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Mª Paz Roy (captain): looks up the information about laisure activities and sights Inés Arxé: looks up the information about transport Ana Saumell: looks up the information about history and culture(music, traditions food...)

Continent : EUROPE Dates: 9th - 24th July

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**We are finally going to visit:**

**__Madrid: 9th - 13th__**

**History and culture:**
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain.The city spands a total of 604.3 km2 .It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin. The city is located on the Manzanares river in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid .This community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha. The current mayor is Ana Botella from the People's Party (PP). The Madrid region features a Continental Mediterranean climate with cold winters including sporadic snowfalls and minimum temperatures often below freezing. Summer tends to be hot with temperatures surpass 30 °C in July and August and rarely above 40 °C. Precipitation is concentrated in the autumn and spring,it is particularly sparse during the summer. Madrid is home to La Liga football club Real Madrid, who play at the Santiago Bernabéu. Their supporters are referred to as Madridistas or Merengues. Real Madrid is one of the most prestigious football clubs in the world, having won a record 9 European Cups. Their hometown rivals, Atlético Madrid, are also well supported in the city. // Typical plates: //
 * Cocido Madrileño, a stew combining chickpeas with vegetables and chicken.
 * Callos
 * Sopa de Ajo, Caracoles, Tortilla de patatas and the famous recipe of Besugo al horno.
 * Torrijas

We are going to arrive to Madrid at _. First we are going to go to the hotel to unpacking.

Places to visit:

> The two artists who are best represented in the Prado are Velázquez and Goya. The Museum has almost 50 paintings by the former, mostly from the Spanish Royal Collection. You can view the prices and the timetable here. > A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculpture and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake and host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions. If you need more information you can check it at www.parquedelretiro.es.
 * Museo del Prado: The Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid.
 * El Retiro (parque): The Buen Retiro Park is a large and popular 1.4 km2 (350 acres) park at the edge of the city center, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Prado Museum.
 * Serrano Street: It is one of the famous streets o
 * Puerta del sol: It is one of the best known and busiest places. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the twelve grapes and the beginning of a new year.
 * __Safar__i []
 * __ Warner bross __ []`
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In Madrid we are going to stay at Senato Gran Via Hotel. We are going to be there for 4 nights. Every night with breakfast include is 55€. You can view the situation of the hotel clicking here.

Plane:

//__**Venice:** **13th - 19th**__//

T**URISTIC VIDEO OF VENICE**

**History and culture:** Venice is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region. In 2009, there were 270,098 people residing in Venice's comune. The city is divided into six areas. These are Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro, Santa Croce, San Marco and Castello. Venice has a Humid subtropical climate, with cool winters and very warm summers. The 24-hour average in January is 2.5 °C ,and for July this figure is 22.7 °C. Precipitation is spread relatively evenly throughout the year. The current mayor is Massimo Cacciari. The most common dish is polenta, and in coastal areas serve mainly seafood dishes. A very popular dishes is also risotto, rice cooked with many different kinds of food, from vegetables, mushrooms, pumpkin or radicchio to seafood, pork meat or chicken livers. Bigoli, fettuccine,and gnocchi , are fresh and often hand-made pasta dishes, served together with meat sauce often made with duck meat, sometime together with mushrooms or peas, or simply with melted butter. // polenta // // risotto // // rice // // bigoli // //  fettuccine //

Places to visit:


 * Castello
 * La Pietà:

In Venice we are going to stay at Palace Bonvecchiati Hotel. We are going to be there for 5 nights. Each night 264€. You can check the reservation here. You can view the room and the location.

**Salzburg:**

**19th - 24th**

**History and culture:**
Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital city of the federal state of Salzburg. Salzburg is on the banks of the Salzach River, at the northern boundary of the Alps. The mountains to Salzburg's south contrast with the rolling plains to the north. The closest alpine peak—the 1972 m Untersberg—is only a few kilometres from the city centre Salzburg was the birthplace of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the mid-20th century, the city was the setting for parts of the American musical and film The Sound Music. The current mayor is Heinz Schaden. The climate of Salzburg is cool and humid. // Typical food: // __ Salzburg Nockerl __ __ Austrian Starters __ __ Rindsuppe __

__Day 1 (9/7/2012):__
We are arriving to Madrid in the afternoon. We are tired, so we will spend the afternoon in the hotel to rest. At 9h. , we reserved a table in the restaurant to have dinner(because we are allowed to reserve table on lunch and dinner), were we have found the typical local dish ready for us: The "Cocido Madrileño", And we had a very special dessert two: The "torrijas". Afer the fantastic dinner we have gone to our luxurious bed, we have to sleep a lot, tomorrow we will have a tired day. __** Day 2 (10/2/2012): **__

Today we are gonig to get up at half past eight. At nine, after a shower, we are going to have breakfast in the hotel (like all the days we are going to stay in Madrid). We willl finish having breakfast at 11h. At 11.30h, we are goning go to the "Museo del Prado" by a taxi that we comissioned. She comes with us a friend of Ana that lives in Madrid and she knows perfectly all about the city.In the museum Marta, Ana's friend is going to show us a new world full of wonders and dreams, there are more than 1000 pictures in the museum! The visit will ends at 2h and we are going to have lunch at the Botanico, a restaurant that is near the museum, here is the web page:  Esta] foto de  es cortesía de TripAdvisor Approximately at 4h, we're going for a walk to 6. And unti 6:15 we will buy some food pastries and smoothies and we are going to have a picnik on the "Parque del Retiro"(retierment park).  Until 8h we are going to go to the hotel and put elegant clothes because at nine we are going to have dinner with Mª Paz uncles, that they live in Madrid. We will go to Santceloni's restaurant: [] After dinner, we return to the hotel by the uncle's of MªPaz car and we go to sleep. **__Day 3 (11/2/2012)__**

After having breakfast, we are going to meet marta at the train station. At 11:30 we are going by train to "La puerta del Sol", that is one of the best known an busiest places.there we are going to take a lot of photos, and Marta will explain us the history of it. We are going to have dinner at "Restaurante Teatro Real", that is 4 minutes walking from "La Puerta del Sol": [] After lunch, we are go inganother time by train to visit "La Puerta de Alcalá", that is near the Cibeles Fountain. There were going to have snack to the "Pastelería harina", that is in front of "La Puerta de Alcalá", and when until 7h, we finish seeing and visiting the square, after fire Marta weare going to return to the hotel and we will a very large rest before have dinner in the hotel. Finally, we are going to see a film that calls"a walk to remember", and we will cry a lot.We will go to bed at 11.30 h. __**Day 4 (12/2/2012)**__

Today is the best day!!!! We are going to wake up at 8:30h and after having breakfast, we are going to go to the Warner Bross, with Marta two. We cath the coach at10h,and we are going to arrive to the park at 11.30h, we are totally going to spend 120 $.In the Warner we are going to lunch and we are going to upload in a lot of atractions! [] We will spend a fantastic time together. We are going to leave the park at 5h, because Marta is going to invite us to a Safari. [] We are going to cath another coach and we are going to arrive at the Safari at 5:45h. In the safari we are going to visit a lot of animals, like reptiles,poultry and we are going to go to the mini zoo. At 6h we will see a didactic exhibition of snakes. at 7:30 h we are going to leave the safari because we will have to catch the coach at 8h. We are going to have dinner to the resturant "Fast good", which is located in the center. [] We will return to the hotel at 9.30h and we will immediatily going to sleep. **__Day 5 (13/2/2012)__**

We are going to wake up at 9.30h because we have to do all the bags. At 10:30h we are going to have breakfast in the hotel. Marta she is going to collect us at 11:30h. We are going to save our bags in her car and we are going to visit The Serrano's Street (Calle Serrano). There we are going to visit a lot of differents stores an we will buy some souvenirs for the family. We are going to stay at the Serrano's Street until 2h. After, we are going to have lunch in a mini bar located in the area. At 4.30h we are going by Marta's car to the airport. there we are going to cath the plane to go to Venice, our next adventure.