Come and discover Catalonia with us! 



1st September – 6th October 2024
Deadline to apply for a language partner 


Thursday 5th September
Welcome and presentation message of Voluntariat Lingüístic to the first-term erasmus students of the new academic year 


Thursday 12th September
Welcome and presentation message of Voluntariat Lingüístic to the master's and PhD international students of the new academic year 


Tip for for the weekend – 27th-29th September


Saturday 28th September (11.00 a.m.-12.15 p.m.)
Getting to know Barcelona. 75-minute boat trip to discover the Barcelona skyline from the sea


Tip for the weekend – 4th-6th October


Saturday 5th October
Trip to Costa Brava: L'Escala, ruins of Empúries and medieval town of Pals


Friday 11th October (3.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m.)
Getting to know Barcelona. Tour around Roman and medieval Barcelona (Barri Gòtic)



Tip for the weekend – 18th-20th October


Saturday 19th October
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the Fabra Observatory + walk along the Carretera de les Aigües



Saturday 26th October
Trip to the city and the monastery of Ripoll, "the cradle of Catalonia" + ‘pa amb tomàquet’ workshop and celebration of the ‘castanyada’ + excursion to the Santa Margarida volcano, in the volcanic area of La Garrotxa


Thursday 31st October (11.00 a.m.)
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the monastery of Pedralbes and discovery of the neighbourhood of Sarrià


Tip for the weekend – 1st-3rd November


Saturday 9th November
Trip to Montserrat and visit to the monastery and mountain, with a hiking to Sant Jeroni (1,236 m), the highest peak in the mountain range


Tuesday 12th November (11.30 a.m.)
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the Biblioteca de Catalunya, the national library of Catalonia, and to the Institute for Catalan Studies


Tip for the weekend - 15th-17th November


Saturday 23rd November
Trip to the city of Girona + visit to the city’s two cathedrals


Tip for the weekend – 29th November-1st December


Saturday 30th November
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit the old Hospital de Sant Pau, the largest modernist site in the world


Thursday 5th December (5.00 p.m.)
Route of Christmas traditions in Catalonia + Christmas celebration, Barcelona


Tip for the weekend – 13th-15th December


Friday 13th December (one group at 12.30 p.m., another one at 3.30 p.m.)
Barcelona in the 1700s. Guided tour at Born Centre Cultural to discover what was life like in Barcelona before and after the occupation, in 1714


Saturday 21st December
Welcome, winter! Let's welcome winter with a beautiful hiking from Barcelona to Sant Cugat, crossing the Collserola mountain range!