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NCAA D1 Soccer in 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
  • Camp Nou
  • Barceloneta beach

Your adventure, day by day

Day 1 : Start tour
Day 2 : Hola Barcelona
Meet your Tour Director and check into hotel

Welcome meeting and orientation

Training session led by your coaching staff

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

Dinner

Day 3 : Barcelona
Barcelona guided sightseeing tour

See brilliant Barcelona, a city of graceful Gothic churches, wrought-iron balconies and wide, grand avenues filled with outdoor cafés. Throughout the city, daringly innovative buildings sit side-by-side with the medieval past. A licensed, local guide will show you some of the high points of this architectural showcase. First stop: 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. Then, step back to the past with a journey up to Montjuïc (Hill of the Jews) and see the fortress built atop an ancient Jewish cemetery. Site of numerous battles to control Barcelona, this hill was also the location of the 1992 Olympics. Spend time in Parc Güell, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, 'Works of Antoni Gaudi.' Designed primarily by Gaudí, particularly interesting areas of the park include a mosaic pagoda, a lizard fountain spitting water, an undulating bench decorated with ceramic fragments, and an array of unique Doric columns, which are hollow and serve as part of Gaudí's drainage system.

Lunch

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
Recovery session led by your coaching staff

Participate in a light training session or a walk through at a local field. This training session is designed to prepare your team for upcoming friendly matches.

Lunch

Camp Nou Stadium tour

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

Dinner

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.

Day 5 : Barcelona
Girona city walk

Girona is a beautiful medieval city that stands out from the local landscape. Populated at one point by Romans, Arabs, and Jews, the city has a unique archeological heritage that is well worth a visit. We begin our walking tour along the Riu Onyar, admiring Girona's best-known view, before exploring the Rambla de la Libertat and El Call, the medieval Jewish Quarter, where the first Hanukkah celebration since the Jewish expulsion of 1482 was celebrated in 1998.

Lunch

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 6 : Barcelona
Recovery session led by your coaching staff

Participate in a light training session or a walk through at a local field. This training session is designed to prepare your team for upcoming friendly matches.

Free time in Barcelona

Lunch

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
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.

Lunch

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 8 : Barcelona
Recovery session led by your coaching staff

Participate in a light training session or a walk through at a local field. This training session is designed to prepare your team for upcoming friendly matches.

Lunch

Observe professional training session

Attend a professional teams' training session. Witness the conditioning techniques of a professional club, drills designed to enhance skills, and strategic and tactical training relating to an upcoming match. This is an ideal opportunity to learn from the pros and take that learning back to your club!

Dinner

Day 9 : End tour

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