Expreso La Robla
Sights from Roman times and the Middle Ages, paired with beautiful landscapes and culinary delights await you on this trip! A cheerful and modern train that shows you the most spectacular landscapes of Castile and León.
Highlights
- Comfortable adventure short trip: Your hotel travels with you!
- Bilbao: antiquity and modernity in a small space
- Magnificent landscapes
- Valuable contemporary witnesses from Roman times
- León with its cultural monuments
Travel details
Travel programm
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Day 1 Bilbao - Espinosa de los Monteros
Meeting point at 14:00 at La Concordia station in Bilbao, a unique modernist building from 1902 and one of Bilbao's most authentic heirlooms from the Belle Époque. At 15:00, the entire group will be welcomed on board the train. After settling in, El Expreso de La Robla will set off for Espinosa de Los Monteros. We will visit the town of Frías and the Tobera waterfall by bus. Dinner and overnight stay in Espinosa de los Monteros, a beautiful town in the province of Burgos in the Las Merindades region.
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Day 2 Espinosa de los Monteros - Cistierna
While you enjoy your first breakfast on board, the train reaches Mataporquera. From here, your coach will take you to the magnificent landscapes of Romanesque Palencia, Carrión de los Condes and its rich heritage. You will visit the town and have free time before continuing the route and visiting the Canal de Castilla y Frómista with the impressive Romanesque church of San Martín. Free time and lunch. In the afternoon, you will return to the past with a visit to the Roman villa of La Olmeda and its magnificent collection of mosaics. Back to the train, the Expreso La Robla will take you to Cistierna, where you will have dinner and spend the night.
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Day 3 Cistierna - León
During breakfast on board, the Expreso La Robla will take you to San Feliz. From here you will visit the city of León by bus. Visit the historic center, San Isidoro and the cathedral. The tour ends at around 16:00 at the Hotel Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León.
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Impressions
Services
Included in the price
- Journey from Leon to Bilbao or vice versa
- 3 days/2 nights in a comfortable hotel train, based on standard compartment double occupancy
- All meals including drinks
- All excursions in the accompanying luxury coach
- German-speaking tour guide
Not included in the price
- Arrival and return journey by train or flight to the departure point of the train
- Consumption in the bar car
- Gratuities and personal expenses
- Additional hotel accommodation on arrival and departure
- Cancellation costs and travel insurance
More info
Your train compartment has two bunk beds (each 0.70 x 1.80 m.), closet, reading light, adjustable air conditioning and a private bathroom with hydromassage shower, washbasin, toilet and hairdryer.
Lounge car; breakfast buffets are served here and you can spend your free time reading the daily press, magazines or some books from the library. There is also a television with a video library.
