& BARCELONA SPAIN - 2019 -

7 NIGHTS / 8 DAYS 20 - 27 April - 2019 CONTENT

01 ABOUT THE TRIP

02 DAY 1 (SATURDAY APR. 20)

03 DAY 2 (SUNDAY APR. 21)

04 DAY 3 (MONDAY APR. 22)

05 DAY 4 (TUESDAY APR. 23)

06 DAY 5 (WEDNESDAY APR. 24)

07 DAY 6 (THURSDAY APR. 25)

08 DAY 7 (FRIDAY APR. 26)

09 DAY 8 (SATURDAY APR. 27) ABOUT THE TRIP

Our trip to Spain will cover the main touristic attractions in Madrid and Barcelona. After we arrive to Madrid, we will visit the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and then have dinner @ Latasia Casa De Comidas (Fusion Restaurant). We will start day 2 by visiting the National Museum Del Prado, Puerta De Alcala, Parc del Buen Retiro, and Palacio De Cristal del Retiro. After resting and having a snack with coffee @ Starbucks, we will walk to Public Square and Gran Via Street and have dinner @ MU! El Placer de la Carne (Argentinian restaurant).

On our 3rd day, we’ll visit The Royal of Madrid and go shop @ the famous Mercado De San Miguel where we will have lunch before heading towards San Gines Chocolateria to have dessert. We will enjoy our last night in Madrid by watching a Flamenco concert @ Café De Chinitas. We will travel to Barcelona on our 4th day where we will start by having an early dinner @ Atelier Pan and Cook and then walk to The Magic Fountain of Montjuic.

We will start day 5 by visiting Casa Batllo and Sagrada Familia before having lunch at @ La Paradeta Sagrada Familia. After lunch, we’ll head to Park Guell and then walk towards the Gothic Quarter & La Rambla (Pedestrian Street) and have dinner @ Pasta Market / NBA Café Barcelona. After breakfast, we will visit the amazing Barcelona Aquarium and Basilica De Santa Maria Del Mar. After lunch @ Ziryab Tapas, we will go to Barcelona Citadel/ Parc then rest at the hotel before heading to Palau de Musica Catalana (Patricia De No & Vesko Stambolov) and end our day with dinner @ Hard Rock Café.

Our 7th day will be full of fun and an adventure of a lifetime @ Port-Aventura/ Ferrari Land. We will have dinner at the park and dinner @ Room Mate Anna Hotel. The last day, we will have a very early breakfast before heading to the airport to go to Madrid and catch our plane to head back to Beirut. SANTIAGO BERNABÉU The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947. The Santiago Bernabéu is one of the world’s most famous football venues. DAY 01 Saturday Apr. 20

- Meet at Beirut International Airport at 07:00 a.m.

- Departure at 9:10 a.m. with MEA - Flight: ME 241

- Arrive to Madrid at 13:15 p.m.

- Transfer from Madrid Airport to Vincci the Mint Hotel (by bus)

- Lunch @ Vincci the Mint hotel (15:30 - 16:15)

- Santiago Bernabeu Stadium (17:00 - 19:00)

- Dinner @ Latasia Casa De Comidas (Fusion Restaurant) DAY 02 NATIONAL MUSEUM DEL PRADO Sunday Apr. 21 The Prado Museum is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to have one of the world’s finest collections of European • Breakfast at hotel at 8:30 a.m. art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based on the former , and the • Leave hotel at 9:30 a.m. single best collection of Spanish art. • National Museum Del Prado - Skip the line (10:00 - 12:00)

• Puerta De Alcala/ Parc del Buen Retiro/ Palacio De Cristal del Retiro (F) (12:15 - 14:15)

• Snack + Coffee @ Starbucks (14:30 - 16:00)

• Walk to Puerta Del Sol Public Square + Gran Via street

• Dinner @ MU! El Placer de la Carne (Argentinian Restaurant) PUERTA DE ALCALA The Puerta de Alcalá is a Neo- classical monument in the Plaza de la Independencia in Madrid, Spain. It is regarded as the first modern post-Roman triumphal arch built in , older than the similar monuments Arc de Triomphe in Paris and Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. It was a gate of the former Walls of Philip IV. PARC DEL BUEN RETIRO Parque del Buen Retiro, “Park of the Pleasant Retreat”, is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th century, when it became a public park.

6 7 1 PALACIO DE CRISTAL

DEL RETIRO 5 The Palacio de Cristal (“Crystal Palace”) is a conservatory located in Madrid’s Buen Retiro Park. It was built in 1887 on the occasion of the Exposition of the Philippines, held in the same year, then a Spanish colonial possession. The architect was Ricardo 4 Velázquez Bosco.

STARBUCKS - MADRID PUERTA DEL SOL PUBLIC SQUARE The Puerta del Sol (Spanish for “Gate of the Sun”) is a public square in Madrid, one of the best known and busiest places in the city. This is the centre of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the Twelve Grapes and the beginning of a new year.

GRAN VIA STREET Gran Vía is the most famous and popular touristic street in Spain. It was mostly dedicated to entertainment with many cinemas, theaters, 2 musicals, night clubs and bars. The construction of the Gran Vía Avenue started in 1910.

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MU! EL PLACER DE LA CARNE DAY 03 Monday Apr. 22

• Breakfast at hotel at 8:00 a.m.

• Leave hotel at 8:30 a.m. to The Royal Palace of Madrid (9:00 - 10:30)

• Mercado De San Miguel (11:00 - 13:00)

• Lunch @ Mercado de San Miguel / El Minibar (13:30 - 14:30)

• San Gines Chocolateria

• Leave hotel at 19:00 p.m. Flamenco Tablaos - Café De Chinitas (19:30 - 22:00)

• Dinner @ Café De Chinitas THE ROYAL MERCADO DE PALACE OF MADRID SAN MIGUEL San Miguel Market is the most popular market The Royal Palace of Madrid is the in Madrid among tourists since it is located of the at the city of Madrid, in the center of Madrid. The market is not a but it is only used for state ceremonies. The palace traditional grocery market but a gourmet tapas has 135,000 square metres (1,450,000 sq ft) of floor market, with over 30 different vendors selling space and contains 3,418 rooms. It is the largest a wide variety of freshly prepared tapas, hams, royal palace in Europe by floor area. olives, baked goods and other foods. Beer, wine and champagne are also available.

SAN GINES CHOCOLATERIA The Chocolatería San Ginés is a café at Pasadizo de San Ginés, 5, in central Madrid, in a passageway close to San Ginés church, west of the Puerta del Sol. It has served principally chocolate con churros (hot chocolate and churros) since 1894. Coffee and cakes are also available.

CAFÉ DE CHINITAS Café de Chinitas is situated in the center of Madrid, occupying the first floor of a restored seventeenth century palace very close to the Spanish senate. The tablao was founded in 1970 after a casual meeting of two well known restaurateurs and a local journalist. On a summer evening in Madrid they came up with the idea: a venue for flamenco reminiscent of the past century. Several months later they joined with the flamenco dancer Micaela Flores Amaya “La Chunga” to open Café de Chinitas, in honor of the famous and similarly named tablao flamenco in Malaga. DAY 04 Tuesday Apr. 23 • Breakfast at hotel at 9:30 a.m.

• Leave hotel at 11:00 a.m. to Madrid International Airport (by bus)

• Flight: IB 1430 with Iberia Airlines at 14:30 - Terminal 4 (Arrive @ 15:45)

• Transfer to Room Mate Anna Hotel (by bus)

• Early dinner @ Atelier Pan and Cook (18:00 - 19:30)

• Walk to The Magic Fountain of Montjuic (F) THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN OF MONTJUIC

The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is a fountain located at the head of Avinguda Maria Cristina in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fountain is situated below the Palau Nacional ( aka the home of “The Special People”)on the Montjuïc mountain and near the Plaça d’Espanya and Poble Es- panyol de Barcelona. The fountain, like most of the surrounding developments, was constructed for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. DAY 05 Wednesday Apr. 24

• Breakfast at hotel at 7:45 a.m. • Leave hotel at 8:45 a.m. to Casa Batllo – Skip the line + Audio (09:00 - 11:00) • Sagrada Familia + Tower (11:30 - 13:30) • Lunch @ La Paradeta Sagrada Familia (14:00 - 15:30) • Park Guell (8 Euro) (16:15 - 18:15) • Gothic Quarter/ La Rambla (Pedestrian Street) • Dinner @ Pasta Market / NBA Café Barcelona

DAY 06 Thursday Apr. 25 • Breakfast at hotel at 08:30 a.m. • Leave hotel at 9:30 a.m. • Barcelona Aquarium - (10:00 - 11:30) • Basilica De Santa Maria Del Mar (F) - (11:45 - 12:45) • Lunch @ Ziryab Tapas (13:00 - 14:30) • Barcelona Citadel + Parc (F) (15:00 - 17:00) • Leave hotel at 19:00 p.m. to Palau de Musica Catalana (Patricia De No & Vesko Stambolov) • Dinner @ Hard Rock Café

BASILICA DE SANTA MARIA DEL MAR

Santa Maria del Mar “Saint Mary of the Sea”) is an imposing church in the Ribera district of Barcelona, Spain, built between 1329 and 1383 at the height of Aragon kingdom’s maritime and mercantile preeminence. It is an outstanding example of Catalan Gothic, with a purity and unity of style that is very unusual in large medieval buildings. DAY 07 Friday Apr. 26

• Breakfast at hotel at 8:30 a.m. • Port-Aventura (Full day) • Lunch @ Port Aventura • Dinner @ Room Mate Anna Hotel

DAY 08 Saturday Apr. 27

• Breakfast at hotel at 6:30 a.m. • Leave hotel at 07:00 a.m. to Barcelona International Airport (by bus) • Flight: IB 1001 with Iberia Airlines at 10:00 a.m. - Terminal 1 (Arrive @ 11:25) - Collect luggage and check in to MEA flight: ME 242 - Departure at 14:45 P.M. from Madrid - Arrive to Beirut at 20:10 P.M. PORT-AVENTURA

PortAventura Park is a theme park located in the PortAventura World Resort, 85 km southwest of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in the municipalities of Salou and Vila-seca, on the Costa Daurada. The park opened on 1 May 1995 under the management of the Tussauds Group which had a 40.01% share in the park, La Caixa (33.19%), Anheuser-Busch (19.9%) and FECSA (6.7%).

INCLUDED • International Air tickets with MEA (Beirut – Madrid – Beirut) • Internal flight with Iberian Airways (Madrid – Barcelona – Madrid) • Hotels with Breakfast • Transportation (Airport – hotel – airport) • Entrance fees to all places listed above

EXCLUDED • Lunches and dinners • Visa Fees FOR ANY INQUIRIES, CONTACT TOUR ORGANIZER Fadi Arnaout +961 71 272 303 [email protected] www.vacationsmystyle.com