tickets are already booked to fly into/from Madrid.

Thanks all for the inputs.

How about skipping Seville and spending time in Madrid instead? Would that help?

Your choice! If your priority is the Alhambra, making time for Granada, Sevilla, and Cordoba makes sense. If your priority is Toledo, making time for Madrid, Toledo, and Segovia makes sense. Your time frame doesn't give you much time to explore either area. It might make most sense to shortchange Madrid because it's the easiest place in Spain to reach from he U.S, and so most easily included on a subsequent trip.

Whatever your itinerary, it is the time of year when locals and other Europeans are on the move ..( school holidays)
It influences transportation, hotel rates, crowding..etc.

Trying to figure out possibilities given the time constraints due to Spring break.

I agree Madrid will be easy to get to for future trips.
We have 8 full days.
I thought Toledo and Segovia were typically day trips.
Could perhaps skip those for Granada, Seville and Cordoba as you suggested. I was told Seville could get expensive due to Easter week processions and such.
Not sure what to prioritize.

Seville is absolutely jammed and very expensive
during the HW
Book soon

The issue is that you have limited time and too many destinations. I wouldn't do both Segovia and Toledo in the short time you have in Madrid. Choose one or the other. Both destinations can be done as day trips but they are long day trips depending on what you want to see. Just last summer my daughter and her boyfriend did a day trip to Toledo on a Sunday, getting up for an early train and heading back to Madrid in the evening. To do that and get up the next day and do a similar train trip heading north makes so sense to me. It's your trip of course and given that all of these are worthy destinations, decide what is most important to you. If it is the Alhambra, go to Granada. If you don't plan to spend much time touring Madrid, you can give up Segovia perhaps and have more time somewhere else.

I would drop one city. For me, it would be Granada. Which isn't on the same train line anyway. You have to decide what is the most important to you. I'd just do Seville then Madrid. One day trip, I'd pick Toledo over Segovia.

Many people visit Toledo and Segovia as day trips from Madrid. I found two full days in Toledo barely sufficient for MY interests. It thought about a day sufficient, for MY interests, for Segovia.

Really, none of us can tell you how to prioritize. IMO, you need to research what you want to see and experience in these places and then figure out how much time it will take in light of YOUR interests.

Good luck!

That makes sense. I'll look into one of those and not both. Thanks

Will look into Madrid Seville Toledo/Segovia . Thank you

From the feedback that I've gotten here I need to prioritize destinations and see if Seville vs Granada interests us more and same for Toledo vs Segovia. Thanks