First term activity schedule 2021-2022
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