Best of Mediterranean Spain
Best of Mediterranean Spain custom tour — 9 day luxury Mediterranean coast and island itinerary by Juniper Tours. Barcelona, Valencia, and Mallorca. Sagrada Família, Gothic Quarter, City of Arts and Sciences, paella cooking class, Serra de Tramuntana UNESCO, Deìà artists village, Valldemossa, Sóller tram, Es Trenc beach. Private transfers, AVE rail, inter-island flight. Designed by Taryn Harrison and Lexi Blade. IATAN accredited (22-787413). 4.9★ · hundreds of verified Google reviews. Custom Spain itineraries from $2,500 per person. Sample itinerary — all trips custom designed by our top travel specialists.
Sample Itinerary · Spain
Best of Mediterranean Spain
Barcelona · Valencia · Mallorca
Duration
9 Days · 8 Nights
Accommodations
4-Star or Higher
Transport
Private Transfers + Rail
Best For
Mediterranean · Beach · Culture
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9 Days · 8 Nights
4-Star+ Accommodations
Private Transfers Throughout
Daily Breakfast Included
Sample — Fully Customisable
This is a sample itinerary — for inspiration only. Every Juniper trip is designed from scratch around you. Many clients travel a very similar route — if this resonates, book a free consultation and a specialist will build something just like it (or better) specifically for your travel style, dates, and group.
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Day One
Arrive in Barcelona
Barcelona
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.
Afternoon at leisure — first walk along La Rambla and through the Plaça Reial. Welcome dinner at a specialist-selected restaurant.
Arrive Barcelona
La Rambla
Welcome dinner
Overnight: Barcelona
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Day Two
Barcelona — Gaudí Day
Barcelona
Morning: Sagrada Família (pre-booked timed entry, tower access). Walk the Passeig de Gràcia to Casa Batlló and Casa Milà / La Pedrera.
Afternoon: Park Güell (pre-booked). The Gràcia neighborhood below for lunch. Evening at leisure.
Sagrada Família
Casa Batlló + La Pedrera
Park Güell
Overnight: Barcelona
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Day Three
Barcelona — Gothic Quarter + Beach
Barcelona
Morning: Gothic Quarter, Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, El Born, La Boqueria market (best before 11am). Afternoon: Barceloneta beach or Montjuïc (Miró Foundation, Olympic stadium views).
Final Barcelona evening. Tomorrow: AVE to Valencia.
Gothic Quarter + El Born
La Boqueria
Barceloneta optional
Overnight: Barcelona
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Day Four
AVE to Valencia
Valencia
AVE high-speed train Barcelona Sants to Valencia (3 hours). Arrive early afternoon. Check in.
Afternoon: City of Arts and Sciences — Calatrava’s futuristic complex. Oceanogràfic, Hemisfèric, Palau de les Arts (pre-booked). Evening: first Valencian dinner.
AVE Barcelona → Valencia
City of Arts & Sciences
Arrive Valencia
Overnight: Valencia
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Day Five
Valencia — Paella + Albufera
Valencia
Morning: Mercado Central (Art Nouveau, 1,200+ stalls). La Lonja de la Seda (UNESCO). Afternoon: paella cooking class — authentic preparation in the birthplace of paella.
Optional: Albufera lagoon boat ride at sunset. Final Valencia evening.
Paella cooking class
Mercado Central + La Lonja
Albufera optional
Overnight: Valencia
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Day Six
Fly to Mallorca
Mallorca
Morning flight Valencia to Palma de Mallorca (45 min). Afternoon: Palma old town — Cathedral of Santa María de Palma (La Seu, Gaudí interior), Royal Palace of La Almudaina, Santa Catalina neighborhood tapas.
Check in to your Mallorca hotel. First Mallorcan dinner — tumbet, sobrassada, ensaimada.
Valencia → Mallorca flight
Palma Cathedral + old town
Santa Catalina tapas
Overnight: Mallorca
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Day Seven
Serra de Tramuntana — Deìà + Valldemossa
Mallorca
Morning: Valldemossa — mountain village, Chopin and George Sand’s winter of 1838–39 (Carthusian monastery). Then the winding road to Deìà — Robert Graves’ village, artists’ colony. Lunch at a hillside restaurant with Mediterranean views.
Afternoon: Cala Deìà — turquoise rocky cove, steep path from the village. The Serra de Tramuntana is UNESCO-listed — 55.9 miles of limestone mountains, olive groves, and stone terraces.
Valldemossa + Chopin
Deìà artists’ village
Cala Deìà swim
Overnight: Mallorca
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Day Eight
Mallorca Beach Day + Sóller Train
Mallorca
Morning: Sóller vintage tram to Port de Sóller — horseshoe harbor, waterfront restaurants. Optional: the 1912 Sóller train from Palma through the Tramuntana tunnels.
Afternoon: Es Trenc — Mallorca’s longest unspoiled beach (white sand, turquoise water, no development). Final Mallorcan evening — farewell dinner.
Sóller vintage tram
Port de Sóller
Es Trenc beach
Overnight: Mallorca
9
Day Nine
Depart Mallorca
Palma Airport
Final Mediterranean breakfast. Transfer to Palma Airport (PMI). Most travelers leave with the Tramuntana mountains and Deìà cove as the images they carry home.
Your Juniper specialist remains reachable throughout departure day. Safe travels home.
Depart Palma
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Boutique hotels, charming B&Bs, or historic castle stays — chosen based on your preferences and travel style.
Transportation
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Experiences
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Activities on this itinerary
Your specialist pre-arranges the right luxury experiences based on your interests and travel style. These are the custom experience types available on this route — specific choices are made with you, not for you.
Sagrada Família + Park GüellGaudí pre-booked · Barcelona
Casa Batlló + La PedreraPasseig de Gràcia Modernista
Gothic Quarter Walking TourMedieval lanes · La Boqueria
City of Arts & SciencesCalatrava · Valencia
Paella Cooking ClassBirthplace of paella · authentic
Albufera Lagoon SunsetRice-paddy wetlands boat ride
Palma Cathedral (La Seu)Gaudí interior · Mallorca
Serra de Tramuntana DriveUNESCO mountains · olive groves
Deìà + Cala DeìàRobert Graves · turquoise cove
Valldemossa + ChopinMountain village · 1838 monastery
Sóller Vintage Tram1912 railway · Port de Sóller
Es Trenc BeachMallorca’s longest unspoiled beach
Activities are selected and pre-booked with your specialist based on your interests — not all activities are included in every trip version. Availability varies by season.
The people who will design your Spain trip
You work directly with a specialist who knows Spain deeply — not a call center or booking agent. Every consultation is with someone who has been there, knows which Mallorca cove beach is empty at 9am, which Deìà restaurant has the terrace overlooking the sea, and which Barcelona neighborhood has the Gaudí building that most visitors walk past.
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Lexi Blade
Florence and Salzburg-based with 8 years of experience across Southern Europe. Lexi covers Portugal, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland with the same firsthand knowledge she brings to every destination — sourced from living there rather than visiting. Her Spain itineraries are built around the restaurants that require knowing someone, the wine bodegas that don’t appear in guidebooks, and the neighborhood bars that haven’t been found by the travel influencers yet.
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About this itinerary
May through October for beach and island weather. June and September are the sweet spots — warm enough for swimming, clear skies, manageable crowds. July and August are peak with highest prices especially in Mallorca.
Mallorca is the counterweight to the cities. After Barcelona and Valencia, Mallorca gives you the Serra de Tramuntana mountains, Deia artists village, and turquoise cove beaches. It is the part of the trip that makes the city days feel earned.
A short flight from Valencia to Palma — approximately 45 minutes. Ferry is also available (6 to 8 hours). Your specialist books whichever suits your pace. Palma airport is 15 minutes from the city center.
Yes — that is essentially our A Taste of Spain itinerary (Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid). This Mediterranean itinerary is for travelers who want coast and island alongside the cities. Your specialist can build a hybrid adding Madrid after Mallorca.
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