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    Grand Tours: Tour 2 - Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava
    Grand Tours: Tour 2 - Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava
    Grand Tours: Tour 2 - Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava
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    Grand Tours: Tour 2 - Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava

    By Caroline Y Preston

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    About this ebook

    Have you ever fancied going on a “Grand Tour” like the early aristocrats, staying in multiple locations, but thought it too hard to organise?
    Are you looking for a new kind of travel/guide book? Perhaps one which gives:
    * A well planned multiple location tour taking in both the sights of stylish Paris and the towns and cities of vibrant Catalonia (Barcelona, Girona, Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Pineda de Mar, Reus and Tossa de Mar).
    * Detailed information on how to organise your own Grand Tour (travel, accommodation, visitor attractions, location history and information, etc.)
    * Tips on how to keep costs down whist away and website addresses to visit to obtain best value for money deals, promotions and discount vouchers.
    *Tour destinations and attractions which are a little different to those normally on offer, some of which are “off the beaten track” and are not covered in other guides
    * Gives daily itinerary’s to maximise the time spent in each location which you can follow, or tailor to suit yourself
    * Has maps, pictures and information on locations and attractions (including address, opening times, web address, how to get there, history &/or other pertinent information)
    * All the information required in one book rather than having to purchase and carry, several city /town different guides whilst on your Grand Tour
    * Is suitable for all age groups and nationalities (particularly long haul visitors wishing to see as much of Europe as they can in a limited timescale, but not wanting to join a group arranged tour).
    * Armchair traveller information and website addresses to enable them to “virtually” undertake the tour and visit attractions on line, if they cannot visit them in person

    If so ... this could be the ebook for you!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCaroline Y Preston
    Release dateJan 2, 2013
    ISBN9781301680504
    Grand Tours: Tour 2 - Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava
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    Caroline Y Preston

    Caroline Preston has always had a love of literature, history, the arts, travel, bargain hunting and adventure and was delighted she was able to bring all her interests together whilst writing her travel and collecting ebooks.In addition to her travel and collector guides she has also written comedy sketches, plays, newsletters and articles.Although it may look mysterious, the Y in her name does not stand for anything in particular and is there merely to distinguish her from several other authors also named Caroline Preston.Caroline brings her British Northern “no nonsense, down to earth, can do, concise approach” to everything she does, including going on holiday! Which is partly the reason why her “Grand Tour” "City Breaks" and "British Weekend Jaunt" books are so useful. She has been fortunate to travel extensively in Europe and lived in Brittany, France during the mid 1980’s. Caroline currently lives in the North of England.She very much hopes you will enjoy her eBooks and have as much fun on your “Grand Tours” "City Breaks" and "British Weekend Jaunts" as she did on hers; and that her collector books help those starting out with their collections.

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      Grand Tours - Caroline Y Preston

      Grand European Tours (At Petit Cost!)

      Tour 2 – Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava

      Caroline Y Preston

      Grand European Tours (At Petit Cost!)

      Tour 2 – Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava

      Copyright January 2013 Caroline Y Preston

      Smashwords Edition 1

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means other than that used by Smashwords and its approved distributors without the prior written permission of the author.

      Disclaimer

      Although information contained within this ebook is current at the time of going to press inevitably things change over time and it is recommended that you confirm venue opening times and other information on which you may rely, is still current when undertaking your tours.

      Although this book includes the address of various websites, the author does not endorse, approve, certify or make warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the information on these sites. The author cannot be held responsible in any way, for any loss or injury (however caused) to readers who use the Itinerary’s or information contained within this ebook or visit locations, accommodations, travel mediums and attractions mentioned within it.

      Discover other titles in this series and other works by Caroline Preston at:

      http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CarolinePreston

      Or on her website at:

      http://www.carolineypreston.weebly.com

      Contents

      Chapter 1 – European Grand Tours (At Petit Cost!) Overview

      Chapter 2 – Introduction To Tour 2

      Chapter 3 – Tour 2 Paris, Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava

      Chapter 4 – Lloret De Mar Base

      4.1 Lloret de Mar, 4.2 Pineda de Mar, 4.3 Blanes, 4.4 Girona, 4.5 Tossa de Mar

      Chapter 5 – Barcelona Base

      5.1 Barcelona

      Chapter 6 – Reus Base

      6.1 Port Aventura

      Chapter 7 – Paris Base

      7.1 Paris

      Chapter 8 – Putting Together Your Own Grand Tours

      Chapter 9 – Acknowledgements

      Chapter 10 – Index List Of Places & Attractions Visited

      Chapter 1 – European Grand Tours (At Petit Cost!) Overview

      This ebook is an excerpt from my larger book "Grand European Tours (At Petit Cost!) and has been produced to enable readers to purchase an individual tour from the book which they can take with them, and refer to, whilst on tour. The book was written at the request of my friends and colleagues who asked me for details of holidays I had put together for myself as they too wanted a different kind of holiday from those currently on offer.

      The complete book Grand European Tours (At Petit Cost!) Comprises of the following six Grand Tours" and visits the European cities and areas shown below. I hope, if this eBook is successful, to publish all of the tours as separate ebooks as well as new titles in the series:-

      - Tour 1 – Welsh Marches, Shrewsbury, Wye Valley, Hereford & Monmouth & Birmingham (this Tour also includes Church Stretton, Ludlow, Leominster, Ledbury, Hay On Wye, Ross On Wye, Raglan Castle, Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, Castell Coch and Cardiff).

      - Tour 2 – Paris, Barcelona, Girona & Coastal Resorts of the Costa Brava (the tour covered in this eBook)

      - Tour 3 – Liverpool (Beatles Theme), Oslo, Prague, Budapest & Glasgow

      - Tour 4 – Paris & Châteaux, Venice, Rome, Sorrento & Amalfi Coast (this tour also includes the Château of Versailles, the Château de Fontainebleau, Burano, Murano, Lido, Naples, Herculaneum, Pompeii, Amalfi, Positano and Capri)

      - Tour 5 – Cologne, Cities & Towns of the Rhine, Berlin & London (this tour also includes Koblenz, Dusseldorf, Ahr Valley, Remagen, Schloss Augustenburg, Bonn and Phantasialand Theme Park Brühl and includes short picturesque journeys by train).

      - Tour 6 – Liverpool, Berlin, St Petersburg, Riga & Stockholm (this tour also includes Peterhof and the Catherine & Alexander Palaces at Pushkin (formerly known as Tsarskoe Selo)).

      I feel the tours in the "Grand European Tours (At Petit Cost!) series are a breath of fresh air in that:

      - Unlike some other travel books the individual tours were all planned and conducted on a very tight budget, using budget airlines, discount hotel deals, promotions and vouchers, all of which would appeal to today’s cost conscious viewers.

      - Each tour is multi locational and puts together destinations you may not normally find together; additionally some of the tours visit sites and other attractions which are off the beaten track and not usually visited by tourists giving a holiday which is a little different. A couple of the tours also have underlying themes i.e. following in the footsteps of Ancient Rome, links to Napoleon or short picturesque Rhine & Ahr Valley train journeys.

      - For the inexperienced traveller sites and attractions at each location within the tour are grouped together with details of how to get between them, ensuring that maximum cost and timescale benefits are achieved.

      - It gives the viewer information on how to put together a Grand Tour themselves (including transportation, accommodation, venues to visit, venue information and the best web sites to consult, etc) and how to customise a tour to their own requirements.

      - The tours are suitable to all age groups and nationalities (particularly long haul visitors wishing to see as much of Europe as they can in a limited timescale, but not wanting to join a group arranged tour).

      - The tours can be made by Single travellers, couples, families and group travellers as well as people working within the travel industry looking for different ideas. Additionally virtual travellers can follow the tours from their armchairs by looking up the cities, attractions and venues on their computer should they wish.

      One thing to bear in mind if you feel a little phased about putting together your own Grand Tour, pick somewhere easy to start with in countries you are comfortable with and don’t forget that part of the fun is in the planning and getting to your destinations.

      If you enjoy this tour and would like a shorter weekend break, you may also be interested in my European City guides or one of my British Weekend Jaunt series of tours which are also currently available as ebooks in the following titles:

      * Tour 1 – 4 Days Touring Snowdonia & the Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales

      * Tour 2 – 4 Days Touring The English Lake District, Cumbria

      * Tour 3 – 2 Days Discovering The Pendle Witch Trail (Pendle & Lancaster)

      * Tour 4 – 4 Days Discovering Bristol, Bath & North Somerset (Wells, Glastonbury, Cheddar Gorge)

      * Tour 5 – 4 Days Discovering The Towns, Cities & Villages Of The English Cotswolds & Stratford-Upon-Avon

      * Tour 6 – 3 Days Touring The North Yorkshire Coast

      Chapter 2 – Introduction To Tour 2

      If like me, you are an independent traveller who seeks adventure, adores culture, antiquities, history and getting value for money, you may find the following multi location holiday itinerary of interest. I put this itinerary together for myself and found it to be one of the most enjoyable holidays I have ever had. I found that visiting a city for a short time gives me a taste of that city and helped me decide whether or not to return for a longer future stay. I find some Cities have the right feeling for me and I feel comfortable and at home in them, others I must admit, despite several visits, I cannot take to. You, I am sure, will experience this for yourself as you explore.

      I travelled alone on this tour, but there is no reason why couples, families or groups could not undertake it.

      You can make the tour as cheap or expensive as you wish by your own choice of accommodation, restaurants and methods of transport. To assist, as I guide, I have mentioned the accommodations and transport facilities I used, you of course are at liberty to use or amend these to suit your own tastes and requirements.

      You can tailor the tour to suit yourself by:

      - changing the start/end cities/towns

      - changing the order in which you visit the cities/towns

      - adding or dropping cities/towns from the itinerary

      - changing venues and incorporating ones that have particular interest to yourself

      - changing the number of days you spend in some, or all of the locations

      In order to maximise my time, I usually decide which venues I wish to visit before I go on holiday and group them due to their location and opening times. I usually leave a couple of hours free though each day to explore, shop or just chill out. You will find you will need to factor in chilling out time each day, particularly in large busy cities, to avoid culture overload and fatigue. I hope you find the tour to be fun and not too gruelling and certainly not, as has been suggested by my Brother, reminiscent of the 1969 film If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.

      Please note however, I am a quick walker and tend to get round Museums and Galleries very quickly, particularly as I home in only on the items which I find of interest (I research where these are in the museum/gallery before I go to save time. Most websites have a map of their venues to enable you to find the items you most wish to see). You may wish to spend more time in certain Museums, Galleries, shopping or merely chilling out than I did and need to factor this in when designing your own itinerary of venues to visit.

      As I tend to do a lot of walking on my tours, you would be well advised to take a couple of pairs of comfortable shoes (you may wish to consider at least one pair having thick soles, as many old European cities have cobbled streets, which can be a killer on your feet) and comfortable multi layered clothing, as I have been surprised that the weather in some places can either be warmer or colder than expected. I usually take a warm waterproof jacket with me, just in case, particularly if visiting northern climes or visiting countries in the winter, early spring or late autumn.

      Simple Travel Guidelines I Follow

      In order to get the most from my holidays I tend to use the following tips which you may find useful. Please note I have also included the guidelines I follow whilst travelling on trips abroad to assist international travellers who may wish to take this

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