Best of Mediterranean Spain

Welcome to Mediterranean Spain. Your driver meets you at Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN). Check in to your hotel in the Eixample, Gothic Quarter, or El Born — your specialist selects the neighborhood based on your preference and travel style.

Afternoon at leisure — first walk along La Rambla and through the Plaça Reial. Barcelona rewards a slow first evening: the harbor, the tree-lined boulevards, and the first glass of cava. Welcome dinner at a specialist-selected restaurant.

Morning: Sagrada Família (pre-booked timed entry, tower access). Walk the Passeig de Gràcia to Casa Batlló and Casa Milà / La Pedrera — the two great Modernista apartment buildings that bookend the boulevard.

Afternoon: Park Güell (pre-booked). The Gràcia neighborhood below for lunch in a plaza café. Evening at leisure — your specialist has a dinner recommendation in the El Born neighborhood.

Morning: Gothic Quarter, Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, El Born, La Boqueria (best before 11am). Afternoon: Barceloneta beach or Montjuïc — the Miró Foundation, the 1992 Olympic stadium, and the cable car for city views.

Final Barcelona evening. Tomorrow: the AVE to Valencia.

AVE high-speed train Barcelona Sants to Valencia Joaquín Sorolla — 3 hours at 186 mph through the Mediterranean coastal landscape. Arrive early afternoon. Check in to your hotel near the City of Arts and Sciences or in the Ciutat Vella.

Afternoon: City of Arts and Sciences — Calatrava's futuristic complex of white concrete shells along the drained Turia riverbed. The Oceanogràfic (largest aquarium in Europe), the Hemisfèric (IMAX), and the Palau de les Arts are all pre-booked. Evening: first Valencian dinner.

Morning: Mercado Central (Art Nouveau ironwork, 1,200+ stalls) and La Lonja de la Seda (UNESCO, the 15th-century Silk Exchange). Afternoon: paella cooking class — authentic Valencian preparation in the birthplace of paella. Your specialist books a class with a local chef, not a tourist school version.

Optional: Albufera lagoon boat ride at sunset — the rice-paddy wetlands south of the city where the bomba rice actually grows. The lagoon light at dusk is one of the best things in Valencia. Final Valencia evening.

Morning flight Valencia to Palma de Mallorca — approximately 45 minutes. Afternoon: Palma old town — the Cathedral of Santa María de Palma (La Seu, with Gaudí's interior remodeling), the Royal Palace of La Almudaina, and the Santa Catalina neighborhood for first Mallorcan tapas.

Check in to your Mallorca hotel — your specialist selects from boutique properties in Palma's old city, converted finca estates in the Serra de Tramuntana, or design hotels on the northeast coast. First Mallorcan dinner: tumbet, sobrassada, ensaimada.

Morning: Valldemossa — the mountain village where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838–39 (the Carthusian monastery is now a museum of that winter). Then the winding road to Deià — Robert Graves' village, artists' colony since the 1920s. Lunch at a hillside restaurant with views across the Mediterranean.

Afternoon: Cala Deià — a turquoise rocky cove reached by a steep path from the village. The Serra de Tramuntana is UNESCO-listed: 55.9 miles of limestone mountains, olive groves, and stone terraces running along the northwest coast. The driving here is the experience.

Morning: the Sóller vintage tram to Port de Sóller — a horseshoe-shaped harbor with waterfront restaurants and the best fresh fish on the island. Optional: the 1912 Sóller train from Palma through the Tramuntana tunnels (one of the great short rail journeys in Europe).

Afternoon: Es Trenc — Mallorca's longest unspoiled beach (white sand, shallow turquoise water, no development, no sunbeds). The southeast coastline is the most protected in Mallorca. Final Mallorcan evening — farewell dinner at a specialist-selected restaurant.

Final Mediterranean breakfast. Transfer to Palma Airport (PMI). Most travelers leave with the Tramuntana mountains and Deià cove as the images they carry home — the cities were the culture, but Mallorca was the feeling.

Your Juniper specialist remains reachable throughout departure day. Your in-app itinerary stays accessible for any last-minute questions. Safe travels home.