Adventure!
During your semester, you will be offered the opportunity to participate in ALL of the excursions we offer! All of the excursions are already included in the price of your program, you’ll just need to make sure to RSVP beforehand for them. The onsite staff will send you more information about how to RSVP during orientation! There will also be lots of cultural activities planned that we encourage you to participate in!
You will attend these trips with other students on the program; there are lots of opportunities to make friends!
These excursions are organized by your onsite staff and will vary depending on the time of the year, but here are some examples of past excursions (included and optional):
Spring or Fall
Cultural Activities
In addition to the amazing excursions, the onsite staff will plan some wonderful activities to help you get to know your host country’s culture! Possible activities include:
- Orientation included hike and calçotada
- Barrio tours (neighborhoods in Barcelona)
- Day trips; possible cities include Tarragona, Besalú and the Dalí museum, Sitges or Cordoniu
- Walking tours
- Chocolate con churros
- Castells workshop (human towers!)
- Language exchange (intercambio)
- Magic fountain of Montjuic
- Spanish and Catalan cooking class
- Flamenco show
- Salsa class
- Volunteer Day
- Catalan Language Lesson
- Re-entry workshop
Weekly Cultural Agenda: Give me more!
We love MORE! In addition to all of the above mentioned activities, are onsite staff is dedicated to making sure you get the most out of your experience and really immerse yourself into Catalan culture!
Here are some examples of the agendas you can look forward to during your semester!