Highlights Squeeze in some beach time in the French Riviera before crossing the border into Spain for the madness of Barcelona! Next stop on this hop on hop off tour is a visit to the Holy Grail in Valencia, before heading to the heart of Spain in Madrid. Move on up to the party town of San Sebastian, where the old town has more bars per square kilometre than anywhere else. Finish your trip with a wine tour of Bordeaux, a castle tour of the Loire Valley near Tours, and top it all off in Paris, one of the truly great cities of the world Paris What can be said about the sexy, sophisticated City of Lights that hasn’t been said before? Quite simply, this is one of the world’s great metropolises, a trend-setter, market-leader and cultural capital for over a thousand years and still going strong. Nice Naughty Nice is one of the highlights of the French Riviera. Sun seekers sip cocktails on parasoled lounges lining its pebbled shores, kids splash in the azure seas and rollerbladers cruise the promenade des Anglais. The city is a great base from which to explore the rest of the Côte d’Azur. Barcelona Stylish Barcelona is a forward-thinking place, always on the cutting edge of art, design, and cuisine. Whether you explore its medieval palaces and plazas, gawk at the modernist masterpieces, shop for designer duds along its stylish boulevards, sample its exciting nightlife or just soak up the sun on the city beaches, you’ll be hard-pressed not to fall in love with this vibrant city. Madrid Spain’s capital is a vibrant place, the hub of the country’s government and commerce, and an exciting city bubbling over with creativity. Madrid may not have the effortless elegance of European capitals like Paris or Rome, but it has a raw energy that is infectious. San Sebastian The Basque Country’s most stylish city, San Sebastián (Donostia in Basque) has the air of an upscale resort, complete with an idyllic location on the shell-shaped Bahía de la Concha. Bordeaux The city long known as La Belle Au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty) is well and truly awake after years of slumber.

Itinerary 21/5/10 Friday mumbai - nice 22/5/10 Saturday nice 23/5/10 Sunday nice 24/5/10 Monday nice 25/5/10 Tuesday nice - barcelona 26/5/10 Wednesday barcelona 27/5/10 Thursday barcelona 28/5/10 Friday barcelona - madrid 29/5/10 Saturday madrid 30/5/10 Sunday madrid 31/5/10 Monday madrid - san sebastian 1/6/10 Tuesday san sebastian 2/6/10 Wednesday san sebastian 3/6/10 Thursday san sebastian - paris 4/6/10 Friday paris 5/6/10 Saturday paris - mumbai

Accomodation / Transport What is EXCLUDED:- As we want you to sample the local food and not restrict you to any particular restaurant we have left that option to you. we suggest that you budget for 20 Euros per day for food expenses. Since we do not want to handhold you and tell you what to see and what not, we have not included the cost of entry to monuments, museums etc. some of you may just want to sit on the beach and read or book or have a picnic in one the parks. so that option is free for you to decide. however we recommend that you budget a sum of 10 euros to spend on your daily internal travel / entries etc TRIP STYLE We, at The Backpacker Co, do not believe in ‘herding’ you around. One should be able to make their own discoveries and decided how much time they want to spend and where. Some people are into art and can spend hours at museums, whilst some are into photography and can take an entire day to get the perfect picture. Then there are those who love to ‘people watch’ and spend their time sipping a cappuccino at a café near a city square. The reason all our trips are UNESCORTED is because we want to give YOU the flexibility to DO YOUR OWN THING without having any 'tour leader' types around.

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Start Date	End Date	Price in Euros	Local Payments
21st May 2010	5th June 2010	Not Available	Not Available

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