DAY 1

Arrive Spain - Barcelona

Welcome to Spain! Upon arrival at Barcelona Airport meet your Guardian Angel and transfer by private vehicle to your hotel in Barcelona, where you will be assisted with check-in.

Once checked in, the evening is yours to enjoy at leisure.

Overnight: Hotel Arts Barcelona

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DAY 2

Golf at Club de Golf de Barcelona

This morning meet by your English speaking driver guide and transfer to Club de Golf de Barcelona (approximately 40 minutes). Situated in the village of Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Club de Golf de Barcelona is a members club where guests and visitors are also welcome.  You will enjoy a mid morning tee time on the 18 hole Masia Course, par 72 and measuring 6,271 metres, this course will challenge and fascinate you throughout. Designed by José Maria Olazábal, Masia has been the host of many professional tournaments including the Spanish Professional Championship in 1991 and the Peugeot's Tour of Spain in 2003 and 2005.

Handicap: No handicap certificate required

This afternoon is at leisure before meeting with your guide and private vehicle for a tapas tour in the evening – Barcelona abounds in colourful tapas bars and your guide will accompany you on a visit of some of the recommended establishments in the elegant Paso de Gracia district where the bars fill to bursting with locals at this time of day. Along with paella, tapas, roughly translated as snacks or appetizers, are one of Spain's greatest contributions to world food. “Tapar” means to cover and originally a tapa was a free snack served in a small earthenware dish to be placed on top of a glass. Eating tapas also allows you to try out some mouth-watering Spanish delicacies.

Overnight: Hotel Arts Barcelona
Meal Plan: B

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DAY 3

Barcelona

Enjoy a full day sightseeing tour (8 hours) in Barcelona with your English-speaking guide and private vehicle.

This morning discover the masterpieces of Catalonia's most famous architect, Gaudí, informed by the expert commentary of your expert guide. Begin your full-day sightseeing tour (8 hours) with a visit in your private vehicle to the Casa Mila with its wave-like facade and the impressive but unfinished Sagrada Familia Basilica.  Continue to Parc Guell, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Gaudi's most colorful creations.  

This afternoon after lunch at leisure embark on a tour of the true heart of the old city - the medieval Gothic Quarter. Visit the magnificent 13th-century Cathedral, notable for its fine Gothic chapels, medieval choir stalls and shady cloister before exploring the Picasso Museum, where some of the painter's earliest works are housed in the remarkable setting of a part-Gothic and part-Roman Palace.

Overnight: Hotel Arts Barcelona
Meal Plan: B

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DAY 4

Golf at Real Club de Golf El Prat

This morning you will be met by your English-speaking driver guide for your transfer to experience The Real Club de Golf El Prat Golf course. Designed by Greg Norman. “El Prat” is designed to provide you with a game unlike any other you may have played. With its blend of wooded surroundings and open spaces, it will suit any golfer who is looking for a new challenge.

Handicap: No handicap certificate required

This afternoon return to Barcelona to enjoy an afternoon tour of Barcelona FC Museum.

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The National Museum of Art of Catalunya MNAC

Overnight: Hotel Arts Barcelona
Meal Plan: B

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DAY 5

Barcelona – Tarragona - Valencia

Venture along the coast to Valencia with your English-speaking driver guide today, stopping in the area of Tarragona on the way. Driving south past the city of Tarragona, once the most important city in Roman Spain, come to one of the most interesting and important small wine regions in all Spain, the Priorat. 

Until recently this was a forgotten corner where the wines were strictly for local consumption.  Today its wines, frequently made from ancient vines rejuvenated by modern techniques and many of them superbly powerful in the manner that is so popular today (similar the style of “Super Tuscans’ in Italy), are winning prizes all over the world.  Production is small and prices high, the reason for which becomes immediately apparent to the visitor. The mountainous landscape is spectacular and the vines are grown on narrow terraces clinging to the hillside. A visit here is an unforgettable experience and can include a visit to more bodegas followed by a superb lunch in a little restaurant in the hilltop village of Gratallops.

In the afternoon continue to your hotel in Valencia.

Overnight: The Westin Valencia
Meal Plan: B

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DAY 6

Golf at Campo de Golf El Saler

Travel to the Albufera Nature Park with your English-speaking driver guide to play on the El Saler course. Situated on the shores of the Mediterannean Coast only 20 minutes drive from Valencia, El Saler is ranked in the Top 100 Golf courses of the world and was in fact acclaimed the No.1 layout in Continental Europe shortly after it opened in 1968. This course is long and challenging but will cement golf in Spain into your memory for years to come.

Handicap: No handicap certificate required

After lunch at leisure, transfer back in to Valencia for an afternoon in the ‘Old Quarter’. There are many sights to be found including the Santa Catalina Church & Tower, the Cathedral of Valencia and also the Basilica de la Virgen de los Desamparados. Stop at one of the many cafes, restaurants or bars and sample a feast of tapas, paella or freshly caught seafoods.

Overnight: The Westin Valencia
Meal Plan: B

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DAY 7

Valencia – Sagunto – Valencia

Today, meet your local guide and embark on a full day excursion to the ancient settlement of Sagunto. Only a 30 minute train journey away lies Sagunt (also named Sagunto in Castilian), a town which offers a two millennia history written in ancient stone. Experience a town of contrasts and contradictions for it is both modern and ancient, new and old, rural and urban and is the home of the Roman Theatre. The Theatre is nearly 2,000 years old yet still boasts magnificent acoustics.

Overnight: The Westin Valencia
Meal Plan: B

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DAY 8

Depart Valencia

Today your A&K golf adventure comes to an end as you are transferred to the airport where you will board your flight home.

Meal Plan: B

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