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 BARCELONA WEEKEND

Suggested Itinerary

DAY ONE

Travel to Barcelona. On arrival, join your private coach and Local Guide for the transfer into the city. A sightseeing tour en route to the hotel will show you the highlights; the Sagrada Familia, Montjuic Hill, the Ramblas Avenue, Plaza de Catalunya, the Olympic Port and the Old Town. There will be photo-stops along the way before you arrive at your centrally-located hotel for check-in. The rest of the day is at leisure. Dinner will be served in the hotel or at a nearby restaurant this evening.

DAY TWO

Buffet Breakfast is served in the hotel. Meeting-room facilities are available this morning(theatre-style set up, basic meeting package; catering facilities and specialist equipment can be provided if required, with an additional cost).

The afternoon is at leisure for your own interests; or why not join one of our Walking Tours for a special insight to Barcelona? We can offer:-

Gaudi's Barcelona Antonio Gaudi studied architecture in Barcelona, but remained detached from current ideas, preferring to draw on his own Surrealist imagination vividly inspired by nature. You will see several houses designed by Gaudi before his untimely death.

A Cook's Tour This tour visits some of the best shops in Barcelona for those interested in cooking; a herbalist where you can buy Spanish saffron; a kitchenware shop for omelette pans and oil jars; the central market to see locally-caught fish and home-grown fruits and vegetables. Highlight of the day will be the visit to the Chocolate Museum!

This evening, Dinner will be served in a prestigious local restaurant.

DAY THREE

Buffet Breakfast is served in the hotel. Join one of our sightseeing tours this morning; we offer:-

Cava Country Heading southwards from Barcelona, the tour begins in Penedes, a region principally known as being the home of Cava, the Spanish sparkling wine. There are also very decent red and white still wines from French and local grape varieties. There will also be an opportunity to tour and taste at one of the larger houses, for example Codorniu, whose stunning "Modernista" winery is protected as a national monument in Spain or Freixenet, one of the great names in Spain; and a beautiful small 'artisanal' Cava firm, where visitors are always welcome.

Montserrat This morning, drive through some picturesque villages to reach Montserrat, a mountain situated 60 kms from Barcelona and which has a height of 1,235 metres. Visit the Royal Basilica with the Black Virgin image, where you can listen to the beautiful voices of the boy's choir. 

Time at leisure for lunch, before rejoining your private coach for the transfer to Barcelona Airport.

Prices for this programme depend on dates of travel, size of group, and standard of accommodation. A longer or shorter programme can be arranged as required.

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FURTHER IDEAS FOR EXCURSIONS IN AND AROUND BARCELONA

Gaudi and Picasso

Montjuic and its Museums

Gourmet treats

Cooking in Barcelona

A Gaudi tour of Barcelona

A Football tour of Barcelona

Off-beat Museums of Barcelona

On the trail of ‘Shadow of the Wind’

A Chocolate tour of Barcelona

A Walk in the Old Town

A Shopper’s tour of Barcelona

Architecture of the city

Roman Tarragona

Empuries and the Costa Brava

Girona and Figueras; Dali Country

Gardens of the Costa Brava

Wines of Penedes and Priorato

Tarragona and Sitges

EVENING PROGRAMMES

Special receptions and dinners can be arranged in a private palacio, coastal villa, or yacht. Events may also be arranged at a local vineyard or ‘cava’ maker, in one of the prestigious Barcelona museums, or at the Poble Espanol (reproduction Spanish village).

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