ITINERARY
DAY
1
Depart Stansted 1240 on Ryanair, arriving Seville 1630. Transfer to Mérida for three nights at the Parador de Mérida. Evening introductory lecture: The Vía de la Plata.
DAY
2
Roman Mérida: theatre, amphitheatre, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, the ‘Temple of Diana’, Los Columbarios (Roman funeral site), Mithraeum House (including the Cosmological mosaic). Afternoon: aqueduct, the Circus, Basílica of Santa Eulalia, and Basilica de Casa Herrera. Evening lecture: Mérida, capital of Hispania.
DAY
3
Late Antique and Islamic Mérida: Museum of Visigothic Art (housed in the church of the Santa Clara convent), Morería (archaeological remains of the Islamic quarter), Islamic Alcazaba and Guadiana bridge.
Afternoon in Badajoz: alcazaba, and Roman baths. Free evening.
DAY
4
Depart for Cáceres via Santa Lucia del Trampal (Mozarabic church), Montánchez (local jamón ibérico tasting), and Los Barruecos (nature reserve). Transfer to Cáceres for two nights at Hotel Casa Don Fernando. Walking tour of Cáceres old town, including Palacio de los Golfines de Abajo (Gothic and Renaissance façade) and the Co-Cathedral of Santa María.
DAY
5
Morning in Cáceres: Museo de Cáceres and Aljibe (Islamic cistern). Afternoon: Trujillo (alcazaba) and walking tour of Guadalupe (renowned pilgrimage monastery).
DAY
6
Depart vía Cáparra (Roman market town) to Plasencia (mediaeval walled market city) for Roman aqueduct, old and new cathedrals, and Convent of Santo Domingo. Transfer to Salamanca for two nights at Hotel Petit Palace Las Torres. Evening lecture: Reconquest and Renaissance architecture in Salamanca.
DAY
7
Morning: old and new cathedrals, Casa de las Conchas, and the Convent of Santa Clara with a Mudéjar ceiling. Free afternoon.
DAY
8
Transfer to Madrid for 1330 departure, arriving Stansted 1505.
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