Córdoba, La Mezquita, lithograph c. 1840.
Cultural tours in Spain
Three architectural masterpieces – the Alhambra in Granada, La Mesquita in Córdoba and Seville’s Alcazar – dominate the history and landscape of Andalucía and feature prominently in our small-group cultural tours of Spain, led by our outstanding team of Hispanophile lecturers.
The sun-drenched south is balanced by the cool caves of the north, where paintings date back 20,000 or more years, and the mellow old towns of Castile and Leon in Spain’s beautiful heart. We eat in Michelin-starred splendour in San Sebastian (where another rare treat is lunch in a private gastronomic club), walk the highlights of the Camino de Santiago and explore the Romanesque churches of the Pyrenees.
There is more fabulous food in Valencia and Andalucía, an exposition of Gaudí’s Modernist Barcelona and the chance to see Picasso’s Guernica in Madrid. Tours are scheduled to avoid heat and crowds and accommodation is generally in an agreeable mix of paradores and converted historic buildings.
Featured tours and events in Spain
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The mixture of open sites plus museums was well thought out. "
Ancient Rome - Art and architecture of the classical world
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The trips are always of a high quality; it is so nice to have all the organisation taken care of, and to have access to events that would not be available to an independent traveller. "
Great Gardens of Southern England - Horticulture historical and contemporary
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We saw a lot. It was well organised and ran quite smoothly. I always love finding out 'how much I don't know'… a treasure of MRT tours. "
Bauhaus - The birth of modern architecture and design