Hola Espana 2022 - Trust Chef

Hola Espana 2022

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Day 1 BKK – Barcelona Casa Consell
Fri, 2 Dec Consell de Cent 324
QR 837 BKK - Doha 01.15 – 04.40 Barcelona, Catalonia
08007, Spain
QR 145 Doha - Barcelona 07.45 – 12.50 Tel: +34 689 585 568
(3 nights)
• From the airport to our apartment will be
about 40 minutes. After the long flights, we Casa Batllo
take it easy for the day Passeig Gracia, 41
Booking @ 5.15pm
• Check into our home away from home, settle
down and get ready to be familiar with the Barcelona Christmas
neighborhood Market
Fira de Santa Llucia
• The first place will be Casa Batllo which is
just around the corner. You will find an Cerveseria Catalana
image of the colorful and impressive Casa C. de Mallorca, 236
Batllo on every postcard sent from (Great Tapas)
Barcelona. Casa Batllo is one of three unusual
buildings along Passeig de Gracia, together
with Casa Amatller and Casa Lleo-Morera
which make up the “Block of Discord”. Casa
Batllo is inspired by some of the many
different elements found in nature, the
design is so complex that you can spend
hours and hours in front of Casa Batllo and
still spot new elements.

• If we still have energy, walk along the
beautiful streets of Barcelona to Fira de
Santa Llucia. We will find the oldest and one
of the most beloved Christmas markets in
Barcelona or even in Spain. The event is
dated back to 1786 !!!!

• We end the day at a local Tapas restaurant
near our house (if we still hungry coming
back from the market)

• Sleep tight and prepare yourself for a long
day tomorrow

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Day 2 Barcelona Sagrada Familia
Sat, 3 Dec Placa de Gaudi, 253
• Full day walking through time with Antoni Booking @ 9.00am
Gaudi’s masterpieces
Park Guell
• Wake up early and Pack lunch box, we will Carrer d’Olot, 13
have picnic at the most beautiful park, of Booking @ 12.30pm
course created by Gaudi
La Boqueria
• Explore 2 UNESCO World Heritages, the 8am – 8.30pm
most famous two of the Six Gaudi
Monuments in Barcelona; Sagrada Familia, Xiringuito Escriba
Casa Vicens, Palau Guell, Park Guell, Casa Avenida Litoral, 62
Mila and Casa Batllo Booking @ 6.30pm

• First, visit Gaudi’s best work and finest
masterpiece, Sagrada Familia. The Giant
Basilica has been under construction since
1882 and they’ve still got at least 4 or more
years to go before it will be finished. Gaudi
lived to see only one façade, the Nativity
Façade, the apse, crypt and one tower
complete. The church plans called for 18
towers and an area capable of
accommodating 13,000 worshipers

• Next stop will be the Park Guell, one of the
most impressive public parks in the world.
Gaudi planned and directed the construction
of the park from 1900 to 1914 for Eusebi
Guell for a residential park intended for sixty
single-family residences. The project,
however, was unsuccessful and the park
became city property in 1923. Though never
fully completed, it still remains one of
Gaudi’s most colorful and playful works

• Find a spot to have lunch at the Park Guell
• Take a bus back to Placa de Catalunya, the

very heart and commercial center of
Barcelona. This square was built in the 19th
century and is today the meeting point
between Barcelona's old town and the newer
neighborhood of Eixample. From here, we
can start our exploration of the city's most
popular street - Las Ramblas which lead off
Placa de Catalunya
• Although this street is a tourist magnet, but
we simply cannot miss Las Ramblas. Enjoy its

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atmosphere just as it is, filled with street
artists, street markets, and art - but stick to
browsing only as it is hugely overpriced!!!
• Stop by La Boqueria, the most famous and
the biggest indoor market in Barcelona. Take
a photo at the entrance and then simply walk
around, browsing the range of fresh fruit and
vegetables, delicious smoothies, aromatic
herbs and more
• Located at the end of the famous Las
Ramblas, and just up from the harbor, the
"Mirador de Colon" is the perfect spot for a
panoramic view over Barcelona. Simply grab
a ticket and take the elevator up the 51
meters to the top of the Cristobal Columbus
statue - with few other tourists around, you
might even get the fantastic views all to
yourself
• End our day with a walk along its most well-
known beach. Simply sit on the sand for
some quiet time, or enjoy a drink at one of
the many well-designed beach bars
• Dinner, of course, at a beachfront restaurant,
Xiringuito Escriba, best place in Barcelona to

eat Paella

Day 3 Barcelona - Girona Massana Restaurant
Sun, 4 Dec (Michelin 1 star)
• Take a day trip to Girona, one of a place Carrer Bonastruc de
filming “the Game of Throne” Porta, 10
Booking @ 13.15
• Girona is a gorgeous place to visit, with
medieval walls, narrow winding city streets,
and one of the best-preserved Jewish
Quarter in Europe

• Girona was also a major filming location for
“Game of Thrones”. Girona is Braavos in
Season 6 with the narrow twisting lanes in
the Jewish Quarter and the Girona
Cathedral. Many of the filming sites here
were used with very little computer-
generated imagery, so these places appear
almost like they do in the show

• Late afternoon, we will take the train back to
Barcelona to visit the unique FC Barcelona,

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Camp Nou. It has a capacity of almost
100,000. Barcelona FC is one of the best in
the world and their stadium has come to
stand for something important to football
fans all around the world. We will have a
chance to visit the FC Barcelona museum and
a behind the scenes tour of the club and
stadium
• Dinner at home. Time to pack, tomorrow
morning we say goodbye to the Beautiful
Barcelona

Day 4 Barcelona - Madrid Luxury Apartment
Mon, 5 Dec Barcelona Sants – Madrid Atocha Sol&Opera
Ouigo 06500 10.40 – 13.25 Comunidad de
Madrid, C. del
• Check out and take the train to Madrid. It will Arenal, 14-16,
take almost 3 hours. Pack lunch box, enjoy Madrid City Center,
28013 Madrid
changing scenery while we lunch Tel: 670-877-260
• We should get to the Barcelona Sants by (3 nights)

9.15am and the train will arrive in Madrid Train:
Puerta De Atocha at 13.25 Ouigo ESP # 06500
• Check in and leave our stuff at the apartment Coach: 7
which is in the heart of Madrid and get ready Seats: 9A-D, 10B,
to explore the city 10D-E
• Starting by the walk to Puerta del Sol, the Ticket Code: P6GESS
vast pedestrian square and it is where 10.40 – 13.25
Kilometro Cero (Km 0) is set
• Take line 2 metro for 3 stations to Retiro, Prado Museum
then walk to Puerta de Alcala or Plaza de la Felipe IV Street
Independencia where we can see the Booking @ 5.15pm
Neoclassical 5-arched triumphal gateway
• Move on to Plaza de Cibeles to enjoy the Botin Restaurant
panoramic view of Gothic City Hall and the Calle Cuchilleros 17,
Palacio de Comunicaciones 28005 Madrid
• Turn to Paseo del Prado to Fuente de (Reservation at 8pm)
Neptuno
• Time to get in-depth for the art at the Prado
Museum, housing the world’s greatest
collections of paintings, our booking time is
5.15pm
• Back to the center of Madrid - the Plaza
Mayor, Madrid’s vibrant main square, and
the nearby San Miguel Market, where we

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Day 5 will have chances to try local products for
Tue, 6 Dec afternoon snacks
• We come at the right time to enjoy the
Christmas Market in Madrid which is set at
the grand Plaza Mayor
• Night time experience late dinner (as
Spinard) at Botin, the oldest restaurant in the
world !!!

Madrid Royal Palace
10.00 – 18.00
• Get up early, the van will pick us up at Booking time 15.00
8.30am, it is a busy day pack with interesting
places to visit El Anciano Rey de los
Vinos
• Starting with a one-hour road trip to UNESCO Calle de la Moreria,
World Heritage City of Toledo 17
Try Sweet Moscatel
• Toledo is famous for its narrow, winding Wine and Tapas
streets and steps, stone houses and churches
that embodies Spain’s past Mercado Central
Plaza del Mercado
• Our guide Mariluz will show us around. It will 7am – 3pm
be like we take a time machine back
Corral de la Moreria
• First stop will be the panoramic view of (Michelin 1 Star)
Toledo, Mirador Del Valle Reservation at
6.15pm Show and
• Toledo has several beautiful gates such as Dinner
Puerta de AlfonsoVI, or Puerta Vieja de
Bisagra, the only remaining part of the
original Moorish City Wall. The Moors built
the gate, and its name comes from the Arabic
which means “Door of the Scared”

• Visit one of the most stunning landmarks in
Toledo, Iglesia de Santiago del Arrabal

• And of course, we can’t miss The Alcazar. It is
a big stone fort and palace on the highest
point of Toledo. The palace was never lived
in by any king because before it was finished,
the capital city was moved to Madrid

• We then walk to Catedral Primada Santa
Maria de Toledo or Cathedral of Toledo, the
2nd largest cathedral in Spain, after the one in
Seville. It is the 13th-century High Gothic
cathedral and was built on top of Morrish
mosque

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• Across from the Cathedral is the Town Hall
(Ayuntamiento), a beautiful building with a
small park in front

• Visiting Jewish quarter is also a must
• We will end our walking tour at the beautiful

Plaza Zocodover. Near the plaza is the Statue
of Miguel de Cervantes, the man who wrote
Don Quixote !!!
• Time for lunch at the best Tapas in Toledo,
Taberna Skala
• After lunch, we head back to Madrid for our
visit to the Royal Palace
• The Royal Palace or Palacio Real De Madrid is
the largest royal palace in Western Europe!!!
Booking time is 3pm
• Leaving the Royal Palace to Plaza de Oriente,
then walk north to Monasterio de la
Encarnacion, a church, monastery and
cloisters make up this architecturally
beautiful complex
• If we still have time, visit the Real Basilica de
San Francisco el Grande, a 1760 church with
exquisite Goya frescoes and other art work,
as well as the Arab Wall or Muralla Arabe,
then Madrid Cathedral or Catedral de la
Almudena, a Gothic-revival church with
statues of contemporary artists and stained
glass windows
• Tonight enjoy the award winning “World’s
best Tablao Flamenco Award” from Las
Minas International Festival (Spain’s most
pretigious flamenco festival) : Corral de la
Moreria – which also, included in the book
“1,000 places to see before you die”

Day 6 Madrid Train:
Wed, 7 Dec Principe Pio – Avila Principe Pio - Avila
Unica 18901 7.40 – 9.06 Unica 18901
7.40am – 9.06am
• We change the scene from road trip back to Coach 3
“train trip” again Seat
175–178, 180-182
• Pack breakfast, we need to leave home at
7am !!!!! to catch the 7.40 train at Princi to
Avila

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• We are visiting 2 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE

Cities; Avila and Segovia Segovia – Chamartin

• Starting with a 1.30hr train to Avila, the city Avant 34958

of Santa Teresa and the most famous Spanish 16.44 – 17.11

Medieval walls Coach 4

• Today we will have Javier as our guide for Seat

both cities 237-240, 242-244

• Segovia, a World Heritage City with unique

sights that are well worth a trip

• Our first stop is in the Plaza del Azoguejo, Meson Don Jimeno

where we find the main Visitor Centre and Calle Daoiz, 15
Try Segovia’s famous
the imposing Aqueduct of Segovia. The
Aqueduct is almost a kilometer in length, 30 suckling pig
meters in height and built in the first century. (Cochinillo), suckling
It’s the largest and best preserved in Spain lamb and local soup
Judiones de La
from the Roman Empire
Granja or bean stew
• From the Aqueduct, we walk towards the
And Ponche
Jewish Quarter along Calle Cervantes,
Segoviano for dessert
passing Casa De Los Picos house and

continue along Calle Juan Bravo to the

church of San Martin (Iglesia de San Martin),

a good example of Romanesque art in

Segovia

• Next stop is the spectacular Catedral de

Segovia

• Go pass the old Main Synagogue to Plaza de

la Merced. Next to it is Iglesia de San Andres

• Keep walking to the Alcazar de Segovia or

the “Cinderella Castle” (if time permit, we

can go inside)

• Take a train back to Madrid Chamartin

station before connecting Line 1 subway to

Plaza Mayor for the spectacular Christmas

Market in Madrid

• Shopping time before packing our luggage.

We move on to the next town tomorrow

Day 7 Madrid – Cordoba House @ Cordoba
Thu, 8 Dec Atocha – Cordoba Plaza Compo Santo
12.35 – 14.17 de los Martires, 6
Correo en farmacia,
• Pack our lunch boxes. Take high speed train Cordoba 14004
from Madrid to Cordoba.

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Day 8 • Spend a night in Cordoba, once the capital of
Fri, 9 Dec
Islamic Spain and Western Europe’s biggest

and most cultured city Train

• After dropping off our luggage. Walk on the AVE 2122

Puente Romano or the Roman Bridge; don’t Madrid-Puerta De

miss seeing what was Cordoba’s only bridge Atocha – Cordoba

for 20 centuries. Built by the Roman in the Central

first century AD 12.35 -14.17

• After crossing the Roman Bridge, we will Coach 3
reach the Great Mosque of Cordoba or Seat 10 A-D, 11 B-D

Mezquita-Catedral (Mosque Cathedral), one

of the most beautiful mosques in Spain and

the World’s third largest mosque. It is a

World Heritage site known for its stunning Café Bar Los

architecture. Construction on the mosque Romerillos

began in the year 785 Calle Acera del

• At night, one of the best ways to get to know Arrecife, 6, 14009,

Cordoba is to spend an evening bar-hopping Cordoba

around the historic centre. For a dose of

time-honoured Cordoban charm, head to

kiosk-size Bar Santos opposite the Mosque-

Cathedral: it serves the best “tortilla”

(Spanish omelette) in town.

• Next, stop by Bar Santa Marina, where

bullfighting photos adorn the walls; it’s

opposite the church of Santa Marina. More

contemporary hangouts lie on Calle San

Fernando

Cordoba – Seville Elegant Townhouse
Renfe 13020 Santas Patronas 8,
9.08 – 10.32 Sevilla, Spain 41001

• Wake up early. After breakfast, take a train

to Seville, originally founded as a Roman city Train

and now home to three UNESCO World Renfe MD# 13020

Heritage Sites; Seville Cathedral and the Cordoba – Sevilla S.

Giralda, The Royal Alcazar, and the General Justa

Archive of the Indies 09.08 – 10.32

• After check into the new home. Grab a quick Coach 4

lunch at Bodegas Santa Cruz (Las Columnas). Seat 159 160 163 164

Seville is a city famous for its sandwiches, 165 166 169

most often served in their mini version; try

Serranito de Cerdo and Montadito de Pringa

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• We will spend the whole afternoon to

explore the city; visiting 2 UNESCO sites;

Cathedral of Seville and The Real Alcazar Bodegas Sata Cruz

• We have a booking at 1.15pm for The Seville (Las columnas)

Cathedral, the biggest Gothic structure in the Try Serranito de

world and also the 3rd largest cathedral Cerdo and Montadito

following Saint Peter in Rome and Saint Paul de Pringa

in London (2 types of sandwich)

• Climb up the Giralda tower for a bird eye

view of the city Cathedral of Seville
• Then walk around the Cathedral area; enjoy Plaza Virgen de los
Reyes
the beautiful architecture of the Archivo de Booking @ 1.15pm
Indias, Plaza del Triunfo, Casa de la
Provincia, Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, and

Puerta del Perdon y el Patio de los Naranjos

• The Plaza del Cabildo is also close by; it is a
beautifully decorated plaza just off the city’s Royal Alcazar of
main street, Avenida de la Constitucion. With Seville
a trickling fountain and beautiful arches, this Booking @ 4pm

square is also home to one of the only

remaining pieces of the original wall of the Tablao El Arenal
city of Seville Show and Tapas
• Get to the Real Alcazar de Sevilla at 4pm Booking @ 7pm
• Royal Alcazar of Seville, the Iconic Moorish-

Renaissance royal palace. It is next door to

the Cathedral

• Originally built as a Moorish fort, the Alcazar

is a warren of tranquil courtyards, ornately

tiled reception rooms and lush gardens

• We end the day with Flamingo show and

Tapas at Tablao El Arenal, booking time 7pm

Day 9 Seville Seville Christmas
Sat, 10 Dec Market
• Enjoy the Game of Throne’s Day Plaza Nueva
• The van will pick us up at 9am and head to 5 pm - 9 pm

Italica to visit the 3rd largest Roman
Amphitheatre in the world. It is one of the
location on GOT season 7 and 8
• Next, move on to a town of Osuna, an
attractive town full of Baroque houses,
churches and palaces. It is also a location that
shot season 5 Game of Thrones. Osuna fit

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right in on the mythical lands of Westeros
and Essos
• One of the most dramatic scenes of the fifth
season was filmed in the Plaza de Toros.
Built in the early 1900s, this bullring is
capable of holding 6500 viewers and has one
of the largest diameters of any bullring in
Spain
• Late lunch at Casa Curro, a local bar where
they offered tapas based on the characters of
Game of Thrones
• Back to Seville in the afternoon
• Head to the landmark of Seville, Plaza de
Espana, the square lined with ceramic tiles.
Stroll through Parque Maria Luisa and taking
in the breathtaking Plaza de Espana. You may
even recognize the building, it has been the
backdrop for some huge blockbuster movies,
such as Star War Episode II and of course the
Game of Throne. I told you, it is GOT day
• On the way back home, stop by Plaza Nueva
for Seville Christmas Market. It is quite a
unique market, featuring exclusive artisan
products, such as textiles, jewelry, mosaics,
glass, enamels and ceramics.
• Pack again, our trip is very close to the end

Day 10 Seville – Madrid Madrid Marriott
Sun, 11 Dec AVE 2101 10.43 – 13.16 Auditorium Hotel
Avenida de Argon
• Early morning walk along the bank of 400, San Blas 28022
Guadalquivir River, past the 13th-century, Madrid
dodecagonal military watchtower of Torre Tel: +34 914 00 4400
del Oro. Then turn right to Calle Postigo del
Carbon and left on Calle Temprado to the Train
Hospital de la Caridad, the Art-filled 1600s AVE # 2101
almshouse and church 10.43 – 13.16
Sevilla S.Justa –
• Back to the river bank and continue on to Madrid Atocha
Real Maestranza or Royal Bullring. It is a Coach 3
Baroque bullring dating back to 1761 and is Seat 11A 11B 12C
the most legendary in history of bullfighting. Coach 5
The bullring also has a museum where 11A 11B 12B 12D
visitors can learn more about the world of

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bullfighting through an exhibition of
costumes, photographs and painting
• Pack lunch boxes and catch a train to Madrid.
We will spend late afternoon for our last-
minute shopping in Madrid, the capital of
Spain

Day 11 Madrid – BKK

Mon, 12 Dec QR 148 Madrid – Doha 08.20 – 17.05

QR 830 Doha – BKK 19.45 – 06.05 +1

Day 12
Tue, 13 Dec Arrive home safely on Tuesday morning at 6.05am