School Spanish Culture Trip to Barcelona

The most popular destination among our groups, a school trip to Barcelona will leave your students with a real passion for all things Spanish!

Barcelona is a beautiful, vibrant city, that offers both the buzz of a major city and the chilled atmosphere of a coastal resort. Your students are bound to fall in love with Barcelona, as there’s so much to see and do, whether it’s spotting the architecture of Gaudi and the other Modernista architects, sampling some of the incredible tapas or soaking up the atmosphere on La Rambla.

Visiting the capital of Catalonia is fantastic for students, as it will help them to understand the diversity of Spain and its autonomous communities. And, if your group are preparing for exams, you may be interested to find out that we can arrange Spanish lessons at a specialist language school too!

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1

Morning

Flight from the UK

Afternoon

Explore Plaza Catalunya and La Rambla

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Day 2

Morning

Visit the Sagrada Familia and Park Güell

Afternoon

Visit Montjuic and Poble Espanyol

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Day 3

Morning

Visit the Boqueria food market

Afternoon

Visit the Picasso Museum and Gothic Quarter

Evening

Evening meal at accommodation

Day 4

Morning

Visit the Camp Nou stadium

Afternoon

Transfer to airport Return flight to UK

2-day travel card
3 nights' half-board accommodation
Airport taxes and passenger duty at current rates
Airport transfers to/from hotel in Spain
ATOL protected return flights from the UK
Comprehensive travel and medical insurance
Detailed information pack
Free staff place ratio 1:10
Itinerary planning service
Vamoos travel app - giving you access to all your trip documents on your phone or tablet
VAT at current rates to tour operators

Curriculum

A Level

Modern day idols
Spanish regional identity
Traditions and customs
Cultural heritage
Art and architecture
Food and drink
Multiculturalism in Hispanic society
Impacts of tourism
Aspects of Spanish-speaking society
Individual research project opportunities

GCSE

Environmental issues
Sports and music events
Daily life and free time activities
Understanding Spanish culture and identity
Food, drink and eating out
Home, town and neighbourhood
Travel and tourism
Holiday destinations

Key Stage 3

Exploring the town
Hobbies and pastimes
Food and drink
Eating out
Introducing yourself
Describing others
Likes and dislikes
Plants and animals
Cultural traditions

Accommodation

Barcelona Urbany Hostel

Barcelona Urbany Hostel is on Barcelona’s Meridiana Avenue, 300 metres from Clot Metro Station. It has a rooftop terrace with great city views.There is a common room with DVDs, cable TV and Wii consoles. A free wired internet zone is available, and the hostel has a 24-hour reception.Each modern dormitory or room features lockers, an en-suite bathroom and air conditioning. Bed linen and free WiFi are provided and towels are available to hire.There is a café-bar and vending machines.

BCN Sport Hostel

The BCN Sport Hostel is a new, modern hostel that is ideal for groups.In the fashionable Gracia area, the hostel offers excellent facilities including 24 hour reception, air-conditioning throughout, WiFi and computers with Internet access, free lockers, a storage room and a common room.Students are accommodated in multibedded rooms and staff in twins. All rooms are en-suite.In addition to all this, the hostel boasts excellent sport and fitness facilities, including an indoor swimming pool (20m x 10m), a fully-equipped fitness area, an outdoor jacuzzi, sauna and spa and a covered pavilion housing basketball, futsal and handball courts (Please note a fee will apply to use the sports facilities and the pool, please enquire for details)

YH Pere Tarrés

The Pere Tarrés Hostel is a purpose-built youth centre. The hostel has a total of 240 beds in single, double, 6 and 8 bedded rooms. Each room has a full bathroom and individual lockers. The Pere Tarrés Hostel has a restaurant which serves breakfast lunch and dinner (packed lunches can also be provided for excursions). There are also meeting rooms, free Internet, a large terrace for enjoying the excellent weather, a ping-pong table, a large TV room and parking facilities.

Educational Activities

Aquarium Barcelona

Barcelona Aquarium is the most important marine leisure and education centre in the world concerning the Mediterranean.

Camp Nou Experience

Home to FC Barcelona, a visit to the Nou Camp stadium includes a tour of the stadium itself.

Casa Milà - La Pedrera

Another Gaudi creation that takes its name from the rippling stone curves of its façade.

La Rambla

Also known as Las Ramblas, this long, wide avenue is the heart of Barcelona's shopping district and the hub of

Mercat de la Boqueria

La Boqueria food market in Barcelona is one of the best food markets in Europe.

Montjuïc

Montjuic is worth a visit simply for the stunning panoramic views it offers over Barcelona and its harbour.

Museu Picasso

Picasso lived recurrently in Barcelona as a young man, and this museum has some important pieces from this formative period

Olympic Museum & Stadium

This stadium was the focus of the 1992 Olympic Games. It is now turned into an Olympic Museum and Gallery.

Park Guell

Intended as a housing development that never quite took off, Parc Guell is an urban park in a northern suburb of Barcelona.

Poble Espanyol

Built for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition, Poble Espanyol (or Spanish Village) tries to represent Spain's diverse architecture and folk culture.

Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudi's unique, awe-inspiring cathedral continues to grow almost organically, like a medieval cathedral.

Tibidabo Theme Park

The Tibidabo Amusement Park is Barcelona's nearest theme park. The park is conveniently located on top of Tibidabo Hill.

Barcelona Adventure Quest Trail

The perfect activity to get your students speaking in Barcelona!

Supporting you every step of the way

Creating your perfect trip

Your quote will be put together by an experienced Tour Adviser who’ll be an expert in the subject area and will know the destination really well too. They’ll work with you to create a trip to suit your group’s needs and meet your learning objectives.

Launching your trip to parents and students

The next step is to get your trip approved and then get students signed up to it. Our ‘Trip Launch Pack’ will help you with this step. This is full of resources (all free to download) designed to make your life easier at this crucial point in the trip planning process.

After you’ve booked

Once you’ve booked, your dedicated Itinerary Coordinator will start work on the finer details. They’ll make sure your itinerary makes the most of your time and they’ll take on most of the admin tasks for your trip (freeing you up to do what you do best – teach).

Support while you’re away

From lost property to properly lost, we’ll always be on the end of the phone while you’re out on the trip. You’ll get a final info pack before you go, as well as access to all your trip documents via the Vamoos app.

After your trip

We’ll ask you for feedback, so we can improve our service. Let’s start planning your next trip too, so parents have plenty of time to pay (and so it’s less stressful for you). And don’t forget to head to our resources hub to continue the learning back in the classroom.