Originally Posted by
sriki
Then why does the first one is OK where madrid and paris both will be stopovers since they both are over 24 hours?
In the first one, Madrid is the stopover and Paris is the destination. (Or, if you like, Madrid is the destination and Paris is the stopover.) So, one stopover.
In the second one, you have three breaks in your journey of more than 24 hr. So you have one destination and two stopovers.