Duration: approx. 7.5 hours, lunch not included

Celebrated the world over for its fabulous architecture, Barcelona is yours to enjoy as your coach first takes you around the city’s main sights on this all-day Catalan experience. The route will take you down Passeig de Gràcia, one of Barcelona’s main boulevards, for an outside visit to Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece, the incredible Sagrada Família. Leaving the breathtaking basilica behind, a location of equally awe-inspiring proportions is next: the jagged sandstone columns of the Montserrat Mountains and the abbey of Santa Maria de Montserrat, an impressive complex of buildings that affords glorious views of the countryside below. A key Catholic pilgrimage site and popular as a religious retreat, the abbey not only hosts a statue of the Virgin of Montserrat, aka the Black Madonna, but also a basilica with an ornately decorated interior. Some time to soak up the beguiling surroundings and have lunch (not included in the price of the tour) then follows, after which your travels continue by coach to the village of Sant Sadurni and the Cavas Vilarnau wine cellars. Apart from a chance to see how wine, sparkling wine and the bottle-fermented Spanish cava are made, you will also be able to please your palate during the tasting session that concludes your visit. The relaxing return drive to your ship brings your Catalonian outing to a close.

Presenting Barcelona from its most appealing angles, the tour takes you through the city on an electrically assisted bike to both its high-est point and down to the sea to sail along the shoreline. Starting at the historical Barri Gòtic, you’ll first get a Mercedes-Benz eBike for an easy ride to the cable car up to the city’s best viewpoint, Montjuïc Hill. Back on your eBike, you’ll reach the impressive 17th-century Montjuïc Castle for an outside viewing and an amazing panorama of the city below. Then it’s down to the city’s lowest point to board an eco-boat. The scenic cruise to the Olympic Harbour, which hosted the sailing events of the 1992 Olympics, will deliver splendid views of the cityscape and main beaches. Your tour of Barcelona’s best naturally also includes a look at two of the buildings designed by the fa-mous Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí. After passing through Ciutadella Park and the beautiful Arc de Triomf, you will reach Gaudí’s as yet unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Família, where you’ll have some free time. Then it’s on to the splendid Passeig de Gràcia for exter-nal views of Casa Milà, or La Pedrera as the building is also known, before you head back to the Barri Gòtic to board a coach for your return trip to the pier and your ship.

This interesting tour of Bari gives you a chance to take a leisurely walk around the historical quarter of “Bari Vecchia” and its medieval architecture. A visit to the Basilica of St. Nicholas, which was built in honour of Bari’s patron saint, is included. Founded towards the end of the 11^th century A.D., the basilica has now been an important religious pilgrimage site for nearly a millennium. An exterior viewing of Bari’s old Norman castle is also on the tour itinerary. You will have some free time to spend as you wish before the tour is rounded out with a quick trip around the city’s modern district. The tour ends with your return to the ship.