Historical & Battlefield Tours To Spain
All of our forthcoming Scheduled Tours to Spain are listed below.
Wellington in SpainStarts 17th September 2026 (8 days)
Often referred to as the 'classic' Peninsular War tour, this eight-day battlefield tour visits some of Wellington's most notable battles and sieges during the period 1809 – 1812.View Tour Details
Sharpe's RiflesStarts 12th October 2026 (6 days)
This tour, inspired by Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels, and based on contemporary diaries, takes us to some lesser known but beautiful parts of the Iberian Peninsula as we follow the legendary 95th Rifles in their flight against Napoleon.View Tour Details
Wellington Over the PyreneesStarts 8th May 2027 (9 days)
The most spectacular of Peninsular War tours, this tour will have you standing on the crest of The Pyrenees gazing into verdant France just as did Wellington’s men after 5 years of hard slogging across barren and hostile Spanish terrain. It’s real tour de force which explains the most complex of battles and operations that took place between June 1813 and the end of the War in April 1814.View Tour Details
The Spanish Civil WarStarts 13th May 2027 (8 days)
Sometimes seen as a ‘dress rehearsal’ for World War Two the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) was a viscerally fought contest between the two ideological fault-lines of early twentieth-century Spain: Nationalism and Republicanism. This 8 night and 9-day tour traces the war’s major sites and offers a brilliant insight into the conflict and its continuing ripples throughout modern SpainView Tour Details
The Pillars of HerculesStarts 13th October 2027 (7 days)
This unique 6-night and 7-day tour explores the remarkable history of the lands on both sides of the Straights of Gibraltar, site of the mythical Pillars of Hercules. Using a Gibraltar hotel as our base we explore the history of Gibraltar, Ceuta, Cadiz and Tarifa and a lot more in between! A tour through many layers of history – Carthaginian, Roman, Moorish, Spanish and British.View Tour DetailsTours to Spain - Future Planning
We intend to run all of the following tours in the near future. Final dates and prices are yet to be confirmed. Register your interest and we will contact you as soon as these tours become available.
El Cid and the ReconquistaThe recovery of Spain from Moorish rule was a long and complex process. This tour starts at the beginning of the story by visiting the site of King Pelayo’s victory over the Moors at Covandonga in AD 722 and then follows the expansion of the kingdom he forged first in Oviedo.View Tour Details
Retreat to CorunnaThis tour encompasses all the major actions fought by Sir John Moore’s army: Sahagún, Benavente; Astorga, Cacabelos, Lugo and the last battle: that at Corunna.View Tour Details
Roman AndalucíaModern Andalusia was the second oldest province of the Roman Empire. It was captured from Hannibal’s Carthaginians in the Punic Wars after the battle of Ilipa outside of Seville in 206 BC and then remained a Roman possession for some six hundred years.View Tour Details
The Lost Cities of LusitaniaThe wealth and peace brought to the former province of Lusitania by the Romans are reflected in the magnificent monuments left for us to admire across the province and their variety allows us to see not just the richness of city life, but also the source of the riches and infrastructure which allowed that life to flourish.View Tour Details
The Peninsular War In Southern SpainThis tour takes us to some of the most elegant and historic locations in all Spain including Seville, Cordoba and especially Cadiz - Spain’s most cosmopolitan city in the Napoleonic period, her main naval base, and the destination of treasure ships inbound from the Americas.View Tour Details
Walking The PeninsulaOn this unique walking tour through Portugal and central Spain, we aim to show you a representative cross-section of the most attractive countryside and best-preserved battlefields fought over by Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese Army in the Peninsular War – and from a perspective that few tourists see.View Tour Details
Wellington's Eastern FrontBased on Nick Lipscombe’s book ‘Wellington’s Eastern Front’, this six day tour looks at the ebb and flow of Suchet’s campaign on the east coast of Spain and Wellington’s strategic response to that threat. The tour visits some of the most picturesque and vibrant parts of Spain.View Tour Details