Segovia and Avila Guided Day Trip from Madrid

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Madrid, Spain

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9 hours (approx.)
Offered in: English

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4.3

· Evan_S ·

Apr 2026

This experience was as advertised. We were able to see Segovia and Avila in one day. The tour guide and bus were prompt at all pickups. The use of radio for the audio on the tour was helpful. We appreciated the mix of formal tour and free exploration.

· Eric_G ·

May 2026

We spent a lovely day in Segovia and Avila. Each city is rich with history. Our guide, Ahinoa, was extremely knowledgeable and provided a lot of interesting information. We highly recommend this tour. Just enough time in each location.

Overview

Explore the wonderful architecture of Segovia and Avila, two of Spain’s lesser-known gems, during this this 9-hour tour from Madrid. Discover the charming walled city of Avila, dating to the 11th century, along with the Gothic palaces, Romanesque churches and other treasures that hide within its gates. Then step back to Roman times in Segovia as you admire its spectacular aqueduct and fairy-tale style Alcazar fortress, one of the most striking in Spain.

Segovia and Avila tour from Madrid
Admire the Romanesque cathedrals, Gothic palaces, and other architectural treasures of Avila
Visit the amazing Roman aqueduct and picturesque Alcazar castle in Segovia
Wander the walled city of Avila, whose defensive barriers date to the 11th century

What's Included

Official tour guide (bilingual)
Air-conditioned vehicle
Walking tour in both cities
Audio guides system

Gratuities
Food and drinks
Pick up /drop off service
Monuments admission

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

C. de Ferraz, 3, Moncloa - Aravaca, 28008 Madrid, Spain

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:30 am

Itinerary

VPT TRAVEL FOR ALL (Pass By)

Segovia (Pass By)

Catedral de Segovia

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Real Alcazar de Segovia (Pass By)

Segovia

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Acueduct of Segovia (Pass By)

Avila

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Madrid (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Not recommended for travelers with back problems

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Kaushik_S

Nicely paced out and friendly guide. I enjoyed the convenience of booking, meetup stop and the overall travel very much. I would recommend this to my friends.

Reviews

4.3

based on 515 reviews

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A lovely day in Segovia and Avila

Eric_G, May 2026

No go segovia

ann_l, May 2026

Our journey started out delayed due to the late arrival of our tour guide, according to some of the other members on the tour. We hit a snafu right away when we requested an over the ear headphone due to some hearing aids my friend has. Those went ignored and were dismissed by a simple we do not speak English. No other accommodations or suggestions were offered. Our tour guide seem to be in a little bit of a funk which would play out later in the tour. We booked an English speaking tour and I believe we were the only native English speakers on the tour. Several people who were bilingual were telling us that we got about one word in English for every 20 in Spanish. At this point, we really felt like we were missing out. Perhaps Carlos would be better suited for all Spanish-speaking tours. His accent was also very thick and it was very difficult to understand the words that we did get in English. In addition, it was difficult to hear and very crowded in the piazza when he gave instructions. This could’ve been avoided by giving us information while we were on the bus for an hour. Two of our tour group members did not make the return. I believe in part this was likely due to poor communication. There was definitely a mood on the way home as our tour guide, Carlos, ripped all of the headphones out of the sets and threw them on the floor and seat seats of the bus. We have several other tours booked with Viator and I have had several in the past that have all gone extremely well. Looking forward to a more successful adventure next time. While I would not recommend a tour with Carlos in the future, we will continue to enjoy your services elsewhere.

Do this tour!!

Nicholas_B, Apr 2026

Ainhoa studied history and it shows. She knows.... EVERYTHING. Fantastic tour guide. Informative and personable. Great bus driving by Noelea as well, as she saved us from other drivers who just like to try to cut off buses, all while driving a 6spd. Unheard of in America! I recommend adding Avila over staying in Segovia all day. Both are incredible! Gracias!

The bus was old and not...

David_F, Apr 2026

The bus was old and not very comfortable. Also, the driver kept turning the A/C off and then on. The audio quality for the guide was poor. Often we could not understand. The explanations in Spanish took twice as long as English leaving us to believe the guide was leaving some info out

This experience was as...

Evan_S, Apr 2026

Beautiful Avila, Marvelous Segovia!

ThienPink_L, Mar 2026

It was a relaxing trip for us though there was a lot of walking and a lbit of climbing. The Avila visit was very cold despite the weather of the day was around 16°C. It felt like 4°C instead as the guide told us Avila was the coldest place in Spain. The visit on top of the wall needed a bit of climbing due to the wall steps, not suitable for the elderly. So if you don't want to climb, don't take the package with extra entry fee. The Segovia visit had a lot more walking especially the last part when you had to walk to the pick up point. But luckily it was a down hill walk! Just a word of caution for the ladies, the toilet visit will take a very long time as there is only one toilet at the last visiting place. So if you need to go, go as soon as your arrival there! Overall, the tour was a good one despite the negative points as mentioned.

Great tour!!

Kathy_A, Mar 2026

Great tour! Learned so much. Ainhoa was a great tour guide. She was great about speaking in English & Spanish. Highly recommend.

Segovia was beautiful!...

Alexandrea_A, Feb 2026

Segovia was beautiful! Disappointed the Alcazar de Avila was in the photos but we weren’t taken there. Our tour guide was less than enthusiastic, which took away from the tour. We had a better time off on our own. The bus blew a tire and nothing was ever really mentioned.

boring

iryna_a, Dec 2025

Full day trip to histics sites, such as, 2000 year-old aqueduct and waal city of Avila might have been exciting and educational, but everything depends on the tour guide. Our tour guide seemed to be not interested in sharing information a lot. He just delivered verry basic information. which made tour boring and not interesting.

Beautiful cities of Sergovia and Avila

Judith_B, Oct 2025

Great trip to experience the beautiful cities of Sergovia and Avila. The guide was excellent, very informative and interesting. There was enough time to wander round the places at leisure which we appreciated. Only downsides were the lack of air conditioning on the coach (it was broken, despite being advertised as having it) and the front door to the coach was not functioning. We also arrived back in Madrid almost 90 minutes later and are not sure why. Otherwise a great day out.

Great day trips

Christopher_H, Oct 2025

Great day trip from Madrid to see two towns built around Roman Aqueduct and within the best preserved medieval city walls I’ve ever seen. Great walking day and tour stayed on schedule. You may consider buying either the cathedral tour in Segovia or the wall tour in Ávila. I did neither and still had a blast walking around alone. Also, got me back to Madrid by 6:30 PM so I could still spend time that day in the city.

Amazing

Dunia_B, Sep 2025

Amazing experience!!! Tamara so knowledgeable, and concern about all the members of the tour !!! So on point

A great day out from Madrid.

JOHN_C, Sep 2025

Two great cities are visited with an abundance of historical and cultural sites. 9 hours is a long time for a tour but it is delivered at a very gentle pace. The audio system needs attention as there were lots of crackles; I frequently gave up listening to the narratives.

Beautiful cities, guide less than average

Jim_B, May 2025

The two cities were great and we had a wonderful time. The only issue was that our tour guide was under par. We have been on 100+ day tours, and this was at the bottom of our list given the guide. We learned little about the sites and found our tour book more enlightening. The whisper units had static and only one ear pierce worked on one of our sets, so we could hear our guide Michelle but couldn't find her as she blended in with the crowd. She did put up an umbrella on a few occasions so we could find her to ask a question. Most bus trips of an hour plus length include some informational talks about the history of the area. 👋

One guide both for Spanish and English speakers!!!

Terence_G, Jan 2025

At departure we were separated in 2 groups, Spanish and English speakers, in 2 SEPERATE COACHES! In Segovia, we, English speakers were excellently given a guided tour by Elena, however at Avila, Spanish and English speakers were joined together in one group, and Alberto, tried, without success, to give us the Avila tour, both to Spanish and English speakers, ALLTOGETHER ! Let's just say that the English translated parts of the Avila guided tour were not as illustrative as the Spanish parts!

Response from Host, Mar 2025

Dear customers, The tour operations are developed seeking the comfort of the clients. We are sorry that you in particular did not like it, but we have not received any other negative comments about it. Anyway, thank you very much for choosing us. Kind regards

Jam packed with historic sites

Jim_D, Nov 2024

Because of this tour we were able to see the amazing monunents of two historic cities we would not have been able to do otherwise. It is a long day, but well worth it.

Response from Host, Mar 2025

Dear Jim, Thank you for your kind review. Best regards

Not the best

Kristen_G, Nov 2024

The guide was kind and knowledgeable but due to the tour company setting up multiple different activities for every group it was very disorganized. We had to rush through each city and try to catch the information with different languages. The group was huge with 60 people with one guide in the first city. I am surprised everyone made it back to the bus because there was not much direction. It was more like a self guided tour with transportation.

Response from Host, Apr 2025

We regret that this is your impression of the tour, but everything went according to plan. In the future, we recommend reading the excursion descriptions before booking. The entire staff was available to answer any questions, including the guide, of course Kind regards

Awful.

Caroline_M, Oct 2024

Our tour left without us. We were told we would get a refund in 10 minutes, so I immediately booked another tour. The first tour left without 30 of us, and then we were denied a refund. Viator is a disgraceful company. I work for a huge corporation, and I am sharing my experience there. The tour I did go on was terrible. The tour guide was not knowledgeable at all, and it was a lame experience, where we were left to our own exploring. I hope your company does not survive, because you have no right treating people the way you do. Terrible, terrible memory.

Response from Host, Apr 2025

Dear customer, We strive daily to provide the best service, which wouldn't be possible without the punctuality of our clients, who are the vast majority. Of course, we understand that unforeseen events can occur, and whenever possible, we try to provide alternatives. There are many testimonials to attest to this. We regret that this wasn't the case for you. In any case, we have made the necessary inquiries and can only confirm that the tour took place without any incidents. Best regards.

Was just okay

Nancy_H, Oct 2024

The tour of the towns were good but it was mostly in Spanish- the candy tour was a waste of time when we could have explored more

Response from Host, Apr 2025

Dear Nancy Thank you for travelling with us. Kind regards Kind regards

Worth the price

Lucy_A, Sep 2024

Saw many concerning reviews so had low expectations. The trip ended up being a good experience. Bilingual tour guide did his best to translate to English (guests kept asking for translation), we were a group of 25-30 and the bus rides were smooth and comfortable. Segovia and Ávila are beautiful cities!

Response from Host, Apr 2025

Dear Lucy, We really appreciate your kind review. Hopefully, we will welcome back on board in the future. Kind regards

Solo traveler from USA

Shermaine_F, Sep 2024

I enjoyed the tour except that 90% of the guided tour is in Spanish but it's OK. Samuel is our guide and he's a good guide. No complaints.

Response from Host, Apr 2025

Dear customer, Thank you so much for your feedback. It help us to keep improving. Kind regards

Bad

Alan_C, Aug 2024

Michelle the guide was terrible as she did not explain a lot of the sight that were seen and seen to doing it for the job. What an aweful experience

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Dear Alan We are surprised to hear such comments from guide Michelle, as she always strives to provide the best services. If you have evidence of what you claim, please do no hesitate to send it to us at vptterminal@vpttours.com to carry out the relevant verifications. Kind regards

Only do one city a day.

Teresa_R, Jul 2024

Need to have more time in Alvia. Have mini water on board sell or include. Or just sell water. Ear plugs and listen box should be done on the bus. We wasted 30 min getting ready to tour testing multiple times. Not organized. Also Patrica (a guest ) was 20 min late first stop and second stop. Had only 15 min in the second city bc of that. Very much tell them to leave them there. So incredibly rude of her. Love the Segovia. Would recommend it for entire day.

Response from Host, Aug 2024

Dear customer, Please provide us with more information to vptterminal@vpttours.com. We would like to follow up. Kind regards

Day trip to Segovia and Avila

Ellen_L, May 2024

Monica, our tour guide was friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. We got the day trip to Segovia and Avila. We enjoyed and loved the tour. Thank you 😊, Monica!

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Dear Ellen, Thank you for your kind review. We hope to welcome you soon again. Kind regards

Impressive!

Richard_G, May 2024

Impressive tour! Great guide and the perfect amount of time in each city. Segovia was incredible and Avila was amazing. Highly recommend!

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Dear Richard, Thank you for your kind review. We are really glad of hearing that you enjoyed the tour. Kind regards

Late guide

John_L, May 2024

Guide was 15 minutes late meeting tour after lunch and again at the end of the day. Very unprofessional.

Great day of site seeing!

raquelluyten, May 2024

José was great. He was informative and easy to ask questions to. Segovia and Ávila are both places I am so happy I experienced seeing.

Segovia and Ávila day trip

Kaushik_S, Apr 2024

Nicely paced out and friendly guide. I enjoyed the convenience of booking, meetup stop and the overall travel very much. I would recommend this to my friends.

SIMPLY DISASTRUOUS

Anthony_F, Jan 2024

The speed at which we running through both cities but especially Avila where we did not stop excet for the introduction at the beginning of the 'tour'. First of all there were 2 coachloads being handled by 1 guide trying to speak in 2/3 languages. Considering that both cities, especially Segovia ar on hills that need to be reached by steep uphills, just whizzing through at breaknek speed is simply not acceptable, especially if some of the group are either old or have motionary problems. In Segovia the visit to teh castle was good but we lost time as it was ot clear to some of us that buying tickets on site was a bit way off teh main entance and it obviuously halted the whole grup as teh guide had to wait. But then after the castle , he just whisked away and it was only becuae of the whatsapp App , we managed to reach but once again running and I mean runing uphill is NO joke. But what really annoyed us was that after rishing through thecity not even stooping to take a photo of the monuments of the place, including what should have been a mini stop at teh Cathedral, we ended next to the aqueduct only to be given a 90 minute break so that he could take some of the group for lunch when thios was not part ofthe program. Had we known about it, we would have rather stopped at the top in the main square and wended our way down to the Aqueduct plaza in good time to meet teh group; but we were too tired at 1300 to walk back up the hill. Had it not been for the good Alcazar tour, I would have given this tour a 0 rating. We have taken many tours through Viator and have been always happy with service and had good value for money but this was simply DISASTROUS

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Dear customer, thank you for taking the time to rate us. We are sorry to hear you didn't enjoy your experience with us. We would have appreciated it if you had contacted us earlier so that we could review what happened. The guide follows the established programme of the tour, but must give equal attention to all participants of the activity. Our tours are bilingual. This information can be found on the website where you purchased the tour. Once again we thank you for your time and we remain at your disposal by private message to resolve any questions you may have. Best regards

Worth the trip

Anne_M, Jan 2024

Good value day trip to see Segovia, a beautiful city that my family loved. Avila was also nice, but most things were closed on a Monday

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Estimated client, thank you for your feedback. We are very glad to hear that you and your family enjoyed our tour and that you loved Segovia. We hope to see you soon travelling with us. Best regards