Icono tours 2012

Customized Services
and
Cultural Guided Tours
2012

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Contents

 ICONO Serveis Culturals

 General Barcelona

 Thematic Barcelona

 Some of our special tours

 Through the pages of Barcelona, a literary city

 Excursions outside Barcelona

 Cultural services and special activities

 Other services

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ICONO serveis culturals is a company of customized cultural services. based in
Barcelona with more than 15 years of experience in the sector.

We offer

 Tailor made products: cultural and artistic tours based on our client preferences, time and
interests.
 Teambuilding activities for congresses and incentive meetings.
 Design of trips, transfers, escorts and private transport.
 We are your PARTNER in Spain.
 Direct communication with our clients.

Our team
 Native Spanish guides in all languages.
 Professional staff in the offices specialized in Arts, History, and Architecture…

Our client

 Tour operators and travel agencies.
 Cruise lines.
 Companies and private enterprises.
 Official organisms, Governments, Museums and Public institutions.
 Exclusive groups and individuals.

Quality in our services
 24 hours availability.

 Personal service and operational ability.

 Logistic coordination from our offices.

 Attention to detail.

 Follow up of pre-event, the event and the post-event.


GENERAL BARCELONA
Our best panoramic tours

For those who want to discover Barcelona in a global way, following general itineraries displaying the
history and culture of our city, we propose the following tours:


1. Barcelona 2000 years of history (4 hours tour)

This is a panoramic tour of the main historical and cultural points of the city. The tour starts with a
panoramic view of the Sea Front showing the architectural changes of the area. Then the group will
do a walking tour around the Gothic Quarter depicting its religious centre —Cathedral square—, civil
centre —St. Jaume square— and royal centre —King square—. The group will learn of the
importance of Les Rambles and then it will move to Passeig de Gràcia, where some of the most
important modernist façades are situated —la Pedrera and Casa Batlló —. The last point will be the
Sagrada Família and its façades and symbolism.

This tour can include the visit of an interior.

2. Barcelona 2000 years of history (8 hours tour)

This is a panoramic tour of the main historical and cultural points of the city. The tour starts with a
view from Montjuïc Mountain, from where all the urban structure of the city can be admired. The
group will also see some of the buildings of the 1992 Olympic Games. Then the group will be
transferred to the Sea Front, showing the architectural changes of the area. From here the group will
do a walking tour of Les Rambles and the Gothic Quarter depicting its religious centre —Cathedral
square—, civil centre —St. Jaume square— and royal centre —King square—. In the afternoon the
group will visit the recently consacreted Sagrada
Família and admire its façades and symbolism.
The final point will be Gaudi’s Güell Park, where
Naturalism and Symbolism come together in a
perfect recreation of Nature.
This tour can include the visit of an interior.


3. Gaudí (4/8 hours)

This is a unique opportunity to discover the personality and masterpieces of Gaudí in its entirety,
from a historical, cultural and artistic point of view. Both tours, 4 hours and 8 hours offer you
outdoor and indoor visits to the most representative buildings designed by the genius, such as
Güell Palace, Batlló House, La Pedrera, Sagrada Familia, Park Güell or the Güell House.

4. Montjuïc - Fundació Miró - Poble Espanyol

This is a panoramic tour of the main historical and cultural points of the city. The tour starts with
a panoramic view from Montjuïc Mountain, from where all the urban structure of the city can be
admired. The group will also see some of the buildings of the 1992 Olympic Games.

One of the fixed stops on this tour is the Miro Foundation,
one of the most important museums in Barcelona. Then the
group will be transferred to the Sea Front, showing the
architectural changes of the area.


5. Discover a new city: Barcelona from the heights

It is always amazing to look at things from a different point
of view, especially if we are referring to a city. This tour lets
us see Barcelona from its heights, moving around terrace
rooves and high points of the city from where we can admire
Barcelona.

Brief description of the tour: we are going to begin walking from
different terrace rooves, such as the Cathedral roof, the roof of the
Batlló house, and the roof of the Park Güell. Then, we are going to
climb even up to the Collserola Tower and Montjuïc, among
others.

Transport is needed.

Timetable depends on the schedule of the different sites.

It lasts from 3 to 4 hours.


THEMATIC BARCELONA

1. Barcelona 1900’s: the bohemian city

This is a very special tour, as it combinates arts, history,
society and stories related to 1900’s Barcelona, the city that
Picasso found when he moved here with his family. A
Barcelona of art galleries, Modernist art, artists and
intellectuals, strong cultural connections with Paris, secret
districts, literary bars and cabarets.

The tour takes you to some of Picasso’s studios and homes,
as well as old bars and shops of that time and other related places. This tour finishes with the
amazing visit to the Picasso Museum.

2. Walking Gothic Tour

Long before many cities were founded, the kingdom of Catalonia was a
bastion of art and architecture. Barcelona’s ancient city center – which
was surrounded by walls during Roman times – makes up what today is
the Gothic Quarter.

Surrounding Barcelona’s impressive cathedral, medieval palaces emerge
such as Casa dels Canonges, La Pia Almoina, and Casa d’ Ardiaca.
Whether the Gothic Quarter (or Barri Gòtic as it's called in Catalán) is truly
Gothic is the subject of endless debate, but it is one of the most evocative
neighborhoods in Spain and hides lots of bewitching places with many
stories to tell.


Its richly textured streets, quiet squares, attractive corners, gurgling fountains, vintage stores and
ancient fortifications inspired such artists as Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró (who was born in this
neighborhood). This tour will include a guided tour to the Cathedral (entrance fees not included in
the tour price).

3. Following the steps of a genius: the secret
Barcelona of Gaudí

““The most brilliant architect, inexhaustible creator, always
unpublished, and always logical, but in his own world”

ICONO presents its new itinerary: we would like to invite you to discover the
secrets hidden behind Gaudí’s creations and his time. Beginning in the place where
he met his death run over by a tram, we will introduce ourselves to the universe of
Don Anton, a charismatic character not only for his strange behaviour, but for his
incredible imagination capable of turning dreams into stone.

Anecdotes, secrets and the passion for his job are the three pillars that will lead us on this tour that
introduces us to the Gaudinian universe. Do you dare to follow a genius?


4. The Jewish legacy in Barcelona

The tour is around the Call or Jewish quarter of Barcelona, the most important cultural centre of
Barcelona during medieval age. You will walk along the ancient streets of the neighborhood looking
for the traditions and the lifestyle of jewish society in those days. The tour includes the visit to the
medieval Synagogue of Barcelona.

5. Chinatown: A wander around the most flamenco
district in Barcelona

Neither the lower districts of Genoa, nor the port
district of Marseilles, nor the Parisian Vilette, nor
Whitechapel in London can be compared to our
wonderful Chinatown, or to the atmosphere of this
forbidden area, where the heart-rending lament of
flamenco will follow you everywhere. What’s more
Barcelona’s barrio chino surpasses them.

There’s no other district in the whole world with more sparkle.


Coinciding with the universal exhibitions of 1888 and 1929, Barcelona would be able to count on
having one of the raciest districts in Europe, and its soundtrack would be flamenco. From this same
district such gems as Carmen Amaya, a gypsy born in Somorrostro and who prided herself on her
Barcelona roots, would shine. She would become the most universal bailaora – flamenco dancer.

In those days you could hear Manuel Torre or Antonio Chacón coming from the gramophone in the
Ca’l Manquet; the upper echelons of the Bullfighting world would gather at the Hotel Oriente; and
Carmen Amaya, just a girl, who was described by Sebastià Gasch as “the interpretation of the soul
through dance”, would show off her talent in any one of the fifty bars in the area which offered
flamenco.

We will discover the Barri del Portal, nicknamed ‘La Islita’ by Vázquez Montalbán, the cradle of the
Rumba Catalana, where the stars of this musical genre are still living today: Peret; Los Amaya;
Chipen…

However, hardly anything remains of the gloomy, sombre and seedy barrio chino depicted by so
many authors. Amongst others: Jean Genet in ‘The Diary of a Thief’; Pieyre de Mandiargues in ‘La
Marge’; Vázquez Montalbán in almost all of his novels about Detective Carvalho; and more recently
Maruja Torres in ‘Un calor tan cercano’.

Discover the little that remains of this quarter
before it’s too late, since a large part of this cultural
legacy will be lost when its last inhabitants pass
away; after that books and documentaries will be
all that we will have. Today the superheroes of the
district, friends of Camarón de la Isla, and fans of
Bullfighting (a dying species) still wander the
streets. Social phenomena like flamenco that live
on, surrounded by the multiculturalism that the district transpires nowadays, which advances are
relentlessly extinguishing any trace of Maritime Barcelona’s street-life past.


6. Barcelona, the Movie Walking Tour!

“Barcelona: the movie walking tour” shows the main
locations where popular scenes from “Vicky, Cristina,
Barcelona” and other master films have been shot. At the
same time, this route discovers films that used the city as
the set to construct other atmospheres, such as “The
Shangai spell” or “The parfum”. You will learn about actors
and actresses who have been in Barcelona while filming:
Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca
Hall, Cecilia Roth, Ben Whishaw, Dabiel Brühl, Claudia
Cardinale, Rita Hayworth or John Wayne, among others.

Did you know that the first film ever shot in Spain took place in Barcelona in 1896? Would you like to
enter the locations and talk to people who worked in the shootings? Do not hesitate to discover
Barcelona like you have never seen it.

You will walk through tourist and emblematic places with the guide of well-known film characters.
The walking tour focuses on directors’ and actors’
anecdotes as well as filming situations. The guide
provides pictures in order to visualize every scene
that is commented.

Itinerary: Monument to Columbus, Moll de la
Fusta (harbour with locations of “The Shangai
spell”, “L’Auberge spagnole” and “Manuale
d’amore”), we will get inside the Raval quarter
with “En Construcción”, walking through emblematic squares such as the one of Duc de Medinaceli
(“All about my mother”), Plaza Real (Royal Square), the hundred-year-old herbalist’s “El Rey”, Ferran
St. (“The parfum”), Plaza Sant Just I Pastor, Plaza Sant Jaume, Plaza Sant Felip Neri, Catedral,Quatre
Gats, Palau de la Música Catalana until we get to the modernist Eixample of Woody Allen in “Vicky,
Cristina, Barcelona”.


7. The Ghost Walking Tour

What do the streets of Barcelona hide when night falls? Which
stories marked our ancestor’s lives forever? Let yourself become
absorbed by the paranormal mysteries of Barcelona with the
explanations of an experienced guide.

The Ghost Walking Tour is a night visit around Sant Pere, Santa
Caterina and la Ribera quarters, based on the book “Fantasmes de
Barcelona” written by Sylvia Lagarda-Mata. The tour tells the
mysterious and hair-raising stories that have been taking place in those areas for decades.

An experienced guide leads the visit. Exorcisms, witchcrafts, bewitched convents and records of
phantom apparitions invade the streets of Barcelona. Participants will have the chance to discover
those baffling phenomena in a funny and entertaining way.

Come and walk through a hidden city: meet Barcelona’s ghosts. This mysterious tour has the
possibility of including actors. A night that you will never forget, that will mark forever your
memories of Barcelona. Do you dare?

Itinerary: Arc de Tiomf, Portal Nou, Sant Pere square, Flor de Lliri St., Santa Caterina market, Marcús
square, Neu de Sant Cugat St., Rec St., Moncada St., Paseo del Borne
and Espartería St.

Duration: 2 hours

At the end of the visit, there will be the possibility to have a very
special dinner for a “paranormal price” in a restaurant around the
area of the tour.


8. Others tours
- Women’s Barcelona
- Barcelona and the doctors
- The Born Neighborhood in 360º

STAR TOURS

1. Contemporary Architecture Tour

Barcelona has lots of faces: apart from
the Gothic quarter and the modernist
one, there is a contemporary city that
looks to the future, another Barcelona
where the most renowned architects all
over the world have been challenged to
build their buildings. The purpose of this
itinerary is to discover the recent
patrimony of both 20th and 21st centuries.

We start visiting the Pabellón Mies van der Rohe, initially conceived for the Universal Exhibition in
1929. We continue along Montjuïc Mountain having a look at the Olympic ring and the Sport
facilities where the Olympic Games where held in 1992: the Stadium, Sant Jordi Palace by Arata
Isozaki, the Tower by Santiago Calatrava. The tour will continue with the Miró Foundation, a
beautiful Mediterranean construction, inaugurated in 1976 and designed by Josep Lluís Sert. We will
stop in a window of the bay to enjoy the views of the harbor and the city from the heights. Arriving
to the entrance door of Barcelona’s harbor, there is the World Trade Center, inaugurated in 1999, a
work by Li Pei’s.


Following the maritime façade we arrive to the Olympic Village, a new
neighborhood by the sea, where we can find masterpieces by, Bohigas-Martorell-
Mackay (Olympic harbour, Folch’s Chimney), Franck Gehry (hotel Arts and Golden
Fish Sculpture), Álvaro Siza (Meteorology Centre), León-Ortiz (Mapfre Tower),
Enric Miralles and Benedito-Mateos (The Temple of Abraham). We will walk
across, where the new icon of Barcelona is situated, Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel.

Finally we will traverse the new and modern Diagonal Mar quarter where the Centro Internacional
de Congresos de Barcelona was built, the biggest in the South of Europe, inaugurated in 2004 and
designed by Mateo & Asociados and the Forum Building by Herzog y De Meuron. We can go inside.

2. Barcelona and the Music

Barcelona is a city of great tenors like José Carreras and the soprano Montserrat Caballé and,
furthermore, the city has unique venues where you can enjoy the music.

This visit starts at the Gran Teatro del Liceu, with the
possibility to visit the main hall, the auditorium, the Hall of
mirrors, the Foyer and the private club: the Cercle del Liceu.

We can include a coffee break or in the same cafeteria or at
the Lyceum Cafe de la Opera, with the aim of recovering
strength to continue our tour of Beethoven House, a old
century shop specialized in music, located in the Ramblas.

Finall, we will visit the Palau de la Musica
Catalana, one of the main concert halls
worldwide. Considered one of the leading
exponents of Modernism, it was built by the
architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner 1905-
1908.


In 1997 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

3. Barcelona Gourmet Tour

Gastronomy shapes our culture and with this tour we
offer you a spicy itinerary that will allow you to discover
Barcelona from another point of view. The itinerary begins
in the Boqueria market where one can admire the shapes
and colours of our food and you can try some of the exotic
fruits sold in this emblematic market.

From there we will wander around the gothic quarter
admiring the most reputable gourmet shops. A sweet
and salty itinerary that ends in the Ribera Quarter
next to Santa Maria del Mar. This tour can be
completed with a wine tasting session and a
“pinchos” appetizer.

4. Tapas Tour around the Gothic Quarter

Whether the Gothic Quarter (or Barri Gòtic as it's called in Catalán) is truly
Gothic is the subject of endless debate, but it is one of the most evocative
neighborhoods in Spain and hides lots of bewitching places with many
stories to tell. Discover this Gothic Quarter enjoying tapas and pinchos
during your walking tour.


5. Century-old shops Tour

One of our star tours, this itinerary visits the interior of century-old
shops still alive and part of the sentimental geography of the city. In
neo-classical, modernist or traditional style, with home-made
products, the shops and their secrets are shown by their owners.
Some of the shops are El Rei de la Màgia, El Indio, Cereria Subirà and
El Cafè de l’Òpera.

6. Modernist designs and colours

No architect in Europe was as fantastical as Antoni
Gaudí y Cornet, the foremost proponent of Catalán
modernism. Barcelona is home to many works of this
extraordinary artist, all of which UNESCO now lists as
World Trust Properties. A recluse and a celibate
bachelor as well as a fervent Catalán nationalist he lived
out his own fantasy in his work. Nothing is more
stunning than his Sagrada Família, Barcelona's best-
known landmark, a cathedral on which Gaudí labored for the last 43 years of his life. Work to
complete the landmark cathedral still continues today, and when it will be finished, "The Sacred
Family" will be Europe's largest cathedral.

This guided walking lecture tour concentrates on his three other most well-known works in
Barcelona including La Pedrera, Casa Batlló, and Park Güell. We are introduced to the genius –
including his historical and artistic influences, his social life and his thinking.


7. Discovering the artistic heart of Barcelona

Barcelona has been a reference for many artists through
its history. Nowadays lots of them work in our city. The
possibility of visiting their studios is as exceptional as
knowing their works of art presented by themselves.

Three different itineraries will take us through these
studios located in The Old Town, The Born and The Raval
quarter.

After careful selection we have chosen artists and works of art including painting, sculpture,
ceramics, installations...

After a brief introduction to the tour in a typical café, we will visit their workshops, know their
personality and discover their works of art: content and meaning.

The itinerary can include a break for an appetizer or a cheese and wine tasting session. It has been
planned for groups up to 8 people. We can organise two visits at the same time.

8. Paseo de Gracia: Luxury and Haute Couture

We all know that Passeig De Gràcia is the open air ‘museum’ of modernista architecture, the great showcase
of noteworthy buildings which have been designated World Heritage Sites. However, this is only one of things
that this elegant boulevard affords us.

Over the last few years the businesses located on this grand boulevard have changed hands: the
headquarters of banks have given over to the world’s most exclusive fashion labels and hotel chains.


According to experts, its unique architecture and shops (such as Chanel, Dolce&Gabbana, Valentinio, Bvlgary,
Hermés, or local labels Furest and Santa Eulàlia) have placed the Passeig De Gràcia amongst the top ten
streets in the world, and where you’ll find a high number of top-end shops; to the extent that some
companies have to wait years until they are able to open their shops here. The days when the Passeig De
Gràcia was a mere street which linked the old city and the old town of Gràcia are long gone.

With the help of an expert guide, ICONO invites you to join a route that will allow you to discover the history
and evolution of the boulevard (inextricably intertwined with the Eixample). You’ll also discover some of the
juiciest tales of its stars and the origins of the most select brands.

9. Shopping & Design Tour
The city and its business is one of the most perfect unions that
Barcelona can have when expressing its economic activity and its
most intimate personality. Because, in Barcelona, selling is not only
a commercial transaction, it is also a way to express pleasure,
fashion, and tendencies. In short, and without blushing when saying
it, it is an art. We should not forget that Modernism, one of the
architectural and artistic tendencies that has defined the city was
externally expressed with an impressive force in different
commercial establishments.

Trade in Barcelona has a democratic vocation. A common nexus
exists among the simplest stand in a neighborhood market and the
sophisticated store in its smartest streets that is expressed in the
presentation of the product and in the human treatment. Because in Barcelona, whenever you enter any
shop, the sale is also a public service. A shopkeeper in Barcelona is like a doctor or a fireman: a professional


dedicated to his community. And, next to the good shopkeeper, we find the good buyer who demands redress
when the service or product does not match the price.

Because more than in any other city, the shops here have names. And not
only the name on their entrance sign, but also that of the manager or
assistant who establishes a relationship with the clients and gets to know
their likes and dislikes. And next to the name, there is also a surname.

Many premises are known for their architects, their interior designers, their
window dressers or their graphic designers. Trade in Barcelona is a wide
expression of the idiosyncrasy of the city: economic progress, innovation
coexisting with tradition, competition, risk and a sense of pleasure.

ICONO created this tour to discover the most charming shops of Barcelona’s
neighborhoods. We will build a tailor made tour based on your preferences, please have a look to the options
we propose. We can go the charming Gracia neighborhood or to the lovely Born neighborhhod to discover
little shops and workshops, or to the Paseo de Gracia to the most exclusive brands*.

*It is not a visit with a personal shopper.


TEATRAL GUIDED VISITS

1. BARCINO: 2000 years told by the city

Tour with theatre around the Gothic Quarter of
Barcelona

Barcelona is a city with more than 2000 years of history.
Despite owing its name to the Romans: IULIA AUGUSTA
ROMANA PATERNA BARCINO, the city enjoyed its
splendour during Medieval times. We will travel through
time to discover the secrets, legends and old stories that
belong to the laberinthine streets of the old city centre.

The main character of the story will accompany us on our
trip into the past. She will explain the hidden secrets of the
court, the gossip in the streets and show us the mystery of
hidden squares and secret places inside the old city walls of
Barcelona.

An unforgettable way to discover the history of Barcelona...

2. The Shadow of the Wind with Actors

All books are read but some offer the possibility to walk into... We present a unique opportunity
to wander around the amazing Barcelona shown in “The Shadow of the Wind”, a novel that has
captivated thousands of readers all around the world. From writing to words, from the
imagination to reality.


Like Daniel Sempere, Julian Carax, Fermín Romero de Torres, and the other characters in the novel,
we will walk through a labyrinth of mysteries and surprises turned into a charming tour, set in a
bewitched Barcelona.

3. Stories and legends of the Gothic Quarter & The
Tavern

Legends, traditions, stories passed down from generation to
generation heard in our streets…Those will come alive in our
tour.

We will walk the narrow medieval streets of the Gothic quarter,
discovering how our ancestors lived and how their relation was
with this part of the city.

The Tavern is the history of a strange romance between a medieval gentleman and a tavern maid in
the XVIIth century.

The brief performance offers us moments of emotion and humour that, together with a tour full of
medieval legends, will make an uforgettable experience.


LITERARY TOURS

Through the pages of Barcelona, a literary city

1. “The Shadow of the Wind” enchanted Barcelona

All books are read but some offer the possibility to walk
into... We present a unique opportunity to wander
around the amazing Barcelona shown in “The Shadow of
the Wind”, a novel that has captivated thousands of
readers all around the world. From writing to words,
from the imagination to reality.

Like Daniel Sempere, Julian Carax, Fermín Romero de
Torres, and the other characters in the novel, we will
walk through a labyrinth of mysteries and surprises
turned into a charming tour, set in a bewitched Barcelona.

We will be the characters of the novel ourselves and we are going to move around the places that
still today keep the charm and mystery of early 20th century Barcelona. Most of these places can be
easily recognised, such as : Santa Anna street, The arch of the Theatre, King’s square, Las Ramblas,
Sant Felip Neri square and Montcada street. However, we will discover hidden treasures like Quatre
Gats café, the Ateneum of Barcelona, the gorgeous Santa Maria del Mar, Santa Llucia asylum, Saint
Gabriel school in Bonanova quarter, Aldaya Palace and Tibidabo Avenue. It is rare that we have the
possibility to turn fiction into reality and this is one such a chance.


2. The Cathedral of the Sea

From the top of Collserola Mountain, in the old
Roman way that connected the northern city
Ampurias with the southern city of Tarragona,
Bernat discovered for the first time the freedom
and the immensity of the sea! He had never
imagined something that had no end.

14th Century: the city of Barcelona was a prosperous city and had grown towards the shore. The
humble new district of fishermen decided to build, with their own money and efforts, the greatest
temple ever to have existed: Santa Maria del Mar.

The history of its construction runs parallel to the history of Bernat
and his son Arnau, both servants who escape from the abuses of their
fedual lord and arrive in Barcelona, where they become free citizens
for the first time in their lives. The young Arnau works as a dock
worker, soldier and moneychanger. However, his life, always under
the protection of the cathedral dedicated to the sea, will change
when he changes his misery for nobility and wealth.

This literary tour will allow you to discover the scenes of this exciting novel whilst admiring the
Gothic Barcelona.

3. Others Literary Tours

- The Angel’s Game
- Barcelona and Don Quixote


TRIPS OUTSIDE BARCELONA
Tours of a duration of 8 hours. For other destinations please contact us.

1. Caves and vineyards in the Penedés

The Penedès offers us lots of rich possibilities: its wines, landscape,
restaurants, small and charming vineyards, wine tasting with dinner or
lunches, monuments form the Middle Ages...

2. Girona and Figueres/Dalí Museum

Transfer to Girona and a walking tour of its
impressive ‘Call’ or Jewish Quarter. Visit to
the Cathedral and medieval Arabian Baths.
Transfer to Figueres and visit to the Dalí
Museum, an unmissable collection of
Surrealist art.


3. Girona: its iumpressive cathedral and Jewish
Quarter
Girona is a jewel of culture and history acquired over 2000 years. The medieval town (called Força
Vella) is surrounded by a magnificent wall which is preserved almost in its entirety. The Jewish
quarter, known as the 'Call', spreads out in a maze of small, narrow and very often steeply sloping
streets which still maintain their medieval atmosphere. Its magnificent cathedral boasts the widest
Gothic nave of its kind in the world, with an impressive Baroque façade. The delightful narrow
streets and alleyways of the old city provide an insight into another era, a time when life was moved
at a different pace.

In this tour, you will learn important, humorous and interesting
facts about the history of the city, its various churches and
convents, bridges, narrow streets, impenetrable walls, squares
and, of course, Girona's trademarks - the Cathedral and the
Jewish quarter.

This walking tour is a great way to gain an overview of the city.

4. Montserrat Tour

45 kms. out of Barcelona the mountain and
monastery of Montserrat is a symbol of Catalan
identity. The Monastery houses the famous
Moreneta or black virgin. Montserrat has been
home to the Benedictine Community, now


numbering some eighty monks, since 1025, and to the Patron of Catalonia, St Mary of Montserrat,
who is worshipped by hundreds of visitors daily. The monastery contains one of the most important
libraries worldwide, a fine collection of art and the escolans, the oldest boys choir in Europe who
attract visitors from all over the world to listen to their famous virolai.

5. Tarraco Rome’s Gate

Our proposal includes discovering the hidden Tarraco in Tarragona,
as the great architectural heritage that we enjoy is concealed by a
medieval old town and essentially preserves not only ruins of spaces
that are rarely kept almost entirely to other parts of the empire, such
as Provincial Forum event, but venues like the circus, which exceeds
proportionately in size to that of Rome.

6. Costa Brava Tour

The car leaves Barcelona in the direction of Pals, province of Girona, a popular medieval town. The
trip then takes you along the coast road to the famous small beaches of Begur: Sa Tuna, Sa Riera and
Aiguablava.

Transfer to Calella, an impressive seaside town, and Palamós. Lunch at Sant Feliu de Guíxols and a
dirve along the coast to Tossa de Mar (views of its impressive castle). This is a tour of magnificent
views and a coastal scenary.

Romanesque monasteries

Modernist Catalonia

Gastronomic Catalonia

And many others...


Cultural services and special activities
 The workshop of the traditional Catalan culture: visit to a giants and big-heads studio.

 Special dinners in special restaurants and other special locations.

 Gymkhana of the Gothic Quarter/General Barcelona

 Wine tasting and lessons

 The tour of the Gastronomic Barcelona: tapas, unique restaurants and gastronomic
conference

 Speech by a dressed-up actor on any of the tours

 Bicycle tours

 Art visits to museums and exhibitions

For other special activities please contact us.


Other services

ICONO serveis culturals provides:

 Tickets to museums and other acts and events of Barcelona and Spain.

 Transport in private cars with chauffeur, minivans and cars.

 Restaurants and special menus for groups.

 Aperitifs in special places related to the tour.

 Speakers, conferences guides and escorts.

 Cultural programs for congresses.

 Customized services.


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