First term activity schedule - 2018-2019 academic year
Come and discover Catalonia with us!
1st of September – 7th of October
Deadline to apply for a language partner
Tuesday 18th of September
Presentation of Voluntariat Lingüistic to the new incoming erasmus students
Ciutadella campus
Wednesday 19th of September
Presentation of Voluntariat Lingüístic to the new incoming erasmus students
Poblenou campus
Saturday 29th of September
Getting to know Barcelona. Boat trip to discover Barcelona's skyline from the sea + panoramic tour by bus around the city
Saturday 6th of October
Trip to northern Costa Brava: anchovies tasting and tour in L'Escala + visit to the Greek and Roman ruins of Empúries, to Sant Martí d'Empúries and to the medieval village of Pals
Saturday 13th of October
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the Fabra Observatory and walk along the Carretera de les Aigües
Wednesday 17th of October
Catalan conversation group (Ciutadella campus)
Saturday 20th of October
Getting to know Barcelona. Roman and medieval Barcelona. Tour around Barri Gòtic
Saturday 27th of October
Visit to the city and the monastery of Ripoll + 'pa amb tomàquet workshop' and 'castanyada' + hiking to the Santa Margarida volcano, in La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park
Saturday 3rd of November
Getting to know the past to understand the present. Tour around the Barcelona of 1714, in La Ribera district (El Born) + guided visit to the Museum of History of Catalonia
Thursday 8th of November
'Castells' [human towers] workshop and attendance to a rehearsal by Castellers de Barcelona
Saturday 10th of November
Walk and breakfast in the vineyards + visit to a winery and tasting in the Penedès area
Saturday 17th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Guided tour at Hospital de Sant Pau's Art Nouveau site, the world's biggest modernist site
Wednesday 21st of November
Catalan conversation group: visit to the Universitat de Barcelona historical building
Saturday 24th of November
Guided tour at the city of Girona
Thursday 29th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Tour around women's Barcelona
Saturday 1st of December
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the Pedralbes monastery and guided tour in Sarrià district
Wednesday 5th of December
Catalan Christmas traditions tour + end-of-term celebration at the Rectoral building