Guided tours of Catalonia with an historical jump of 300 years

TARRAGONA

Foundation - Cat I- 700 AD -

We Will visit Tarragona to learn about the everyday life, politics, history, art and the way to understand the philosophy, morality and religion before the Muslim invasion.

We will discover the habits of the Romans and their successors, the Visigoths. We will also talk about the first centuries of the Christianity’s evolution at the Iberian Peninsula.

Morning: Guided visit at the National Archeological Museum of Tarragona, then pretorian tower, circus and amphitheater.
MNAT Museo Nacional Arqueológico de Tarragona: 4,5€.www.mnat.cat
Tickets for the other monuments: 7,40€. www.tarragonaturisme.cat
Afternoon: City tour and Walls walk to visit the preserved vestiges of the antiquity.

VIC

Crown - Cat II- 1000 AD -

We will visit Vic to discover an essential period that favoured the spread of the Romanesque art, and how the language, landscape, territory and Catalan identity have changed at the end of the first millennium.

During this trip, we will be accompanied in spirit by important historical personalities: the bishops Oliba and Torras i Bages, the poet and writer Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer and the painter Josep M.Sert among others.

Morning: Visit at the old center of Vic, which will include the main square, the exterior of the “llotja del blat”, the Roman temple, the Jewish area, the interior of the Sant Pere Cathedral.
Sant Pere Cathedral: 3€. From 10 people 1€. www.bisbatvic.com
Afternoon: Guided visit at some emblematic high medieval age works of the “Museu episcopal de Vic”.
Museu episcopal de Vic: ticket 7€. Groups starting from 15 people 5€.www.museuepiscopalvic.com

GIRONA

Royalty - Cat III- 1300 AD -

We will visit Girona to understand the concept of “Medieval Present”. We will explain the conflicts and dialogue between religions and territories during the centuries. We will discuss the “Low Middle Age” and the wars at the border of the Pyrenees throughout the history.

Morning: Guided tour of the Cathedral, the museum of the treasure, the surroundings of the walls, the monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants and the Arab baths.
Individual ticket for the Girona Cathedral: 7€. Starting by groups of 10 people: 2,5€. www.catedraldegirona.cat
Ticket for Monasteri de Sant Pere de Galligants: 4,5€. Starting by groups of 20 people: 3,40€.
Individual ticket for the Arab baths: 2€. www.banysarabs.org
Afternoon: Monographic visit at the Jewish area of Girona and at the Jewish History Museum.
Individual ticket for the Jewish History Museum: 4€. Groups with prior reservation: 2€. www.girona.cat/call/

MONTSERRAT

Glory - Cat IV- 1600 AD -

We will visit Montserrat to understand spirituality, art, culture, nature and religious heritage in a unique, unforgettable and moving landscape.

We will visit the Montserrat Sanctuary nestled in the mountains, the Monastery, the Museum and the sculptures of J.M Subirachs. We will especially focus on the Benedictine and the other Catholic orders that have been linked to the monastery for some time, such as the Jesuits with their founder Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

Morning: Guided tour of the Montserrat Monastery exteriors. At 1:00 p.m. - Sunday at 12:00 p.m. - free visit to the interior of the basilica to hear the children choir “La Escolanía” (except during Summer and on Saturdays).
Interactive space of Montserrat: 4€.
Afternoon: Detailed guided visit of the most important works and pieces, archaeological remains, objects, sculptures and paintings from the collection of the Montserrat Museum.
Museu de Montserrat: 7€. Groups of 20 people 6€. www.museudemontserrat.com

SITGES

Beauty - Cat V- 1900 AD -

We will visit Sitges to learn about the balance between tradition and the contemporary society, the bohemians, the history of tourism, the secrets of the art market, the heritage and the concept of beauty.

We will walk through Sitges to discuss about the historical evolution of the Catalan fishing villages over the years. We will also analyze the phenomenon of the mass tourism and its positive and negative repercussions on our society.

Morning: Guided tour to discover the picturesque streets of the town and the most important art collections of the "Museu Cau Ferrat" and the "Museu Maricel". Here we will know better the life and works of Santiago Rusiñol, Ramón Casas, Miguel Utrillo, Joaquim Sunyer and Pere Pruna, among other historical and artistic figures closely related to the village.
Sitges Museums - Museu Cau Ferrat and Maricel: 10€. Groups of 15 people: 80€. www.museusdesitges.cat
Afternoon: Walk through the Paseo Maritime and some streets of Sitges, to admire the houses built by the "Americanos" or "Indianos" when they came back from America.