Although we are fully focused on the (long-awaited) return to school, summer is not over yet. Here is a proposal of plans for you to continue enjoying as a family, ranging from contact with animals and nature to adventure or cultural ideas. Let the little ones start school with the energy well discharged!
Fent País brings unique experiences to live as a family in many corners of Catalonia. One of these really stimulating proposals is to spend a morning shepherding Cal Serrats, an organic farm in Argençola, in the province of Barcelona. On this farm they have cultivated the fields and flocks of sheep have been grazing in the surrounding forests for many years. Agriculture and livestock are their day to day and they are passionate about showing visitors their hard work. Depending on the time of year, you can do different activities, ranging from grazing the flock of sheep with the sheepdog to shearing the wool. An experience that all family members will surely love and that Club Vanguardia brings you with a 10% discount. The sheep are waiting for you!
Recently renovated in 2021, the Barcelona Bosc Urbà is located in the Forest of Columns in the Plaza del Fòrum and offers more than 30 adventure attractions for children (and not so young) from 5 years old. A sea of zip lines, bridges, tunnels, slacklines and nets await you with different degrees of difficulty depending on the circuit: family or sports. You cannot miss the new Jumping in height, for all ages from 5 years old (children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult who also does the activity), two large enclosed rooms made of elastic nets, in which You can play and jump with the same sensation as on a trampoline but at a height of 5 m. Club Vanguardia offers you a 50% discount on admission.
The emblematic Wax Museum in its absolutely current bet contains more than 150 figures distributed in 28 new settings, ranging from Money Heist to the White House press room with Barack Obama, to sharing a sofa with the Beatles or to photograph you with Leo Messi at the Camp Nou. To extend the experience, we recommend that you take a walk through the Bosc de les Fades, an oasis in the middle of Las Ramblas, ideal for lunch or a drink after visiting the museum. The museum also offers events, such as mentalism shows, visits in the dark for the most daring or movie nights. With Club Vanguardia you will have a 15% discount on tickets.
Dinosaurs fascinate young and old almost equally. That is why this visit to El Barranco Perdido will delight all members of the family. This paleo adventure park is located in Enciso, a town declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO where three thousand dinosaur footprints have been found, in La Rioja. The park has swimming pools, geysers, adventure circuits, a climbing wall and many more facilities and activities that ensure maximum fun. You will be able to become paleontologists for a few hours and dig up fossils, catalog remains in the laboratory and follow scientific clues to decipher what the dinosaurs that inhabited La Rioja were like more than one hundred million years ago. A proposal that the Club Vanguardia brings you with a 20% discount on tickets.
This forest park located in Platja d'Aro is the largest adventure park in southern Europe, with more than 200 activities with which to experience endless emotions among more than 2,000 square meters of zip lines, 29 hanging bridges, jumping into the void 13 meters high, climbing walls, stairs, swings... Nine circuits with different characteristics and difficulties have been designed so that each member of the family can find the one that best suits what they want. Adventure and adrenaline in the middle of nature. Ready to fly? With Club Vanguardia you have a 20% discount on all activities.
The cinema is always a guaranteed plan, and if it is at Cine Yelmo, even more so. Fully equipped rooms with maximum comfort so that you and your children can enjoy this week's premieres such as 'Journey to Paradise', with Julia Roberts and George Clooney, 'The School of Magical Animals' or the comedy 'And this … whose is it?'. Club Vanguardia offers you a 30% discount on tickets.
From September 9 to 11 you can go see a very special performance by the La Puntual theater, a theater specialized in puppets in Barcelona. The Brave Little Seamstress is an updated version of the Brothers Grimm tale The Brave Little Tailor. With a versatile and dynamic text, it teaches us to bring out our best version to overcome the difficulties of the current world in which we live. A very original show created by the Xarop Teatre company, whose pieces are aimed at the family audience with the aim of providing works with content.
The Cim d'Àligues is a natural setting in the middle of the mountain, in Sant Feliu de Codines, where you can enjoy the free flight of birds of prey. With the aim of making the general public aware of the characteristics and peculiarities of these magnificent birds, guided tours are offered that are given in the cage area and free flights that take place in a truly amazing natural viewpoint. Among other species, in the Cim you can enjoy eagles, vultures, hawks, ravens, owls and barn owls. Take flight and contemplate them!
