Suggested Pre and Post Trip Extensions At the conclusion of the fishing program, Frontiers suggests you take advantage of what Barcelona and the surrounding areas have to offer. Frontiers is poised to coordinate any pre- or post- trip accommodations, but highly suggest the following highlights:
Barcelona Highlights
Enjoy a panoramic visit to the city to learn about its history through its architecture and urban development. Learn about Modernism cultural movement that had its heyday in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, embodying the most renovate tendencies in literature, theatre, architecture, fine arts, decoration and the design of furniture and other objects. Learn about Gaudí and visit his masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia Church. Visit the constructions at the entrance of the Park Guell, the most unique of Gaudí’s works. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 1984. Enjoy walking the Gothic quarter of the city. Continue exploring Barcelona’s early city centre, which was surrounded by walls during Roman times making up what today is the Gothic Quarter. Narrow streets, with quiet squares and attractive corners, are home to an abundant collection of Gothic buildings, both civil and religious. Surrounding Barcelona’s impressive Cathedral, medieval palaces emerge, such as Casa dels Canonges, La Pia Almoina, and Casa d´Ardiaca. Visit the Cathedral of Barcelona and its beautiful cloister. Time permitting, visit the Picasso Museum. It not only owns the most important and exhaustive collection of the works of art from Pablo Picasso’s youth and period of training but also holds temporary exhibitions of other artists related to this artistic figurehead.
Madrid Highlights
Enjoy visiting Madrid with your expert local guide talking about the whys and the whens so that the buildings, fountains, squares and avenues come to life in your eyes. Enjoy a panoramic visit to the city to learn about its history through its architecture and urban development. Walk the lively old quarter of Madrid discovering the magnificent Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa. Visit the Royal Palace that King Philip V ordered to build on an ancient fortress site that had previously been a Muslim castle. On many outstanding rooms paintings by Velazquez, Goya, Rubens, El Greco and Caravaggio can be seen. You will visit the Royal Armory showing a collection of weapons and amour belonging to the kings of Spain and to other members of the Royal Family since the 13th century including the armory of Carlos V and Felipe II. Kids love it! End up your tour visiting the Prado National Museum. It houses the world’s best collection of Spanish painting. You will see works by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Ribera, Zurbarán, Murillo. The Prado also contains paintings by Van der Weyden, Hieronymous Bosch, the most complete collection of Titian and other painters of the Venice School and also has a collection of first-class works of German, French and English Art.