Spain Travel Review: Barcelona, Madrid, Cordoba, Seville, Nerja, Toledo, Granada, Segovia, Valencia, Alhambra, Prado Tour

Highlights included :

• All of Barcelona (beautiful city, surprisingly clean and easy to navigate) and its Gaudi architecture -- particularly the beyond-words Sagrada Familia (inside tour included). Also enjoyed the Boqueria Market, the Museu de la Musica and the Picasso Museum.
• Montserrat (must hear the boys choir and purchase the soft cheese and honey produced and sold there).
• Staying in the center of town in Valencia (with restaurants and shops just outside our door), walking to the beautiful market there, visiting the seaside to dine on Paella, and touring the very quirky Fallas Museum.
• Flamenco in Seville.
• The beautiful mosque in Cordoba and the garden tour (we were there for the annual event).
• Alhambra (both the tour and view at night from Mirador de San Nicolas) and staying in old town Granada, with a short walk to the amazing authentic tapas bar, Los Diamantes.
• Eating suckling pig in Segovia at Meson de Candido.
• The incredibly beautiful towns of Ronda and Nerja.  Staying at the seaside Parador in Nerja and eating paella on the beach at Ayo's.
• In Madrid, tour of the Prado, followed by a fun-filled tapas tour, and the flamenco show and dinner at Corral de la Moreria (amazing food and show, with the dancer's feet flying just above your head).