Final-year school trip to Catalonia and Andorra: Barcelona, Montserrat, the Andorran Pyrenees, Girona and Figueres (10 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and overnight stop in the Limousin

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive via Paris and Orléans (about 700 km from Brussels, 8 hours’ driving excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night; two drivers take turns at the wheel.
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Overnight stop in the Limoges area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Via Toulouse to Andorra

• Departure after breakfast, around 7 am, and drive via Toulouse, Foix and Pas de la Casa, then through the Envalira tunnel (about 470 km, 6.5 hours excluding breaks).
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Arrival in the late afternoon in Andorra la Vella, the capital of the principality, at over 1,000 m.
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Andorra, a Pyrenean country

• Half-day hike with a mountain leader in the Madriu-Perafita-Claror valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (on request, depending on snow cover).
• Free picnic lunch, with hotel packed lunches on request.
• Walk through the Barri Antic, the old quarter of Andorra la Vella, and visit to the Casa de la Vall, the former seat of the Andorran parliament (on request).
• Late afternoon at the Caldea thermal spa (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: La Seu d’Urgell, Montserrat and arrival in Barcelona

• Departure after breakfast and stop in La Seu d’Urgell, just over the Spanish border, for a walk through the old town and past the Romanesque cathedral of Santa Maria.
• Drive to Montserrat (about 170 km, 2 hours 45 minutes excluding breaks) and free lunch.
• The monastery of Montserrat and the basilica of the Black Virgin, La Moreneta (free admission to the basilica).
• Sant Joan funicular ride for the view over the mountain’s rock pinnacles (on request).
• Drive to Barcelona (about 60 km), check-in at the accommodation for five nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Gaudí’s Barcelona

• Visit to the Sagrada Família basilica, Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece (on request).
• Walk along the Passeig de Gràcia, past the Casa Batlló and La Pedrera.
• Free lunch, then a visit to Park Güell and its mosaics (on request).
• Late afternoon in the Gràcia district and its little squares.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: The Gothic Quarter and Barceloneta

• Walk through the Gothic Quarter: the cathedral square, Plaça Sant Jaume and Plaça del Rei.
• La Rambla and the Boqueria market, then free lunch.
• Visit to the Picasso Museum, in the Born district (on request).
• Ciutadella Park and the Arc de Triomf, then late afternoon on Barceloneta beach.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 7: Montjuïc and the seafront

• Coach trip up to Montjuïc: the Olympic Ring and the stadium of the 1992 Games, then the view over the city and the port.
• Visit to the Fundació Joan Miró (on request).
• Free lunch, then a walk around Port Vell and along the Rambla de Mar.
• Supervised free time along the beaches to the Olympic Port.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 8: Figueres and Girona

• Drive to Figueres (about 140 km, 1 hour 45 minutes excluding breaks) and visit to the Dalí Theatre-Museum (on request).
• Drive to Girona (about 40 km) and free lunch.
• Walk through the old town: the colourful houses along the Onyar, the Jewish quarter of the Call, the cathedral’s great staircase and the walkway along the city walls (free admission).
• Return to Barcelona (about 100 km), dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 9: Drive to the overnight stop in the Lyon area

• Check-out after breakfast and departure around 7.30 am.
• Daytime drive via Perpignan, Montpellier and the Rhône valley (about 640 km, 7.5 hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Overnight stop in the Lyon area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 10: Return to your school

• Departure after breakfast, around 7 am, and daytime drive via Dijon, Lorraine and Luxembourg (about 750 km to Brussels, 8.5 hours’ driving excluding breaks), with two drivers and regular breaks.
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.