Description

Lisbon, Galicia in Northwestern Spain, and Barcelona: three beautiful and unique cities and regions rolled into one of the most popular trips we offer. Explore world famous castles, cathedrals , and museums, lay out on beaches, see a Flamenco show, learn how to cook paella, try Spanish tapas, Gallegan seafood, and Portuguese chicken with fries, meet locals, dance the night away in safe clubs, and shop everything from artisan stands to European departments stores. Join us on this unforgettable journey through Spain and Portugal!

DAY 1: NEWARK (FOR THOSE WHO OPT TO TAKE THE GROUP FLIGHT)
As the group flight takes off, the trip officially begins!

DAYS 2 - 5: LISBON
We begin our travels in Lisbon, Portugals capital and largest city. Well tour this fantastic old city, sampling its food, visiting its museums, and enjoying its hospitality as we get to know the customs and history of this unique country. Climb or take a tram to a castle overlooking the city, go to the citys world renowned aquarium, and dance the night away at Los Docas a string of upscale clubs along the Lisbon harbor. We'll also venture just outside the city to Sintra, where we'll explore an enormous castle on a hill (now a UNESCO World Heritage Site) that has been used by Portuguese royalty as a vacation home for generations. You'll visit what was once dubbed the "End of the Earth", which is the western most point of Europe. We'll also visit the small town of Cascais to shop, eat lunch, and lay out on the beach.

DAYS 5 - 9: GALICIA
We say goodbye to Portugal and journey up the coast to Galicia, a particularly distinctive region because of its mixture of Spanish and Celtic cultures. It is here we begin the most unique aspect of the trip, exploring the path less traveled in a place not yet known to or overrun by tourists. Our hotel is just steps from the beach, where the views across the water to Portugal are fabulous! Play beach soccer, paddle ball, and volleyball games in the afternoons when we're not exploring the nearby towns of La Guardia, Baiona, Entrimo or Las Islas Cies, named one of the most beautiful beaches in the world by The Guardian Magazine in 2007! Behind our hotel is a pool, tennis court, and hot tub. You'll get to know the friendly waiters where we eat lunch and dinner most days at an outdoor restaurant on the beach overlooking the ocean! On some nights we'll relax under the stars on the beach, make a fire, play tournaments of ping pong and, for those who are interested, head into town for clubbing with local teens.

DAYS 9 - 13: BARCELONA
The last leg of our journey takes us to Barcelona, where we stay in a central hotel right off La Rambla, a bustling avenue unlike any street you have ever seen. Our time in Barcelona will be an exciting departure from the more laid back atmosphere in Galicia; well take a bike tour through the city, cruise along the coast on a catamaran with beautiful views from the Mediterranean, head up to Gaudis Park Guell, learn to make paella and different kinds of tapas, and see a flamenco show! You can also check out the Picasso Museum or a Dali exhibit, take an extensive tour of the Camp Nou stadium, lay out on the glorious Barceloneta beach, or shop the hundreds of trendy shops located within a half mile of our hotel. For our final night of the trip well dine at a rooftop restaurant on La Rambla for an out of this world final Spanish meal.

Highlights

- Tan in the Mediterranean sun on the beach in Barcelona
- Stay in a hotel in Galicia thats just 100 meters from the beach with tennis courts, a pool, and spectacular views of Portugal
- Explore a massive royal summer house at the top of a hill in Sintra, Portugal
- Learn how to make paella and tapas and then eat them
- See a Flamenco show
- Take a bike tour through Barcelona and learn about the citys long history and the famous artists who have lived there
- Cruise through the Barcelona harbor on a catamaran ride

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Cultural Exploration
* Australia and New Zealand
* Barcelona and Mallorca
* Eastern Europe: Budapest, Vienna, Prague
* Discover Europe (Juniors and Seniors trip)
* Greece
* Ireland
* London and Scotland
* Paris
* Paris and the South of France
* Spain and Portugal
* Thailand

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Community Service
* Thailand
* Italy - Sicily
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* Madrid and Malaga
* Southern France
* Granada
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Specialty Trips
* French Cooking
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Travel For Teens offers, quite simply, the trips of a lifetime. We are the ONLY teen travel program which bridges the gap between classroom learning and touristic teen tours, offering the best features of each. We offer balance, providing the freedom teens crave with the security parents require, the fun teens seek with the substance parents demand. Our highest emphasis, however, is on safety and security.

Further, we feature doing, experiencing and understanding rather than merely seeing. We feel that non-judgmental immersion in other cultures is not only valuable and enriching, but fun. Travel for Teens features coed summer travel for teens ages 13-18. Each age group will have peers with whom to spend time. Our summers are designed in modules so that families can select the combination of trips, or the single trip, that is most appealing to each participant. Two of our philosophical hallmarks are choice and flexibility, so that every participant can design the trip of a lifetime for him or herself, while still traveling with a peer group. Our travelers emerge as International citizens, not tourists.

Travel for Teens is the only teen travel company featured on the Travel Channel!

It was also recently featured on the Forbes Traveler website!

For more information on these programs, please contact Travel for Teens through the contact link at the top or at the bottom of this page.

Type of Programs

• Cultural Exploration

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Cost in US$:

4,185 plus airfare

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Physical Exam/Health Records

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Travel For Teens's Mission Statement

Travel for Teens believes that teen travel should be both fun and enriching. Our programs feature choice in what you do, see, and experience, a dynamic that sets us apart from superficial tours that herd large groups from one site to another. We visit the best of the mainstream attractions while offering the opportunity to explore the culture from a less touristy perspective. We interact with our host cultures, taking cooking and dance lessons, performing valuable service work to help local communities, and conversing with the people who have spent their lives living in the places we journey to. We have crafted our unique programs to engender love for travel, hunger for learning, curiosity about differences, appreciation of similarities across cultures, and an understanding of what it means to be a global citizen.

Year Founded

2003