Our Abercrombie & Kent Travel Itinerary

When I think of group travel, the first thing that comes to my mind is my wife’s blue-haired aunts hopping a bus for Branson, Missouri.  You know, crowded buses, truck stop restroom breaks, and lots of snoring from one point to the other.

However, when Abercrombie & Kent (A&K) invited us along for a 7-night group travel outing to Spain, we absolutely jumped at the offer.

As an American baby boomer traveler, when I hear the words Abercrombie & Kent, I think three things: British company, luxury travel, and African safaris.

Geoffrey Kent and his parents, Valerie and Colonel John Kent, founded Abercrombie & Kent in 1962 with little more than a Bedford truck and a sterling silver ice bucket.

Today, A&K runs 50 full-time offices worldwide, staffed by more than 2,300 people; it also operates its own safari camps and Nile cruise ships, and maintains a fleet of customized safari vehicles. Its reputation allows A&K travellers private, sometimes exclusive access to museums, archaeological sites and cultural attractions around the world.

In other words, perhaps more than any other company, A&K has written the book on luxury, world-wide adventures.

A&K has written the book on luxury, world-wide adventures!

And now, fifty years after pioneering the modern luxury adventure, Abercrombie & Kent introduces a new approach to group travel: Connections by Abercrombie & Kent.

The basic idea is to take A&K’s renowned experience in luxury travel, offer it to small groups (only 24-28 guests), tap into their unmatched network of 50 offices around the world, and create a luxury small group travel experiences unparalleled in the world of travel.

Further still, they’re doing this all at an unbeatable price.  How do they do that?

Beautiful Itinerary

We just received our A&K travel itinerary, and just look at  the destinations in our journey:

• Day #1 – Arrive Barcelona and spend the night at Hotel Palace Barcelona
• Day #2 – Guided tour of Barcelona and spend another night at Hotel Palace Barcelona.
• Day #3 – Fly to Granada, guided tour of the Alhambra, and spend the night in the historic Alhambra Palace Hotel.
• Day #4 – Begin our journey to Seville, with stops in Málaga and Ronda.  Spend the night in the iconic Hotel Alfonso XIII.
• Day #5 – Explore Seville and end the day with a little flamenco dancing.  Spend another night at Hotel Alfonso XIII.
• Day #6 – Journey to Córdoba.  After exploration, take high-speed train to Madrid.  Spend the night at the Hotel Ritz Madrid.
• Day #7 – Explore Madrid and spend another night at the Hotel Ritz Madrid.

As you can probably imagine, we’re very excited to explore Spain, and perhaps even more excited to have Abercrombie & Kent as our guides.

Stay tuned, we’ll have much more to share about this experience in the coming weeks and months.

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