Madrid to Seville road trip
≈ 540 km · ~6 h driving · ideal in 7 days · 4 stops
Castile's high plains fall away into Andalusia on this drive through three ages of Spain — imperial Toledo, the caliphate's Córdoba, and Seville, where the Golden Age sailed from.
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The route at a glance
- Madrid — 1 night
- Toledo — 1 night
- Córdoba — 1 night
- Seville — 3 nights
The stops
- 1
Madrid
The Prado at opening, tapas in La Latina at night, and an early start south.
- 2
Toledo
Christian, Muslim and Jewish Spain stacked on one granite hill above the Tagus — El Greco's home turf.
- 3
Córdoba
The Mezquita's candy-striped arches are the single most surprising interior in Spain; May's patio festival drowns the town in flowers.
- 4
Seville
Alcázar gardens, tapas standing up, flamenco in Triana — allow more time than you think.
Good to know
Andalusia in July–August regularly passes 40 °C — spring and autumn are far kinder. Book Córdoba's Mezquita and Seville's Alcázar online ahead. The A-4 is fast and free; Toledo's old town is pedestrian-hostile, so use the escalators from the ring car parks.
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