It's Been A While Since We Planned A Trip

After going on about 3 or 4 tours in a row, we finally started making plans for some independent travel, and decided on Spain. We had been to southern Spain in 2014, so this trip we decided to fly into Bilbao, and travel to San Sebastian/Donostia, Segovia, Toledo and end the trip in Madrid.

We traveled late April into early May, and relied on public transportation to get between places. I used Rome2Rio for transportation planning, it’s a great resource for at least showing what your transportation options are (more on that later), so we made a few adjustments to the itinerary after plugging things in to that website.

As usual, we used Rick Steves’ guidebook to find highlights and hotels when possible. I also used the Rick Steves travel forum to ask questions and do some research, which was helpful

Final itinerary:

• Mid-morning arrival in Bilbao, bus to San Sebastian/Donostia, 3 nights

• Bus back to Bilbao, 3 nights

• Train to Segovia, 2 nights

• Train to Madrid Charmartin station, train to Madrid Atocha station, train to Toledo, 3 nights

• Train to Madrid, 3 nights

• Early morning flight home

Let’s go!