Iberian Cultures

The Iberian Peninsula holds two distinct national characters side by side, and this nine-day tour moves between them in a way that makes the contrast impossible to miss. Your group begins in Lisbon, where faded azulejo tilework and steep tram lines set a mood that is immediately, unmistakably Portuguese. From there the route swings south to the Algarve Coast before crossing into Spain, arriving in Seville and eventually Madrid. That progression — Atlantic-facing Portugal to the sun-baked Andalusian interior to the Spanish capital — gives the tour a clear geographic and cultural arc that classroom study of Iberian history rarely captures on its own.