Feeling Barcelona. Weekend trips

Trip from Barcelona description

Living Barcelona, feeling its multicultural atmosphere, its history, its people… walking through its millenary streets lighten with its Mediterranean magic light to live and understand its past, present and its future.
Accompanied by a guide and at our own pace, we will walk through the most charismatic places, we will know the rich cultural and historical heritage, its roman foundation, the gothic district, the medieval city centre, the Eixample, the modernism and Gaudí, the port, its restaurants, its terraces, its markets, its atmosphere, its days and nights await for us and will surprise us.
One day we will be enjoying a trip to meet the landscapes of the Catalan countryside, close to Barcelona, we will be able to choose between Montserrat, the spectacular magic mountain, a great symbol for the Catalan culture and tradition… or we can visit the Penedès vineyards, where the “cava” was born, a sparkling wine made with the “methode Champagnoise” since 300 years ago and today it has become a certificate of origin recognised Word wide… On the other hand we can choose to visit the Empordà and the Costa Brava, the area that inspired Dalí’s paintings.
Barcelona and Catalonia, an ideal place to live and an ideal place to visit.

Trip from Barcelona summary

DAY 1: BARCELONA HITORICAL WALKTOUR – THE ROMAN BARCELONA, THE HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN, THE GOTHIC, THE “BORN” DISTRICT, THE PORT.
DAY 2 (3 OPTIONS): MONTSERRAT / PENEDES THE LAND OF CAVA / EMPORDÀ AND DALI
DAY 3: BARCELONA. THE “EIXAMPLE” AND MODERNISM. THE BOHEMIAN QUARTERS.

Trip from Barcelona itinerary

DAY 1: BARCELONA HITORICAL WALKTOUR – THE ROMAN BARCELONA, THE HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN, THE GOTHIC, THE “BORN” DISTRICT, THE PORT.
Our private guide will pick us up at our hotel and ha will prepare a briefing to get us deep into the city of a thousand histories, still alive. No hurries, but without useless stops.
The official private guide will show us the main monuments, the unavoidable points of a first visit, but also those lifelong nooks with traditional flavour. We will have a reservation at a restaurant for our first contact with the traditional Catalan cuisine.
A day dedicated to know the essential Barcelona, the down town, the Roman city, the gothic district and the “Born”, the port and sensing the sea.
Free afternoon, resting, shopping...

DAY 2 (3 OPTIONS): MONTSERRAT / PENEDES THE LAND OF CAVA / EMPORDÀ AND DALI
Our guide will pick us up at our hotel and we will transport in a private vehicle to our chosen destination for this day, nearby Barcelona.

MONTSERRAT
In 1 hour we will get to Montserrat massif, a unique mountain formation in the world. We will visit at our own pace the different slopes of the mountain, the monastery, and we will walk through the heights watching a startling landscape of needles, monoliths and abyss. The walk will get us into the mountain through good vibrations nooks where in the past many mystic people got retired to a contemplative life.
The walk will last a couple of hours and we will be able to admire the other face of Montserrat, the Natural Park and its magic.

PENEDES –CAVA
In less than an hour we will get to the wine region of Penedés, where the “cava” is elaborated, the sparkling wine made with the “methode Champagnoise” since 300 years ago and now is recognized worldwide. We will visit the wineries and will also get surprised by the kind landscapes of vineyards, hills and castles

EMPORDÀ – DALÍ
In less than an hour we will get to the Empordà, a region where the Greeks and the Romans started the civilization in the Iberian Peninsula, we will fill ourselves with the landscape that inspired many artists. We will visit the Dalí museum in Figueres and we will also go to the Cap the Creus Natural Park, where geology and methodology have crafted a spectacular landscape, the landscapes that inspired Dalí.

Whichever option we decide the lunch will be held in a reserved restaurant of the area.
In mid-afternoon we will get back to Barcelona. A moment of free time and rest.

DAY 3: BARCELONA. THE “EIXAMPLE” AND MODERNISM. THE BOHEMIAN QUARTERS.
Our guide will pick us up at our hotel. This day we will be discovering the other side of Barcelona, the modernist and the bohemian quarters. We will visit the “Eixample”, a neighbourhood where there are the most modernist buildings designed by Gaudí and its disciples, we will visit some of them, the “Paseo de Gracia”, “la Pedrera”, “La Casa Batlló”... we will walk quietly and we will be able to get a closer look of the bohemian and technological quarters that where little villages until last century and that now are integrated in Barcelona making it such a diverse city.
A day dedicated to know the other Barcelona, the modernist one and its day to day.
Free afternoon, resting, shopping...

NOTE: (This itinerary is a basic proposal, it can be extended, change its order, include meals, etc. So we can adjust to the availability and the budget of the client.)

Precio detallado del viaje a España

PRICE PER PERSON:
The price is only a guideline, depending on the time of the year, number of people and requested activities.
For the particular trip the price would be around 900 EUROS (VAT included) per person in a group of 4 people

¡REQUEST A TAILORED PROGRAM FOR YOUR OWN DATES AND BUDGET!

El viaje a España Incluye

- Accommodation in a Hotel placed in the city centre, double bedroom and breakfast.
- Tours around Barcelona accompanied by a guide of the requested language*.
- Official Guide in museums and historical monuments.
- Private Transportation with a driver for the one day trip.
- Tickets for the museums and visits explained in the itinerary.
- The lunch of the three days.
- An amazing dinner.
- Accidents’ insurance.

(*) English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese, (ask for other options).

El viaje a España No Incluye

-Meals not specified.
-Not included drinks on the menus and personal expenses.
-Anything that does not appear in the “Included” section
-International or national flights.
-Transfers to the airport, Trains, Bus, Subway.

OPTIONAL:
- Transfers Airport- City, City – Airport
- Dinners
- Availability of private vehicle with driver every day.
- Additional accommodation to stay more days.
- Personal Shopper
- Nanny
- Optional visits in Barcelona: Camp Nou Stadium – Barça Museum, Picasso Museum, MACBA, Montjuich Castle.

Trip from Barcelona departure dates

Trip from Barcelona extended information

TAILOR MADE DATES, ON CLIENT’S DEMAND.
The trip can take place during the whole year even though we recommend it between September and June.

OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMENDATIONS
-Clothing and footwear according with the time of the year and comfortable for the trips outside Barcelona.
-Sunscreen, cap and sunglasses.
-Swimsuit and a towel for the most adventurous.