Customized Tour
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Group Leader's name: Jorie Zaron
Requested return date: 5/24/2018
The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from local restaurants to cultural discoveries has been customized by your professor for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Spain
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Day 2: Barcelona
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Take a walking tour of Las Ramblas
Enjoy a paella dinner in Barcelona
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Day 3: Barcelona
Tour Barcelona with an expert local guide
Visit Park Güell
Visit La Sagrada Família
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Day 4: Barcelona
Take a walking tour of the Modernist District and Barrio Gótico
Visit Casa Milà (La Pedrera)Visit Casa Batlló
Add this in-depth excursionCooking class
Spanish cuisine is as diverse as the country’s geography, climate and culture. This mouth-watering excursion gives your group a chance to prepare—and savor!—a Spanish specialty of your own.
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Day 5: Barcelona
Add this in-depth excursionMontserrat
Journey northwest of Barcelona on this guided half-day excursion to the picturesque town of Montserrat. Its rugged mountain setting provides a dramatic backdrop for the 9th-century monastery whose basilica houses the Black Virgin Mary of Montserrat. Legend has it that the Benedictine monks could not move the statue to construct their monastery, choosing to instead build around it. If you are lucky you might hear the renowned boys’ choir sing during your visit.
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Day 6: Barcelona
Tour La Boquería market with an expert local guide
Add this in-depth excursionDalí Museum in Figueres
Join an exciting half-day excursion to Figueres, a Catalan city on the exquisite Costa Brava. You’ll visit a one-of-a-kind theater museum dedicated to the surrealist world of renowned Spanish painter Salvador Dalí. This museum contains the broadest range of Dalí’s works and offers a unique experience to step into the world of the artist.
Enjoy dinner in Barcelona
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Day 7: Barcelona • Madrid
Travel by AVE train to MadridTake a guided tour of Madrid
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Puerta del Sol
- Plaza Mayor
- Plaza de Oriente
Visit the Royal PalaceVisit the Prado in the evening
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Day 8: Madrid
Add this in-depth excursionToledo
This half-day excursion will take you to the former Spanish capital of Toledo. Known as the “city of the three cultures,” this was a place of peaceful coexistence of, Jews, Christians and Moors. Toledo preserves an artistic and cultural legacy in the form of churches, palaces, fortresses, mosques and synagogues. Enjoy a panoramic drive around the city and visit the cathedral that dominates Toledo’s skyline. Then continue on to the Church of Santo Tomé where you’ll view The Burial of Count Orgaz, one of El Greco’s most famous works. Step inside one of Toledo's synagogues and finish off your excursion with a stop at a local sword-making workshop.
Enjoy dinner in Madrid
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Day 9: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Spain
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Day 2: Barcelona
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Take a walking tour of Las Ramblas
Enjoy a paella dinner in Barcelona
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Day 3: Barcelona
Tour Barcelona with an expert local guide
Visit Park Güell
Visit La Sagrada Família
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Day 4: Barcelona
Take a walking tour of the Modernist District and Barrio Gótico
Visit Casa Milà (La Pedrera)Visit Casa Batlló
Add this in-depth excursionCooking class
Spanish cuisine is as diverse as the country’s geography, climate and culture. This mouth-watering excursion gives your group a chance to prepare—and savor!—a Spanish specialty of your own.
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Day 5: Barcelona
Add this in-depth excursionMontserrat
Journey northwest of Barcelona on this guided half-day excursion to the picturesque town of Montserrat. Its rugged mountain setting provides a dramatic backdrop for the 9th-century monastery whose basilica houses the Black Virgin Mary of Montserrat. Legend has it that the Benedictine monks could not move the statue to construct their monastery, choosing to instead build around it. If you are lucky you might hear the renowned boys’ choir sing during your visit.
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Day 6: Barcelona
Tour La Boquería market with an expert local guide
Add this in-depth excursionDalí Museum in Figueres
Join an exciting half-day excursion to Figueres, a Catalan city on the exquisite Costa Brava. You’ll visit a one-of-a-kind theater museum dedicated to the surrealist world of renowned Spanish painter Salvador Dalí. This museum contains the broadest range of Dalí’s works and offers a unique experience to step into the world of the artist.
Enjoy dinner in Barcelona
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Day 7: Barcelona • Madrid
Travel by AVE train to MadridTake a guided tour of Madrid
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Puerta del Sol
- Plaza Mayor
- Plaza de Oriente
Visit the Royal PalaceVisit the Prado in the evening
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Day 8: Madrid
Add this in-depth excursionToledo
This half-day excursion will take you to the former Spanish capital of Toledo. Known as the “city of the three cultures,” this was a place of peaceful coexistence of, Jews, Christians and Moors. Toledo preserves an artistic and cultural legacy in the form of churches, palaces, fortresses, mosques and synagogues. Enjoy a panoramic drive around the city and visit the cathedral that dominates Toledo’s skyline. Then continue on to the Church of Santo Tomé where you’ll view The Burial of Count Orgaz, one of El Greco’s most famous works. Step inside one of Toledo's synagogues and finish off your excursion with a stop at a local sword-making workshop.
Enjoy dinner in Madrid
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Day 9: Depart for home
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*Sources: 1: EF Study Abroad Program Impact 2018; 2: IES Abroad 2015; 3: Georgia Learning Outcomes of Students Studying Abroad Research Initiative 2010
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