Most visitors to Madrid, if they are not heading northeast of Barcelona, visit Andalusia. The tours on this page head south to this famous region, with day trips and multi-day tours of Seville, Granada, and other major cities in the scorching southern Spain.
All tours on this page include accommodation (except the day trip), transportation and guides. Some meals are included in some tours.
Day trip from Madrid to Seville
A day trip to Andalusia sounds like traveling a lot without doing a lot of sightseeing, but that AVE high-speed train actually makes such a trip quite practical, albeit expensive.
The closest destination in Andalusia that can be reached by AVE is Córdoba, which is worth a day to see its famous mosque / cathedral and the Jewish quarter, but it is Seville that attracts the most.
The trip takes just two and a half hours, so if you leave early enough, you can get a full day in Seville and still be back at your own hotel at the end of the day. You can easily organize it yourself, but to make the most of your day, take a guided tour:
But an even better idea is to combine Córdoba and Seville in a two-day trip. See the next entry (below).
Tours in Spain from Madrid: short tours of Seville and Córdoba
If you are going to visit Seville, why don’t you stop in Córdoba on the way?
Cordoba is not far from Seville and is home to the Mezquita, the great mosque that was once the largest in the world (and has now become the city’s cathedral), so add this to your trip to Seville. it’s a great way to get more of your time.
These short guided tours take place in Seville and Córdoba in a couple of days, some also in Cáceres or Ronda. All of these trips will take you back to Madrid in the end, some by high-speed AVE train, unless otherwise noted.
- Seville and Cordoba
- Two day tour
- Three day tour
- Three-day tour with descent to the Costa del Sol
- Seville, Córdoba and Cáceres
- Three day tour
- Four day tour
- Seville and Cáceres
- Two day tour
- Three day tour
- Seville, Cordoba and Ronda
- Three-day tour with descent to the Costa del Sol
Spain tours from Madrid: four-day tour of Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Toledo
Visit the three most important cities of Andalusia in just four days. Half a day in Córdoba, a day and a half in Seville and a day in Granada (where you will see the Alhambra) and then back to Madrid, a stop in Toledo for a short tour.
Tours in Spain from Madrid: five-day tour of Andalusia and Toledo
The same as the four-day tour above, with an additional day to visit Ronda and the Costa del Sol.
Ronda is worth seeing. If you can stretch the extra day and expenses, I would recommend this tour over the previous one.
Spain Tours from Madrid: Seven-Day Tour of Barcelona, Andalusia and More
Visit the best of Spain’s cities: Barcelona, Seville, and Granada, as well as Cordoba, Valencia, and Zaragoza on this gigantic tour of the country.
This seven-day (six-night) tour includes combined tours of the smaller cities with slightly longer stops in both Seville and Barcelona (where you’ll spend two nights each). If you only have one week in Spain in your life and you need to see its best moments, this is the tour for you.
Accommodation is in luxury hotels and many meals are included.
Spain Tours from Madrid: Seven-Day Andalusia with Beach Break
This trip takes the usual Córdoba-Seville-Ronda-Granada-Toledo route that most tours do, but with a couple of days to stay on the beach on the Costa del Sol.
