Doroub March 2019

Doroub March 2019

ARRIVAL & WELCOME DINNER IN TOLEDO

27/3/2020

Meeting in airport and individual transfer to Toledo

Welcome Dinner

PArador de Toledo

Madrid Arrival, pick up, welcome tour and overnight in Toledo.

Pick up by a welcome car at Madrid International Airport and transfer to your hotel in Toledo.

1N – TO: TOLEDO, ANCIENT CAPITAL OF IBERIA, MELTING POT OF AL-ANDALUS

Toledo, 70 km from Madrid, was the former capital of Spain before and after Muslim Rule. We will tour the old medina and historical centre of Toledo for around 2-4 hours, including time for touring some of it's monuments, the Alkasr Royal Palaces, the Cathedral, and time for meals, snacks and a little break for your free exploring and shopping. After this, a 350 km bus ride through La Mancha, lands of the famous figure Don Quijote, will lead us to Córdoba. Guided visits in the medina of Cordoba, including Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral, the Alkasr Royal Palaces, the Jewish quarters, old city walls, Live Museum of al-Andalus, Andalusi courtyard home and other streets and alleys in the historical medina of Cordoba.Continuing our visits in the city and a break for lunch in the medina, we will depart Cordoba through Medinat al-Zahra, court city and Caliph's palace ruins, including a visit to the museum and expositions there.

CORDOBA: THE UMAYYAD CAPITAL OF AL-ANDALUS

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Short Tour in Toledo ( ZocoDovar , Synagouge , cristo la luiz , … )

Bus to Cordoba

Quicklunch

Walking tour “Hammam”

Dinner at salon di tea

Hotel NH Amistad

Day 1: Arrival & evening in Cordoba

During your first night in Cordoba we suggest you enjoy the lovely night time walks in the medina, around the Ummayad mosque, Cordoba‘s most ancient town ‘Medina alQadima’ the ancient Islamic town. We offer a choice for dinner at one of our favorite and recommended halal establishments within town.

2N – CO: CÓRDOBA: CITY OF THE UMMAYAD, EMIRS & CALIPHS

Our guided visits in the medina of Cordoba, include Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral, the Alkasr Royal Palaces, the Jewish quarters, old city walls, Live Museum of al-Andalus, Andalusi courtyard home and other streets and alleys in the historical medina of Cordoba.Continuing our visits in the city and a break for lunch in the medina, we will depart Cordoba through Medinat al-Zahra, court city and Caliph's palace ruins, including a visit to the museum and expositions there.

CORDOBA GRAND UMAYYAD MOSQUE TOUR & ANCIENT TOWN

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The Mosque

Madinat ALZahra + lunch

Casa Andalusia + Casa de los Cabezas

Cordoba Highlight Tours

As a first time explorer in Cordoba, or to deepen your historical knowledge of the city, we suggest you take part in one of our 'City Guided Tours'. We also offer optional entertainment options and leisure time including shopping or walks around the modern or historical town. Our historical introduction tour to Cordoba's ancient Islamic ‘medina’ explores the most ancient town, ‘Madinat alqadima’ of Cordoba and it’s Ummaya Mosque.

We also recommend a series of our favorite expositions and museums in town. While in Cordoba one must also take a short excursion to witness and explore the Ummayad's Government city of Madinat al Zahra the Caliph's ruling city, the 'Dar al Mulk' of Al-Andalus.

There are three active mosques in Cordoba worth visiting, a marvelous opportunity to meet some local Muslims while touring around town.

Further service standards and options are provided at the time of your booking. You must not leave Cordoba without visiting 'Plaza de La Corredera', 'Parque de Colón' where you will find and actual mosque open for Muslims to pray in today. There are also some expositions in town, worth a visit to widen your knowledge of popular culture and the historical roots of Cordoba.

SEVILLA, THE DIVISION & FALL OF THE CALIPHATE: AL MORABITUN

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Heading to Sevilla &stop at Carmona

Olive farm + Lunch at Hacienda De Torre De Dona Maria

Torre del Oro + check in

Hotel Gran melia Colon

2N – SVQ: SEVILLA

SEVILLA

SEVILLA MONUMENTAL TOUR & ANCIENT MUSLIM TOWN

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Alcazar & Geralda

Heading to ALMonaster with stop at archena caves +lunch

Back to Sevilla

MOUNTAIN ROUTE INTO GRANADA: XEREZ & RONDA VISIT STOPS

1/4/2020

Heading to Granada via Xerez & Ronda

Lunch & Hammam

Check in

San Nicolas

ALHambra Palace

2N – GR: GRANADA, THE LAST MUSLIM KINGDOM, FRUiT OF AL-ANDALUS

Visit Alhambra palace and Gardens. Free evening in Granada.Morning transfer to Granada for a midday arrival(260km). Upon arrival at Granada, we will collect some snacks and be introduced through a guided visit to the Alhambra palatial town, including the Nashrid Palaces, Alkasba fortress, Generalife summer palace, gardens and the old medina of the Alhambra.After this we will pass on to the opposite hill to visit the old medina of Garnata and it's main areas, divisions, city walls. We will visit the Mosque of the Albayzin at the Mirador de San Nicolás, most famous viewing point to the Alhambra and Granada city. From there we will walk down to the town centre and visit the souq streets where we will have dinner and enjoy the evening freely. Tour of the medina of Granada, free afternoon in Granada.Special dinner in Granada.The next morning you will be introduced to the modern capital of Granada, we will go through the most important areas of the historical medina within the modern city centre, the old medina after which Granada is named.After this introduction you will have free time for shopping, leisure walks or activities in Granada, during your last afternoon in Spain.

GRANADA & ALHAMBRA TOUR

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Tour at Granada

ALHambra + picnic lunch

Dinner

GR*: GRANADA, THE LAST MUSLIM KINGDOM, FRUiT OF AL-ANDALUS; DAY TIME INCLUDING GUIDED VISIT TO THE ALHAMBRA (UNESCO HERITAGE SITE)

You will be introduced to the modern capital of Granada, we will go through the most important areas of the historical medina within the modern city centre, the old medina after which Granada is named.After this introduction you will have free time for shopping, leisure walks or activities in Granada, during your last afternoon in Spain.

MADRID FAREWELLS & DEPARTURE EVENING PLANS

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Back to Madrid with stop in park la batalla de las navas de tolosa

Check in

Hotel melia

1N-MAD; MADRID, FROM MUSLIM FORT TO CAPITAL OF MODERN SPAIN

An introduction to Madrid for first-time visitors, or a deeper exploration for those who know it already, this city tour will reveal many cultural details that – though common knowledge to locals – are not so obvious to people passing through. We also aim to take you back in time from the modern capital of Spain to the former Muslim defensive outpost, named after the Arabic word for the river on whose banks the Muslims once tended orchards of apple trees.

INTRODUCTION

Madrid is the only European capital to have been founded by Muslims, to whom we owe more than just the city’s name. Its placement, urban layout, and even the origin of its patron saint, the Virgin de la Almudena (from the Arabi, Almudayna), are part of the legacy of Andalusi Madrid, which was a Muslim citadel for 200 years, and a linchpin in the defense of central al-Andalus.

Madrid came to the forefront of Spanish history when, in June of 1561 (or 939 AH), King Felipe IItook his court to the city, inaugurating it as the country’s capital. However, prior to this date, the site was far from being an empty space. The scattered remains of a few hermitages from the Visigoth period can be found here. But the city of Madrid is first mentioned in historical texts dating from the end of the 9th century CE, when Emir Muhammad I (852-886 CE / 230-264 AH) raised a fortress on a promontory next to the River Manzares, where today the Royal Palace stands, close to what is now the Catedral de la Almudena, at the start of the Calle Mayor.

This fortress was designed as a lookout that would keep watch over the mountain passes of the Sierra de Guadarrama in order to protect Toledo, the old Visigoth capital. However, it also functioned as aribat,a place where Muslim armies would gather at the beginning of a campaign against the Christian armies of the north. For example, in the year 977 CE (355 AH), Almanzor began his militarycampaign from Madrid. When the Cordoban Caliphate disintegrated, Madrid became part of the Taifa kingdom of Toledo.

A small settlement developed around this fortification known as Majrit (Latinised as Magerit), which meant ‘land with flowing water’. When Toledo surrendered to Alfonso VI of Castilla and León, between 1083 and 1085 CE (461-463 AH), the city passed into Christian hands without a fight, along with several other settlement in the Castilian kingdom.

After the Castilian conquest, the city grew with the new inhabitants that arrived from the north. The Jewish and Muslim inhabitants were not expelled, although some of the Muslims’ religious buildings were requisitioned; thus the main mosque was transformed into a church, dedicated to Saint Mary.

DEPARTURES FROM MADRID HOTEL TO AIRPORT

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15 pax Quotation Docs

Salaam, please find attached our first round of quotes, for 15 pax, so far.

27/3/2020

Meeting in airport and individual transfer to Toledo

Welcome Dinner

PArador de Toledo

28/3

Short Tour in Toledo ( ZocoDovar , Synagouge , cristo la luiz , … )

Bus to Cordoba

Quicklunch

Walking tour “Hammam”

Dinner at salon di tea

Hotel NH Amistad

29/3

The Mosque

Madinat ALZahra + lunch

Casa Andalusia + Casa de los Cabezas

30/3

Heading to Sevilla &stop at Carmona

Olive farm + Lunch at Hacienda De Torre De Dona Maria

Torre del Oro + check in

Hotel Gran melia Colon

31/3

Alcazar & Geralda

Heading to ALMonaster with stop at archena caves +lunch

Back to Sevilla

1/4/2020

Heading to Granada via Xerez & Ronda

Lunch & Hammam

Check in

San Nicolas

ALHambra Palace

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Tour at Granada

ALHambra + picnic lunch

Dinner

3/4

Back to Madridwith stop in park la batalla de las navas de tolosa

Check in

Hotel melia

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