3-Day Best of Andalusia Private Tour

Upon your arrival to Malaga airport or train station, you will be met by your personal tour host and taken to the hotel. The tour will start with Malaga, the capital of the Costa del Sol. It is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the fifth largest in Spain.

Malaga’s history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. During our walking tour of Malaga you will see the archaeological remains and monuments from the Phoenician, Roman, Arabic and Christian eras make the historic center of the city an “open museum”, displaying its history of more than 3,000 years. In the afternoon you will visit Marbella and Puerto Banus. Which are, without a doubt, one of the Costa del Sol’s major tourist centres. The historic part of Marbella, sitting on a beautiful bay, shelters lovely corners of a typically Andalusian flavour, with whitewashed houses and orange trees adorning the streets and squares. An ideal setting for sampling any one of the tasty recipes of the local cuisine. Puerto Banus, one of the main focal points for tourists in the town, houses an exclusive leisure and shopping area inside its marina. Transfer to Malaga.

On the third day of your trip you will get familiar with the spiritual heritage of Andalusia. We will start with the visit to Seville Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. It was built to demonstrate the city’s wealth, as it had become a major trading center in Spain in the years after the Reconquista in 1248. We will climb up to the top of La Giralda, the bell tower of a cathedral, from where you may enjoy the best views over the city. Both sites are listed as World Heritage by UNESCO.

In the afternoon we will head to Cordoba that used to be the most populated city in Europe in the 10th century, it was not only the intellectual center of Europe but also an example of how Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in peace. Here the other UNESCO World Heritage Site is awaiting for you – welcome to the Great Mosque of Cordoba, a religious building with more than 1400 years history. Its incredible hall has 856 columns of jasper, onyx, marble, and granite, and was made from pieces of the Roman temple which had occupied the site previously, as well as other destroyed Roman buildings. After visiting A Mosque let´s roam a bit the streets of Jewish Quarter that is recognised as the second most known site of Córdoba and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1994. The Juderia de Cordoba is a part of the historic center of city which tells the story how the city lived a splendid period when three neighbourhoods Christian, Jewish and Muslim with their corresponding religions coexisted peacefully, offering the world an example of tolerance and intelligent civilization. Three babel languages had coexisted and everyone prayed in harmony and in their own languages to their god. Walking through the Jewish Quarter we will come across the Synagogue (14th century) and a magnificent bronze statue dedicated to Maimonides, the great Jewish philosopher and physician who lived in Cordoba. After a day spent in the peaceful atmosphere of the great temples you will be driven to Granada and accommodated in a hotel.