Spain before the Age of Exploration
a 13-day study tour
(Dec 12 - 24, 2018)



學習團講座
第一講: 27 Jul 2018 FRI 18:45 - 21:15 西班牙之霸主拉鋸戰
講義 \\ 大綱
地圖一 \\ 地圖二

第二講: 26 Oct 2018 FRI 18:45 - 21:00 西班牙之東西文化交融
講義 \\ 伊比利半島的語言分佈圖

第三講: 30 Nov 2018 FRI 19:00 - 21:30 西班牙之大航海時代前夕
Trip advices - by Lotus Tour staff (20 minutes)
The year AD1492 講義 - by Louis Ha (90 minutes)
Basilica and Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family and Antoni Gaudi 講義 - by John Wong (30 minutes)


Day 1
12 Dec (Wed) Hong Kong - Barcelona (via Munich)
23:50 Depart from Hong Kong to Munich by Lufthansa (LH731 ETA: 0515hr + 1)


Day 2
13 Dec (Thu) Munich - Barcelona
06:25 Depart from Munich to Barcelona (LH1808 ETA: 0825hr)
08:25 Arrival in Barcelona
Works of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926)
Visit Casa Vicens, Casa Mila (La Pedrera), Casa Batlo from the exterior

Casa Batlo
12:15 Picasso Historical Museum 畢加索博物館
16:30 Sagrada Familia - with entrance and guide service


18:30 Check in hotel in Barcelona
20:30 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel: Hotel 4 Barcelona


Day 3
14 Dec. (Fri) Barcelona – Tarragona - Valencia
07:00 Breakfast at hotel
09:00 Art Nouveau masterpieces of Lluís Domènech i Montaner(1850–1923):
09:30 Hospital de Sant Pau - with entrance and guide service

11:30 Palau de la Música Catalana - with entrance and guide service


13:30 Barcelona - Tarragona (approx. 1hrs 30 min)
15:30 view of the Roman amphitheater in Tarragona from outside

Roman Amphitheatre, Tarragona

16:30 Tarragona - Valencia (approx. 3hrs 30 min)
21:00 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Silken Puerta de Valencia


Day 4
15 Dec. (Sat) Valencia 華倫西亞 - Sagunto - Valencia
07:30 Breakfast at hotel
09:00 Panoramic tour and Visit Valencia Cathedral
- Dominated by the Miguelete Tower, the cathedral, despite its Baroque façade, dates mainly from the 14C and 15C. It is said that the Holy Grail is found here, in the form of an agate cup, in the chapel of the Santo Cáliz. The building is lit by a beautiful lantern tower, with alabaster windows, a material also used in the statuary. It houses Renaissance works, including an altarpiece by Fernando de Llanos and Yáñez de la Almedina, and a museum of sacred art.
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (Silk Exchange) - with entrance and guide service

Interior of the Silk Exchange
* shopping on your own at Central Market
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Video 1 min

13:30 Transfer to Sagunto (approx. 45 min)
14:30 Visit Sagunto Castle with entrance and guide service

Sagunto Castle
- Hannibal's siege of Saguntum triggered the Second Punic War between the Romans and the Carthaginians

18:00 Transfer to hotel (approx. 45 min)
20:30 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Silken Puerta de Valencia


Day 5
16 Dec. (Sun) Valencia - Cartagena
07:30 Breakfast at hotel
08:00 Valencia - Cartagena (approx. 3.5 hrs)
12:30 Visit the Cartagena Naval Museum

Original Peral Submarine created by Isaac Peral.
- Copy of Christopher Columbus' letter to Santangel , 1492.

the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology - with entrance and guide service



15:00 Transfer to hotel and check in
- free time
20:30 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Alfonso XIII , Cartagena


Day 6
17 Dec. (Mon) Cartagena - Granada
07:00 Breakfast at hotel
09:30 Guided walking tour visiting the Historic Center of Cartagena and Squares.
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Panoramic lift to the Conception Castle, Cartagena - with entrance and guide service

Castillo de la Concepcion
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15:00 Transfer to Granada (approx. 4hr)
20:30 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Abba Granada


Day 7
18 Dec (Tue) Granada - Cordoba
07:00 Breakfast at hotel
09:00 艾勒哈卜拉宮“Alhambra 紅堡” and Generalife



伊斯蘭教格拉納達Granada王國的宮殿,建於13~14世紀,為北非摩爾人阿拉伯風格的傑作。
除城防系統外,有兩座長方形宮院及其廳房。其中的獅泉庭院中央是12頭白色大理石獅子簇擁的盤形噴泉水池。廊廡雕飾精美,廳房有石鐘乳狀垂飾花紋。

Music Video - Ana Vidovic (1980- , is a Croatian classical guitarist) plays Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
performed on October 26th, 2017. (4.45 minutes)


Generalife

14:00 Visit Albayzin, Granada - with entrance and guide service


16:30 Transfer to Cordoba (approx. 3hr 30 min)
20:30 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Macia Alfaros, Cordoba


Day 8
19 Dec (Wed) Cordoba – Ciudad Real
07:00 Breakfast at hotel
- Seneca born in Cordoba (4BC - 65AD)
09:00 Historic Centre of Cordoba including Mosque-Cathedral and Cordoba Jewish quarter - with entrance and guide service

Mosque-Cathedral

14:30 Transfer to Ciudad Real (approx. 3hr 30 min)
20:30 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Guadiana, Ciudad Real
video and A Walk Through the City of Cordoba


Day 9
20 Dec (Thu) Ciudad Real – Toledo
07:30 Breakfast at hotel
10:00 Don Quixote’s Museum - no guide service

Don Quixote

- Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra(1547-1616). Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon.
- The Don Quixote song 1:45
- The impossible dream - Brian Stokes Mitchell
- Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote) - by Sarah Pacheco, 3:24
11:30 Transfer to Historic City of Toledo (approx. 2hr 30min)
15:00 Museo de Greco 格雷考 (El Greco, 1541-1614) with guide

The view of Toledo by El Greco

格雷考 (El Greco, 1541-1614) painter: The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (El entierro del conde de Orgaz)
15:45 Sephardic Museum - Museo Sefardí

Sephardic Museum

16:30 Iglesia de Santo Tome - The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
- with entrance and guide service

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz - El Greco

17:30 Visit the city walls of Toledo, Puerta de Bisagra Puerta del Sol
- City walls of Toledo. Originally built by Romans, it was rebuilt and enlarged by the Visigoths

Puerta de Bisagra - 10th-century arched stone gate to the city of Toledo, dating from the era of Moorish rule.


Puerta del Sol, Medieval gate dating to the 14th century with an arched entryway, built by the Knights Hospitaller

19:30 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Aflonso VI, Toledo


Day 10
21 Dec (Fri) Toledo – Madrid
07:00 Breakfast at hotel
08:30 Transfer to Madrid (approx. 1hr 30 min) - Buitrago del Lozoya
11:00 Visit Museum Picasso Eugenio Arias' Collection - no guide

13:30 Transfer to Madrid (approx. 1 hr)
16:00 Royal Palace of Madrid with entrance and guide service



20:00 Dinner in Hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Praga, Madrid





Day 11
22 Dec (Sat) Madrid – Segovia – Avila – Madrid
07:00 Breakfast at hotel
08:00 Transfer to Avila (approx. 2hr)
10:00 Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches - with entrance and guide service
- Teresa of Avila(1515-1582)

Old Town Avila

14:00 Transfer to Segovia (approx. 1hr )
15:00 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct - with entrance and guide service

Aquaduct Segovia

17:30 Depart Segovia for Madrid (approx. 1hr 30 min)
20:00 Dinner at hotel
Accommodation: Hotel Praga, Madrid
- video


Day 12
23 Dec (Sun) Madrid – Hong Kong (via Frankfurt)
07:00 Breakfast at hotel
09:00 Panoramic tour of Madrid with guide
13:00 Depart for Madrid airport (30 mins)
16:55 Depart from Madrid to Frankfurt (LH1115 ETD: 1930hr)
22:15 Depart from Frankfurt to Hong Kong (LH796 ETD: 1615hr + 1)


Day 13
24 Dec (Mon) Hong Kong
16:15 Arrive at the Hong Kong International Airport


Assignment and Reading material

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updated on 2018/12/01