Love Spain and the great outdoors? Here at Totally Spain we do too and that’s why we’ve created this unique 11-night self-drive itinerary starting in Barcelona, with 7 nights in the Spanish Pyrenees and finishing up with 2 nights in the Rioja wine region and a night in Bilbao! Gastronomy is a key element in this Parador self-drive itinerary and you’ll get to taste the best Catalan, Basque, Riojan and Pryenees dishes and wines. We’ll customise each itinerary so you really experience and enjoy these incredible cities, towns and the countryside in the way that suits your travelling party. For the moment let us entice you with this sample Spanish Pyrenees itinerary.
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Driving Routes in Portugal
Looking for a perfect roadtrip in Portugal? Here at Totally Spain, we’ve been scheduling self-drive vacations through Portugal and Spain since 2000 and are specialists in designing tailor-made trips that involve the open road!
Best Museum Restaurants in Spain – 10 of the Hottest Places to Eat
We’ve visited a huge number of Spain’s best museums since establishing Totally Spain 17 years ago and we always make it our business to check out the cafés and restaurants as well as the exhibits. Here are what we consider to be 10 of the best museum restaurants in Spain, our favourites that we recommend to clients travelling on our custom itineraries – and we hope you enjoy them too!
Totally Spain’s Guide to the Centro Region of Portugal
Nestled in between the cities of Lisbon and Porto and with the Atlantic coast to the West and Spain to the East, the Centro region has everything you need for a perfect midweek break. Here at Totally Spain, we’ve been devising itineraries for Spain & Portugal for over 16 years and we know it won’t be long before the international crowds arrive to explore Coimbra, Aveiro & Belmonte. See it now, we say, while it’s still relatively unknown outside of Portugal.
Planning a Trip from Spain to Portugal’s First Parador
Here at Totally Spain, we love the Paradores franchise and are delighted that the luxury hotel chain has opened its first parador in Portugal. Here’s how we are planning a route around a night or two at the Parador Casa da Insua…