Catalonia Geography Tour
About this tour
The region of Catalonia located in Northern Spain, famous for its rich Catalan cultural heritage. The region is home to an abundance of natural parks, the picturesque Costa Brava coastline, and the city of Barcelona one of Europe’s most visited cities.
These features make it an ideal destination for a geography tour as it allows you to cover several physical and human geographical areas. A visit we recommend when wanting to cover physical geographical areas is to the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park, home to forty dormant volcanoes, your students will get to partake in volcanic field work with a local guide.
The city of Barcelona presents some great opportunities to study many human geographical areas from the urbanisation and regeneration of the city to conducting an investigation into the affects tourism is having on the city.
For more information about Region of Catalonia Geography trips please email us.
Sample Itinerary
We recommend a minimum 3-night, 4-day Itinerary. As we tailor make each itinerary, we can create an itinerary perfect for you from the length of the tour to the activities and visits.
- Day 1: Fly direct to Girona. Explore Girona at your leisure. It could include a relaxing walk around Lake Banyolesor to learn more about the city and area with a visit to the Museu d’Historia de la Ciutat.
- Day 2: Spend the day exploring the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park where you will have a local guide who will give you an introduction to the park, you will get the opportunity to explore some of the park at your own leisure. In the afternoon, the students will partake in vulcanism field work.
- Day 3: In the morning visit Montersatt National Park, one of the country’s most magnificent natural parks, where you will take a small hike up the mountain range which will allow your students to observe the peculiar morphology. In the afternoon we will visit the region's capital of Barcelona, which is great for covering human geographical topic areas such as tourism and how it has affected the city. It can include visits to; Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Park Guell and L’Aquarium de Barcelona.
- Day 4: Depending on flight times, observe the region from a unique perspective with coastal boat trip along the Costa Brava.
Suggestions And Ideas for Visits and Excursions
Each group will have its own special interests and curricular needs. That is why every visit can be completely tailored to you. You will find some suggestions below, but you can always call us to discuss more options.
Other variations on numbers and duration available plus day trips available on Request.
Experience information
Each group will have its own special interests and curricular needs. That is why every visit can be completely tailored to you. You will find some suggestions below, but you can always call us to discuss more options.
Other variations on numbers and duration available, plus day trips available on request.
