Travel Review: Spain Family Tour, Madrid, Barcelona, Toledo, Girona, Bilbao, Besalu, Biking, Cooking Class

With three teens, by the end of the week we were ready for something a little different than walking around cities and getting a history lesson while looking at buildings, so I would change that around for next time.  I asked our guide about changing it up - maybe going into a castle or a bull ring instead of another Cathedral, but I probably should have gone through our agent.  We added a tour to the Real Madrid stadium on our own.  The first half of the week we had a couple bike rides and the beach to mix in with the city tours which was better.  Our three younger guides out of Barcelona were much better relating to our teens and keeping them engaged, maybe timing of the week, but would consider that and maybe switch the order of the cities and do Madrid first.  

The 55km bike ride in the country near Barcelona was great for my husband and boys, but too much for my daughter and me.  We probably should have screened the difficulty with our abilities and chosen something different since neither of us made it even a couple miles of the thirty some up the mountain.  We still had a great day - beautiful scenery riding with a following van to take us to good conversations, good breaks, and great lunch all together with our two guides.