First term activity schedule - 2019-2020 academic year
Come and discover Catalonia with us!
1st of September – 6th of October 2019
Deadline to apply for a language partner
Monday 16th of September
Presentation of Voluntariat Lingüístic to the new erasmus incoming students
Ciutadella campus
Tuesday 17th of September
Presentation of Voluntariat Lingüístic to the new erasmus incoming students
Poblenou campus
Saturday 28th 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
Saturday 5th of October
Trip to northern Costa Brava: anchovies tasting + visit to L’Escala, to the Roman and Greek ruins of Empúries and to the medieval village of Pals
Tuesday 8th of October
‘Castells’ (humans castles) workshop + attendance to a rehearsal by Castellers de Barcelona
Wednesday 16th of October
Getting to know Barcelona. Guided tour around Picasso’s Barcelona + visit to Picasso Museum
Saturday 19th of October
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the monastery of Pedralbes and to the Sarrià district
Saturday 26th 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
Saturday 2nd of November
Getting to know the past to understand the present. Guided tour at the Museum of History of Catalonia + tour around the Barcelona of 1714, in La Ribera (El Born) district
Saturday 9th of November
Walk and breakfast in the vineyards + visit to a winery (Can Bas) and tasting in the Penedès area
Tuesday 12th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Visit to the facilities of MareNostrum, one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre
Friday 15th of November
Getting to know other nations. Mexican evening. Come and discover Mexico’s culture, music and cuisine without leaving Barcelona
Saturday 16th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Guided tour around Park Güell. Come and discover Antoni Gaudí's life and work
Saturday 23rd of November
Guided tour at the city of Girona + visit to the two city's cathedrals
Saturday 30th of November
Getting to know Barcelona. Guided tour at the Fabra Observatory + guided tour at Torre Bellesguard, one of the most peculiar und unknown Antoni Gaudí’s buildings
Friday 13th of December NEW DATE!!
Catalan Christmas traditions tour + Christmas reception and end-of-term celebration in the Antic Teatre garden, Barcelona