Extremadura for senior groups: Cáceres, Mérida, Trujillo and Guadalupe (11 days)

Day 1: Journey to France

• Morning departure from the pick-up point of your choice.
• Regular breaks: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Coffee break on the way and free lunch at a service area or roadside restaurant.
• Arrival in the Poitiers area in the late afternoon and check-in at the hotel for a stopover night.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Drive to Burgos

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive into Spain via Bordeaux and the Basque Country.
• Regular breaks: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Arrival in Burgos in the late afternoon for a stopover night.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: Salamanca and Cáceres

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Salamanca (about 2 hours 30 minutes) and stop at the Plaza Mayor.
• Lunch in a restaurant in Salamanca (on request).
• Drive to Cáceres (about 2 hours) and check-in at the hotel for 6 nights.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Cáceres on foot

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• A day without the coach (driver's rest day).
• Guided tour of the old town of Cáceres, a UNESCO site: palaces, towers and Plaza Mayor (on request).
• Free afternoon and evening on the illuminated Plaza Mayor.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Mérida

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Mérida (about 1 hour).
• Discovery of the Roman theatre and amphitheatre, listed by UNESCO.
• Visit to the National Museum of Roman Art (on request).
• Lunch in a restaurant (on request).
• Walk on the Roman bridge over the Guadiana.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Trujillo and Guadalupe

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Trujillo (about 45 minutes), birthplace of Francisco Pizarro, and discovery of its Plaza Mayor.
• Lunch in a restaurant (on request).
• Mountain road to Guadalupe.
• Guided tour of the Royal Monastery of Guadalupe, a UNESCO site (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Monfragüe and Plasencia

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Monfragüe National Park and stop at the Salto del Gitano viewpoint to watch the vultures.
• Lunch in a restaurant (on request).
• In the afternoon, discovery of Plasencia and its two cathedrals.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Yuste and La Vera

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to La Vera (about 1 hour 30 minutes), a valley famous for its pimentón, smoked paprika.
• Visit to the monastery of Yuste, where Emperor Charles V retired (on request).
• Lunch in a restaurant (on request).
• Tasting of Iberian ham and Torta del Casar, a local cheese (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 9: Drive to Castile

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Departure from Cáceres and drive north.
• Regular breaks: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Arrival in the Burgos area in the late afternoon for a stopover night.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 10: Journey to France

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to France and stopover night in the Poitiers area.
• Regular breaks: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 11: Return to Belgium

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Return journey to Belgium.
• Regular breaks: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Return to your region in the evening.