Barcelona, 4/5 days

Meeting at the airport and flight to the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona. Arrival, transfer and check-in at the hotel. We're off right away for our first walking tour of downtown Barcelona. We will walk La Ramplas, the most famous pedestrian street in Spain. La Ramplas with its flower market, with its outdoor artists and painters and its inexhaustible vibrancy. We will see the famous and one of the most important opera houses in the world, the Gran Teatre del Liceu. Then we will visit the central food and fruit market, La Boqueria. An amazing market where you can try the famous Spanish cured meats, exotic fruits and eat fresh fish and tapas. Spain's largest and oldest market awaits you to taste its wonderful products. Continuing our walk we will see the Canaletas fountain, where you "drink water to return to Barcelona" according to a local tradition. It is also the meeting point for fans of the most successful team of the 21st century, Barcelona F.C. Then we will be in the "heart" of Barcelona, ​​Catalunya Square with its fountains and the huge windmill on its floor. From there we will continue to the famous Passeig de Gracia avenue with the most expensive shops in the city and the most beautiful houses from the era of Catalan modernism such as Casa Lleó i Morera by Lluis Doménech i Montaner, Casa Amatller by Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Casa Batllo of the great Antoni Gaudí forming the Square of Discordia (Discord). Above is another great work of Antoni Gaudí, Casa Mila. We will end our first contact with the city on the parallel road Ramplas Catalunya. Enjoy a coffee or Tapas or your food in one of the many shops located along the central stretch of this street.

Our guided tour begins, using the bus, the Montjuic hill where the Olympic stadium and all the facilities of the 1992 Olympics are located. We will stop to enjoy a Panoramic view of Barcelona. Then we will go through the Passeig de Gracia crossing the city, passing through the beach area of ​​Barceloneta, in Porto Olympico. Our next stop is Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece the famous Sagrada Familia church which is still under construction. First we will see its perimeter and then we will visit its interior. This is where our morning tour will end, back to the point where the bus picked us up in the morning. For those who wish, and after some free time for rest and food in the surroundings of the Sagrada Familia, an optional guided tour will begin in Antoni Gaudí's Park Guell, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Park Guell is the perfect example of harmony of nature and architecture. We will then make a photo stop at the Hospital de Sant Pau, a fairytale hospital a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 and the work of the great architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner. From there we will head to the Arc de Triomf (Arc of Triumph) which is one of the important attractions of the city and on foot we will now enter and tour an equally important attraction the Parc de la Ciutadella.

Breakfast and we head for Figueres, the birthplace of the great Catalan painter! After a beautiful route of almost 2 hours, crossing pine and white forests, we arrive at the theater museum of the eccentric painter Salvador Dali. The most visited museum in Catalonia and the third in the whole of Spain contains the largest collection of Dali works in the world! In a dream building we will admire paintings from the first years of his life until his death! Leaving the museum also enjoy the permanent jewelry exhibition consisting of 37 unique pieces of jewelry designed by the multi-talented painter! After a coffee in the historic center of Figueres departure for the city of Girona where we will admire the Cathedral of the Panagia with the largest nave of a Gothic church in the world! We will also walk through the Jewish suburb, one of the best preserved in Europe where the Sephardim lived, the Jews of Spain until 1492! Girona with its river onar and the beautiful painted houses on the banks of the river reminiscent of Florence! Return to Barcelona.

For the evening, we suggest you watch Flamengo in its homeland and indulge in its intense and passionate rhythm.

Breakfast at the hotel and free day. For those who wish, an optional guided tour will begin at Antoni Gaudí's Park Guell, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Park Guell is the perfect example of the harmony of nature and architecture. From there we will head to the Arc de Triomf (Arc of Triumph) which is one of the important attractions of the city and on foot we will now enter and tour an equally important attraction the Parc de la Ciutadella.

Breakfast at the hotel and free time. Transfer to the airport and flight to Athens.