Catalonia, South of France and Andorra (2025)

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Welcome to your tour with Europamundo!We travel to the north of Catalonia. GERONA, time in this city with a magnificent historic center dominated by medieval buildings and Roman, Arab and Hebrew reminiscences. We suggest visiting the Cathedral of Santa María, an impressive Gothic structure in the upper part of the city, and the old Jewish quarter with its narrow and picturesque streets. We continue to the small medieval town of BESALÚ, where we will have time for lunch and walk through its streets, its impressive, fortified stone bridge, its castle, the Jewish baths and the old pilgrim hospital. After lunch time we continue towards French Catalonia. COLLIURE, is a small coastal town full of charm, its beach, its port, its alleys and its impressive castle built on an ancient Roman castrum that housed the court of the kings of Mallorca. If you’d like to, you could see the tomb of the poet Antonio Machado. In the evening arrival in CARCASSONNE, considered the best walled city in Europe. We suggest going to see the walls illuminated at night and having a dinner in one of the hundreds of small restaurants in “la cité”.

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The morning in Carcassonne. With our guide we will go to its impressive county castle (entrance included) and its medieval walls. Later you will have free time for a walk. After that we continue towards the Pyrenees mountain range. FOIX, a brief stop to stroll through the medieval city dominated by its impressive castle of the Counts of Foix. We continue towards the high mountains of the Pyrenees, with snowy peaks all year round. We enter ANDORRA, a small country whose official language is Catalan. On our route we make a short stop next to SANT JOAN DE CASELLES, a small Romanesque church from the 12th century. We continue to ANDORRA LA VELLA, capital of the principality of Andorra, free time to get to know the city with a lot of commercial life, oryou can go to “Caldea”, the largest thermal spa in Europe. Dinner included.

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We’ll have free time in Andorra for shopping or a walk. After lunch, we’ll continue our journey to Catalonia. The mountain countryside will lead us to the impressive abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat, where we’ll take a rack train up the mountain (included) to enjoy its fantastic scenery. After exploring the sanctuary, we’ll continue to Barcelona, arriving in the late afternoon.

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After breakfast, our journey will come to an end, leaving you with wonderful lasting memories.