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Explore all around Spain with your students. Join a local guide for the highlights of Madrid, including the Prado Museum. Learn about Picasso’s Guernica in the Reina Sofía Museum. The rest of the tour, you’ll experience fairy tale castles, stunning architecture, and ancient Roman ruins. You’ll experience full immersion in Spanish culture—and memories to last a lifetime.
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- Enjoy your overnight flight to Madrid.:
- Arrive in Madrid: Begin exploring the vibrant capital of Spain.
- Explore Madrid with a Local Guide: Join a local guide for a view of the Plaza de España, the Plaza Colón, and the Royal Palace. View Las Meninas in the Prado Museum.
- Reina Sofía Museum: Learn about Picasso's Guernica in the Reina Sofía Museum.
- LEAP Cocina Española:
Create some of Spain’s most popular and iconic dishes and discover firsthand what makes these dishes enduring classics of Spanish cuisine.
- Explore Toledo with a Local Guide: A local guide shows you Toledo, a city as brilliant as the gold threads inlaid in its famous black jewelry. Visit the Gothic Cathedral, the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, and the Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes.
- LEAP El Caudillo's Conquest:
Nationalist? Republican? Argue ideology in a revolutionary role-play that delves into the causes of the Spanish Civil War!
- Visit El Escorial: Journey to El Escorial, Philip II's palace.
- Segovia: Visit the immense Roman aqueduct in Segovia and the fairy tale castle Alcázar.
- Continue to Salamanca.:
- See the Sights with a Local Guide: Follow a local guide through this sunny university city. Stops include the Plaza Mayor and the aptly named Casa de las Conchas.
- Discover Spain's oldest university while walking from the ornate wood carvings of the new cathedral to the frescoes of the attached old cathedral.:
- LEAP Spirit of Spain:
Immerse yourself in the art that defines the passion of Spain. Explore the meaning and compare the techniques of artists from El Greco to Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. Enrich your knowledge of art history as you debate how these and other artists defined and shaped Spanish culture.
- Travel Through Extremadura to Truijillo: Travel through the stark landscape of Extremadura to Trujillo, birthplace of Pizarro, the conqueror of the Incas.
- Continue to Caceres: Continue to the austere city of Caceres, whose city center is an almost intact walled Gothic town and a World Heritage site. Spend the night in Extremadura.
- See the Roman Ruins in Merida: Travel south to Andalusia. En route, visit the best-preserved Roman remains in Spain at Merida.
- Continue to Seville:
- Discover the City of Seville: With a local guide, visit the Giralda Tower within the largest Gothic church in the world, then explore the grand Alcázar.
- LEAP ¡Ay Flamenco!:
Clap! Stomp your feet—now flamenco! Professional dancers teach you the history, rhythms, and moves of the dance that holds a special place in Spanish culture. Later, sit back and admire the pros in a show.
- Discover Granada with a Local Guide: Explore the last Moorish city to fall to the Christian Reconquista—Granada. With a local guide, notice Islamic architecture on your way to the Alhambra fortress-palace and the Generalife Gardens.
- Explore Cordoba with a Local Guide: Tour Córdoba's 1,200-year-old Mezquita, once the largest mosque in Islam. Gaze at the statue of Maimonaides, and luxuriate in the aroma of flower-accented courtyards.
- Board a High Speed Train to Barcelona:
- Discover Barcelona with a Local Guide: With a local guide, wonder at Gaudí's unfinished Sagrada Família, admire the Olympic Stadium, then visit the historic Barri Gòtic.
- Tour Gaudí's Casa Milà and Park Güell.:
- Add on: Montserrat: Journey to the Shrine of Our Lady of Montserrat, a popular pilgrimage destination outside of Barcelona. See the mysterious wish-granting Black Madonna, the Monastery, and the gorgeous basilica.
- Add on: Farewell Dinner in Barcelona: Reflect on the journey you've experienced and the memories you've created over an appetizing dinner in Barcelona.
- Depart from Spain: Board your flight home or extend your travels with a two-night extension to Costa Brava.
Head to the coast for two days on Costa Brava. Explore thought-provoking works by Dali at his museum in his hometown of Figueres. Spend some time enjoying the beaches or exploring the peaceful villages.
Yes. The safety and security of our traveling teachers and students is our top priority, and one measure we take to ensure this safety, and support, is through Tour Central. Tour Central is staffed by WorldStrides employees and is available 24/7 for all traveling groups. Tour Central is there to assist you with any questions or problems that may arise—no matter how big or how small. The staff is specially trained to monitor events domestically and around the world, and has dozens of contingency plans in place to help us jump into action when necessary. The Tour Central number for your group is printed on the WorldStrides name badges that are given to all our travelers for easy access should you need it. This is just one of the many measures that we take to ensure that your trip really is the experience of a lifetime.
