Incentives Icono 2009

DISCOVERING BARCELONA

C/ Muntaner 185, 1-2 08036 Barcelona. Tel.:93 410 14 05. Fax:93 410 85 88www.iconoserveis.com. [email protected]

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•Tailor made products : cultural and artistic tours

based on our client’s preferences, time and interests.

•Teambuilding activities for conferences and incentive

meetings.

•We are your PARTNER in Spain.

•Direct communication with our clients.

We offer:


ICONOOur Team:•Native Spanish guides in all languages.

•Professional staff in the offices specialized in the Arts, History,

Architecture…

Our clients:•Tour operators and travel agencies.

•Cruise lines

•Companies and private organizations


ICONO•Official organisms, Governments, Museums and Public

institutions.

•Exclusive groups and individuals

Quality in our services:•24 hour availability

•Personal service and operational ability

•Logistic coordination from our offices

•Attention to detail

•FolIow-up of pre-event, the event and the post-event

Icono Cultural services offers a new way to discover the history, heritage and hidden beauty of the city through specific incentive and teambuilding activities according to our customers’ needs.

Because we are interested in people

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Barcelona:Barcelona, the cultural capital of the Mediterranean. Barcelona, city of business, entertainment and diversity.

ICONO offers...

Theatrical guided tours, drama .Our characters have a lot to tell us about Barcelona….

Stories and legends of the Gothic Quarter

Legends, traditions, stories from generation to generation heard in our streets… Barcino: 2000 years of

History told by the city

Picasso Workshop, How do I see myself, how do you see me?

A workshop to promote the artistic side of the participants and also to foster communication and participation. Theatre Workshop

This workshop consist basically of performance games, actoral training and improvisation activities.

Opera WorkshopOpera and song workshop, in one of the most emblematic spaces in the city, the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Gastronomic GymkhanaThis game is designed to challenge the participants’ culinary skills.

Discovering BarcelonaChallenges, emblematic and unknown locations,... An enjoyable formula to get to know Barcelona

Gymkhana in SitgesThe cultural gymkhana is a different way of getting to know the town of Sitges, its culture and its traditions, as well as new way of making contact with its residents.

The 10 Dragons enigma:

This is a walking gymkhana that challenges our participants’ curiosity!

They will need to crack our enigmas to successfully find and get to the places where the 10 emplematic dragons in the city are.

Flamenco WorkshopGo with the flow and discover this very Spanish dance, its passion which simply has to be enjoyed!

Wine Trivial PursuitChallenge your colleagues to demonstrate your knowledge of Spanish wines.Are you ready to dare your senses in an amusing way?

Day in a catamaranFun day along the cost

Barcelona Segway toursThis is a fabulous way to see the highlights and experience Barcelona.

Carriages and Vintage Car toursIf you are not attracted by conventional ways of transport why don’t you experience our original tours with carriages and vintage cars?

Barcelona Bike tours We design the most suitable itinerary and organises stops in different parts of the city.

Other ideas• Espai Sucre • Magic Workshop • Cathelicopters • Fundació Rocamora • Palau Moxó • Barcelona Experience • Hotel Casa Fuster • Casa Ásia

• Claustro Sta Anna • Picasso Museum • MNAC (Museum of Catalan National Art)• Marés Museum• FCB • Tarragona and cocktail under the archway in the walls. • Funky Workshop• Theatrical characters: Gaudí etc • Las Casa de las Punchas

Legends, traditions, stories from generation to generation heard in our streets…will be brought to life in our tour. .

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We will walk the narrow medieval streets of the Gothic quarter, discovering how our ancestors lived and what their relation was to this part of the city.

BOTH tours can include a perfomance in a medieval Tavern!

Tavern is the history of a strange romance between a medieval gentleman and the tavern maid in the XVIIth century. The brief performance offers us moments of emotion and humour that framed in a tour replete with medieval legends and that turns out to be unforgettable.


Barcelona is a city with more than 2000 years of history.

Despite its name is owed to the Romans: IULIA AUGUSTA ROMANA PATERNA BARCINO, the city enjoyed its splendour during the Middles Ages..

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Tour with theatre around the Gothic quarters of Barcelona.

The best protagonist will accompany us on our trip to the past. She will explain the hidden secrets of the court, the gossip in the streets and show us the mystery of hidden squares and secret places within the old city walls of Barcelona

An unforgettable way to discover the history of the city.


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Workshop for Company groups Plastic interventions to promote artistic knowledge and improve communication among employees on special occasions such as conventions, congresses or executive meetings.


The program includes a brief introduction to the possibilities of collage in portrait and self-portraits and a slide projection to understand the different contemporary art techniques.

Participants will make their own collages under the supervision of an experienced trainer. They will work on their own self-portraits their fellow participants’ portraits. A wide range of material will be used,

including participants’ ID photos, magazines, newspapers, recycled cloth and industrial elements. Participants will be allowed to develop their creativity. Participants are free to add material of their own: tickets, notes, stamps, typographies, journals, book illustrations, comics, posters, advertisements, etc. At the end of the workshop the works of each participant will be exhibited and commented on.


The 3 hour theatre workshop will consist basically of performance games, drama training and improvisation activities. The aim is to allow the group to let their inhibitions go, interact with their colleagues in a different way, help them to adapt their behaviour to new, unforeseen situations, generate feelings and control emotions and different states of mind. Participants will have to be led blindfolded by a colleague, or put their trust in their colleague to catch them when they fall. All games are thought to work with concepts like: trust, concentration, intellectual skills etc.

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Icono has successfully developed a new activity that all our customers love. It’s our Opera and song workshop. In one of the most emblematic spaces in the city The hall of mirrors in the “Gran Teatre del Liceu”.


The activity consists of 3 diferent stages

3. The Concert: the groups will interpret both canons and will be then evaluated by our Opera teacher. .

2. Cleaning and warming-up voices: Key division: baritones, tenors, sopranos, etc. 1st Canon: especially easy lyrics and rhythms to learn. 2nd canon: this one will challenge the participants.

1. Musical quiz: the groups will be asked a few general questions about Opera and Music history. Which opera does this fragment belong to? Which character is singing? This is a competition. Only the best group will qualify!

This is an original exercise that lets the group enjoy immediately the fruits of their labour.

It sounds great, indeed better than we could ever imagine!


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Gastronomic Gymkhana

This game is designed to challenge the participants’ culinary skills.

Each member will be asked to perform different tests to develop their sense of taste and smell and their abilities to cook all in a light-hearted way.


The gymkhana will take place in two different places:

-The Boqueria market-Terraced restaurant of the Museum of the History of Catalunya.

At the meeting point, participants will be divided into groups.

Each group will receive a name related to a gastronomic term and will be given instructions, game rules and a content of the tests.


First Part:

The groups will be given two tests. They will perform them synchronically around the marketplace.

• Series of tests and questions to be resolved. Such as: filling-in a typical Catalan culinary recipe with the necessary ingredients; writing-down the longest list of different fruits. These simple games will improve thei knowledge of the market and its history.

• Workshop and competition of “Tapas” and “montaditos” at the Boqueria kitchens. An unforgettable learning experience. Participants are expected to guess the components seen in some “tapas” images and make them on their own. Only through making ‘pinchos’ can you truly learn.


After the test, a cocktail will be served.... Technical Description:

Duration: 3 hoursBudget: To be confirmed depending on the size of the group.Each group is led by a guide/ profesional monitor:Reservation of Kitchen hallsMaterial for montaditos workshop & wine tastingSupport material:aprons, badges.Cocktail per personOptional: a present for the winning team

Second part:

At the Museum of the History of Catalunya

The terrace of the History museum will provide the setting for wine tasting. Each group will be asked to taste three different wines blindfolded. Not only must the kind of wine must be idenitified, but they also need to describe it using the appropriate adjectives!


Challenges, emblematic and unknown locations… An original and enjoyable formula to get to know or rediscover the city of Barcelona. A unique proposal that combines culture, action and wit.

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At the start of the activity, participants will be given a map of the city, with the location of the several challenges that they will find.

Photographs:

Each team will be given some photographs. These are photographs of well known monuments, places, etc. , but taken from an unusual point of view. Participants will have to identify what appears in the photograph, and locate it.

The challenges that they will find are the following:


The questions: Participants, visiting several points of the city, will have to discover the answers of the questions put to them by the organization, for example: how many windows are on the façade of the Pedrera.This activity will last for about 2 hours (at least).

The 10 objects: Find 10 objects and give them to the monitors at the end of the activity.None of the objects can be bought. Some examples of the objects: an oak tree leaf, a non-European coin, an old newspaper or magazine, a feather, a sea shell, some sea water, a clothespin, a hard-boiled egg, an animal and something typical from Barcelona. All these things must be found following the itinerary of the other tests and quizzes.

This budget includes: The idea, design and production of the event.> The assembly and disassembly of the entire event.> All the necessary materials for the activity: maps, pictures, pens and notebooks etc. Polaroids optional.> Transportation of necessary materials for the activity.> A professional director of events.> All necessary people for coordination and logistic.

The cultural gymkhana is a different way of getting to know the town of Sitges, its culture and its traditions, as well as a new way of making contact with its residents.

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"A little bit of History”; “Let’s discover the museums”; “Earth at a glance”; “Sitges, tourist destination”; “Let’s go shopping” and “Let’s discover the people of the town”. "

The group will be divided into different teams, each one of them with its respective “survival sack” in which they will find all the necessary materials to take part in the game. The game starts: the route in the centre of the town, its old quarter and the more emblematic museums and buildingsEach pack of tests includes a subject on the history and the culture of the town so that the visitor discovers them in an amusing and pleasant way:

A prize-giving will come at the end of all the activities.ICONO, Serveis Culturals, Incentive

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This is a walking gymkhana that challenges our participants’curiosity!

They will need to crack our enigmas to successfully find and reach the places where the 10 emblematic dragons in the city are.


They will think about questions like: Have you ever wondered why Barcelona is a city full of dragons, which is their true story? Do they have any hidden intention? Is Barcelona in danger? Will Saint George’s legend happen again?Participants will have to solve all these enigmas.Dragons are:Dragon Parc GüellCasa Batlló (the roof-terrace)Casa Amatller (Saint George and the dragon)Boquería/Rambla (Casa de los Paraguas) Generalitat PalaceCathedral Gargoyle Ciutadella Parc: “El Castillo de los 3 dragones”Parque de la Ciutadella: fountainSagrada FamiliaGardens of Parc Espanya IndustrialDoor of Pabellones Güell


Dragons can be found around the whole city, we’ve pointed out 10 of them that the group should find. They will have to find the way to get to each one on their own without spending too much time. There will be one guide at each place to help them find the next one. Guides will take into account timings of each team.How long will it take you to find them?

All participants will be given a map of the city, a bottle of water, a rucksack. Each team will have 10 tube/bus tickets for their transfers and a leaflet with all the dragons they should find. The budget includes:> The idea, design and production of the event.> The assembly and disassembly of the entire event.> All the necessary materials for the activity: maps, pictures, pens and notebooks etc. Polaroids optional. Tickets> Transportation of necessary materials for the activity.> A professional director of events in ICONO.> All necessary people for coordination and logistic.> 1 guide per group. ICONO, Serveis Culturals, Incentive


A truly Spanish experience.

Listen DanceFeel

Enjoy

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Duration: 1’30h.Includes an appetizer and drinks such as “fino and manzanilla” (typical southern Spanish drinks)

Taconeo

This workshop is led by a flamenco “bailaora” that will introduce us to the rhythm of flamenco

Why don’t you try the Flamenco experience?…It is a good way to

get to know, to show and to share our musical abilities in a relaxed

atmosphere with our team.

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Challenge your colleagues to demonstrate their knowledge of Spanish wines.

Are you ready to dare your senses in an amusing way?

Wine Trivial Pursuit

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This is an exclusive activity that ICONO Serveis Culturals offers you to brighten up the Christmas dinner. An incentive thought especially for company groups that favours communication and the participation of all, in aspects that go beyond the professional one.

A group’s success will depend on each participant. Each stage needs to be passed by teams to complete the game: Wine tasting, blindfolded, Wine Trivial Pursuit: questions and answers, Without Names nor last name.

Each phase needs to be passed by teams to complete the game: - Wine tasting, blindfolded-Wine Trivial Pursuit: questions and answers- Without Names nor last name


At the end of the game, the score, the curiosity and the enthusiasm will be taken into account to proclaim the winners during the delivery of prizes!

Trivial:questions and answers: are you ready to demonstrate your gastronomic and wine culture?

Without names nor last name:Would you be able to locate geographically wine-growing regions and D.O.(guarantee of vintage) of the wines you tasted?

Each stage will be evaluated by the guides depending on the difficulty level. Each correct answer will add points that will determine the winners.

At the end of the game, the score, the curiosity and the enthusiasm will be taken into account to proclaim the winners during the prize-giving!

Wine tasting, blindfolded. you will have to trust all your senses except sight, to recognise the wines you try.

Do you believe you have enough adjectives to describe these wine components and their characteristics?


Catamaran cruise through the mediterraneanCatamaran cruise to SitgesCatamaran activities and Dragon Boats

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This is a fabulous way to see the highlights and experience Barcelona.The Segway HT® is the first of its kind - a self-balancing, personal transportation device designed to operate in any pedestrian environment and it’s lots of fun!

With the Segway HT® we will glide effortlessly around the sights of the city while learning the history, fun facts and other interesting information about our city.Our two-hour tours are limited in size so you can count on a great, personal service and a memorable experience. Feel like a celebrity as everyone turns in awe to watch us glide by! ICONO, Serveis Culturals, Incentive


If conventional forms of transport don’t attract you, why don’t you experience our original tours with carriages and vintage cars?

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ICONO offers a different way to discover Barcelona through organised bicycle tours.

ICONO designs the most suitable itinerary and organises stops in different parts of the city : the Gothic Quarter, sea front, Poble Nou, Olympic Barcelona (from Montjuic to the Olimpic Port), Modernista Barcelona (Gaudí)....

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All groups are accompanied by a multilingual monitor-guide and a mechanic monitor.

Options for Group Tours: Transport : Our warehouse is located in the centre of the old town, in the Born area. Tours can start from our premises in C/ Esparteria or if required there is the option to start or finish tours from a different location (Hotel, Conference Room, Office, Restaurant...). In such cases the bicycles are transported by lorry or van to the requested location.We organise gymkhanas, tours based on particular themes or itineraries which can include visits to museums and monuments.We can supply helmets: in Barcelona it is optional, not obligatory.Insurance.


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Artistic Workshop: The “Trencadís” Technique

Would you like to be Gaudí for the day and create a colourful and original

work of art? You will have the opportunity to try

the same artistic techniques that Gaudí

employed in his buildings using the real materials he used such as

ceramics,wood and glue.


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