Dali Museum in Figueres and Girona Full Day Tour from Barcelona
Overall Rating
4.50
Nice Balance of Structured vs Non Structured Activities
Reviewed by: Lynn, 2015/10/07I enjoyed the Veltra tour of Girona and the Dali Museum. There was a nice balance of activities as well as the tour group's involvement in them.
The time at Girona was very structured and involved touring the city with a guide leading the group from point of interest to point of interest. I enjoyed this, but it was a bit difficult to follow the historical linearity of the town. It would have been helpful to perhaps view some high level historical facts before embarking on the tour.
The Dali Museum was definitely the highlight and a nice contrast to touring a medieval town. Carlos, our bus leader and tour leader at the museum was great. He gave us a 20 minute overview of some of Dali's works and the general layout of the museum, and then we were left with 3+ hours to spend our time in the Dali Museum and the adjoining Dali jewels exhibition or in the surrounding areas as we pleased. What was most helpful were Carlos's instructions to work through the Dali Museum in order of the room numbers, as well as his guidance that we would want to spend ~ 80% of our time in the Museum and ~ 20% of our time in the jewels exhibition.
Carlos in general also had great energy and was a pleasant guide. He was also extremely helpful when my group got separated from the main tour group. He made sure at the start of the day that everyone knew how to get in contact with him should any problems arise.
The only criticisms I have for the tour are the distance/length of bus ride from Barcelona (which can't be helped) and the amount of talking on the bus.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2015/10/01 |
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GIRONA and FIGUERES one day tour Sujatha and Chandra Mohan
Reviewed by: Sujatha ChandraMohan, 2015/07/15Sujatha
Our guide on the bus, Mr. Carlos gave us a lot of information about the social life and culture of the Catalan region which has Barcelona as the biggest city followed by Girona.
Girona offers traditional Catalan food which is of better quality than that in Barcelona. Girona the old town has historic architecture: medieval walls, Romanesque and gothic monuments, baroque spaces and Jewish quarters. Dont miss the opportunity to taste of the traditional Shushu: a local pastry with a creamy centre and sugary coating.
We then went to the Gothic cathedral of Santa Maria with its beautiful architecture. The monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants boasts of interesting cloisters . There are well preserved Arabic baths from 12th to 13th centuries.
It was a pleasant walk up the Escales de la Pera. I will never forget the soft melody of the bell Instrument (that originated in Israel ?) a local person was playing. The old city wall reveals a lot of history with three layers with contributions from the Romans and Catalans. The entry to the old walled Roman city is through 'Sobre puerta' or door over door.
Dont miss the Old Jewish quarter. The narrow cobbled lanes and the steep flights of stairs HAVE to be seen.We went to the Jewish museum to learn more about their way of life and their contributions to society more than six hundred years ago before they fled or were massacred.
The dali Museum in Figueres is amazing. How could a man think from such a different perspective from what we are used to? How could he reproduce stereoscopic vision through paintings? How could he demonstrate the effect of pixel resolution through his paintings? At the annex of Teatre Museu Dali is the Dali jewellery exhibition: a collection of very special and exquisite jewels made from gold and gems that Dali helped design.
It was amazing to see how someone who made surrealistic pieces of art, sculpture and painting could design such exquisite pieces of jewellery.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2015/06/28 |
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