Gallery Hosted Tour, Wine Along Spain’s Roman Silver Road

Madrid, first night, a private tapas tour, delicious local wines & dishes

Madrid, stay at the Palacio de Tepa, Madrid, 5*

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Castile & Leon, lunch in the medieval walled town of Ávila.

On to the old university city of Salamanca & stay in the converted 16th-century convent.

Castile & Leon, stay at Palacio de Castellanos, Salamanca 4* a converted 16th-century palace, looking onto the Los Dominicos monastery, where Columbus developed is putch to persuade the royal family to send him to the Americas in 1492.

Meet artisan cheese-maker & Harrods supplier, Vicente Pastor, for a tour & tasting of his award-winning zamorano cheese.

Meet winemaker Charlotte Allen, of almaroja. Winery + tasting.

To Portugal for lunch, along the Douro River. 

After lunch, take a boat cruise along the meandering Douro River, birds of prey such as the golden eagle often flying above.

To Guijuelo to meet Simón Martín, a producer of the finest jamón ibérico since 1907 & 2012 winner of The Best Jamón in Spain!

To the town of Mogarraz, to visit Agustín Maillo at his Vino La Zorra winery.

The Vino La Zorra, winery. D.O. Sierra de Salamanca.

On to the historic walled city of Caceres.

Stay at the Parador Caceres 4*, a converted former mansion house dating back to the 14th century, situated inside the protected historic centre.

To the town of Merida, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tour the Roman theatre & amphitheatre.

Santa Marina winery visit & tasting - spectacularly located on the site of an old Roman vineyard at the foot of the Sierra de la Moneda. The winery spans 58 hectares in the D.O. Ribera del Guadiana.

And on to Seville. Stay at the Vincci Rábida, 4* Hotel.

Jerez de la Frontera, the first & oldest D.O. in Spain. Tour & tasting at Lustau.

More sherry at the Fernando de Castilla, one of the oldest bodegas in Jerez, owned by Jan Pettersen. Tour & tasting of their aged sherries, between 93 & 95 Parker points.

Seville and its orange trees.

See some flamenco before dinner.

Michelin star, El Abantal for dinner

Cross the Sierra & call at Finca el Rosalejo belonging to the Duke & Duchess of Ahumada for a tasting of locally prized wines & our farewell lunch in the main dining room.

On to Malaga for our last night at the former 18th century Andalusian Palace, Hotel Palacio Solecio.

A local drink & tapas to celebrate the end of our tour.