Other trains have a bar; the Al Ándalus has a district — four period salon cars strung together like rooms of a travelling palace. After dinner, the district comes alive.
The geography of the night
One car leans piano-bar, another drawing-room quiet; between them, space for every mood — cards and conversation, a digestif with new friends, a corner armchair with the window black beside you. With drinks included (the fare covers the night), nobody watches a tab.
Music, and sometimes duende
Most evenings bring live music; some bring flamenco aboard or ashore — and hearing a cantaor at close range, in a 1920s carriage, is the kind of moment Palace Tours guests describe to us years later, still slightly disbelieving.
Still nights, southern towns
The train passes each night parked in a station, which grants two luxuries at once: perfect sleep, and the freedom to step out for a stroll where the evening paseo is a civic art form. The next morning's rhythm is described in our day-aboard journal.
Choose the room you'll return to each night in Gran Clase or Deluxe, and find your departure on the dates page.
