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Take your students around Spain on our Castilla to Barcelona tour. Begin in Madrid and explore the city with a local guide. Then, it’s off to Segovia for a visit to El Escorial. Take a guided tour of Salamanca with stops in Burgos, Bilbao, and Pamplona before wrapping your tour in Barcelona.
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- Enjoy over night flight to Spain:
- Arrive in Madrid: Begin to explore this lively and historic capital city.
- Tour Madrid with a Local Guide: Join a local guide for a view of the Royal Palace and Don Quixote's statue in the Plaza de España, then visit the Plaza Colón. View Las Meninas in the Prado Museum, and learn about Picasso's Guernica in the Reina Sofía Museum.
- LEAP Cocina Española:
Create some of Spain’s most popular and iconic dishes and discover firsthand what makes these dishes enduring classics of Spanish cuisine.
- Visit El Escorial : Venture into El Escorial, Philip II's imposing palace.
- Journey to Segovia: See a Roman aqueduct constructed from 20,000 blocks of granite, and the Alcázar.
- Continue to Salamanca:
- Guided Tour of Salamanca: Follow a local guide through this sunny university city. Sights include the Plaza Mayor, the aptly named Casa de las Conchas, Spain's oldest university, the new cathedral, and the frescoes of the attached old cathedral.
- Discover Burgos: En route to San Sebastian, visit the cathedral of Burgos, which looms above the gray stone buildings and tranquil riverbanks.
- LEAP El Caudillo's Conquest :
Nationalist? Republican? Argue ideology in a revolutionary role-play that delves into the causes of the Spanish Civil War!
- Add On: Bilboa: Visit Bilbao, the largest city in Basque country, to explore contemporary art in the Guggenheim Museum.
- Explore Pamplona: On your way to the Olympic city of Barcelona, take a run through Pamplona, the town that hosts the "Running of the Bulls."
- Tour Barcelona with a Local Guide: Wonder at Gaudí's unfinished Sagrada Família, admire the Olympic Stadium, then visit the historic Barri Gòtic. Tour Gaudí's Casa Milà.
- Depart from Spain: Board a flight home or extend your stay with two nights in Palma.
Opt for two nights in Palma. Board a morning flight to the island of Majorca. City sightseeing with a local guide brings you to the Old Town, Gothic Cathedral, and Bellver Castle. The next day, you are free to relax on one of the gorgeous pristine beaches of Palma.
Yes. The safety and security of our traveling teachers and students is our top priority, and one measure we take to ensure this safety, and support, is through Tour Central. Tour Central is staffed by WorldStrides employees and is available 24/7 for all traveling groups. Tour Central is there to assist you with any questions or problems that may arise—no matter how big or how small. The staff is specially trained to monitor events domestically and around the world, and has dozens of contingency plans in place to help us jump into action when necessary. The Tour Central number for your group is printed on the WorldStrides name badges that are given to all our travelers for easy access should you need it. This is just one of the many measures that we take to ensure that your trip really is the experience of a lifetime.
