COSTA BRAVA

SPAIN
COSTA BRAVA
the land of wine and sun
Catalonia - Barcelona
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COSTA BRAVA - land of wine and Sun.
The region of the excellent weather, the Mediterranean climate, long sandy beaches,
romantic Bay behind the true character of the Wild Coast after lively resorts and
cosmopolitan Barcelona to Costa Brava. The region seduces fairy views, warm water and
power in the ancient Yucatan experience fun for the morning will delight even the most
demanding. Costa Brava is a symbol of the Spanish province of Catalonia, stretches over a
length of about. 200 km from the border with France after Barcelona.
ACCOMMODATION: hotels are Offered specially selected and are not found in the typical
offer travel agencies.
Hotel & Spa Cala del Pi *****
Avenida Cavall Bernat 160, 17250 Platja d'Aro,
• One of the best hotels on the Costa Brava. Luxury hotel with direct access to the
beach of Cala del Pi in Platja d'Aro offers free 600 m² SPA area, free Wi-Fi and an
outdoor pool with sea views. Hotel Cala del Pi hotel also features an indoor heated
swimming pool, waterfalls, ice fountains, Finnish sauna and Turkish bath. There is also
a small fitness centre.
• Superior double room with sea views.
• Room with terrace or balcony with stunning views of the Mediterranean Sea. The
room has a pillow menu and a TV with satellite channels and a set of Tous cosmetics.
Admission is included in the price to the 600 m² spa area. Room amenities: a balcony,
sea view, telephone, radio, satellite channels, safety deposit box, air conditioning,
desk, heating, shower, bath, hairdryer, bathrobe, hot tub, free toiletries, toilet,
bathroom, slippers, minibar, wake up service\/alarm clock.
Price per person: euro 1690 + flight cost benefits:
(Surcharge for second person in the room: euro 850)
Benefits:
• hotel & Spa Cala del Pi *****
• two bottles of the best CAVY in Room
• 7 nights in a double room superior with sea view.
• breakfast and dinner
• free access to the spa with an area of 600 sq m
• Barcelona Airport Shuttle to the hotel and back (120 km one way)
• individual resident care
• help in shopping.
UPCOMING deadlines:
To order: SPAIN Costa Brava, land of Sun and wine
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Hotel & Spa Cala del Pi *****
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Hotel & Spa Cala del Pi *****
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ACCOMMODATION:
Hotel Eden Roc **** Punta Port Salvi, s\/n 17220 Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
• Hotel Eden Roc hotel is situated on the outskirts of the village of Sant Feliu de
Guixols, on a promontory overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The hotel offers an
indoor and an outdoor swimming pool and air-conditioned rooms with balcony. Hotel
Eden Roc is part of a complex that includes a large spa and gardens. The hotel has a
fitness centre and swimming pool. Eden Roc restaurant, which overlooks the gardens,
serves Mediterranean cuisine.
• Stay in a double room Superior with sea view.
• Room has a private balcony with views of the sea, is decorated in a classical style and
have tiled floors. Room has a safety deposit box, en suite bathroom and a TV with
satellite channels. Room amenities: a balcony, sea view, TV, telephone, satellite
channels, safety deposit box, air conditioning, heating, shower, bathtub, toilet,
bathroom, wake up service\/alarm clock.
Price per person: 1190 euro + flight cost
(Surcharge for second person in the room: euro 550)
Benefits:
• hotel Eden Roc ****
• in room: two bottles of CAVA* one of the best wines
• 7 nights in a double room superior with sea view.
• breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Barcelona Airport Shuttle to the hotel and back (130 km one way)
• individual resident care;
• help in shopping.
UPCOMING deadlines:
To order: SPAIN Costa Brava, land of Sun and wine
* Cava - sparkling wine produced in Spain (Penedés region) using the champagne method,
as all of the sparkling wines highlighted category to (denominación de origen). The name is
derived from the Catalan Word for a cellar where the wine is stored. The use of the name is
not reserved for a particular region, however cava comes and is 95% produced in the
Penedés region of Catalonia, around Barcelona.
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Hotel Eden Roc****
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Excursions:
Spanish region Catalonia is more than golden beaches. Cultural diversity (own Catalan),
monuments and unique atmosphere of perpetual Fiesta make it worth here to choose not
only the Sun. In highlights of Catalonia, among others: the capital of the region of Barcelona
(the beginnings of the city dates back to the 3rd century p. n. e) and holy mountain
Montserrat and adorable organic vineyard where guests participate in a manual production
of the best sparkling wine Catalan CAVA. The vineyard is located in one of the most
important wine regions in Europe, Penedes.
Trips made for two people with a guide and transport as well as with
the entry to the selected objects.
BARCELONA
Barcelona (one intense day of sightseeing with guide + transportation (120 km)
from the hotel to Barcelona, tour of Barcelona plus return to stay at = 250 euro a person. Price per
person in a group of a-140 Euro).
in: Sagrada Familia-church of the Holy family-the icon of the city, creating a Gaudi devoted
40 years. Construction began 120 years ago and continues. (entrance to the Temple). Park
Guell-Unbelievably fabulous park to the North of Barcelona, designed and built by the
brilliant Catalan Architect Antonio Gaudi. It is located on one of the hills on the outskirts of
Barcelona. (entrance to the Park). Font Mágica-magic fountain at the National Palace, one
of the symbols of the city. There are performances of light-type sound. It is located near
Piazza di Spagna. Park of Montjuic Hill-Jewish-is located in the South-western part of the
city. To the top of Montjuic is accessible by cable car or on foot. Advantage are beautiful
parks and gardens, there are many objects that are available to tourists, m. in. Castle Castell
de Montjuic National Palace and close to the Olympic Stadium and other sports facilities.
Castell de Montjuic Castle is situated on the Hill of Montjuic. From the castle there is a
wonderful panorama of the city, the port and the sea. Nou Camp Stadium of the famous
football team FC Barcelona (Entrance in addition paid 45 euros). Las Ramblas is a huge
commercial pedestrian street with countless stalls with flowers and souvenirs. Is a string of
the Avenue with different names and different appearance. Tibidabo-the highest mountain
in the vicinity of Barcelona. From a height of 500 metres above sea level with a good
visibility you can see the Pyrenees range and even Majorca. Raval-long industrial
subdivision, spectacularly at the end of the 20th revitalized. Currently there are numerous
galleries, trendy cafes and restaurants. Barri Gòtic-the Gothic quarter with the magnificent
monuments, most of which dates from the 14th and 15th century in this area you can see
among others: Saló de Cent (Council of one hundred), Casa de la Ciutat (City Hall), the Palau
de la Generalitat (Palace of the Parliament), La Seu (the magnificent Gothic Cathedral). The
Cathedral of Saint Eulalia-located in Barri Gotic. One of the most valuable objects of
Gothic architecture in Spain. Next to the Diocesan Museum. Houses of Gaudí: Casa Milà,
Casa Batlló (Additionally paid 30 euros). Picasso Museum-the facility has the broadest
collections of works by Picasso . Museum, located in the District of La Ribera is situated on
the surface of five adjacent medieval palaces (entrance pay 25 Euro).
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MONTSERRAT MONASTERY and the ARTCAVA WINERY
(one intense day of sightseeing with guide + transportation to Montserrat, wineries, plus back to the
hotel (190 km one way) = 250 euro a person. Price per person in a group of a-140 euros).
• Montserrat is a Benedictine monastery in the Montserrat mountain located in
Catalonia, 40 km northwest of Barcelona known for its worship of statues of the Virgin
Mary. (La Moreneta). Is located on the rock formations, in three quarters of the way to
the top, about 1000 m above sea level the second, immediately after the Santiago de
Compostela pilgrimage centre in Spain. The picturesque mountain on which the
monastery is the highest place on the plain of Catalonia and, therefore, was visited by
people who want to see the Sunrise of the Summit. From the Summit you can see the
whole of Catalonia.
• Wine cellar Artcava- adorable organic vineyard where guests participate in a manual
production of the best sparkling wine Catalan CAVA. The vineyard is located in one of
the most important wine regions in Europe, Penedes. Owners Artcava only produce
15,000 bottles a year-best quality cava without any chemical additives. At the end of
the show-tasting. (entry, preview + wine tasting included)
FLAMENCO SHOWS & BARCELONA BY NIGHT
(price per person-euro-220 in the price guide and transport (120 km) from the hotel to
Barcelona and back)
•
Evening Tour of La Barceloneta-fishing district with its charming streets, famous for
delicious tapas and Flamenco Shows in Barcelona-Flamenco Tablao Cordobés
regional dinner paired with.
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SPAIN
Spain is a beautiful and diverse country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian
Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the Northeast it borders with France and the tiny
principality of Andorra. To the West its limits are defined by the Balearic Islands located in the centre
of the Mediterranean Sea. Its Southern most territories are the picturesque Canary Islands, in the
Atlantic Ocean and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla located in the North of Africa. This is why travelling
to Spain is likely to be a enriching experience since tourism in the country offers a wide variety of
destinations, activities and landscapes.
Spain is a country of large geographical and cultural diversity, often a surprise for tourists who are
expecting to find a country mostly known for beach tourism. Travel to Spain and you will find
everything, from lush meadows, green valleys, hills and snowy mountains in the Northern regions to
almost desert zones in the South. Its beaches are also famous and worth visiting, small and charming
creeks in the North and wide white sand beaches on the South and Western parts of the country,
without forgetting the exotic black sand beaches of the volcanic Canary Islands.
Every year millions of tourists decide travel to Spain, the country has been one of the most important
tourist destinations of the last decades becoming the third most popular travel destination in Europe.
Spain has a long rich history with earliest signs of inhabitants going back to 800,000 BC. Remains have
been discovered in the Jativa and Granada areas dating to 30,000 BC.
By 1200 BC North African and Celtic tribes settled on the peninsula creating a Celt-Iberian race. In turn,
areas of Spain were colonized and fought over by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans and
the Goths. Moorish armies from North Africa invaded the peninsula in the 8th century AD and
defeated the last Visigoth King and created Europe's only Muslim territory. They conquered large parts
of the country finding strong resistance only in small Christian kingdoms in the north. The Moors
prospered in Iberia, bringing with them scientific knowledge and new agricultural techniques.
In 1469 Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon married. With that, they united two Christian
kingdoms. This signaled the beginning of the final act of the Reconquista that finally saw the Moorish
empire leave the peninsula in 1492. The Spanish inquisition was born of the desire to "re-Christianise"
the newly unified Spain, where thousands of Jews and Moors were killed or expelled for refusing to
convert to Christianity.
Following the discovery of America by a Spain-sponsored Christopher Columbus, Spain became a
leading world power. It was a leader in the age of discovery and its imperial empire spread across the
globe. By the 17th Century the Spanish empire included most of South America, parts of Northern
Europe, islands in the Pacific and parts of Northern Africa.
Religious wars at the time dragged the country into conflicts across Europe. Following the French
Revolution, Spain unsuccessfully fought against the French Republic in 1793 and ultimately became a
French client state until Napoleon's defeat to Wellington in the Peninsula War.
In the 1930s the Nationalist forces of General Francisco Franco, backed by the Fascist regimes in
Germany and Italy, emerged victorious against the Popular Front government forces, which included
many overseas soldiers. Over 500,000 people lost their lives in the conflict and many fled to South
America for refuge.
The only legal political party under Franco's reign was formed in 1937. The Falange Espanola
Tradicionalista y de las JONS emphasized nationalism, Catholicism and anti-communism until the
leader's death. In 1975 Juan Carlos assumed position of head of state as per Franco's decree.
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BARCELONA
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and the capital of the Spanish region of Catalonia, in the
north eastern corner of the country. The city is located by the Mediterranean Sea and next to the
Pyrenees mountains, enjoying the benefits of the sea and the mountain. The city has a population of
over 1.5 million in habitants
Barcelona is probably the most famous city of Spain, although it is Madrid which is the capital of the
country. It is also a polemic spot since the region of Catalonia is one of the most nationalist and
independent of the country. This feature is especially noticeable in their speech, since Catalonia has its
own language, and although both Spanish and Catalan are official languages most people will only use
Catalan to communicate. Catalan is somehow similar to Spanish and it is not difficult to understand if
you have some notions of "Castellano", as they usually call Spanish.
The streets of Barcelona have been carefully planned and the city map shows an organized array of
squares where the streets are in straight lines. The centre of the city is crossed by La Rambla, the main
avenue of the city, going from the Square of Catalunya to the Mediterranean sea and to the Old Port
of the city.
Visiting the city you will discover astonishing works of architecture. In fact, the city has become a point
of reference for architects from all over the world following the steps of the famous Antonio Gaudi,
author of master pieces of the Spanish modernism such as the Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona,
still unfinished today.
Barcelona is also known for being the city of the famous Camp Nou stadium and of the Barça football
team.
One of the main achievements of the city was the hosting of the Olympic games in 1992, thanks to this
event Barcelona became famous to the eyes of the world and is now one of the main tourist
attractions of Spain. Tourists have many options to find a great hotel in Barcelona during their stay in
the city. It also gaining importance as a business centre, benefiting from its strategic location and
historical links with France and other Mediterranean countries. The hosting of the Forum of cultures in
2004 was again a successful international event, this time focusing on culture and arts.
Barcelona and the surrounding areas can be an excellent beach destination; it enjoys a mild climate
throughout the year, with an average temperature of 10ºC in winter and 25ºC in the summer, although
rains are frequent.
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