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Social Tours

Social Tours are already fully booked, please note that Tours deadline was on 15th June.

Discover Barcelona landmarks and its surroudings!



Barcelona Architecture & Design Sunday 22th (Afternoon - Half day)
The 20th century was the era of design, a new way of understanding things around us, of giving functional objects originality and charm. Barcelona has been the cutting edge in industrial and architectural design and this is reflected in the city itself, making it a reference of design in Spain and indeed in Europe. Let an expert show you the buildings you really should not miss, some changed the concept of architecture.
Itinerary: Plaça Espanya > Les Arenes (disused bullring) > Palau Nacional (Gae Aulenti) > Casaramona Factory (Puig i Cadafalch) > German Pavilion (Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe) > Olympic Ring (Gregotti, Margarit, Milà, Buxadé) > Calatrava Tower > Norman Foster Tower > Palau St. Jordi (Arata Izosaki) > World Trade Center (Pey) > Head of Barcelona (R. Liechtenstein) > Fish (Frank O. Ghery) > Olympic Port > Hotel Arts (Merryl and Owen) > Centre de Meteorologia (Álvaro de Siza) > Abraham Centre (Benedetti) > Beaches, Forum (Herzog & De Meuron) > Hotel Princess (Oscar Tusquets) > Diagonal Mar (Miralles i Benedetta Tagliabue) > Plaça de les Glòries > AGBAR Tower (Jean Nouvel) > Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (Ricard Bofill) > Auditori de Barcelona (Rafael Moneo) > Parc de L'Estació del Nord (Beverly Pepper)> El Raval > CCCB (Helio Piñón, Albert Viaplana) > MACBA (Richard Meier)
Tour Price : 20,00 € per person.
Duration: 4 hours approximately.
Includes: Transfers from/to Conference Center/AC Hotel
Licensed Guide in english language
Entrance Fee to Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe Pavilion


Barcelona Gaudí Tour Monday 23th (Afternoon - Half Day)
The vision and genius of this world famous architect earned Barcelona, home to nearly all his buildings, a privileged place in the annals of the history of art.

No other architect in history has ever had such an absolute influence on a city as Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) has had on Barcelona.

Be guided around his buildings and learn of the double-edged genius, aesthetic and technical, of his extraordinary imagination. Enter his world of fantasy and geometry.

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is Gaudi's masterpiece and a symbol of Barcelona.
Itinerary: Passeig de Gràcia > Façades of Casa Batlló and La Pedrera > Park Güell > Sagrada Familia
Tour Price : 25,00 € per person.
Duration: 4 hours approximately.
Includes: Transfers from/to Conference Center/AC Hotel
Licensed Guide in english language
Entrance Fee to Sagrada Familia and Park Güell


Barcelona Walking Tour + Bus Transfers Tuesday 24th (Morning - Half Day)
Come to the core of the city, to where it all started 2000 years ago, discover the elegant and inspiring Catalan Gothic architecture, enjoy its charming corners and squares hidden away down ancient narrow streets. From the Romans to the present day, the inhabitants have left their imprint on these stones, and the story is there for the reading. And you needn't waste time queuing at museums, your licensed guide will take you straight in. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a point of reference of the formative years of Pablo Ruiz Picasso and visit will outline the development of the young artist's genius. The museum, together with the Gothic Quarter and the Ribera district that surrounds it, reveal the close tie between the young artist and the city. Discover Picasso's Barcelona and Barcelona's Picasso.
Itinerary: Plaça Catalunya > Rambla > Boqueria Market > Plaça Reial > c/ Ferran > Plaça del Pi > Carrer Petritxol > The Old Jewish Quarter > la Plaça Sant Jaume (City Hall and Catalan Government) > Plaça del Rei > Plaça Sant Felip Neri > Cathedral.
Tour Price : 30,00 € per person.
Duration: 5-6 hours approximately.
Includes: Transfers from/to Conference Center/AC Hotel
Licensed Guide in english language.
Entrance Fee to Cathedral.
Entrance Fee to the permanent Collection of the Picasso Museum.
Entrance Fee to the Barcelona's History Museum.


Tarragona (Tarraco Imperial) Tour Wednesday 25th (Full Day)
Tarragona is a city located 100km South of Barcelona.

One of the greatest cities in the Roman Empire, Tarragona preserves much of the splendour of that classical period and was declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 2000. If you are interested in the Roman world, come and discover the city, the romans called Tarraco.
Itinerary: Barcelona > Roman Aqueduct > Fishermen's Quarter > Archeological Walk: City Walls, Forum, Roman Circus, Amphitheater > Cathedral > Balcony over the Mediterranean > Barcelona.
Tour Price : 70,00 € per person.
Duration: 8 hours approximately.
Includes: Lunch
Transfers from/to Conference Center/AC Hotel
Licensed Guide in english language
Entrance Fee to Cathedral. City Walls and Roman Circus


Dalí Museum (Figueres) & Girona City Thursday 26th (Full Day)
No matter what you know already, this provocative surrealist painter and writer from Empordà (Catalonia) (1904-1989) will surprise you. Dalí's early years were dominated by Impressionism at drawing school but he soon joined avant-garde movements together with Luis Buñuel and Federico García Lorca to finally embrace Surrealism where he developed his own naturalistic style, both modern and polemic.
Girona is a jewel of culture and history acquired over 2000 years of existence. Many cultures have left their imprint on the streets of the city-Iberians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Jews, Christians… they have created unforgettable places such as the medieval quarter, the Arab baths, the best preserved medieval Jewish quarter in Europe, the houses on the Onyar river, the Cathedral, Saint Felix church and the walk around the city walls.
Itinerary: Motorway (140 Km) to Figueres > Visit Dalí Museum > Visit Girona: Cathedral, Arab Baths, Força Street, Old Jewish Quarter, Sant Fèlix and Sant Pere de Galligans Churches > Return to Barcelona on the Motorway.
Tour Price : 75,00 € per person.
Duration: 8 hours approximately
Includes: Lunch
Transfers from/to Conference Center/AC Hotel
Licensed Guide in english language
Entrance Fee to Dalí Museum + Entrance Fee in Girona Cathedral, Creation
Tapestry, Cloister and Arab Baths


Montserrat, the Holy Mountain & Sitges Friday 27th (Full Day)
A well rounded excursion: mountain and beach in the same day.

Montserrat is a mountain, a unique Natural Park, a massive rock over 4000 feet high, visible for miles, with weird shapes and rounded peaks that jut into the sky; there are walks, paths, stairs, with caves and hermitages scattered over the mountain, and mysterious rocks and wonderful views.
Sitges is situated 20 miles away from south of Barcelona, Sitges' beautiful beaches and peaceful mountains proved irresistible to the Catalan wealthy who made it a fashionable resort at the turn of the 19th-20th century. At the same time, Modernista artist Santiago Rusinyol discovered its charms and attracted a colony of Modernista artists and intellectuals to his house there, now the Museum Cau Ferrat. Sitges has wisely preserved its Modernista past in the streets and buildings of the old quarter, and the charm of this lively seaside town remains intact.
Itinerary: Barcelona > Montserrat Natural Park > Sanctuary (Monastery, Basilica, Chapel of the Virgin) > Boys' Choir (depending on the time and day) and free time > Sitges, Waterfront Promenade > Old Quarter > Quiet Corner > Visit to Cau Ferrat Museum > Sant Sebastià Beach > Barcelona
Tour Price : 70,00 € per person.
Duration: 8 hours approximately
Includes: Lunch
Transfers from/to Conference Center/AC Hotel
Licensed Guide in english language
Entrace Fee to Cau Ferrat Museum (Sitges).


Palma de Mallorca 28jul - 01 aug
28JUL - BARCELONA - PALMA DE MALLORCA Depart special flight to Palma. Arrival and transfer to hotel Riu Festival or similar. **** starts Half board at the hotel.

29-30-31JUL PALMA DE MALLORCA Lodgement at the hotel. Half board. Options to visit the Island*

01-AUG PALMA DE MALLORCA - BARCELONA Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to airport. Flight to Barcelona
Price : 635.00 euro* per person
Price includes
Flight Barcelona - Palma - Barcelona / Transfers airport - hotel - airport / Stay half board at the hotel. Insurance travel.
Price no include tax
*Price subject to change for a different hotel and increment fares or tax at moment to do the reservation.

Optional tours:
Coves del Drac: price 41.00 euro per person
Tour Island price 65.00 euro per person
Dinner and show at tipical restaurant 65.00 eur per person

For reservations and questions, please contact with :
Viajes Transglobal

Elisenda Contell
e.contell@viajestransglobal.com

Pedro Loré
p.lore@viajestransglobal.com

Ph. 34 933342208
Fx. 34 933349561