Barcelona is an enchanting seaside city with boundless culture, fabled architecture and a world-class drinking and dining scene.
Departure from your home town, flight to land in Barcelona (BCN), a city on the coast of northeastern Spain.
Upon arrival, transfer to check in at hotel.
Free & overnight.
Breakfast at hotel. Barcelona city tour will start at Passeig de Gracia, an elegant boulevard dating from the early 20th Century. Go on to Casa Batllo, you will be provided with a wealth of details and fascinating snippets of information about this incredible building. Then visit to La Sagrada Familia, Gaudi's great unfinished masterwork. Continue down to the old port, a recently renovated area, extending the city centre from the Rambla down to the sea. In this attractive area, popular with locals and tourists find a wealth of restaurants, shops, nightclubs and frequent open-air entertainment. Afterward, will climb the Montjuic Mountain – enjoy the great views over the city and harbour and admire the spectacular sports facilities in the Olympic Ring. The tour last stop is the Poble Espanyol, a charming collection of replicas of streets, buildings and plazas from all over Spain. The area also has many crafts shops and some excellent restaurants and bars for you to have lunch at your leisure.
Back to hotel. Free and overnight. Lunch & Dinner on guest own account.
Breakfast at hotel. Morning meeting at hotel lobby and heading to the Sants train station (Barcelona), take an AVE (High Speed Train) train that takes just 38 minutes to get to Girona, located in the north of Catalonia. It is an amazingly beautiful city that holds an impressive historical legacy, possesses a unique and special atmosphere and hides thousands of magical nooks, also known as “the city of four rivers”.
Once there, we'll visit to Girona’s most emblematic places, like the Cathedral, one of the biggest gothic cathedrals worldwide, the Força Vella, an impressive first-century Roman fortress, the basilica of Sant Feliu, Sant Pere de Galligans and Sant Nicolau or the Plaza Independencia among others. The Jewish Quarter called Call consists of a labyrinth of narrow streets and patios that have maintained their medieval atmosphere. It is one of the best preserved Jewish quarters in the world and clear evidence of the importance of the Jewish culture in Girona.
Wondering why the Game of Thrones chose Girona to film a season? Your guide will show you all the reasons.
Will stop to have something to drink and an appetizer to replenish before returning to Barcelona with the AVE train and travel back to Sants station. Back to Hotel. Free and overnight. Lunch & Dinner on guest own account.
Breakfast at hotel. This day head to the train station by public transport, where will take the train and enjoy the Catalonian landscape on our way to Monistrol, located at the bottom of the mountain. Once there you can choose between the rack train or the cable car to get to the popular Santa María de Montserrat Abbey. From this viewpoint you will be able to take amazing pictures. Visit the Basilica and the Virgin of Montserrat, known as Black Madonna “La Moreneta”, a wood carving from the twelfth century, which is the patron saint of Catalonia.
Then visit to this Benedictine monastery, founded in the eleventh century, will listen to the fantastic boys’ choir of L’Escolania de Montserrat, one of the most famous children choirs in Europe, and the oldest (fourteenth century).
Onward can do some hiking to an amazing viewpoint located about 25 minutes away from the monastery or watch an audiovisual to learn about the life of the monks. At the end of this experience we will have lunch to recharge our batteries and return to Barcelona.
Free and overnight. Lunch & Dinner on guest own account.
Breakfast at hotel. This day visit to Tarragona, located 62 miles (100 km) south of Barcelona, on the Costa Dorada. The city is home to one of the most important and best preserved Roman archaeological sites in Spain, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Will begin the walking tour, where you will discover the many still preserved remains of this civilization, the guide will provide their most exciting stories. Explore the ancient walls surrounding the city and be immersed into one of the best preserved circuses in Europe, hidden under building structures from the 19th century. Will see as the traces of the ancient Roman forum live in the present with the medieval and modern Tarragona. Finally, you will be amazed at the ruins of the amphitheater located on the shore of the Mediterranean since the 2nd century and where bloody battles between gladiators took place.
Then visit to Sitges, a charming town that is more colorful and idyllic, heir to the imprint of Modernism . Its privileged location where the sea and the mountains are mixed, became an ideal place to practice health tourism. Today, Sitges, is a mixture of traditional fishermen’s houses with a bohemian and lively atmosphere, full of boutiques, restaurants and musicians and artists in the streets. While walking through the town, the guide will take you through the wonderful streets and the most hidden corners of its labyrinthine center. You will see examples of architectural modernism of Casa Bacardi or Casa del Rellotge, as you uncover the curious stories of the 'Americanos’ who became rich from the new continent. Sitges is an idyllic walk by the sea, including the church of San Bartolomé and Santa Tecla, the grand staircase, Maricel Palace and the charming ‘Quiet Corner’, where musicians enliven the atmosphere, forming a beautiful journey that leads to the beach of San Sebastian. Relax in one of its terraces or, if the weather permits, take a dip in its crystal waters before heading back to Barcelona.
Free and overnight. Lunch & Dinner on guest own account.
Breakfast at hotel. Check out.
Transfer to Barcelona airport, board the flight return to your home town or next destination.