Northern Spain Review: San Sebastian, Santander, Oviedo, Prehistoric Caves & Paintings, Birding, Pintxos Tour & Cooking Lesson

The trip to northern Spain was excellent. Every one of the planned excursions/events worked out well, the guides and drivers were very good, and the itinerary was thoughtful and fun. We stayed in 3 cities during our trip: San Sebastian, Santander, and Oviedo. We loved San Sebastian-- lovely city, fun pintxos tour, good cooking lesson and market visit with 2 very enjoyable cooks/guides, nice beach time. From Santander, we visited 3 prehistoric cave sites to look at cave paintings and learn about early human settlements, and spent a morning visiting a medieval town nearby. In Oviedo, we visited sites in the lovely city and spent a day with a hiking/birding guide in the Picos de Europa national park. We also stopped in Bilbao to see the Guggenheim Museum. There was enough free time for the 3 of us, along with several planned activities that were all fun. We also had time to visit various museums, churches and cathedrals, an aquarium, and local parks and beaches on our own. 
This travel company did a good job of helping us plan an itinerary, then made all the necessary arrangements at each place. There were no glitches in the arrangements: every guide showed up on time, every visit lived up to its description. Accommodations were good (especially in Oviedo - we loved the hotel).