9 Days Spain - Madrid - Bilbao - Pamplona & Barcelona - K130

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Day 1 Arrival Day  Saturday

Day 1 Arrival Day Saturday

Madrid

You will be met and transferred to your hotel. The day is at leisure to begin exploring. Later, join your fellow travelers and your tour director for a welcome reception.

(WR)

 


Day 2 Sunday

Day 2 Sunday

Madrid

We begin with a guided half-day city tour of Madrid. Our drive takes us through the Gran Vía and the Passeo de Castellana, past the Plaza de España, Plaza de Oriente, Plaza Mayor, Puerta del Sol, Atocha Station, the fountain of Neptune, Cibeles fountain, the Bullring, the Santiago Bernabeu soccer stadium, and many more. The afternoon is at leisure. 

(Breakfast)


Day 3 Monday

Day 3 Monday

Madrid and Toledo

We visit Toledo, a city with a wealth of monuments. It is known as the “city of the three cultures” because Christians, Arabs and Jews lived there together for centuries. During our guided tour we visit the Santo Tome Church and the Synagogue of Santa María. From Toledo, we return to Madrid where the afternoon is at leisure.

(Breakfast)


Day 4 Tuesday

Day 4 Tuesday

Bilbao

After breakfast, we continue our journey towards Bilbao. On the way, we stop in Burgos. Upon arrival S/S of Burgos with local guide including visit of the Cathedral. There is time for lunch on your own. From there, we continue to Bilbao where we have a tasting of local tapas called pintxos. 

(Breakfast & Dinner)


Day 5 Wednesday

Day 5 Wednesday

Bilbao

On our visit to Bilbao, we see the vibrant old town with many shops, squares, and typical Basque tavernas. We enter the Guggenheim Museum, an architectural masterpiece designed by Frank Gehry. The collection includes large-scale and site-specific art by such contemporary artists as Jeff Koons and Willem de Kooning. The remainder of the day is free. 

(Breakfast)


Day 6 Thursday

Day 6 Thursday

Pamplona

After breakfast, we depart for San Sebastian. En route, we visit Getaria, a charming Basque coastal village. Upon arrival in San Sebastian, we see the Maria Cristina Hotel. It is here, at the Kursaal, that the film festival takes place. We also see La Concha beach, a crescent-shaped urban seaboard. In the afternoon we arrive in Pamplona. Dinner is served later that night.

(Breakfast & Dinner)


Day 7 Friday

Day 7 Friday

Barcelona

After breakfast, we have a half-day guided sightseeing tour of Pamplona featuring the Ciudadela, the City Walls, parks, and gardens. We will hear about the ‘Running of the Bulls’ race, part of the San Fermin festival. From Pamplona, we continue to Zaragoza for lunch on your own. Later that afternoon, we arrive in Barcelona and the rest of the day is at leisure.

(Breakfast)

 


Day 8 Saturday

Day 8 Saturday

Barcelona

Our guided half-day sightseeing tour includes Barcelona’s most important artistic sights: Gaudi’s Batlló, Casa Milá, the Cathedral Sagrada Familia, and Guell Park, declared an artistic monument and mankind’s heritage by UNESCO. In the afternoon you are free to explore more on your own. In the evening join your fellow travelers and your tour director for the farewell dinner.

(Breakfast & Dinner)


Day 9 Sunday

Barcelona

Transfer to Barcelona airport after breakfast.

(Breakfast)

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Services Included:

  • Arrival transfer from Madrid airport to the hotel by IBMT representative
  • First class hotels
  • Luggage handling at the hotels
  • Breakfast daily
  • Welcome reception in Madrid (heavy hors d’oeuvres, a glass of wine, beer, or soft drink)
  • Tasting of local tapas called “pintxos” in Bilbao
  • Dinner in Pamplona Compostela (coffee or tea included)
  • Farewell dinner in Barcelona (coffee or tea included)
  • Hotel taxes and service charges
  • Touring by modern air-conditioned motor-coach
  • Professional English-speaking tour director
  • Sightseeing tours with licensed local guides
  • Admission included where indicated in bold letters
  • Whisper technology enhanced touring
  • Departure transfer from hotel to Barcelona airport

Tour Spotlights:

  • Madrid: grand open squares, late dinners
  • Toledo, crafts, marzipan, captivating monuments
  • Sandstone architecture, prolific university, and the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca
  • Pamplona, legendary "Running of the Bulls" festival, gothic style churches
  • Barcelona, fantastical Sagrada Familia, modernist landmarks by Gaudi

Hotel List:

  • Madrid: Catalonia Goya (F) or similar
  • Bilbao: Catalonia Gran Via Bilbao (F) or similar
  • Pamplona: Maisonnave (F) or similar
  • Barcelona: Catalonia Gracia (F) or similar

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05 Aug 2022

Still traveling but wanted to thank you for planning a marvelous trip.  It is truly a trip of a lifetime.

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Susan Lachtman

 

The IBMT Bar Mitzvah tour was fantastic! It was the perfect blend of family time and peer group time, of sites with religious/historic significance and just plain fun. The guide was personable and informative, and even the bus driver was great. All the details were attended to and you didn’t have to concern yourself with or worry about a thing. It was a true vacation. We would highly recommend it to anyone. If you are going to Eilat, Petra is a must!

We went on a church group to the Holyland with IBMT Tours and had a great trip, everything was planned for us perfectly. There was over 123 people in four different bus groups and things went smoothly, I thought it was going to be hectic with that many people in the group but IBMT did a wonderful job and made sure the buses did not go convoy, every bus had its own time table and itinerary for the day, our guide Dani was so knowledgeable and loving. We love you IBMT and we will recommend you guys. Thanks for everything you have done for us.

We just returned from Israel on an IBMT Bar Mitzvah Tour for our three grandsons.  We had enough family members to warrant our own bus.  After checking out many tour companies we went with IBMT and all of us were glad we did.  The hotels were fabulous and the rooms allotted even more so.  From the INBAL in Jerusalem, KFAR BLUM in the Galilee, the SHERATON in Tel Aviv, to the ROYAL BEACH in Eilat we couldn’t have asked for more.  Our meals were equally excellent.  Beginning with a welcome reception at the INBAL to the closing dinner at the CANAAN restaurant in Tel Aviv one and all loved them.

It was a busy tour made even more so by my husband who was determined the grandchildren see “everything”.  Fortunately for us, we had the best guide when Ornan (from IBMT) gave us GADI.  All of the groups loved their guides but Gadi was  special.  He was able to reach the kids (ages 7-13) as well as the adults.  His knowledge, willingness to adjust the schedule, and good nature gave him a soft spot in all of our hearts.  He filled in at Yad Vashem when the guide droned on a bit too much for some of us.  He searched out a cemetery where a father, grandfather and great grandfather was buried and proceeded to enlighten us on the rituals and customs of a military cemetery.  He adjusted our times to include those little extras.  When weather precluded the camels, we visited Qumran.  After the Bar Mitzvahs, some wanted to walk down Masada - again, no problem. 

We loved everything.  Friday night dinner with an Israeli family (coincidentally the husband was from Toronto), meeting the soldiers on the kibbutz, the Druze lunch, sampling different foods at the shuk, the bullet factory and on and on.  Although the weather was precarious in December, it didn’t stop us and we were able to celebrate Chanukah in Israel...menorahs  everywhere, sufganiyot of every kind, celebrations in the street galore.

Would we recommend this tour...without a moments hesitation.  We had a family trip of a lifetime.  Thank you also to our bus driver Louie, whom we all loved and who got us around safely. 

“Gadi” - what else can we say ... g double o - d, j-o-b. Good job, good job.  V-e-r-y-n-i-c-e, very nice, very nice.💕

 

 

I cannot imagine a better, more organized, more perfect experience! IBMT went above and beyond all expectations!

Loved the trip! The itinerary was fantastic and really kept us moving. We were able to see and do so much. Best of all was our tour guide Natalie. She was very kind, patient and extremely knowledgeable on every aspect of Israel.

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