The Moorish South
Seven nights through Seville, Cordoba, and Granada, a compact loop built for travelers drawn to art, architecture, and religious heritage. The three cities read like chapters of the same story: the Mezquita's forest of arches, the Alhambra's water gardens, and a cathedral rising over what was once the largest mosque in the western world.
The program
Three cities, one inheritance.
Built around the three cities that define Andalusia's Moorish and Renaissance history, and frequently sold as a standalone introduction to Spain. Every departure is re-sequenced and re-paced around the client brief; the routing below is the proven baseline Inbound Spain contracts against.
Seville
The program opens in a city built at the scale of the empire it once ran. The Alcazar has stood as a working royal palace for a thousand years, and the streets around it keep that same proportion.
Day 1 · Private arrival transfer from SVQ. Evening orienting walk through Santa Cruz with a local licensed guide.
Day 2 · Timed entry to the Real Alcazar, then the Cathedral and Giralda. Free afternoon.
Day 3 · Triana: ceramics workshops and the market. Evening flamenco.
Where your group stays: in or beside Santa Cruz, walkable to the Alcazar. Specific properties confirmed with the partner before contracting.
Cordoba
One night buys the Mezquita in the morning quiet, before the day-trip groups arrive, and the old city again after they leave. Both versions of Cordoba are worth seeing.
Day 4 · AVE from Seville. The Mezquita-Catedral, the Juderia, and the San Basilio patios with a local licensed guide.
Where your group stays: a small historic property near the Mezquita. Partners who prefer two bases fold Cordoba into a Seville day trip instead.
Granada
The program closes at its summit. The Alhambra's allocation system is exactly why the visit rewards a ground partner who holds entries before your clients book flights.
Day 5 · AVE from Cordoba. Evening Albaicin walk to the San Nicolas viewpoint.
Day 6 · Morning entry to the Alhambra and Generalife with a licensed guide. Free afternoon.
Day 7 · Sacromonte and the cave quarter on foot, or a free day at the client's pace.
Day 8 · Private departure transfer to GRX, or AGP for wider flight schedules.
Where your group stays: lower city near the Cathedral, or an Albaicin property for FIT clients.
For advisors
Private to your client and re-paced around them. Net markup or gross billing, whichever fits your practice, on every booking. A dedicated local concierge is available airport to airport.
Request an FIT proposal →For operators
NET rates under per-series contracts, up to 8 departures a year. Holds at 24 travelers per group; a tour leader is recommended alongside local guides on every series departure.
Explore a group or series →On the ground
What Inbound Spain handles on this routing.
Operational detail for the partners evaluating this program for a client or a departure calendar.
Ticketing and allocations
Timed entries for the Alhambra, the Real Alcazar, and the Mezquita-Catedral are held by Inbound Spain ahead of client flight bookings. Group entry logistics are confirmed against each site's own visitor and guide-ratio rules at the contracting stage.
Transport, door to door
Private transfers at both airports, group AVE blocks between Seville, Cordoba, and Granada, and a private coach positioned ahead of the group on transfer days. Fixed drop points and short walks in every historic center.
Guides and support
Local licensed guides in each city, drawn from Inbound Spain's vetted regional network, and a 24/7 local concierge with a shared communication channel across the tour leader, on-the-ground team, and partner office on every departure.
The boundary
Inbound Spain contracts hotels, ground transport, guides, listed entries, and listed experiences. The partner carries air, tour leader costs, unlisted meals, insurance, and gratuities policy.
Departure calendar
September through May. July and August are excluded from the operating season because of interior heat in Seville and Cordoba. Semana Santa and the Feria de Abril are priced separately. Series contracting works best at 10 to 12 months; FIT at 4 to 6.
Region on this routing
Read the ground the program covers: the Andalusia guide carries client-fit and planning detail for all three stops.
Frequently asked questions
What partners ask about The Moorish South.
Why do partners sell The Moorish South instead of a full Spain itinerary?
Compact geography. Seville, Cordoba, and Granada sit within a single AVE and coach corridor, so the program covers Andalusia's three defining Moorish and Renaissance cities without the added transfer days a Madrid or coastal extension would require. Partners can sell it as a standalone week or as the Andalusia segment of a longer Spain program.
How does The Moorish South differ from The Southern Arc?
The Southern Arc adds Madrid ahead of the same three Andalusia cities, at 9 nights against this program's 7. The Moorish South is the right recommendation when a client or series wants Andalusia in depth without a capital city stop, or when a partner is building a multi-region trip and adding the capital elsewhere in the itinerary.
How does the one-night Cordoba stop affect group logistics?
One overnight is enough to see the Mezquita-Catedral in the early morning quiet before day-trip crowds arrive, then the Juderia and San Basilio patios after they leave. Larger series groups sometimes convert the overnight into a day trip from Seville instead, which drops one hotel change and one night from the total without losing the Mezquita visit itself.
How does Alhambra ticketing work on this program?
Alhambra entries sell through early, especially in spring and around Semana Santa. Inbound Spain holds the allocation and assigns licensed guides as part of standard planning on every departure. Group series are managed against the site's own visitor and guide-ratio rules, confirmed at the contracting stage for the specific departure size.
What time of year should partners avoid on The Moorish South?
July and August fall outside the program's operating season because of interior heat in Seville and Cordoba. Semana Santa and the Feria de Abril are the two Seville inventory events that tighten hotel rates and availability well ahead of the dates themselves, so partners pricing around either should confirm rates early.
What lead time does this program need for FIT and for series?
Private FIT departures confirm comfortably at 4 to 6 months. Group series contracting works best at 10 to 12 months out, in line with Inbound Spain's standard lead time for securing inventory, guides, and vehicles at scale. A first itinerary draft and pricing follow within five days of a client brief.
Does The Moorish South cost more as a private FIT departure than as a group series?
Per-person cost is generally higher for a private FIT departure than for a full group series, since fixed costs, including private guides and private transport, are shared across fewer travelers. The Moorish South runs privately for 2 to 7 travelers or as a series for 8 to 24. Exact per-person pricing depends on season, hotel category, and group size and is confirmed at quoting, typically within five days of a client brief.
Is The Moorish South suitable for travelers with mobility limitations?
The routing includes uneven, cobbled streets throughout Santa Cruz in Seville, the Juderia in Cordoba, and the Albaicin in Granada, plus a sustained uphill walk to reach the Alhambra's upper terraces. None of these can be resequenced around. Partners should flag mobility limitations at the brief stage; Inbound Spain can add private transport between points and build in a slower pace, but cannot substitute level-access alternatives for the hillside sections.
What happens if extreme heat or weather disrupts a day on this program?
The program's September-through-May operating season is set specifically to avoid the highest heat risk in Seville and Cordoba. Within that window, Inbound Spain's local team monitors forecasts and can move outdoor walking segments earlier in the day, add hydration stops, or resequence a walking day against an indoor alternative such as the Mezquita-Catedral or the Alhambra's Nasrid Palaces. There is no separate weather-cancellation policy outside the program's standard terms.