SUNDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 5, 2004
GET TOGETHER, 19.00 Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca

MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 2004
CONCERT: 20.30 La Clerecía, Universidad Pontificia Church

The Ars Hispanica String Quartet brings together four Spanish musicians with human and musical affinities, who wish to make the audience come closer to string quartet chamber music repertory.

TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004
(Only for Accompanying Persons)
Guided Tour around Salamanca, departure: Hospedería Fonseca, 10,00

GUIDED TOUR AROUND SALAMANCA
This will last about three hours and participants will have the chance to admire the more academic and cultural sides of the city with its two universities, two cathedrals, and its many ancient palaces and churches.
You will tiny streets brimming with history and life, creating a spell that is not merely based on the actual monumental architecture of the city. The streets and alleyways can be considered an amalgam of the history of the city along the centuries. Within its air of tranquility emanating from the ancient masonry, time has passed accompanied by the joyful and invigorating noise of youth, both defining the magic of Salamanca.
Your visit will take you to places such as the Main Square, the Palace of Maldonado, the outside of the Catholic (Pontifical) University, the historical buildings of the Lay University and the Convent of Saint Stephen.

TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 2004
Wine offered by the University of Salamanca, 20.30, Patio de Escuelas (Old University Building)

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
CIUDAD RODRIGO
Leaving Salamanca by bus, it takes about an hour to get to Ciudad Rodrigo, and the trip offers the possibility of observing the different and quite varied landscapes of our region. In Ciudad Rodrigo you will be able to admire the city walls, the Romanesque Cathedral from the Twelfth Century, and will be able to take a stroll through the ancient cobbled streets.
In the second half of the 12th century, King Ferdinand II of Leon completed the repopulation of the area, ordered the city to be walled, reconstructed the old Roman bridge spanning the River Águeda, and restored the bishopric, a development that later led to the construction of the Cathedral.

AVILA
The trip from Salamanca to Avila is also about one hour long. The city walls of Avila are emblematic of the city. They represent a unique symbol that encompasses mysticism and history, art, and heroic chivalry. Churches, convents and hermitages, beautiful palaces, and the impressive cathedral attest to Avila's character and identity. And it is here, in Avila, where you can partake of the famous “Chuletón de Avila” (a large (nay huge!)) steak considered to be made of the best beef to be found in Spain).

LA ALBERCA
On the Excursion to La Alberca you will be able to appreciate the typical landscape of the southern part of the province of Salamanca and some of the nicest scenery in the province, especially the valley of Las Batuecas.
This is the district's best-known village and La Alberca was in fact the first of Spain's country villages to be declared a National Historical Monument.
A wander through the streets of La Alberca with its quaint overhanging, half-timbered houses -their system of construction unchanged for hundreds of years- will have many visitors shaking their heads, wondering whether they have somehow traveled back in time.

“LA GRANJA”SELECTED WINERY
The Dehesa La Granja Winery (“where time takes on a flavour and memory becomes an aroma...”) is located in the province of Zamora, near Toro, in an area that was once known as “Tierra del Vino”: the Land of Wine in Spanish. It is the third winery founded by Alejandro Fernández and has almost 800 hectares of varied lands on the banks of the River Guareña.
The installations were formerly dedicated to producing wine, and then to breeding fighting bulls, until Alejandro Fernández refurbished it and dedicated it once again to its original purpose of wine production
The Dehesa La Granja is no longer a dream and has become one of the most beautiful properties in the vintners’ world. It is a winery that respects the environment and strives to become integrated within it.
The casks containing wine are stored in the vaults of the old cellars. Regarding the peculiarities of the place where the grapes are grown, these also have the personal and unmistakable touch of the Fernández Rivera family.
One hundred and twenty-five men worked in the dark and silent confines, only broken by the smashing sound of their hammers, for 17 years between 1750 and 1767 and hewed away at the rock until they had managed to create a startlingly beautiful labyrinth of passages exceeding some 3,000 square meters.

THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 2004
Closing Dinner, 21,00 Alameda Palace Hotel, Paseo de la Estación 1.

FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 2004
(Only for Accompanying Persons)
Guided Tour of the Cathedrals, departure: Hospedería Fonseca, 10,00

GUIDED TOUR OF THE CATHEDRALS
This will be a visit to the Cathedrals in Salamanca. The old one, from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, will offer you the opportunity to see the Chapels of Anaya, Maldonado… etc. In the New Cathedral (seventeenth and eighteenth centuries) you will see the Chapels of “La Piedad”, “La Soledad”, “The Christ of the Battles” and the “Golden Chapel”.