Destinations
Between them, Spain’s three luxury trains call at ten UNESCO World Heritage sites and some of the loveliest towns in Europe. Every excursion below — with guides and entrance fees — is included in your fare.
Seville
Where the Al Ándalus begins or ends: the largest Gothic cathedral on earth, the Giralda, the Real Alcázar's Mudéjar courts, and flamenco after dark in Triana.
Córdoba
The Mezquita-Cathedral — a forest of nine hundred striped arches — anchors the old capital of Islamic Spain, ringed by the whitewashed lanes and patios of the Judería.
Jerez & Cádiz
Dancing Andalusian horses, centuries-old sherry bodegas, and the sea-light of Cádiz — held to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in western Europe.
Mérida & Cáceres
Extremadura's twin UNESCO treasures: the Roman theatre, temple and bridge of Mérida, and the perfectly preserved walled old town of Cáceres.
Toledo
The imperial city of three cultures on its granite hill above the Tagus — Gothic cathedral, tenth-century mosque, medieval synagogues and El Greco.
Bilbao
Frank Gehry's titanium Guggenheim remade this Basque industrial port into one of Europe's great culture cities; its pintxo bars remain gloriously unchanged.
Santander & Santillana del Mar
The Belle Époque bay of Santander, the medieval village of Santillana del Mar, Altamira's painted caves and Gaudí's whimsical El Capricho in Comillas.
Picos de Europa
Glacial lakes, the sanctuary of Covadonga and cheese aged in mountain caves — the wild limestone heart of Green Spain, just inland from the coast.
Oviedo, Gijón & Luarca
Asturias in three movements: the pre-Romanesque capital, the seafront city, and the white fishing town of Luarca, tumbling to its harbour.
Playa de las Catedrales
At low tide you walk beneath cathedral arches thirty metres high, carved by the Cantabrian Sea into the Galician cliffs — one of Europe's great beaches.
Santiago de Compostela
The end of the Camino: the granite cathedral where pilgrims have arrived for a thousand years, and the lively old town that surrounds it.
San Sebastián
The Belle Époque resort on La Concha bay, with more Michelin stars per capita than almost anywhere on earth — the Gran Lujo's elegant eastern gateway.
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