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DAY 1. – MADRID Welcome to the Capital city of Spain. Upon arrival, private transfer by a luxury car, Mercedes or Audi, with an English-speaking driver. Accommodation in Madrid. DAY 2. – MADRID Buffet breakfast at the hotel. Private sightseeing tour (2h), by luxury a car with an English-speaking driver. A complete vision of Madrid in a 2 hours tour in a comfortable car around the city center. Meet your driver at the hotel and enjoy a panoramic sightseeing of the old part of Madrid. You can also approach the facade of the Royal Palace, the Sabatini Gardens and Campo del Moro, located in the city center. The church of San Francisco El Grande, the fountains of Paseo del Prado, the Toledo Bridge, the Prado Museum, and Puerta de Alcala are also good examples of the splendid style that is waiting for you to be discovered. You will finish in the Austrias neighborhood, the most historic atmosphere of Madrid where you can stroll through the narrow streets and local shops. Afternoon, you will enjoy a private tapas tour, taverns & bars experience (2h). The most inescapable element of Spanish cuisine is tapas, small snacks now popular all over the world. In all of Spain’s cities, towns, and villages you will find bars, taverns, and even entire neighborhoods, specialized in tapas. You will be escorted by a food and wine expert guide who will point out little-known cultural and gastronomic landmarks during the tour, as well as telling stories and answering queries, thus enriching, and enlivening your experience of this vibrant and flavorful city. The tour includes: visit, tapas & wine in a traditional tasca and tapas & one drink in one of the oldest taverns in Madrid. Accommodation in Madrid. DAY 3. - MADRID Buffet breakfast. This morning you will learn to cook the most famous Spanish dishes in a funny Shared Paella or Tapas cooking lessons (4h). Learn to cook the most famous Spanish dish: Paella or Tapas. The classes are very active, since the teamwork is needed to prepare the recipes. The kitchen is decorated and equipped like a modern domestic kitchen which will make customers learn in an environment similar to their home kitchen, so recipes are easily repeatable once back home. The morning class (paella) includes the visit to a local market and paella, gazpacho and sangria cooking class. During the afternoon class (tapas), 6 traditional recipes and sangria are cooked. The recipes are: potato omelette, patatas bravas, garlic prawns, chorizos in cider, tumaca bread with Serrano ham and Catalan cream. DAY 4. – MADRID- TOLEDO - MADRID Buffet breakfast and you will enjoy a Shared Toledo regular tour with Cathedral (5h). Join a half-day tour to the beautiful city of Toledo. Stroll around its Old Town, dive into its history and discover a perfect mix of Arab, Jewish and Christian cultures. Follow your guide through the city cobbled-streets until you reach the Cathedral. Built on the remains of an Arab mosque, its construction started in the 13th century. Today, it is one of the most important Gothic Cathedrals of Spain. Visit its interior and Sacristy, full of masterpieces such as paintings by El Greco. At the end of the guided tour, you will have a short free time to enjoy the city at your own pace before returning to Madrid. Accommodation in Madrid. DAY 5. – MADRID - OUT Buffet breakfast and private transfer from the hotel to the international airport.