PROGRAMME DELEGATES, OBSERVERS AND VISITORS IPA WC2020 THE PACKAGE INCLUDES: TRANSFERS: Arrival Tuesday 13th October 2020 & Departure Sunday 18th October 2020 HOTEL RESERVATION: The hotel is a resort composed of 4 hotels****. Five nights (Tuesday to Sunday) Groups are welcome. More rooms are at our disposal (but not booked yet). MEALS: All meals from Tuesday night to Sunday breakfast (inclusive). Executive buffet: Assortment of salads, Cold meat and cheeses, Carpaccio’s, Main dish Hot buffet, Show cooking (meat & fish), Desserts Cellar at the hotel (lunch & dinner): Water, beer or soft drinks and coffee Cellar at the restaurants outside the hotel: White, red wine and water, depending on the restaurant and / or soft drinks (visitors program included). One long drink included after Gala dinner (Casino). SOCIAL PROGRAMME: All participants will have dinner in a restaurant of a medieval castle, with show included and a second flamenco show at the same place. All participants will visit Barcelona by guided sightseeing bus and by skyline boat tour. EVENIA OLYMPIC RESORT & CONGRESS CENTER The Olympic Congress Center is part of the EVENIA Olympic Resort composed of 4 hotels**** and Congress center (auditorium), located in a residential area of Lloret de Mar (1000 m. from the beach. 12 minutes walking). Its pleasant environment and modern facilities guarantee a successful development of any kind of events. Surface area of over 30,000 m2 and feature: Large gardens, Tropical swimming- pools, Heated swimming-pools,Spa,Tennis Court and covered car parking. The average temperature in October is 22 degrees. Distance between Barcelona International Airport and Lloret de Mar (Costa Brava): 1 hour by car. Distance between Girona International Airport (Low Cost) and Lloret: 25 minutes by car. IPA WC2020 IPA WC2020 GARDENS OF SANTA CLOTILDE (LLORET DE MAR) The Santa Clotilde Gardens are located in a place of great beauty. This wonderful garden was planted on a cliff with stunning views over the sea, a true example of the spirit that formed the nineteenth-century movement in Catalonia, being Eugeni d'Ors was a brilliant reference. The Gardens, designed in the ancient, soft and at the same time austere gardens of the Italian Renaissance, were made by Nicolau Rubió i Tudurí at the age of twenty-eight, when his admiration for his master in Gardening art, Forestier, was still in full heyday. Here, Rubió put aside the confusing Spanish-Arabic lesson among the images of the French garden that Forestier teaches him through collaboration in the gardens of Montjuïc, and moves towards the recovery of the Italian Renaissance spirit, as the es- sence of modernity. IPA WC2020 DINNER AT MEDIEVAL CASTLE (ALL PARTICIPANTS) In Valltordera Castle you will spend a different and fun evening with a Medieval live show and a Spanish and flamenco dance festival, unique in Catalonia, and in a real medieval castle. The Counts of Valltordera will welcome visitors in the entrance of the Castle inviting to the Great Hall of Tournaments accompanied by their heralds. While you sit, the servants - dressed in period clothing - offer dinner along with rosé and red wine, mineral water, orange and glass of Sangria. While you are dinning in medieval style, you will see exhibitions of horses, carousels, horse and walking domes, games, fights, fighting ... all accompanied by the ceremonial of the Druid. After dinner, all guests will be accompanied to the Grand Ballroom, where a Spanish Dance, Flamenco and Equestrian Dance Festival will be offered to end the great evening at the Medieval Castle of Comte de Valltordera. IPA WC2020 GIRONA Girona, is one of the most historic places in Spain, it was founded by the Romans and later on taken by the Arabs and the Franks. Having coexisted in Girona different cultures and religions, the city amazes any visitor thanks to its beautiful architectural art. Both, the new side and the old town, offers many options to feel the pleasant sensation of getting lost among its streets and immersing visitors them salves in the traditional customs and culture of the area. The visit allows you to explore more than two thousand years of history from two fortified enclosures: the Força Vella and the medieval widening. The first corresponds to the Roman foundation and the second one, to the extension of the walls during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The many monuments that have reached our days preserve remarkable artistic riches. The attractiveness of Girona is completed with the suggestive Jewish quarter, named in our language “Call”, the beautiful streets, the arcaded squares and the exultant baroque spaces. BANYOLES LAKE Lake Banyoles is the largest lake in Catalonia that was created more than 250,000 years ago. The tectonic movements that created the Pyrenees formed in turn a fault that in subsequent rain and river erosions, gave rise to this lake area. It is also considered a unique space for its great landscape and geological and ecological value. IPA WC2020 BESALÚ The town of Besalú is located in an important and traditional crossroads. “Bisuldunum”, its original name, was a fortress between two rivers. It was the site of an important independent county. It has a medieval historical-artistic enclosure considered one of the most well preserved in Spain. The old church of the monastery of Sant Pere and the church of Sant Vicenç, where a lateral Gothic chapel dedicated to Vera Cruz is conserved, both of them built in the 12th century, are part of this set as well as the facade of the old hospital church of Sant Julià, the house of Cornellà and the Gothic hall of the Cúria Real. The entire Jewish quarter stands out, especially the Miqvé or ritual baths house of Besalú, which together with the one of Girona, are the only Jewish bathing enclosure discovered so far in the Iberian Peninsula. It is a stone house with a barrel th vault, typically Romanesque, from the 12 century. The majestic Romanesque bridge over the river is another of the magnificent vestiges of Besalú County, which must be appreciated not only for its monuments, but also for the medieval atmosphere offered by its streets full of memories. TEATRE-MUSEU DALÍ The Dalí Theatre-Museum, the largest surrealist facility in the world, occupies the building of the former Municipal Theatre, a 19th century building destroyed at the end of the Civil War. On the basis of these ruins, Dalí decided to create his museum. A visit to the Museum represents a unique opportunity to observe, live and enjoy the work and thought of the genius. IPA WC2020 CALELLA DE PALAFRUGELL Old fishing village, formed by several coves, which still retains its charm, is one of the few cores of the Costa Brava where bohemian atmosphere that was breathed in the towns of the area is still maintained, before mass tourism arrived. Its narrow streets, houses with sloping tile roofs and some traditional two-story fishermen’s houses still survive. This small fishing town is located on a rocky coast, formed by small coves, ideal for walks or excursions. Its origin as a town dates back to the 18th century, when pirates began to arrive and then the fishermen of Palafrugell decided to settle on the coast to protect it. The first document about that matter is dated in 1746. PALS Pals is one of the most charming villages to be visited on the Costa Brava. Located on the top of a mountain, it was built around a fortress and still preserve its splendid medieval spirit, so, today, visiting Pals is like travelling back in time. Historical, urban and cultural heritage have been maintained and preserved over the centuries, so visiting this town is a unforgettable experience. IPA WC2020 BARCELONA SIGHTSEEING (ALL PARTICIPANTS) Barcelona is a cosmopolitan city opened to the Mediterranean Sea always following and leading the latest international trends, becoming evident especially, if you look at its architecture, which reflects the way of focusing the life that always drives this city. Barcelona also has a very old history, as we can see in its many Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance monuments, or even in older archaeological traces, however the most characteristic and what makes the city unique, is what it been built in the last 100 years. Barcelona has been a very important center of modernism, distinguished especially by the works of Antoni Gaudí, who, jointly with some other great contemporary artists, has given the city a new and exciting aspect that has placed it on the cusp of modernism. Barcelona has a very large choice of cultural and leisure activities. Its streets, neighbourhoods, buildings, parks, museums, and its great gastronomy where an incredible traditional Catalan cuisine stands out, allow us to make sure that you will love it at first taste. Congress farewell gala dinner at Gran Casino of LLoret de Mar IPA WC2020 IPA WC2020 .