El Expreso de la Robla - Leon to Bilbao

Group reception at 10:00 p.m. After lunch, our bus will take us to San Feliz where El Expreso de La Robla will be waiting for us. Presentation of the crew and transfer to Matallana. From here our coach will take us through the spectacular Hoces de Vegacervera gorge to Valporquero, where we can visit the wonderful caves famous for their stalactites, stalagmites, and outflows of fanciful shapes as well as the impressive 100,000 m3 underground chamber called the Gran Rotonda. We will then return to the train to head towards Cistierna, where we will have dinner and spend the night.

While enjoying our first breakfast on board the train, we will travel to Guardo, in the province of Palencia. From there we will travel by coach to visit the Roman town of La Olmeda, with its magnificent mosaic collection, before discovering one of the best ensembles of Romanesque art in Europe that forms part of the Camino de Santiago. Saldaña, Carrión de los Condes, and Fromista, where we will have lunch. After visiting the Church of San Martín and the Canal of Castile, we will return to the train and head towards Espinosa de los Monteros, a beautiful town in Burgos Province’s Las Merindades region; dinner and overnight in Espinosa.

(Sunday) Espinosa de los Monteros – Bilbao While having breakfast, we will go through the incredible landscape of the Mena Valley before coming to Bilbao. Tour of the city and its world-renowned Guggenheim Museum. Free time before our trip ends around 14:00 h.