Best of Catalonia, Self-drive

Five days behind the wheel, tracing a loop out of Barcelona through the best of Catalonia at your own pace. No guide, no group — just you, a car, and a route that takes in mountain villages, green valleys and the coast.

Expect a mix of landscapes and culture, from the quiet stone streets of Seu d'Urgell to the beaches around Lloret. There's also time built in for Dalí's strange, dreamlike world and Gaudí's modernist architecture, the two names most tied to this part of Spain.

It's a private, self-guided trip, so you set the pace each day and can linger where you like.

What you'll do

• Drive through the mountain village of Seu d'Urgell
• Spend time on the beaches of Lloret
• Cross green valleys and mountain scenery in the Catalan countryside
• Explore Salvador Dalí's surreal artistic world
• See Antoni Gaudí's modernist architecture
• Start and finish the loop in Barcelona