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GOING OUT OF TOWN
Half
day trips
, upto 5h Full day trips: 8h to 10h (depending on
destination) Customized trips Also check out: Countryside excursions Catalonia is a more than 1000
years old country. Its geographic locations is a natural crossing, and this
is why our land has always been a meeting point for different cultures. From
the first Greek and Roman settlements, to the medieval splendor and the
modern industrial activity. Ours is a region privileged by its variety of
landscapes, from the sea to the high mountains. Here you’ll find a selection
of the best destinations from Barcelona, divided in half day trips (5h) and
full day trips (8-10h trips) and organized by price.
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HALF DAY TRIPS
The
following is a description of the most popular half day trips (5h) out of town
from Barcelona. Other destinations can be offered on request, even including
other sites of your choice.
Montserrat Girona The Penedès Wine
Country Sitges Güell Colony Alella Wine
Country
· HALF DAY DESTINATIONS FROM 460 EURO
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Montserrat Mountain and Monastery
Spiritual heart
of Catalonia and Natural Park. Impressive views of the Holy Mountain,
entrance to the Basilica. Twice a day (noon and evening) the children choir
sings the Virolai, the Black Madonna anthem. More about this site here. More Montserrat tours here! |
The
Penedès Wine country
The most well-known Catalan wine country, the
Cava cradle. Visit a wine or cava (local sparkling wine)
cellar and learn the process of wine making and how this industry has always
been attached to our country. More
about this site here. More
Penedès tours here! |
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Sitges
Old fishermen town where gathered the
bohemian artists of the first generation of the Catalan Modernist Movement,
and were built their houses the immigrants that came back rich from America.
Stroll around its old section and its XIXth century expansion. Optional
entrance to its modernist museums. More about this site here. More Sitges tours here! |
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Güell Colony
An industrial colony founded by the Count Güell,
and the Crypt of the Church left unfinished by Gaudí. Discover the secrets
hidden in its symbolism and be admired by its innovative engineering
solutions, as you learn about the daily live of industrial revolution
workers. More
about this site here. More
Güell Colony tours here! |
Colònia Güell (Click for + pics) |
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Alella Vinyards (Click for + pics) |
The Alella Wine country
Discover
the smallest Origin Denomination of Catalonia: Little known great wines
minutes from Barcelona. Visit a wine
or cava (local sparkling wine) cellar and learn the process of wine making
and how this industry has always been attached to our country. More about this site here. More Alella tours here! |
· HALF DAY DESTINATIONS FROM 535 EURO:
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Girona
(Click for + pics) |
Girona
More than two thousand years old city. Stroll around the medieval area. See the Cathedral and the narrow alleys of the Jewish Quarter. Optional entrance to the Cathedral and the
Museum of the Jewish History. More
about this site here. More
Girona tours here and here! |
Tarragona
Visit the remains of the Imperial Tarraco
City (walls, forum area, amphitheater…, and its historic medieval area
(cathedral). Optional entrance to the ruins and the
Archeological Museum. More
about this site here. More
Tarragona tours here
and here! |
Tarragona
(Click for + pics) |
FULL DAY TRIPS
The
following is a description of the most popular full day trips out of town from
Barcelona (8-10h). Other combinations can be offered on request, even including
other sites of your choice.
FAVORITES, THE MOST POPULAR:
Montserrat +Penedès Wine Country for 690
euro!
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Spiritual heart of Catalonia and Natural
Park. Impressive views of the Holy Mountain, entrance to the Basilica. Twice a
day (noon and evening) the children choir sings the Virolai, the Black
Madonna anthem. More about this site here. |
Visit a wine or cava (local sparkling wine) cellar and learn the process of wine making and how this industry has always been attached to our country. More about this site here. |
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Girona + Dali Museum for 790 euro!
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Dalí Museum (Click for + pics) |
Girona (Click for + pics) |
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This museum is considered itself the largest
surrealist work in the world, as it was personally designed by Dalí not to
look as a museum but a piece of art-work. It features one of the best collections about
Dalí’s works in the world. See the famous Basket of Bread, the Galarina, and the Rainy Cadillac,
among others. And be surprised to see the unusual place where he chose to to
be buried. More about this site here. |
More than two thousand years old city. Stroll around the medieval area. See the Cathedral and the narrow alleys of
the Jewish Quarter. Optional entrance to the Cathedral and the
Museum of the Jewish History. More about this site here. |
***FULL DAY DESTINATIONS FROM 710 EURO
Montserrat Penedès Wine
Country Sitges Colònia Güell Alella Wine
Country
Montserrat Mountain and Monastery
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WINE AND NATURE
Wine country (Click for + pics) |
MOUNTAIN & SEA
Sitges
(Click for + pics) |
MONTSERRAT + GAUDI
Colònia Güell (Click for + pics) More
about this site here. |
ST. IGNATIUS TRAIL More
about this site here. |
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
Terrassa
(Click for + pics) |
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Spiritual heart of Catalonia and Natural
Park. Impressive views of the Holy Mountain, entrance to the Basilica. Twice
a day (noon and evening) the children choir sings the Virolai, the Black
Madonna anthem. More
about this site here. |
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The Penedès Wine
Country
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Wine country (Click for + pics) |
Visit a wine or cava (local sparkling wine) cellar and learn the process of wine making and how this industry has always been attached to our country. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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WINE AND NATURE
Montserrat
(Click for
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WINE & SEA
Sitges
(Click for + pics) |
WINE LOVERS TOUR Visit 2 cellars of the Penedès area. Some
examples here: -
Albet i Noya
(organic) -
Gramona
(traditional) -
Codorniu
(spectacular) |
WINE & GAUDI
Colònia Güell (Click for + pics) More
about this site here. |
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Sitges
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Sitges
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Old fishermen town where gathered the
bohemian artists of the first generation of the Catalan Modernist Movement,
and were built their houses the immigrants that came back rich from America.
Stroll around its old section and its XIXth century expansion. Optional
entrance to its modernist museums. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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MOUNTAIN & SEA
Montserrat
(Click for
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WINE & SEA
Wine country (Click for + pics) |
MODERNISM BY THE SEA Some people state that if Vilanova ila Geltrú
was closer to Barcelona than Sitges, most people would stop there instead of
continuing to Sitges, such is the beauty of this out-of-the-beatten-track
town. More about this site here. |
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Colònia Güell
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Colònia Güell (Click for + pics) More about this site here. |
An industrial colony founded by the Count
Güell, and the Crypt of the Church left unfinished by Gaudí. Discover the
secrets hidden in its symbolism and be admired by its innovative engineering
solutions, as you learn about the daily live of industrial revolution
workers. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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MONTSERRAT & GAUDI
Montserrat
(Click for
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WINE & GAUDI
Wine country (Click for + pics) |
SECRET GAUDI
La Rajoleta
(Click for + pics) |
GAUDI & MEDIEVAL
Terrassa
(Click for + pics) |
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Alella Vinyards
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Alella
Vinyards (Click for + pics) |
Discover the smallest Origin Denomination of
Catalonia: Little known great wines minutes from Barcelona. Visit a wine or cava (local sparkling wine) cellar
and learn the process of wine making and how this industry has always been
attached to our country. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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WINE & PICASSO
Maresme (Click for + pics) |
WINE & MODERNSIM
Canet de Mar
(Click for + pics) |
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FROM 760 EURO
Tarragona
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Tarragona
(Click for + pics) |
Visit the remains of the Imperial Tarraco
City (walls, forum area, amphitheater…, and its historic medieval area
(cathedral). Optional entrance to the ruins and the
Archeological Museum. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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ROMAN EMPIRE Spend a full day in Tarragona exploring in
depth its roman past. |
ROMANS & SEA
Sitges
(Click for + pics) |
WINE & ROMANS Wine country (Click for + pics) |
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Girona
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Girona (Click for + pics) |
More than two thousand years old city. Stroll around the medieval area. See the Cathedral and the narrow alleys of the Jewish Quarter. Optional entrance to the Cathedral and the
Museum of the Jewish History. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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FULL DAY IN GIRONA Spend the whole day in this charming city and discover the rest of its little known beauties! |
MONA FOUNDATION
Fundació Mona
(Photo Album) |
WINE & GIRONA Alella
Vinyards (Click for + pics) |
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***FULL DAY DESTINATIONS FROM 810 EURO
Dalí Museum Girona Tarragona Tossa de Mar Poblet
Monastery Empordà County Other destinations
Dalí Museum in Figueres
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GIRONA & DALI
Girona (Click for + pics) |
DALÍ & COSTA BRAVA Tossa de Mar (Click for + pics) |
DALÍ & GALA Visit the
Castle-Museum in Púbol, offered by Dalí to his wife and muse Gala. More about this site here. |
DALÍ & BEACH Relax by the beach of
the seaside town of Roses and maybe check out their millenary fortress. More about this site here. |
DALÍ & EMPORDÀ
Empordà (Click
for + pics) |
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This museum is considered itself the largest
surrealist work in the world, as it was personally designed by Dalí not to
look as a museum but a piece of art-work. It features one of the best
collections about Dalí’s works in the world. See the famous Basket of Bread,
the Galarina, and the Rainy Cadillac, among others. And be surprised to see
the unusual place where he chose to to be buried. More about this site here. |
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Girona
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Girona (Click for + pics) |
More than two thousand years old city. Stroll around the medieval area. See the Cathedral and the narrow alleys of the Jewish Quarter. Optional entrance to the Cathedral and the
Museum of the Jewish History. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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GIRONA & DALI MUSEUM
Dalí Museum (Click for + pics) |
GIRONA & COSTA BRAVA
Tossa de Mar
(Click for + pics) |
JEWISH HERITAGE
Besalú
(Click for + pics) |
GIRONA & NATURE Enjoy the peace and silence around the
Banyoles lake. More about this site here. |
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Tarragona
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Tarragona
(Click for + pics) |
Visit the remains of the Imperial Tarraco
City (walls, forum area, amphitheater, and its historic medieval area
(cathedral). Optional entrance to the ruins and the
Archeological Museum. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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ROMANS & GAUDI
Reus
(Click for + pics) |
ROMANS & MONKS
Poblet
(Click for + pics) |
ROMANS & CELLARS The wines from the Tarragona province are
winning prestige year after year. Discover its rich wine country! Choose one destination from: -
Priorat. -
Montsant. |
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Tossa de Mar - Costa Brava
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Tossa de Mar
(Click for + pics) |
The only seaside village that has preserved
its medieval fortifications in Catalonia. Walking around its beautifully
preserved old town is a pleasure. More
about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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GIRONA & COSTA BRAVA
Girona (Click for + pics) |
DALÍ & COSTA BRAVA
Dalí Museum (Click for + pics) |
WINE & COSTA BRAVA Alella
Vinyards (Click for + pics) |
MONA FOUNDATION
Fundació Mona
(Photo Album) |
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Monastery of Poblet
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Poblet
(Click for + pics) |
Impressive monastery of the Cistercian order,
burial place for the members of the Crown of Aragon and Catalonia in the
Middle Ages. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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ROMANS & MONKS
Tarragona
(Click for + pics) |
MONKS & CELLARS The wines from the Tarragona province are
winning prestige year after year. Discover its rich wine country! Choose one destination from: -
Priorat. -
Montsant. |
CISTERCIAN ROUTE Discover the Monastery of Santes Creus, a
jewel of the Medieval architecture. More about this here. |
FOLLOWING ROYAL STEPS
Montblanc
(Click for + pics) |
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Around the Empordà county
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PUBOL CASTLE-MUSEUM Visit the
Castle-Museum in Púbol, offered by Dalí to his wife and muse Gala. More about this site here. |
IBERIAN RUINS Go back to the
beginning of history to discover the ancestors of Spanish people in the
Iberian ruins of Ullastret. More about this site here. |
ROMANS & GREEKS Feel like an
archeologist wandering around the Empúries archeological site. More about this site here. |
SEASIDE & ANCHOVIES Sunbathe in this
local fishermen village, famous for its salted anchovies. More about this site here. |
EMPORDÀ VILLAGES
Empordà (Click
for + pics) |
Destinations out of the beaten track
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LLEIDA COUNTRYSIDE
Villages in
the province of Lleida (Click for + pics) It is possible to combine it with the Santes
Creus Monastery, a spa, or a wine cellar. |
UNKNOWN COSTA BRAVA
Costa Brava
out of the beaten track (Click for + pics) |
COUNTIES OF THE SALT EMPIRE In the middle ages, Súria and Cardona
controlled the salt market. Discover the castles of the Count and his knights
and visit the impressive formations of the salt mines. More about these sites: |
GAUDI GARDENS Hidden at the foot of the Pyrenees are the
Artigas gardens, designed by Gaudí along a mountain river. More about this site here. It is possible to combine it
with the Colònia Güell church, also a Gaudí masterpiece. |
LLEIDA CITY & SURROUNDINGS Bordering land, its past and heritage is an
attractive mix of Muslim and Christian culture, and the Knights Templar also
left its imprint there. More about this site here. |
***FULL DAY DESTINATIONS FROM 900 EURO (10h
trips)
This price
is applicable to any destination mentioned in the sections above when the
client decides to extend their length to 10h, as well as for the following
trips, which due to the distance from Barcelona must be done in a 10h trip.
Cadaqués
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The town that fascinated Dalí. Get lost in
its cobbled-stone streets that have nothing to envy to Greece or Italy. More about this site here. |
This fee includes visiting one
more destination to choose from the following: |
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FIGUERES & CADAQUÉS
Dalí Museum (Click for + pics) |
DALÍ IN CADAQUÉS
Portlligat (Click for + pics) |
CADAQUÉS & EMPORDÀ
Empordà (Click
for + pics) |
CADAQUÉS & ROSES Relax by the beach of
the seaside town of Roses and maybe check out their millenary fortress. More about this site here. |
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Tortosa
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Taüll Valley
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Known as the City of Three Cultures, in the
Middle Ages in Tortosa developed the Christian, Jewish and Moor societies. Its
Renascence and Barroque heritage is remarkable. More about this site here. |
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The
Valleys of the Pyrennes were the cradle of the Catalan nation 1000 years ago.
The Romanesque churches of Taüll have been declared Human Heritage by the
UNESCO. More about this site here. |
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CUSTOMIZED TRIPS
Some other combinations might be possible for a
full day trip, while other are just impossible due to the distance between each
site. Consult
me if you have an idea!
Have you heard of a site that I don’t include
in my listings? Contact
me and we can possibly arrange it! For this kind of request, booking at least
one month in advanced is required.
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