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Voysey House,
Barley Mow Passage
London W4 4GF
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8742 3355
USA: 1-800-988-6168
Canada: (647) 382 1644
Australia: 1300 55 95 95
New Zealand: 61-7-3377-0141
Gastronomic Catalonia - Fine food & wine, art & architecture
- Eat well, drink well: 3-Michelin-starred lunch, award-winning chefs and quality wine producers.
- Sightseeing ranges from mediaeval to Modernist art and architecture.
- Contrasting bases: the centre of Barcelona and a converted farmhouse outside Figueres.
- This cultural holiday also includes the lesser-visited city of Girona, the Greek and Roman site of Empúries and a day in the northernmost reaches of the region, crossing into France.
ITINERARY
DAY 1
Barcelona—fly at c. 11.30 a.m. from London Heathrow to Barcelona, capital of Catalonia and cosmopolitan market place—afternoon walk and visit to a chocolate emporium—dinner in one of the city’s leading restaurants—first of three nights in Barcelona.
DAY 2
Barcelona—morning in the Art Nouveau Boquería with its extraordinary displays of fresh produce—the Barri Gotíc, the most complete surviving Gothic quarter in Europe is still the location of some of the finest eating establishments and food suppliers in Catalonia—a wine tasting of Catalan reds includes rarities from the Priorato and Penedès—lunch in the rooftop restaurant of the stylish 5-star Hotel Arts where Sergi Arola (chef of the year, 2004) has added yet another twist to contemporary Catalan cooking—the Palau de la Música, the highly ornate concert hall designed by Gaudí contemporary Domenech i Montaner—overnight Barcelona.
DAY 3
Barcelona—on the slopes of Montjuïc are the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, which houses the greatest collection of Romanesque frescoes in the world, plus fine Gothic and modern collections, and the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion—a 1900 lunch with recipes from the gent de bé – Barcelona’s legendary good families – at the neo-Baroque Casa Calvet designed by Gaudí—then visit his La Pedrera building of 1906–10.
DAY 4
Barcelona, Sant Celoni, Mas Pau—morning walk in Gaudí’s Parc Güell before leaving Barcelona—lunch in the small town of Sant Celoni, where chef Santi Santamaria holds three Michelin stars—continue to the 16th-century manor house of Mas Pau—first of three nights in Mas Pau.
DAY 5
Girona, Empúries—Girona has a compact mediaeval Jewish quarter and Gothic cathedral towering over the river—important illuminated manuscripts and tapestries are displayed in the chapterhouse—light lunch with tasting of the region’s acclaimed white wines—the ancient city of Empuries commands fine views of the Mediterranean and was the first point of contact for Greek traders in 550bc—the site has been extensively excavated—overnight Mas Pau.
DAY 6
Collioure (France), Cantallops, Mas Pau (Spain)—drive into France to the pretty port of Collioure, a favoured retreat for Matisse and the Fauves—light lunch of anchovies, a key local industry—inland, visit the vineyard of one of the Empordà’s finer producers—dinner in the Michelin-starred restaurant at Mas Pau, home to one of Catalonia’s most prominent and innovative chefs.
DAY 7
Figueres—free time in Figueres to visit the Dalí museum—drive south to Barcelona for the flight to Heathrow, arriving c. 6.00 p.m.
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A really good mix of gastronomy, art and architecture. We loved it and learnt a lot.
Gastronomic “wonderland” – what more can one say.Our lecturer is just the perfect host.A very relaxing tour but equally we seemed to do so much in a short time.The meals were absolutely superb. One of the reasons I chose this tour, and also for the wine tastings.
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