North Spain Discovery

Guide

All Intrepid group trips in Europe are accompanied by one of our local European group leaders. ’Local’ in this context means a leader who is European or lives in Europe. The aim of the group leader is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. Intrepid endeavours to provide the services of an experienced leader however, due to the seasonality of travel, rare situations may arise where your leader is new to a particular region or training other group leaders. Your leader takes care of logistics, will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the places visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious and social aspects. At Intrepid we also aim to support local guides in the individual cities or locations we travel to. If you are interested in delving deeper into the local culture at a specific site or location then your leader can recommend an optional local guide service in most of the main destinations of your trip.

Meals

4 breakfasts

Others

Included activities Pamplona Orientation Walk Pintxo Crawl - Logrono Winery visit - Logrono Monte Igueldo Cable Car - San Sebastian

Transport

Train,Public bus,Metro,Cable Car TRANSPORT IN EUROPE: Half the fun of travel is the travelling itself, that's why we like to travel the local way – whether that means mingling with commuters on a local train, watching the scenery roll by from the window of a long distance bus, arriving on a high speed train in the city centre of your next destination, or navigating each city's public transport system. In Europe, you are guaranteed to travel by genuine local public transport wherever possible, which puts you right in the centre of the action.

Accommodation

The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline only and may change. On some occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our preferred accommodation. In these cases, we will use a similar standard of accommodation. Throughout the trip, we request that our properties prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However, this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination or on some trips, have use of shared day rooms until all rooms are available. OCCASIONAL ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION: The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline. On rare occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our usual accommodation. A similar standard of accommodation will be used in these instances. TWIN SHARE BASIS: Accommodation on this trip is on a twin/multishare basis. We pair up solo travellers with another traveller of the same gender as per the gender marker on each of their passports. Please note there may be times where facilities will be shared rather than ensuite and rare occasions when you share a room with passengers travelling on different Intrepid trips than your own. CHECK-IN TIME: Throughout the trip we request that our hotels prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination. PRE/POST TRIP ACCOMMODATION: If you've purchased pre-trip or post-trip accommodation (if available), you may be required to change rooms from your trip accommodation for these extra nights. FACILITIES: Your accommodation may not always have private en suite facilities or air-conditioning. European hotels generally don't provide kettles or fridges. Hotel (5 nights),Hostal (2 nights)

Others

Other activities and services not included

Flights

International flights not included.

Optional

Cathedral visit - EUR7 Guell Palace - EUR12 Andean-Amazonian Ethnographic Museum - Free Casa Batllo - EUR24 Museum of City History - EUR7 National Art Museum of Catalonia - EUR12 Old Santa Creu Hospital - EUR10 Picasso Museum - EUR14 Museum of Gaudi - EUR6 Cable car to Montjuic (one way) - EUR8 Contemporary Art Museum - EUR10 Barcelona Tapas Tour - EUR70 Snapshots of Barcelona - EUR48 Gothic Cathedral - EUR5 Ciudadella fortress - Free Taconera Park - Free Museo de la Rioja - Free San Bartolome church - Free Logrono Cathedral - Free Catedral del Buen Pastor - Free Aquarium - EUR13 Grab Your Pintxo UA - EUR73 St. James Way Adventure - EUR63 Guggenheim Museum - EUR16 San Telmo Museum - EUR6 Basque by Bike- San Sebastian UA - EUR43 Catamaran Boat trip - EUR10 Royals, Stars and Surfers - San Sebastian UA - EUR50 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza - EUR12 Abono Paseo del Arte (3 museum combo voucher) - EUR30 Real Jardín Botánico - EUR6 Museo del Prado - EUR15 Museo Reina Sofia - EUR10 Royal Palace-Madrid - EUR11 Markets of Madrid - Urban Adventure - EUR47 Madrid Tapas Adventure - Urban Adventure - EUR82 Museo Taurino - EUR15

Insurance

Insurance is not included. Travel insurance is required for this tour. Please make sure you are adequately covered. If you require travel insurance, TourRadar has partnered up with World Nomads to provide a hassle-free experience. More information can be found here (https://www.tourradar.com/travel-insurance).