Hidden Europe: unique experiences in Europe's cities
8920 · By Katie Shaw
Europe’s cities are treasure troves of culture, teeming with iconic, must-see sights to enthral even the most seasoned of tourists.
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2021 Tour code: POG21
About the tour
Flowing from northern Spain to the ocean in Porto, the Douro River carves our route through a rolling landscape of vineyards. Discover its ever-changing scenery and gastronomic delights before we continue to vibrant Lisbon, with its Moorish influences and charming streets.
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We depart St Pancras International by Eurostar to Paris, in Standard Premier Class. In Paris we join the TGV to Biarritz, where we stay overnight. On Day 2 we transfer by coach to San Sebastian, where we board the train to Vallodolid in First Class, before transferring to a regional train for the short journey onwards to Salamanca (Standard Class). Our hotel for the next two nights is the Catalonia Plaza Mayor. This evening we dine in a traditional restaurant on the Plaza Mayor.
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4.4 / 5 · 16 reviews
Mr P Cooke
Submitted 21 Oct 2019
Excellent variety of stopovers and interesting places
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Miss S O'Leary
Submitted 17 Dec 2018
A lovely holiday with many highlights to a beautiful country and led by a very well organised and friendly Tour Leader. Unfortunately once again I feel that these tours are designed with couples in mind which makes life difficult for myself as a single traveller. The first part of the tour was fine in terms of my being on my own as most events were attended as a group but toward the end of the holiday there was a lot of free time. As I was the only single person on the tour with 10 couples I found myself wandering around on my own thinking "I've paid a lot of money to wander about alone" and looking for take away services for meals or having a picnic in my hotel room for dinner.
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Mrs M Cameron
Submitted 29 Oct 2018
Great tour with one caveat (see below). Would also have liked a longer time in Bilbao -felt our time in the Guggenheim was far too short given it’s quite a long coach journey to get there.
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Mr P Brainch
Submitted 22 Oct 2018
It proved to be a super 'holiday' (tour!) with excellent weather, a good group of fellow travellers, a well-thought out itinerary, good hotels and a brilliant tour manager.
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Mr D Cooke
Submitted 08 Oct 2018
No holiday is that perfect
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Mrs P Harding
Submitted 04 Jun 2018
Small group size of 12 couples - like minded people and generally good group - mixed well. Loved the free time available and not feeling like herded cattle - no name badges of Manager with umbrellas. Trains were all good and Manager made sure we had plenty of time and were not rushed. Great places visited and good local guides with tours at good length.
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