I am traveling to Portugal and Spain. We arrive in Lisbon on Sep 27 and fly out of that city on Tuesday Oct 9 at 6am. We are spending the night at the Lisbon TRYP Oriente so this departure time should be manageable. To start we are planning to explore Lisbon and the surrounding area until the 30th. After that we are planning to go to Spain with the goal of meeting family in Malaga where they will be arriving on a cruise Oct 5th. We would like to see Seville, Ronda, Granada, Our general plan is to fly from Lisbon to Madrid on Sept 30 catching a train that day to Seville, with a possible stop in Cordoba. I am really unsure about the best way to get from Seville to Ronda/Granda/Malaga in the 4 available days. Would driving/bus or train be a better option. After meeting the family on Oct 5 we would probably catch a train back to Madrid to spend a couple days before flying to Lisbon on Oct 8th. Really the only set in stone part of this trip is in and out of Lisbon and the meeting in Malaga. So we are seeking advice about best ways to travel to these places in the allotted amount of time.

Thanks.