The Itinerary Spain and Portugal itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Spain and Portugal, each 12 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 12
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- Southern Europe
- region
Planning a trip to Spain and Portugal
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 12 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 600 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Two sets of rules on this trip, and both have to be sorted before you fly.
- Spain: Embassy or consulate in advance, 90 days in any 180. Schengen.
- Portugal: Embassy or consulate in advance, 90 days in any 180. Schengen.
Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with each embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Barcelona · Madrid · Seville · Lisbon · Porto.
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Best for: Five cities, four high-speed trains and one short flight
Spain and Portugal in 12 days: Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Lisbon and Porto
Barcelona → Madrid → Seville → Lisbon → Porto
The Iberian peninsula end to end: Gaudí's unfinished basilica, the Prado's Velázquezes, a Moorish palace Christian kings kept building, a city of tiles and fado, and the port lodges across the Douro — joined by trains fast enough to make it one trip rather than two.
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