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Madrid to Lisbon: Palaces, Patios and the Atlantic
Walk the Mudéjar halls of Seville's Real Alcázar after the gates close to the public.
By arrangement · How private access worksSuggested length
10 days
Price guide
From $9,980 per person, excl. international flights, based on two sharing
Includes hotels, private guiding, experiences and transfers
When
April to June and September to October
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Las Meninas starts this journey, and the Atlantic ends it. This 10-day private tour of Spain and Portugal follows one line from Madrid to Lisbon, by way of Toledo and the red and white arches of Córdoba’s Mezquita. In Seville, by arrangement, you walk the Mudéjar halls of the Real Alcázar after the gates close to the public. On the Algarve, dinner might be a cataplana, the region’s copper pan of clams, pork or prawns. Lisbon, Belém and the palaces of Sintra close the route. Your guides are top guides, chosen for their experience, knowledge and engaging personalities, not egos. Your planner reshapes any day around you, so you pay only for what you want.
Study Velázquez’s Las Meninas and Goya’s Black Paintings with Ana at the Prado, Madrid.
Walk under the red and white double arches of the Mezquita, Córdoba.
Cook a Sevillian meal with a chef after the stalls of the Triana market, Seville.
Visit King Pedro I’s Mudéjar palace inside the Real Alcázar, Seville.
Sail along the cliffs to the sea caves near Benagil, the Algarve.
Ride up to the red and yellow walls of the Pena Palace with Luisa, Sintra.
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The 10-day Spain and Portugal itinerary at a glance
The route uses four bases and nine nights: three in Madrid, three in Seville, one on the Algarve coast and two in Lisbon. Six nights fall in Spain and three in Portugal. Toledo runs as a day trip from Madrid, Córdoba as a stop on the way from Madrid to Seville, and Sintra and Cascais as a day out from Lisbon. Madrid and Seville each give you two full days with no hotel change.
One high-speed train and the road link the four bases. The train runs from Madrid to Córdoba in about 1 hour 45 minutes, and a licensed driver carries you on to Seville, about 1 hour 45 minutes by road. From Seville the road runs west to the Algarve, about 2 hours to Faro, and on day eight from the Algarve north to Lisbon, about 3 hours. Toledo lies about 1 hour by road from Madrid, and Sintra about 30 minutes from Lisbon.
Spring and autumn suit this route best. Spain’s weather agency, AEMET, records average daily highs in Seville of about 23°C (74°F) in April and 26°C (79°F) in October, against 36°C (97°F) in July, in Córdoba about 23°C (73°F) and 25°C (77°F), and in Madrid about 18°C (65°F) and 19°C (67°F). Portugal’s weather institute, IPMA, records average highs in Lisbon of about 20°C (68°F) in April and 23°C (73°F) in October, and in Faro on the Algarve about 20°C (69°F) and 23°C (74°F).
Licensed guides we work with on this route include Ana and Alicia in Madrid, Melanie in Toledo, Andrés and Rosario in Seville, David and Paco in Córdoba, Elsa in the Algarve, Luisa and Anabela in Lisbon, and Isabel in Sintra. Each is a highly educated local expert who cares about the people in their group. We request your guides by name, and your planner confirms who leads each day once your dates are set.
Why the route runs from Madrid to Lisbon through Seville and the Algarve
Madrid comes first, at the center of Spain, where UNESCO inscribed the Paseo del Prado and the Buen Retiro together in 2021, and Toledo lies an hour away by road. The high-speed line south then puts Córdoba on the way to Seville, so the Mezquita takes a morning and costs no extra night. Seville gets three nights, the most of any base, because the city fills two full days: a market and a chef’s kitchen on one, the Alcázar, the cathedral and the Santa Cruz quarter on the other.
From Seville the route crosses the Guadiana into Portugal. A night on the Algarve coast splits the road to Lisbon into two shorter days, about 2 hours and about 3 hours, with an afternoon by the Atlantic between them. Lisbon then gets two nights, one for Belém and the Alfama and one for Sintra and Cascais, and Lisbon’s airport sits close to the center for the flight home.
The trip leaves out Granada and Barcelona on purpose. Ten days with the Alhambra and Barcelona in the plan leaves little room for Portugal, so this route gives those days to Córdoba, a second full day in Seville, the Algarve and Lisbon. Your planner treats the route as a starting point and moves nights between bases to fit your dates and interests.
Journey at a glance
Length
10 days
From
$9,980 per person, double occupancy
Route
Madrid, Toledo, Córdoba, Seville, Algarve, Lisbon, Sintra
Your planner adjusts every day to your dates.
Day One
Madrid: The Royal Palace and the Plaza Mayor
Your licensed driver meets you at Madrid-Barajas and brings you to a hotel in the center of the city, and the rest of the day stays open. Where it suits your party, your licensed guide leads a gentle late-afternoon walk past the Royal Palace, which holds 3,418 rooms and serves the royal family for state ceremonies, to the Plaza Mayor, which Juan Gómez de Mora completed for Philip III in 1619 and where 237 balconies look down on the square. A few steps away, the Mercado de San Miguel opened in 1916 under a roof of wrought iron and glass, and its counters serve Iberian ham, olives and small plates of the day. Logistics: Madrid-Barajas airport to central Madrid by road with your licensed driver, then an optional evening walk with your licensed guide.
Day Two
Madrid: The Prado and the Retiro
In 2021 UNESCO inscribed the Paseo del Prado and the Buen Retiro together as a World Heritage site, and today covers both. Where your dates allow, Ana, an art historian, leads you through the Prado, which opened to the public in November 1819, from Velázquez's Las Meninas to Goya's Black Paintings, which Baron Emile d'Erlanger gave to the museum in 1881. Afterwards your licensed guide walks you into the Retiro, which belonged to the Spanish crown until 1868, past the Crystal Palace, which went up beside its own pond in 1887, to the great lake, where rowing boats circle below the colonnade of the monument to Alfonso XII. A coffee at an outdoor café table closes the afternoon. Logistics: a guided day in the Art Triangle with Ana and your licensed guide, and your licensed driver handles the hotel transfers.
Day Three
Toledo, City of Three Cultures
UNESCO inscribed the Historic City of Toledo in 1986 and calls it the city of the three cultures, for the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities who shaped it on its rock above the Tagus. Your licensed guide starts at the cathedral, begun in the 1220s, where the sacristy holds fifteen paintings by El Greco, El Expolio among them. Samuel ha-Levi, treasurer to King Peter of Castile, built the Synagogue of El Tránsito in 1357, and the building now houses the Sephardic Museum. On the highest point of the city, the Alcázar, a square stone fortress with four towers, now houses the Army Museum. Before you leave, taste mazapán de Toledo, the almond sweet with protected geographical status, and where it suits your party, our team reserves a table for lunch in the old town. Logistics: Madrid to Toledo by road, about 1 hour each way, licensed driver, with a licensed guide for the day in Toledo.
Day Four
Córdoba's Mezquita and On to Seville
The morning train carries you south to Córdoba, where your licensed guide meets you for the Mosque-Cathedral. Abd al-Rahman I began the Great Mosque in 785, and about 850 columns of jasper, onyx, marble and granite now fill the prayer hall under double tiers of arches whose stones alternate red brick and white stone. Al-Hakam II finished the domes over the new mihrab in 965. After Ferdinand III took the city in 1236 the mosque became a cathedral, and from 1523 a Renaissance nave rose in the middle of the old prayer hall. UNESCO inscribed the monument in 1984 and extended the listing to the historic center in 1994. For lunch, try salmorejo, Córdoba's cold cream of tomato, bread, olive oil and garlic, topped with chopped egg and ham. Logistics: Madrid to Córdoba by high-speed train, about 1 hour 45 minutes, and a licensed driver meets you at Córdoba station, then Córdoba to Seville by road, about 1 hour 45 minutes.
Day Five
Seville: Triana Market, a Chef's Kitchen and Plaza de España
Your licensed guide crosses the river with you into Triana, the quarter of potters, tile makers and flamenco singers. The Mercado de Triana stands on the site of the Castillo de San Jorge, headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition from 1481, and an interpretation center in the ruins beneath the market tells its story. Upstairs, the stalls fill with olives, cured ham, fresh fish and the morning's vegetables. Where it suits your party, a Sevillian chef then cooks a traditional meal with you, in English, and talks you through the Andalusian kitchen. In the afternoon your guide walks you to the Plaza de España, which Aníbal González designed for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, with tiled alcoves for the provinces of Spain, and through the gardens Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier laid out in the María Luisa Park beside it. On the riverbank stands the Torre del Oro, which the Almohad governor Abu l-Ulà raised in 1220 and 1221. Logistics: a day in Seville on foot with your licensed guide, and your licensed driver handles the crossing to Triana and back.
Day Six
Seville: The Alcázar, Santa Cruz and the Giralda
UNESCO inscribed Seville's cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias together in 1987. Your licensed guide starts in the Real Alcázar, where King Pedro I built his Mudéjar palace between about 1364 and 1366, and where the royal family still uses the upper floors when it visits the city. From the palace you walk into Santa Cruz, the old Jewish quarter, where the painter Murillo lived and where narrow lanes open onto small squares shaded by orange trees. The cathedral rose from 1403 on the site of the great mosque, and Christopher Columbus lies inside. The Almohads finished its bell tower, the Giralda, in 1198 as the mosque's minaret, and inside it 35 ramps take the place of stairs. Where your dates allow, an evening of flamenco closes the day, with guitar, song and the sharp beat of heels on the boards. Logistics: a walking day in Seville with your licensed guide, and a licensed driver for the hotel transfers.
Day Seven
Into Portugal: The Algarve Coast
A licensed driver-guide collects you in Seville, and the road runs west and crosses the Guadiana on the International Bridge, which opened in 1991 between Ayamonte in Spain and Castro Marim in Portugal. Portugal runs one hour behind Spain, so you gain an hour on arrival. The afternoon follows your party's choice. Where it suits you, a private boat runs along the cliffs to the sea caves near Benagil, or your driver-guide walks part of the Seven Hanging Valleys trail with you, 5.7 kilometers along the clifftops in Lagoa from Praia da Marinha to Praia de Vale Centeanes. A winery visit, the beach or the spa at your hotel above the sea fill the afternoon as well. For dinner, try a cataplana, the Algarve's copper pan of clams, pork or prawns cooked with tomato, peppers and white wine. Logistics: Seville to the Algarve by road, about 2 hours to Faro and a little longer to the central coast, licensed driver-guide.
Day Eight
Lisbon: Belém, the Alfama and São Jorge Castle
Day eight starts with the longest road leg of the trip, about 3 hours north from the Algarve, mostly on the A2 motorway. In the afternoon, where your dates allow, Luisa, one of our licensed guides in Lisbon and Sintra, meets you in Belém. Work on the Jerónimos Monastery began in 1502, the Tower of Belém commemorates the expedition of Vasco da Gama, and UNESCO inscribed both in 1983. Nearby, the Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém has sold its custard tarts since 1837, warm from the oven with a dusting of cinnamon. Luisa then takes you up through the Alfama, Lisbon's oldest neighborhood, which survived the earthquake of 1755, to São Jorge Castle, which Afonso Henriques took from Moorish rule in 1147, with the roofs stepping down to the Tagus below. Where it suits your party, dinner follows in the Bairro Alto. Logistics: the Algarve to Lisbon by road, about 3 hours, licensed driver-guide, then Belém and the Alfama with Luisa alongside your licensed driver.
Day Nine
Sintra, Quinta da Regaleira and Cascais
UNESCO inscribed Sintra in 1995 and calls the town the first center of European Romantic architecture. Where your dates allow, Luisa leads the day. King-consort Ferdinand II built the Pena Palace between 1842 and 1854 on the ruins of a Hieronymite monastery, and its red and yellow walls rise above the forest on a peak of the Serra, often wrapped in cool Atlantic mist. Below the palace, at Quinta da Regaleira, a spiral stair winds 27 meters down the Initiation Well. In the old town, the bakeries sell queijadas de Sintra, small tarts of fresh cheese, eggs and sugar. The coast road then follows the cliffs to Cascais, the fishing village King Luís I made his summer residence from 1870. Logistics: Lisbon to Sintra by road, about 30 minutes, then the coast to Cascais and back to Lisbon, with Luisa and your licensed driver.
Day Ten
Departure from Lisbon
The morning stays free for a last walk along the river or a coffee in the Chiado, where Café A Brasileira has poured coffee since 1905, with a bronze of the poet Fernando Pessoa at a table outside. Lisbon's airport lies about 7 kilometers northeast of the historic center, and your licensed driver collects you from the hotel with time to spare for your flight home. Where it suits your party, our team arranges VIP airport assistance. Logistics: hotel to Lisbon airport by road, about 7 kilometers, licensed driver.
Is 10 days enough for Spain and Portugal?
Ten days covers Spain and Portugal at a steady pace when the route keeps to the south and runs in one line, as this one does. The plan gives six nights to Spain, in Madrid and Seville, and three to Portugal, on the Algarve and in Lisbon, with Toledo, Córdoba and Sintra as day trips or stops on the road. You see both capitals, two of the great monuments of Islamic Spain in the Mezquita and the Alcázar, and a stretch of the Atlantic coast. The trip leaves out Granada, Barcelona and Porto, which the two-week routes add, and it keeps each hotel change to a short road day or one train.
How do you get from Madrid to Lisbon on a private tour?
By rail and road through Andalusia, as this route does. A high-speed train carries you from Madrid to Córdoba in about 1 hour 45 minutes, a licensed driver takes the road on to Seville, and a licensed driver-guide crosses the Guadiana into the Algarve and drives north to Lisbon the next day. Every leg runs about 3 hours or less, and the journey itself carries the trip: Toledo, the Mezquita, Seville and the Atlantic coast all fall on the way. Our article on Renfe high-speed trains from Madrid to Córdoba and Seville explains the train. Travelers with less time often take a direct flight between the two capitals instead, and our romantic 10-day route links Madrid and Lisbon by air.
Does a 10-day Spain and Portugal trip need Granada?
No. This route leaves Granada out so Portugal gets three nights. The Alhambra fills a full day on its own, and Granada sits about 2 hours 45 minutes by road from Seville, so adding it to ten days usually costs the Algarve night or a full day in Seville. Here Córdoba’s Mezquita gives you the great monument of Islamic Spain on the road south, and Seville’s Real Alcázar adds the Mudéjar palace of a Christian king. Travelers set on the Alhambra often trade the Algarve night for Granada, or choose one of the 14-day routes below, which include it.
This 10-day route or another Spain and Portugal journey?
Choose this route for ten days in both countries, with Madrid, Córdoba, Seville, the Algarve and Lisbon in one line, by train and road and with no flight inside the trip.
The 10-day romantic Spain and Portugal tour serves couples better if Barcelona matters more to you than Andalusia. It spends three nights each in Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon, with Montserrat, Toledo and Sintra as days out, and links the cities by one high-speed train and one short flight, so it involves fewer hotel changes and no Seville.
With four more days, the 14-day Madrid to Porto tour suits a first visit to both countries in full. It keeps Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Lisbon and Sintra, adds Granada and the Alhambra, Évora, Coimbra, Porto and the Douro Valley, and leaves out Córdoba and the Algarve.
The Barcelona to Lisbon private tour keeps this page’s southern crossing, Seville, a night on the Algarve and Lisbon, and adds Barcelona at the start and Granada for the Alhambra over 14 days. It suits travelers who want Gaudí and the Alhambra as well as the road into Portugal. Travelers who want most of their time in Spain ask our team for a 14-day version with Barcelona, Montserrat, Toledo, the Alhambra, Ronda, the white villages and Seville, then a short flight to Lisbon and Sintra.
If you prefer one country, our Spain and Portugal pages list single-country journeys, and our multi-country journeys page collects every combination of Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
Who this journey suits
First-time visitors with ten days who want both countries without rushing, and who prefer one line across the map to a loop. The private format sets the pace around you, with lunches, rest afternoons and early starts in the summer heat of Andalusia.
Travelers who prefer the ground to the air, since after the arrival flight one train and the road carry the whole route. Art and history travelers, since the route runs from the Prado and El Greco’s Toledo to the Mezquita, the Alcázar, the Jerónimos Monastery and the Pena Palace. Food lovers, since the days bring the Triana market, a chef’s kitchen in Seville, salmorejo in Córdoba, cataplana on the Algarve and custard tarts in Belém.
Families with teenage or adult children, who share the guide’s attention and the vehicle and set their own rhythm. Couples travel this route often too, and those who want Barcelona in place of Andalusia usually choose the romantic 10-day route.
The people behind the route
Two people lead the visits most travelers remember on this route. In Madrid, where your dates allow, Ana, an art historian, leads our Prado visits through Velázquez, Goya and El Greco on day two. Our article on the highlights of the Prado covers the collection in more depth.
In Lisbon and Sintra, where your dates allow, Luisa, one of our licensed guides, leads Belém, the Alfama and the Sintra day alongside a licensed driver. Our expert guide to Sintra sets out the palaces in more detail. On the road from Seville across the Algarve to Lisbon, a licensed driver-guide, one person holding both licenses, looks after you, and in Spain our team works with licensed guides and licensed drivers, two separate people, in Madrid, Toledo, Córdoba and Seville.
What the 10-day journey costs and what it includes
The 10-day route starts from $9,980 per person, double occupancy. The from-price covers nine nights in deluxe four-star properties selected for comfort, location and service. Five-star luxury properties are available by request. It includes licensed guides for the visits described, licensed drivers in Spain, a licensed driver-guide from Seville across the Algarve to Lisbon, and Luisa with a licensed driver in Lisbon and Sintra.
Four things move the price: the season, the hotel category, the size of your party and the experiences you add, such as the cooking session and flamenco in Seville and the boat along the Algarve cliffs. Our team sends a written quote for your dates and party before you commit.
To shape these ten days around your dates and your party, speak with our team about your Spain and Portugal journey.
Frequently asked questions about the 10-day Spain and Portugal tour
How much does a 10-day private tour of Spain and Portugal cost?
This 10-day route starts from $9,980 per person, based on two people sharing a room. The from-price covers the route as written: nine hotel nights, licensed guides for the visits described, licensed drivers in Spain, a licensed driver-guide from Seville across the Algarve to Lisbon, and Luisa with a licensed driver in Lisbon and Sintra. Four things move the price. The season matters most, since hotel rates rise and fall through the year. Five-star properties raise it. Party size changes it, because the guides and drivers serve the whole party, so larger private parties pay less per person. Added experiences, such as the cooking session in Seville, an evening of flamenco or the boat along the Algarve cliffs, add to it. Our team sends a written quote for your dates and party before you commit.
When is the best time to spend 10 days in Spain and Portugal?
April to June and September to October suit this route best, because it spends three nights in Seville and a day in Córdoba, the warmest cities on the trip. AEMET, Spain’s weather agency, records average daily highs in Seville of about 23°C (74°F) in April and 26°C (79°F) in October, against 36°C (97°F) in July, and in Córdoba about 23°C (73°F) in April and 25°C (77°F) in October. Madrid averages about 18°C (65°F) and 19°C (67°F). IPMA, Portugal’s weather institute, records average highs in Lisbon of about 20°C (68°F) in April and 23°C (73°F) in October, and in Faro about 20°C (69°F) and 23°C (74°F). Summer departures work well with early starts in Andalusia, lunch indoors and a cooler evening by the sea on the Algarve, and our team plans each day around the season you choose.
How does the route cross from Spain into Portugal?
By road, on day seven. A licensed driver-guide collects you at your hotel in Seville and drives west to the Guadiana, the river border between Andalusia and the Algarve. The International Bridge, which opened in 1991, links Ayamonte in Spain with Castro Marim in Portugal, and Faro lies about 2 hours from Seville. Portugal runs one hour behind Spain, so you gain an hour on the way. The crossing trades a morning at an airport for an afternoon on the coast, and it splits the road from Seville to Lisbon into two shorter days. On day eight the same licensed driver-guide drives you north to Lisbon, about 3 hours, and Luisa meets you there with a licensed driver for the afternoon in Belém and the Alfama.
Are the guide and the driver the same person?
In Spain they are two different people. A licensed guide leads the visits and a licensed driver handles the vehicle and the road transfers, so your guide focuses on the site and your driver on the road. Your guide changes from city to city, so the guide in Córdoba knows the Mezquita in depth and the guide in Seville knows Seville. On the road from Seville across the Algarve to Lisbon, a licensed driver-guide, one person holding both licenses, looks after you and leads the Algarve afternoon. In Lisbon and Sintra, where your dates allow, Luisa, one of our licensed guides, leads the days alongside a licensed driver. Where your dates allow, Ana, an art historian, leads the Prado visit in Madrid.
Which airports should we fly into and out of?
Fly into Madrid and home from Lisbon. An open-jaw ticket of this kind avoids a return across two countries at the end of the trip. Your licensed driver meets you at arrivals at Madrid-Barajas on day one, and on day ten your licensed driver takes you to Lisbon’s airport, about 7 kilometers northeast of the historic center, so the last transfer stays short. Our team arranges VIP airport assistance at both ends on request, covering the meet-and-greet and help through the terminal. Our guides to arriving at Madrid-Barajas and VIP airport services in Portugal explain both ends. If your flights fit better the other way, the route runs from Lisbon to Madrid with the same bases in reverse, and our team aligns the itinerary with your flight times once you have them.
How many hotel changes does the 10-day route involve?
Three changes across four bases. Madrid and Seville get three nights each, the Algarve one and Lisbon two. Toledo and Sintra run as day trips from the nearest base, and Córdoba sits on the travel day from Madrid to Seville, so the only short stay falls on the Algarve, where the night breaks the road from Seville to Lisbon. Your licensed driver or driver-guide handles the luggage on every road day, and on the train day a licensed driver meets you at Córdoba station and keeps the bags in the vehicle while you visit the Mezquita. American travelers who want fewer moves sometimes add a second Algarve night, and our team rebalances the nights to suit.
What happens on the Algarve day?
The afternoon on the Algarve follows your party’s choice, after a morning drive of about 2 hours from Seville to the coast. Where it suits you, a private boat runs along the cliffs to the sea caves near Benagil. Walkers often prefer part of the Seven Hanging Valleys trail in Lagoa, 5.7 kilometers one way along the clifftops from Praia da Marinha to Praia de Vale Centeanes, with your licensed driver-guide alongside. Others choose a winery visit, an afternoon on the beach or the spa at the hotel. Dinner suits a cataplana, the region’s copper pan of clams, pork or prawns cooked with tomato, peppers and white wine. Our Algarve page sets out what else the coast offers if you want to add a second night.
How flexible is the 10-day route?
The route works as a starting point, and your planner shapes it around your party. Common changes include adding Granada and the Alhambra between Córdoba and Seville, adding a second night on the Algarve, or adding Porto by train from Lisbon at the end. Art lovers add the Reina Sofía or the Thyssen in Madrid, and food lovers add a market tour in Lisbon. Our article on Córdoba or Ronda between Granada and Seville explains one of those choices for travelers who extend the Andalusian part of the trip. Our team confirms timings, ticketed entries and hotel nights once you settle the shape of the trip, and every added day keeps the same private basis, with your own guide, driver and pace.
Does this journey suit families or travelers with limited mobility?
Families travel this route often, because a private guide and driver set the pace around the youngest and the oldest in the party. Teenagers tend to respond to the Mezquita’s forest of columns, the Plaza de España, the boat to the sea caves and the Initiation Well at Quinta da Regaleira, and the three-night bases in Madrid and Seville leave room for a slower afternoon. Several days involve walking on cobbled streets and slopes, especially in Toledo, the Alfama in Lisbon and Sintra. Your guide is glad to advise on suitability before booking, and our team adjusts walking routes, adds vehicle time between sites, or shortens days where it helps. Our page on accessible travel sets out how our team plans for travelers who need step-free routes or extra support.
Who do we contact if something goes wrong or we want a change?
Your planner designs your journey with you and stays in touch after you land. For the fastest response at any hour, message your private WhatsApp group, where our 24/7 support team works alongside Rachel or Dan. Because we begin no more than five journeys per country each week, peak spring and fall dates fill early, and that limit is what lets us stay this close to every trip.
We keep a list of vetted four- and five-star hotels, well located and enjoyed by our past travelers and by our own team.
Examples for each overnight stop on this route. Choose a deluxe boutique hotel or a five-star stay, and your travel advisor matches each night to your wishes, the season and availability.
Madrid
Boutique: Tótem Madrid. A restored 19th-century building on Calle Hermosilla, steps from Serrano’s shops in the Salamanca district.
Five-star: Rosewood Villa Magna. Reopened by Rosewood in 2021 on the Paseo de la Castellana, with a leafy front garden.
Seville
Boutique: Hotel Casa 1800 Sevilla. A 19th-century mansion with a patio and a rooftop pool facing the cathedral and Giralda.
Five-star: Hotel Alfonso XIII. Built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, a neo-Mudéjar palace of tiles and arches near the Alcázar.
Algarve
Boutique: Octant Praia Verde. A hotel in the pine woods of the eastern Algarve, with a boardwalk to Praia Verde beach.
Five-star: Vila Vita Parc. A clifftop resort at Porches on more than 50 acres of gardens, with its own beach below.
Lisbon
Boutique: Memmo Alfama. A design hotel on an Alfama lane, with a pool beside its wine-bar terrace over the Tagus.
Five-star: Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon. A 1959 landmark beside Eduardo VII Park, filled with mid-century Portuguese art and tapestries.
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