Paris and Barcelona

Paris and Barcelona together form one of the most instructive pairings in European travel — two capitals, two languages, two distinct architectural and cultural traditions, eight days to move between them with purpose. The tour opens in Paris, where your group settles into a centrally-located hotel and begins working through the city on foot and by public transit. From there it crosses into Spain, trading Haussmann's grand boulevards for the modernist curves of Gaudí's Barcelona. The contrast alone gives students more to think about than most classroom units can cover.