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IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS Barcelona 2007
Social Tours
Dalí Museum (Figueres) & Girona City Thursday 26th (Full Day)
No matter what you know already, this provocative surrealist painter and
writer from Empordà (Catalonia) (1904-1989) will surprise you. Dalí's
early years were dominated by Impressionism at drawing school but he
soon joined avant-garde movements together with Luis Buñuel and
Federico García Lorca to finally embrace Surrealism where he developed
his own naturalistic style, both modern and polemic.
Girona is a jewel of culture and
history acquired over 2000 years of
existence. Many cultures have left
their imprint on the streets of the
city-Iberians, Greeks, Romans,
Arabs, Jews, Christians… they have
created unforgettable places such as the medieval
quarter, the Arab baths, the best preserved medieval
Jewish quarter in Europe, the houses on the Onyar
river, the Cathedral, Saint Felix church and the walk
around the city walls.
Itinerary: Motorway (140 Km) to Figueres > Visit Dalí
Museum > Visit Girona: Cathedral, Arab Baths, Força
Street, Old Jewish Quarter, Sant Fèlix and Sant Pere de Galligans Churches > Return to
Barcelona on the Motorway.
Tour Price : 75,00 € per person.
Duration: 8 hours approximately
Includes: Lunch
Transfers from/to Conference Center/AC-Barcelona Hotel
Licensed Guide in english language
Entrance Fee to Dalí Museum + Entrance Fee in Girona Cathedral,
Creation Tapestry, Cloister and Arab Baths
Montserrat, the Holy Mountain & Sitges Friday
27th (Full Day)
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A well rounded excursion: mountain and
beach in the same day.
Montserrat is a mountain,
a unique Natural
Park, a massive rock over 4000 feet high,
visible for miles, with weird shapes and
rounded peaks that jut into the sky; there
are walks, paths, stairs, with caves and
hermitages scattered over the mountain,
and mysterious rocks and wonderful views.
Sitges
is situated 20 miles away from south
of Barcelona, Sitges' beautiful beaches and
peaceful mountains proved irresistible to the
Catalan wealthy who made it a fashionable
resort at the turn of the 19th-20th century.
At the same time, Modernista artist Santiago Rusinyol discovered its charms and attracted a
colony of Modernista artists and intellectuals to his house there, now the Museum Cau Ferrat.
Sitges has wisely preserved its Modernista past in the streets and buildings of the old
quarter, and the charm of this lively seaside town remains intact.