Final-year school trip to Catalonia: Barcelona, the Sagrada Família, Montserrat, Figueres (Dalí Museum), Girona and Tossa de Mar (8 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and overnight stop in Burgundy

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive via Luxembourg, Lorraine and Dijon (about 600 to 700 km depending on your school, 7.5 to 8.5 hours 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; lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Overnight stop in the Mâcon or Beaune area, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: The Rhône valley and Figueres

• Departure after breakfast, around 7 am, and drive via the Rhône valley, Montpellier, Perpignan and the Le Perthus border crossing (about 590 km, 7 hours excluding breaks).
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival in Figueres in mid-afternoon and visit to the Dalí Theatre-Museum, beneath its glass dome and giant eggs (on request).
• Drive to the coast (about 1 hr 15 min).
• Check-in at the accommodation in Lloret de Mar, Malgrat de Mar, Calella or the surrounding area for five nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 3: Barcelona, from Gaudí to the Gothic Quarter

• Drive to Barcelona (about 1 hr to 1 hr 15 min).
• Visit to the Sagrada Família basilica, Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece (on request).
• Passeig de Gràcia, Casa Batlló and La Pedrera seen from outside, then lunch at your own expense.
• Walk down La Rambla, the Boqueria market, the Gothic Quarter and the cathedral.
• Back to the accommodation, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Barcelona, Park Güell, Montjuïc and Barceloneta

• Visit to Park Güell, its mosaics, its dragon and its view over the city (on request).
• Up to Montjuïc: the 1992 Olympic Stadium and the view from the National Palace.
• Lunch at your own expense, then supervised free time on Barceloneta beach and at the Port Olímpic.
• Back to the accommodation, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Montserrat, the sacred mountain

• Drive to Montserrat (about 1 hr 30 min), a monastery perched among jagged cliffs.
• Visit to the basilica and the Black Madonna (La Moreneta) and, depending on the calendar, a performance by the Escolania, one of Europe’s oldest boys’ choirs.
• Sant Joan funicular ride and easy hike along the ridges, supervised by the teachers (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then back to the coast.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Girona and Tossa de Mar

• Drive to Girona (about 45 min): the colourful houses along the Onyar and the Eiffel Bridge.
• The cathedral and its great staircase, the Call, the former Jewish quarter, and the walk along the city walls.
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to Tossa de Mar (about 45 min).
• The Vila Vella, the fortified old town above the sea, and supervised free time on the beach.
• Dinner and last evening in Catalonia.

Day 7: Drive to the overnight stop

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and departure around 7.30 am.
• Daytime drive via Perpignan, Montpellier and the Rhône valley (about 600 to 650 km, 7 to 7.5 hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Overnight stop in the Lyon or Mâcon area, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 8: Return to your school

• Departure after breakfast, around 7.30 am.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 650 to 750 km depending on your school), with two drivers and regular breaks.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.