Come and discover Catalonia with us!

 

1st of September – 4th of October 2021 
Deadline to apply for a language partner

 


Tuesday 21st of September (Poblenou campus) and Wednesday 22nd of September (Ciutadella campus)
Presentation of Voluntariat Lingüístic to the new erasmus incoming students
 


Saturday 25th of September
Getting to know Barcelona. Guided tour around Roman and medieval Barcelona (Gothic Quarter) + 75-minute boat trip to discover Barcelona’s skyline from the sea


Tip for the weekend - 1st-3rd of October (click on the link to see it)


Saturday 2nd of October
Trip to central Costa Brava: visit to L’Escala, to the Roman and Greek ruins of Empúries and to the medieval village of Pals



Saturday 9th of October
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to Torre Bellesguard, one of the first and most unknown buildings by Antoni Gaudí


Tip for the weekend - 15th-17th of October (click on the link to see it)


Saturday 16th of October
Getting to know Barcelona. Guided tour to Park Güell, to get to know Antoni Gaudí's figure and work


 

Saturday 23rd of October
Visit to the city and monastery of Ripoll, the ‘craddle of Catalonia’ + ‘pa amb tomàquet workshop’ and ‘castanyada’ + hiking to Santa Margarida volcano, in La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park

 

Monday 25th of October
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the supercomputer MareNostrum, one of the most powerful ones in the world


Tip for the weekend - 29th-31st of October (click on the link to see it)

 

Saturday 30th of October  
No activity scheduled on that Saturday
 

 

Thursday 4th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the Biblioteca de Catalunya, Catalonia's national library

 

 

Saturday 6th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the former Hospital de Sant Pau, the biggest modernist setting in the world 



Tip for the weekend - 12th-14th of November (click on the link to see it)


Saturday 13th of November
Walk and breakfast in the vineyards + visit to a winery (Can Bas) and wine tasting in the Penedès area


 

Saturday 20th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the Pedralbes monastery and to Sarrià neighbourhood 



Tip for the weekend - 26th-28th of November (click on the link to see it)

 

Saturday 27th of November  
Guided tour at the city of Girona + visit to the two city's cathedrals

 

 

Saturday 4th of December    
Getting to know Barcelona. Guided tour at the Fabra Observatory + walk along the Carretera de les Aigües



Tip for the weekend - 10th-12th of December (click on the link to see it)


Friday 10th of December  
Catalan Christmas traditions tour + glass of cava and Christmas celebration at Casa dels Entremesos, Barcelona


 

Saturday 18th of December  
Hike from Barcelona to Sant Cugat, crossing the Collserola mountain range