Spain & Morocco

With your Field Director, take a walking tour of Madrid, Spain’s capital and largest city

Visit the Prado, Madrid's famed art museum where you can behold Velázquez’s Las Meninas and Goya’s paired canvases

Enjoy dinner in Madrid

Take a guided tour of Madrid

With your expert local guide you will see:

• Puerta del Sol, one of the city’s busiest squares
• Plaza Mayor, the center of old Madrid where you’ll learn about the grand square’s history of bullfights, royal weddings, and public executions
• Plaza de Oriente, the Royal Palace square, located across from the Royal Palace

Visit the Royal Palace and get a glimpse of regal Madrid, where you’ll wander the fabulous palace interior

Travel by train to Granada, where you’ll explore the Andalucia region and see Don Quixote’s windmills

Take a guided tour of the Albayzín District, a former Islamic district of Granada and current UNESCO World Heritage Site

Enjoy dinner in Granada

Visit the Alhambra, Granada’s crowning jewel widely recognized as the world’s premier example of Islamic architecture, and built as an all-in-one alcazaba (fortress), alcazar (palace) and small medina (city)

🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Granada on your own

Travel from Granada to Tarifa

🔹 Cultural engagement: Enjoy a seaside lunch in Tarifa

Travel to Tangier via ferry

Enjoy dinner in Tangier

Visit the Hercules Caves, partly natural and man-made caves located at the base of Cape Spartel, which hold mythological importance and still contain Phoenician wall markings

Take a guided tour of Tangier, one of Morocco’s main ports to Spain

With an expert local guide you will see: 

• The Medina, a labyrinth of alleyways that attracts visitors from around the world
• Grand Socco, a large marketplace with artisan wares, cafes, and gardens
• See breathtaking views at Spartel Cape, a 1,000 foot tall promontory right at the entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar and the most northwestern point in Africa

Enjoy dinner in Tangier

Travel via Chefchaouen, striking for its blue-washed buildings and leather and weaving craftmanship, on your way to Fez

Enjoy dinner in Fez

Visit a local tannery

Experience a ceramics demonstration

🔹 Guided learning: Take a tour of Fez 

With an expert local guide you will see: 

• The ornate Royal Palace of the King of Morocco notable for its mechouars, or courtyard entrances
• Mellah Jewish quarter, a separate district home to Morocco's oldest Jewish community
• Bab Bou Jeloud, also known as the Blue Gate, represents the color of Fez on one side, while green on the other represents the color of Islam

🔹 Cultural engagement: Take a walking tour of Old Medina and see Morocco's former capital up close

Enjoy dinner in Fez and reflect with your group over Moroccan cuisine 

Travel to Meknes, a city known for its imperial past and see Bab El-Mansour and the Royal Stables  

Explore Rabat with an expert local guide, the capital of the country and home to the Royal Palace Mechouar, the official residence of the king of Morocco

Enjoy a farewell dinner in Casablanca