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The Spanish Soccer Experience: Barcelona

The most successful side of the past decade, the Spanish National Team (La Roja), has won two European Championships and a World Cup. Spain also boasts the most dominant club teams in Europe headed by FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. The two sides form the most famous rivalry in the world. The derby is referred to as "El Clasico" and is underlined with decades of political and cultural tensions. The Spanish way of soccer is renowned for its "total football" approach.
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  • Itinerary

9 days
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
  • Sagrada Familia
  • Park Guell
  • Camp Nou
  • Barceloneta Beaches

Your adventure, day by day

Day 1 : Start tour
Day 2 : Hola Barcelona

Meet your Tour Director and check into hotel

Welcome meeting and orientationer

Training session led by your coaching staff

Participate in a training session at a local field in the area.

Dinner

Day 3 : Barcelona
Barcelona city walk

Flowers, pedestrian boulevards, and decorative pavement make Barcelona a great walking city, and your Tour Director will show you where to stroll. See the Mercat de la Boquería, where the bright colors of fruits and vegetables, spices, fresh seafood and meat (not to mention about a hundred different types of cheese) vie for space in the market stalls. In the city center you'll see the Monument a Colom, a towering statue of Christopher Columbus. Gaze at the city stretched out before you, the mountains in the distance, and the Mediterranean Sea at your back. Then it's on to the best walk in the city, Las Ramblas, a mile-long pedestrian street that offers up the carnival of urban Barcelona. Have your palm read or browse through the strip's famous open-air shops. Enough walking for one day? Pull up a chair, order a café con leche, and watch the parade of street performers from your seat.

Sagrada Familia visit

Tour the pointy spires of the La Sagrada Familia (Church of the Holy Family), a half-finished church complex that became the obsession of Barcelona's famously eccentric architectural genius, Antoni Gaudí.

Friendly match

Play an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. Your team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels and have the opportunity to make friends for life.

Dinner

Day 4 : Barcelona
Camp Nou stadium visit

Become a 'Cules' for the day when you visit the largest stadium in Europe and the home of the great FC Barcelona.

Professional coaching clinic

Participate in a special coaching clinic with a guest coach, player, or instructor. The clinic will be designed exclusively for the team and to enhance skills in areas identified by the coaching staff.

Dinner

Day 5 : Barcelona
Friendly match

Play an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. Your team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels and have the opportunity to make friends for life.

Barceloneta beach time

Relax on the white sandy beaches, walk down the bustling boardwalk, or stop at a tapas bar for a snack in Barcelona’s La Barceloneta neighborhood.

Dinner

Day 6 : Barcelona
Training session led by your coaching staff

Participate in a training session at a local field in the area.

Free time in Barcelona

Attend a professional soccer match

Attend a professional soccer match featuring teams from the top leagues. Seeing the top talent in the world in person would itself be an unforgettable experience, but add the passionate crowds singing, cheering, and chanting, and you will enter an atmosphere that can only be understood through personal experience.

Dinner

Day 7 : Barcelona
Montjuic Hill visit and cable car ride

Explore Barcelona’s Montjuïc, the focal point of two of the city’s key international events: the World’s Fair of 1929, of which many structures still remain; and the 1992 Olympic Games. Montjuïc features the largest "green zone" in the city with miles of forests and parks.

Olympic and Sport Museum visit

With a historic, ethical, playful and education vision, the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport Museum is home to pioneering equipment in Europe. It shows a global perspective on all disciplines and methods of sport in an interactive space that boasts advanced technology in all areas, transforming the museum into a spectacle for the senses. New technologies play a very important role through interactive exhibits and multimedia installations, showcasing experiences and provoking reflection.

Dinner

Day 8 : Barcelona
Tarragona city tour

Tarragona is an ancient Roman port city that was home to Julius Caesar. The Romans sheltered a million people behind this city's walls and were the first to designate it as a resort. The town's importance has remained through the years as one of four capitals of Cataluña, spurring continued growth. Take an introductory city tour of Tarragona, which will highlight many of the top sights and landmarks. Our tour will be both on our private bus and on foot. We will focus on the historic old quarter and the Roman remains of the city.

Friendly match

Play an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. Your team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels and have the opportunity to make friends for life.

Dinner

Day 9 : End tour

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