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RUGBY TOUR Soccer Tour to Spain 6 Nights / 8 Days Trip DAY 1 Departure from USA Departure from your International airport from USA. Snacks and overnight on the plane. DAY 2 Arrival Barcelona / Free time Arrival in Barcelona international airport and meeting with your bilingual tour manager and your private bus. Barcelona is the capital and the most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid. Barcelona is recognised as a Global City due to its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. Indeed, it is a major economic centre and a growing financial centre. Barcelona occupies 13th place in the world on Innovation Cities globally. It is the 4th richest city by GDP in the European Union. Enjoy botanical and urban parks, sandy beaches, the metropolitan area, art Museums as those of Picasso and Mirò together with the Maritime, the Archeology and Science one. Lunch on your own and free time for shopping then, later in the afternoon, transfer to play a friendly game vs. a local team. After collecting luggage, transfer to Barcelona city centre and free time to give a first look to the city. Final transfer to your hotel: check-in, dinner and overnight. Day 3 Barcelona Bike Tour / Game #1 After breakfast, in the morning meeting with a local guide who will come with you to a nice bike tour to the most important points of interest in the city like La Rambla, the Old Market, the beautiful Gaudi palaces and many others. Dinner and overnight in Barcelona. Day 4 Camp Nou / Barcelona free time / Sagrada Familia or Casa Batllò opt. / Game #2 After breakfast, in the morning transfer to visit the famous Camp Nou Stadium, home to one of the greatest club in the world, FC Barcelona!
Dinner at your hotel and overnight. Camp Nou - built between 1954 and 1957, officially opened on the 24th of September 1957. Camp Nou initially consisted of two tiers that could hold 93,000 spectators. It was first called Estadi del FC Barcelona, but got soon referred to as Camp Nou. He then expanded with a third tier for the 1982 World Cup, which raised capacity to 120,000 places. Now the capacity is around 100,000 seats, due to some other changes. In the mid 2000s, the club presented plans for a renovated Camp Nou, designed by Norman Foster, but a lack of funding prevented realization. These some of the most important games of past: In 1989, Camp Nou hosted the European Cup final between AC Milan and FC Steaua (4-0), in 1999 by the Champions League final between Manchester United and FC Bayern (2-1). Day 5 Madrid departure / Zaragoza accommodation Following breakfast, hotel check out and departure to your next destination, Zaragoza. Lunch on own then free time. Opportunity to visit the colorful Casa Batllò or the Sagrada Familia both createy by Gaudì (not included). Casa Batlló is one of the two great buildings designed by Antoni Gaudí on Passeig de Gràcia, the other being La Pedrera. From the outside the façade of Casa Batlló looks like it has been made from skulls and bones. The "Skulls" are in fact balconies and the "bones" are supporting pillars. Gaudí used colours and shapes found in marine life as inspiration for his creativity in this building e.g. the colours chosen for the façade are those found in natural coral. Gaudí Casa Batlló at night It's worth taking a visit to see Gaudí's Casa Batlló at night, when it is illuminated. The building was designed by Gaudí for Josep Batlló, a wealthy aristocrat, as an upmarket home. Señor Batlló lived in the lower two floors with his family and the upper floors were rented out as apartments. In the afternoon transfer to play your game n 2. Zaragoza is one of the most important city in Spain, in between Barcelona and Madrid. The city born on the Ebro river with a huge historical heritage coming from different populations: Roman, Muslims, Christians and Jewish. All these influences created a unique mix which including the Aljiaferia Palace, in Mudejar style, the Pilar Church and many more. Once arrived, lunch on your own, then plenty of time to discover this beautiful city on your own. Accommodation and dinner in Zaragoza. Day 6 Madrid arrival / free time After breakfast, hotel check out and departure to your last destination, Madrid.
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The city is located on the river Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid. It has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Its landmarks include the huge Royal Palace of Madrid; the Royal theatre with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro park, Prado Museum, which hosts one of the finest art collections in the world, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and much more. Once there free time to give a first look to the capital of the country: enjoy the warm atmosphere! Lunch on your own then in the afternoon opportunity to go visiting Las Ventas, arena where they still have Corrida! Later transfer to a local sport centre to play your exhibition game n 3. Final accommodation into your reserved hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 7 Madrid guided tour / Corrida arena visit / Game #3 After breakfast, in the morning meeting with a local guide for a guided tour of the city. Take pictures of all the beautiful squares! Dinner and overnight. DAY 8 Departure to USA After breakfast, transfer to Madrid international airport to take your flight back home to your US airport. Adios Espana!