Our counselors tend to stay with group nearly always. Every day we will break up into smaller groups to give our participants lots of choice and flexibility in their itinerary. We do offer some free time to do some shopping, for example, in defined areas that we are very familiar with.
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Spain and Portugal II
Trip Details
Dates Jul 7 - Jul 19
Session II
Duration 13 days
Grades 7 - 12
Tuition $4,185 + Airfare
Cities Lisbon, La Guardia, Barcelona DAY TRIPS: Santiago de Compostela, Islas Cies, Baiona
Group Flight Details
Start Newark to Lisbon
End Barcelona to Newark
Session I
- Sicily Community Service
- Madrid, Mallorca and Barcelona Language
- Spain and Portugal I
- Paris and the South of France Language (20 Days)
- Greece
- Backpacking for Teens I
- Fiji Service and Adventure
- Madrid, Mallorca and Barcelona Language (13 Days)
- Dominican Republic Summer Service and Spanish
- Thailand Service and Adventure
- China Discovery
- Discover Europe
- How much free time do the participants get on their trip?
- Do I need to know any Spanish or Portuguese to go on the trip?
Not a word—but if you do, it’s a great opportunity to practice!
- Do I need to buy flights or does TFT buy them for me? Where does the group depart from?
Travel for Teens organizes chaperoned group flights for every trip. You do not have to go on the group flight with us, although there are several advantages to doing so: the group flight is chaperoned by TFT staff, a lot of group bonding happens on the trip over, and we get great group flight prices. Parents are responsible for arranging for participants to get to the group flight airport. Travel for Teens staff are at the airport, greet arriving participants as they walk to baggage claim, and escort them to where the rest of the group has assembled.
Our group flight for the Spain & Portugal trip departs from Newark, NJ and arrives in Lisbon. After our time in Lisbon and Galicia, the group flies across Spain to Barcelona. This cost is not included in the tuition but ranges from 100-150 dollars (depending on the date you sign up). The group flies out of Barcelona at the end of the trip. Please contact us for details regarding the group flight cost.
- What is the weather like in Spain?
The food in Spain can be a variety of styles—in Andalusia tapas are a very popular cultural specialty. Tapas are appetizer sized dishes that amount to a full meal. Parts of Andalusia also serve delicious Mediterranean dishes—Shwarma and Falafel wraps are ubiquitous in Granada. In Northern Spain, particularly in Galicia, a wide variety of seafood is the region’s specialty. Due to their size and diversity, Barcelona and Madrid are saturated with restaurants serving foods from all over the globe. In every location we visit vegetarian options are available.
- Who are the counselors on the trip?
The Trip Leader for every trip is a seasoned teen travel professional with extensive TFT experience. Trip Leaders often live or have lived and worked in the destination country. Extensive knowledge of the language and culture of the destination is crucial. Our Senior Counselors are experienced, responsible and fun-loving, so our participants enjoy sharing experiences with them. At Travel for Teens we pride ourselves on our rigorous staff application process and the professionalism of our full time and summer staff.
It is the job of the counselors to keep the fun clean and happening, the learning and the laughter in good balance, and to oversee the safety of the participants. Minimum ratios are one staff member to every seven participants. Trips may also include one or two Junior Counselors, who are college students with a history of TFT travel, and one or more Counselors in Training (CIT’s) with limited responsibility. CIT’s are not counted in staff-participant ratios.
- Where do we stay on the Spain and Portugal II trip?
Hotels are only in safe areas plus they are clean and set up for supervising groups of kids. This means we do not use large, impersonal hotels on the outskirts of cities. Not only do they not provide the authenticity we seek but when kids are not grouped into a manageable space and there are many other people in the hotel, supervision is more difficult. We do not use hotel chains, instead we primarily stay in small hotels, but do use hostels on some of our trips.
LISBON
Roughly 200 meters from the city’s main square, our hotel in Lisbon is air conditioned, safe, and quite comfortable.GALICIA
At our next stop in Galicia, we stay in a hotel located just 100 meters from a long sandy beach with a view of Portugal and a restaurant terrace where we eat lunch most afternoons. The hotel also has a tennis court, a pool, a ping pong table, and spacious rooms. In addition, due to the vacationing schedule of Gallegans, we often have the hotel almost entirely to ourselves!BARCELONA
At our final stop of Barcelona, we stay in a clean, safe, comfortable hostel in the Gothic quarter. The famous Rambla Avenue is just steps away!
Trip Highlights
- Tan in the Mediterranean sun on the beach in Barcelona
- Stay in a hotel in Galicia that’s 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 city’s long history and the famous artists who have lived there
- Cruise through the Barcelona harbor on a catamaran ride
Trip Map
