Breakfast at the hotel.
Royal Palace and Madrid Sightseeing Tour. Meeting point: Depending on the hotel you are staying, a bus will pick up you between 07:30 and 08:15 a.m. ROYAL PALACE, a beautiful exponent of the 18th century and one of the best preserved in Europe, constitutes one of the most beautiful distinction of the royal residence style. In it, the most bright official receptions of the Crown are taking place. Audiences, Gala Dinner and the very traditional ceremony of credential letters from Foreign Ambassadors to His Majesty The King.
You’ll visit: Principal staircase, rooms of Alabarderos, Columns, Throne, Gasparini, Carlos III, Porcelains, Gala dining room, Museum of Silver, Musical Instruments, Principal Courtyard, Real Chapel and the new Four Rooms.
We start the SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF MADRID to show you all different and interesting views of Madrid from Austrias, Borbones, Isabelino and Contemporary quarters until the Barrio de la Morería (Moorish Quarter; the elegant squares, streets, and large avenues reaching Colon square, where we’ll stop (A Softdrink will be served complimentary by Hard Rock Café Madrid) following reaching the Santiago Bernabéu Football Stadium and Castilla Square (Europe Gate).
At the appointed time you will receive your rental car (GPS, automatic, category K) at the hotel to begin your route through the cellars of Ribera del Duero: Madrid – Aranda de Duero (2 hours). We recommended to stop at Buytrago del Lozoya (1 hour); Crossing cultures, Arabs, Christians and Jews lived together in Buitrago. On the streets you find the time signals over the story from the walled town, its gothic church and the castle of the Mendoza.
Arrival to Aranda de Duero and checking at Montermoso Hotel***, in Ctra. Madrid-Irún, km 163 : 09400 - Aranda de Duero - BURGOS. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, it offers comfortable rooms with satellite TV and wireless internet access. The hotel offers free private parking. It is 2 km from the historic centre of Aranda de Duero. The town is in the wine region of Ribera del Duero. Burgos is less than 80 km away. The hotel has a bar and a traditional restaurant where you eat a nice roast lamb. 24-hour reception.
Overnight in Aranda de Duero.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Visit to the wineries “Raiz-Páramo de Guzmán” with tasting (30 minutes from Aranda de Duero), in Ctra. Circunvalación R30, s/n . 09300 Roa (Burgos). Root is among the vineyards of the estate Páramo de Guzman, with 25 hectares of vineyards and 750 barrels where the wine rests. It also has a cellar of 400 meters in length built in 1985, where he formerly did the healing of cheese Páramo de Guzmán. The cheese is another culinary-tourism attractions to be found without having to travel far, because the same property is the cheese factory Páramo de Guzmán, raw milk from sheep, who made his product in the Award winning country.
Visit to the wineries “Cepa 21” with tasting (20 minutes from Roa), in Nacional 122, km. 297, 47318 Castrillo De Duero (Valladolid). With a vast vineyards of tinto fino variety, we do our part to make fine wine. The company is carrying out a revolution to bring wine to serve its customers new flavors and sensations. Bodegas Cepa 21 places an emphasis on the production of grapes of the highest quality as a starting point in the winemaking. The winery is located on a small promontory from where you can enjoy wonderful scenery. The facilities show the elegance that the winery wants to convey through their wines.
With the organized visits you will take over the warehouse facilities, discover the entire winemaking process and learn with the tastings. The duration of the visits will be approximately one hour.
After your visits you have to drive to Madrid (2 hours).
Arrival to Madrid and checking at Abba Atocha Hotel 3***. You have to return the car at the hotel.
Overnight in Madrid.