DAY 1: USA - SPAIN • Fly through the night to Madrid. DAY 2: MADRID - VALENCIA • ¡Bienvenidos a España! Your Forum Tour Manager will greet you at the airport and will help you in your transfer to Valencia. • Board your private motor coach and drive to Valencia, home of your partner school. • Upon arrival at the “Instituto”, have a short orientation and meet your pen pals. • Spend the evening with your host family and get to know them over dinner. DAY 3 : DAY WITH YOUR FAMILY • Free time to do what you like and spend time with your host family! DAYS 4-5: EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN VALENCIA • Breakfasts with your family before going to school with your pen pal. • Attend school with your pen pals. • Lunch at the High School. • Afternoon activities and workshops organized at the school during your visit (to be confirmed with the host school). • Dinner and evening with your family. DAYS 6: EXCURSION TO CIUDAD DE LAS ARTES • This morning, after breakfast, meet your local guide and travel by public trans portation to the Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias. • Spend the whole day exploring this complex of science, nature and arts. • Late afternoon, go back to school. • Dinner and evening with your family. DAYS 7: EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN VALENCIA • Breakfasts with your family before going to school with your pen pal. • Attend school with your pen pals. • Lunch at the High School. • Afternoon activities and workshops organized at the school during your visit (to be confirmed with the host school). • Dinner and evening with your family. DAY 8: VALENCIA - MADRID • This morning, say “hasta luego” to your Spanish pen pals and board the AVE high-speed train to Madrid. • After check-in, take a few moments to freshen-up and exchange money. • Follow your Prométour Director on a walking tour of Madrid. Discover Plaza de España with Cervantes’ monument, La Puerta del Sol, the lively Gran Via, the trendy calle de Alcalá and the heart of Old Madrid. • Meet your local guide and visit the Royal Palace, an immense 18th century palace twice the size of Buckingham Palace and one of the most beautiful in Europe. • After some free time for lunch, meet your local guide and visit the Museo Nacional del Prado. The Prado is one of the most important museums of the world. See masterpieces by Goya and Velazquez, including Las Meninas, considered by some art historians to be the greatest painting ever created. • Enjoy some free time at the Parque del Retiro, a park initially intended as a playground for royalty. • Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. • Overnight accommodations in Madrid. DAYS 9: EXCURSION TO SEGOVIA • This morning after breakfast. board your private motor coach and drive to Segovia. • Segovia is a World Heritage City, with unique monuments that alone make a visit well worthwhile. Meet your local guide before starting the visit. • Discover the Roman aqueduct, crossing the city from one side to the other. For almost 2,000 years it has defied the passing of time, bringing water and beauty to Segovia. This is considered one of the Roman Empire’s most impres sive works of engineering. It was built at the end of the 1st century and was in use until the middle of the 19th. It is comprised of 166 stone arches on grani te ashlars, set with neither cement nor mortar. They remain standing to this day thanks to an ingenious technique based on balancing forces. • Enter the Alcazar fortress. Standing between the confluence of the Eresma and Clamores rivers, the first documented record of the fortress dates back to Christian writings in the 12th century. It was built on top of a rock, a testament to its original military status. The edifice has a number of secret passageways that lead to the river and connect several of the city’s palaces. • Enter the Cathedral, known as the last gothic cathedral built in Spain. Built at the highest point of the town, construction of the cathedral of Segovia began in the year 1525, during the reign of Carlos V. • At the end of the day, drive back to Madrid. • Tonight, enjoy an authentic flamenco show over a surtido de tapas. • Overnight accomodation in Madrid. DAY 10: RETURN • Transfer to Madrid airport for your return flight home. .