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<h1 class="Headline">Andalucia Spain Bike Adventure Trip:</h1>
Fun guided deluxe cycling tour in southern Spain
<p class="textstyle3">Discover southern Spain, Andalucia bicycle
tours with van support, castles, exclusive 4-5 star hotels,
Mediterranaen olive oil of Spain, medieval villages, Sevilla,
Granada, Cordoba and Ronda in exotic Andalucia. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="textstyle3">ENJOY
experienced bike tour leaders from start to finish to handle
all Spain bike tour logistics so you have more fun cycling
Andalucia + flamenco, Andalucia Spain cultural adventure,
tapas cuisine, private city tours and wines of Spain</span>.</p>
<p><h1>Andalucia,
Spain
bike tour</h1></p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-bottom: 0"><strong>Group
size: </strong> From 6 to 16 participants<strong><br>
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Rating: </strong> Moderate with optional longer rides. The
support vehicle gives you the chance to program the level
of exercise you want.<br>
<strong><br>
Accommodations: </strong> A selection of the best accommodation
available in the areas we visit, Paradors, luxury hotels and
outstanding environments. </p>
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<span class="textstyle3"> Meals: </span></strong><span class="textstyle3">
A careful selection of restaurants and country inns. Excellent
Spanish wines included in every dinner. Lunches include gourmet
picnics and eating at local inns. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><strong><br>
Tour duration: </strong> 8 Days, 7 nights </p>
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Tour starts: </strong> in Cordoba - <strong> Tour ends: </strong>
in Granada </p>
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<td width="20%">April</td>
<td width="80%">2 - 9</td>
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<td>May</td>
<td>21 - 28</td>
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<td>September</td>
<td>24 - Oct. 1</td>
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<td>October</td>
<td>18 - 26</td>
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<td>November</td>
<td>3 - 11</td>
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<h2>Day 1 Cordoba -
Andalucia, Spain </h2>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-top:0;">We meet & tour
the medieval quarter of Cordoba which was in the 9th and 10th
centuries, Europe's largest metropolis (500,000 inhabitants)
and the rich capital of Spanish Arabian Al-Andalus and before
capital of Roman Spain!</p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-bottom: 0;">After a special
lunch in an Andalusia restaurant, time to tour more on your
own walking cobbled streets too narrow for cars, wrought iron
balconies, flower-filled patios and silver, leather and ceramic
artisans' workshops. </p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-top:0;"><br>
The day ends with a stirring Flamenco dance & music show.</p>
<p class="textstyle3"><strong>Hotel: </strong> A 4-star converted
palace in the old Jewish quarter, with an exit through the
old walls of the town, a few meters from the medieval synagogue.
Very convenient for exploring the old town.</p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>Dinner:</strong>Tapas
in a very popular local restaurant </p>
<h2> Day 2 Carmona -Andalucia, Spain</h2>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-top:0;">After an Andalucia
buffet breakfast, we will shuttle to the natural reserve of
the Sierra de Hornachuelos, from where we will start our bicycle
touring. Surrounded by oaks, carob, cork and wild olive trees,
we will bicycle in this protected area of 166,000 acres of
Mediterranean forest. This is home to 30 species of mammals,
some, like the Iberian lynx, almost extinct. We reach the
ancient town of Carmona, in an area inhabited for more than
half a million years and considered to be one of the oldest
settlements in Europe. </p>
<p class="textstyle3"><strong>Hotel: </strong>The 10th c. Parador
de Carmona stands in the old Alcazar of Pedro the Cruel. This
was the King's romantic love nest; </p>
<p class="textstyle3">Today, the Parador is frequented by famous
bullfighters whose ranches of brave bulls are located nearby.
From an elevation of 813 feet, it commands magnificent views
of the town and the valley below. The Parador stands on what
was the earliest settlement of Carmona. </p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>Dinner:
</strong>A selection of the delicious local or international
cuisine at the Parador. </p>
<h2>Day 3 Sevilla - Andalucia, Spain</h2>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-top:0;">Today we tour on
foot Sevilla, in the company of a historian. We begin with
huge Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Christendom at the
end of the 14th c. We climb a 300 foot tower and visit
the tomb of Christopher Columbus!</p>
<p class="textstyle3">Tour the narrow alleys, leafy patios,
palaces and hidden plazas of the old Jewish quarter and the
setting for Don Juan. Later tour romantic fortress & palaces
of the medieval Alcázar. </p>
<p><strong>Hotel:</strong> Parador de C<span class="textstyle3">armona
</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="textstyle3"><strong>Dinner:
</strong>Tapas in the old town of </span>Carmona. </p>
<h2>Day 4 Ronda - Andalucia, Spain</h2>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-top:0;">The first part of
today's bicycle tour takes us along an old railway line converted
to a bike route. Its 21 tunnels and bridges will open for
us wilderness areas of Mediterranean forests. Olvera, awaits
us, with its castle overlooking a vast landscape. This was
the frontier town between Christian and MoorishSpain for over
200 years. </p>
<p>After an exhilarating<span class="textstyle3"> descent, Later
arrive to a unknown cave town on the way to Ronda, sitting
on a huge rocky outcropping split in two by a deep gorge.
</span></p>
<p class="textstyle3">Many have fallen in love with this indescribable
town, including Orson Welles, who chose to be buried here.
</p>
<p class="textstyle3"><strong>Hotel: </strong>Parador Nacional
de Ronda, a new Parador situated near the stone bridge that
rises dramatically from the gorge to join the two parts of
the town. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><span class="textstyle3">Dinner-
At the Parador is a</span>n a la carte choice of local and
international dishes. This restaurant is considered to be
the best among the Paradors. </p>
<h2>
Day5 Antequera - Andalucia, Spain</h2>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-top:0;">Leaving Ronda we
will cycle tour on a scenic country road past farms and pastures
of grazing cows. Later, the road crosses a stone desert featuring
rock formations of strange shapes. As we climb the Puerto
del Viento (Windy Pass) the views become more and more spectacular.
This is a land rich in stories of banditos and outlaws who
used its isolation as a natural refuge; today it shelters
many varieties of wildlife. </p>
<p>Antequera, today's destination, fascinated the Romans, who
called it Antikaria for its ancient monuments that share the
culture of the builders of <span class="textstyle3">Stonehenge.
</span></p>
<p><span class="textstyle3"><strong>Hotel: </strong>Parador
Nacional de Antequer</span>a, with views to the legendary
Peñon de los Enamorados, or Lovers' Rock. The hotel
is situated very conveniently for exploring this fascinating
city. Nearby is the bullring, with bullfighting museum, tapas
bar and restaurant. </p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>Dinner:
</strong>Free evening on your own. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br>
<h2>Day 6 La Bobadilla - Andalucia, Spain</h2>
</strong></p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-top:0;">Leaving Antequera,
we will bicycle tour in vast olive groves. Sparkling whitewashed
villages and haciendas appear in the distance to be islands
in the immense sea of dusky green olive trees. 19th century
archaeologists discovered that Monte Testaccio in Rome, is
in fact composed of millions of ancient amphorae used to import
olive oil from Spain. T</p>
<p class="textstyle3"><strong>Hotel: </strong>5 Star, La Bobadilla
Resort, "One of the World's Leading Hotels" is built in the
style of a Moorish village and stands in the midst of its
private thousand-acre estate. The complex offers a great variety
of amenities and services in an atmosphere of exquisite taste
and luxury. </p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-bottom: 0;"><strong>Dinner:</strong>
Served at the hotel's elegant restaurant w/ some of the finest
cuisine in the South of Spain. </p>
<h2>Day 7 Granada -Andalucia, Spain</h2>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom: 0;">We tour cross the
"Vega de Granada", Spain's most fertile agricultural valley.
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;">Our bicycle trip follows the maze of
irrigat<span class="textstyle3">ion canals built by the conquering
Arabs in the 8th century and later introduced throughout Europe.
The original canals are still in use today. The final part
of our ride leads through poplar-lined roads past tobacco
plantations that date back to Columbus' time, when sailors
returning from the New World introduced the first tobacco
plants. </span></p>
<p class="textstyle3">Our final destination is Granada. With
the perpetually snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada as a backdrop,
the Alhambra presides over its lush green hill and the white
Arabic houses that cascade with their colorful gardens down
its slopes. </p>
<p class="textstyle3" style="margin-bottom: 0"><strong>Hotel:</strong>
A spectacular turn of the century Neo-Mudejar hotel situated
on the hill of the Alhambra, it features splendid views of
the Sierra Nevada with Granada at its feet and magnificent
sunsets.</p>
<p><span class="textstyle3"><strong>Dinner:</strong> In El Albaicín,
the romantic and captivatingly beautiful old Arab quarter.
The setting for our farewell dinner is a centuries-old Moorish
residence turne</span>d restaurant, featuring terraced gardens
with views to the Alhambra. Our fare will be a selection of
local and old Jewish and Arab Andalusian recipes. </p>
<h2>Day 8</h2>
<p style="margin-top:0;">Tour the Alhambra palace and Ga<span class="textstyle3">rdens
of the Generalife. The magnificence and splendor of the last
period of Arabian domination in Spain ended in 1492!</span></p>
<p><span class="textstyle3">A private guided tour conducted
by a </span>local art historian will take us through what
is considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World
and Spain's most famous monument. </p>
<p class="header1"><strong>Tours Include</strong></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">All
accommodations in selected hotels. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">All
ground transportation during the tour. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Luggage
delivered to your room every night. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Two
bilingual tour guides. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Private
guided visits lead by a local Art Historian in Ronda,
Sevilla, Cordoba and Granada. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Walking
tours of Carmona and Antequera. Night walking tour in
Granada. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Entrance
fees to museums and monuments included in private guided
visits and walking tours. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">All
breakfasts, usually buffet. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">All
lunches. Picnic or at local Inns. A welcome lunch in Cordoba
in a popular restaurant. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">All
dinners except for one free night on your own. </span></p>
<li>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Selected
Spanish wines in every dinner and welcome lunch. </span></p>
<li>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">All
tips and gratuities, except for tour leaders. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">A
hybrid bicycle equipped to deliver a comfortable ride.
</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Two
water bottles. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">The
use of a bike map holder and detachable bicycle bag. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Air
pump and basic bicycle equipment. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">The
use of a bicycle helmet. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Optional
suspension seat post. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Optional
gel seat. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Route
map and written instructions. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">Daily
tour orientation by tour guides. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><span class="textstyle3">A
support vehicle to assist you during rides with bicycle
parts and tools, water, soft drinks, snacks and fruit.
You can also use it if you want to shorten the ride. </span></p>
</li>
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<td width="20%">Price: <strong>$3,479</strong></td>
<td width="80%">Single Suplement <strong>$381</strong></td>
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