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Barcelona Art & Design tour

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Art tour to Barcelona

Available all year this Art tour takes you to Catalunya and its capital city of Barcelona which have produced some of the most influential artists and architects of the twentieth century - including Picasso, Gaudí and Dalí, and is a truly inspiring place to study art. This city is truthfully special with some of the world's most beautiful, eccentric and cutting edge architecture. Enjoy the creations of Gaudi scattered over the city guided by our professional guide who have many years experience with school groups. We also visit. Figueres and the Dalí Theatre-Museum.

Many groups stay at one of the coastal resorts Calella, Lloret de Mar, Blanes, Tossa de Mar and Rosas of the Costa Brava where they can enjoy indoor and outdoor pools and relax after the bustle of Barcelona.

Price includes:

• Transport from the UK to Barcelona (inc. transfers in Spain if travelling by air)

• 4 nights full board accommodation in a 3 star resort hotel

• 1: 10 free places

• An English speaking guide for 4 days (inc. guided tour of Barcelona)

• Entrances to the Dali Museum (Figueras), Picasso Museum & MACBA

• Entrances to Miro Foundation, Sagrada Familia & Casa Mila

• Comprehensive group travel insurance 

Example itinerary

DAY 1
Arrive in Barcelona or nearby resort by your chosen mode of transport. Time to settle in and explore the local area before dinner.

Day 2
Breakfast and then onto the coach for the Barcelona City tour with experienced guide. The guide will point out the many points of interest Barcelona has to offer and can answer any questions you may have about the city, Spain and Catalonia. The tour will familiarise the group with the city and they will see many examples of Gaudi's wonderful architecture such as Casa Mila, before stopping to visit his unfinished masterpiece the wonderful Sagrada Familia.
Parc Guell is a great place to have lunch. The park was designed by Gaudí and contains giant decorative lizards, a huge 'Hall of Columns,' and a small museum devoted to the artist. Gaudí used to scour the Barcelona Municipal Rubbish Dump to gather plates and ceramics for the construction of the many mosaics in the park. Students can have their photographs taken in front of the famous mosaic lizard at the entrance to the park.

After lunch visit The Picasso Museum, one of the world's most important collections. Picasso spent much of his youth in Barcelona and maintained close links with his Catalan friends when he left for Paris in 1904. The time he spent in Barcelona encompassed most of his 'Blue Period'.
The collection contains works in ceramics, paintings/sketchings and lino cuttings. Then onto the coach and up to the Hill of Montjuic to the Joan Miro Foundation. This beautiful white building houses 10,000 paintings, sculptures, textiles, ceramics and drawings. At the top of Montjuic you'll get fabulous sketching and photo opportunities, with amazing views across the city.

Day 3
Today will be spent exploring the surreal world of Salvador Dali. The day begins with a visit to the famous Dali Theatre-Museum in the town of Figueres. Inaugurated in 1974, the Dalí Theatre-Museum was built upon the remains of the former Figueres theatre. It contains the broadest range of his works, spanning his entire career. Dali created works expressly for the Theatre-Museum, such as the Mae West Room, the Wind Palace Room, the Monument to Francesco Pujols and the Rainy Cadillac. Also to be seen are works by other artists that Dalí wanted to include: El Greco, Marià Fortuny, Modest Urgell, Ernest Meissonier, Marcel Duchamp, Wolf Vostell, Antoni Pitxot and Evarist Vallès, amongst others.
The Dalí Theatre-Museum has to be seen as a whole, as the great work of Salvador Dalí, for everything in it was conceived and designed by the artist in order to offer visitors a real experience of getting inside his captivating and unique world.
You'll visit Dali's gift to his wife, Gala: The Medieval Castle of Pubol. During the 1970's this was the residence of Gala, and during the 1980's his own. However, since 1996 it has exhibited paintings and drawings given by the artist to his wife. Also to be seen is a collection of Gala Dali's Haute-Couture dresses.

Day 4

Breakfast then into Barcelona to visit the Picasso Museum, one of the world's most important collections. Picasso spent much of his youth in Barcelona and maintained close links with his Catalan friends when he left for Paris in 1904. The time he spent in Barcelona encompassed most of his 'Blue Period'.
The collection contains works in ceramics, paintings/sketchings and lino cuttings. Then onto the coach and up to the Hill of Montjuic to the Joan Miro Foundation. This beautiful white building houses 10,000 paintings, sculptures, textiles, ceramics and drawings. At the top of Montjuic you'll get fabulous sketching and photo opportunities, with amazing views across the city.

Back to the hotel for dinner or go to a Flamenco show if booked.

Day 5
Breakfast and then free time on the beach or shopping before we depart for the airport and your flight back to the UK.

 

 BENEFITS:

Is there a better setting for your students to consider and explore artistic codes and conventions than standing in front of the works themselves? Most young people remember school trips long after they leave school. Organising a trip need not be a cause of migraines and sleepless nights. Our friendly team will help you through the whole process - Our aim is to arrange the best study tour yet!

Coach price is based on 45 paying persons traveling.

OTHER TAILOR-MADE PACKAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

 

This company is a member of the STF, ABTA and ATOL so book with confidence.

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