Day 1: Following your home taxi collection, you will join our platinum tour coach and we will head to Dover for our channel crossing to France. We continue our journey to our overnight hotel in the Dijon area of France, making suitable stops en route.
Day 2: After breakfast we continue our journey south through ever changing scenery. We cross the border into Spain arriving at the Costa del Maresme and the 5 star Hotel Kaktus Playa in Calella for our 6 night stay on a dinner bed and breakfast basis. A welcome cocktail will be served on arrival whilst your luggage is taken to your room.
Day 3: Today, we visit some of the most picturesque villages along the beautiful stretch of the Costa Brava coastline, including charming Peratallada. This medieval town lies in the Baix Empordà region and is one of the most beautiful villages in Spain.
A majority of its architecture is built from the stone carved from the deep moat which partly surrounds this fortified 11th to13th century town. The towns claim to fame on the big screen is that the 1991 film, Robin Hood; Prince of Thieves was partly filmed here.
There will be time to wander through the stone streets and arcades, and maybe visit the town’s 13th century Romanesque church which stands outside the castle walls.
We also visit the medieval village of Pals where you will feel like you have stepped back in time as you explore the gothic quarter.
Day 4: Our excursion today takes us to the Mediterranean city of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. Whilst here, we include a guided tour of the city. Starting by coach, the tour takes you past many of the famous sights of the city to ensure that you see all of the important places of interest. You can admire the unusual scenery of the Eixample district as well as the huge Olympic stadium, scene of the great athletic achievements in 1992. We finish the tour on foot at the bustling Las Ramblas, the iconic street in the centre, which runs from the Plaza de Catalunya to the Christopher Columbus monument near the harbour at Port Vell. Here you can explore the cafés and see the mime artists, and from here you will be ideally situated to explore independently the Barri Gotic, or Gothic Quarter in the centre of the Old Town, where some of the buildings date back to medieval and Roman times. Make sure you take a photo stop at the extraordinary Sagrada Familia, a very unconventional church, whose construction is still being finished today.
Day 5: Today is a day at leisure in Calella to explore and enjoy the hotel’s facilities. Calella's atmospheric old town offers a labyrinth of typical Catalan streets and squares filled with bars and shops, including an extensive pedestrianised shopping zone, running parallel to the attractive sea-front promenade and glorious wide beach with its many open-air beach bars.
Day 6: Todays excursion takes us to Besalu - a wonderful medieval town, considered to be one of the most beautiful towns in Spain. As you enter across its eleventh century fortified bridge you will be enchanted by the medieval town that awaits you. You will feel like you have stepped back in time as you explore the narrow paved streets, old stone buildings and the little pottery shops.
This afternoon we head to the home town of one of Spain’s best known artists , Figueres. Figueres attracts visitors from all over the world thanks to its association with the artist Salvador Dalí, whose weird and wonderful surrealist works of art can be viewed in the Dalí Museum. For those who wish, there will be time to visit this marvellous museum which houses some of the artist’s famous creations. (entrance not included). Figueres also has an important heritage of monuments, among which the old medieval walls and the castle of Sant Ferran are outstanding examples.
Beautiful corners from the medieval period are preserved, like the Plaza del Ayuntamiento and the Carrer Magre, where there old Jewish quarter was located. La Rambla is the main place for walking and the real heart of the city.
Day 7: This morning we visit Tossa De Mar. Situated on the southernmost part of Costa Brava, in the region of Catalonia, this pretty little village with its narrow cobbled lanes, quirky boutiques, rustic restaurants and fortified castle is a photographers paradise. The castle was built in the 12th century and the stone walls enclosing its historic neighbourhood date from soon afterwards. A significant amount remains, not only of the walls but also of the towers that they connect. You can walk up the castle right from the beach, and there are lovely cafes on the castle grounds.
Later we stop in Lloret del Mar, where you have the chance to explore the narrow streets of the Old Town, take a walk along the promenade, and maybe visit the church of Sant Romà
Day 8: Sadly today we depart our hotel and retrace our steps through Spain and back into France to our overnight hotel, making suitable stops enroute.
Day 9: We continue our journey through France to Calais for the mid-afternoon crossing to Dover. We return to Norfolk where our door to door service will be waiting to take you home.
Holiday Information:
8 Nights Dinner, Bed & Breakfast (Dinner will be buffet style)
Price: £1232
Single Supplement: £264 (Will be double for sole occupany at the main hotel- overnight tbc)
Tour Reference: EUR1903
Deposit Required: £70pp
Balance Due: 10 weeks prior to departure
This tour will be undertaken in one of our Platinum luxury executive coaches. You will have extended leg room, airline style seats with adjustable headrests and USB charging points, along with all the facilities present on our executive touring vehicles.