FC Barcelona
Joan Gamper facilities · FC Barcelona coaching staff
Spain Football Tours from Birmingham
Birmingham and the West Midlands hold one of the deepest grassroots football pipelines outside London. Odisea Tours has been hosting Midlands clubs and school football sides in Spain since 2005, with training inside FC Barcelona, Valencia CF and the Spanish FA at Las Rozas.
01 / Flying from West Midlands
From Birmingham to a training session at FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper ground, in an afternoon.
Airports
BHX
To Madrid
2h 30m nonstop
To Barcelona
2h 10m nonstop
Carriers we route groups with
- Iberia and British Airways (BHX to Madrid, daily via LHR or direct seasonal)
- Ryanair and Jet2 (BHX to Alicante and Barcelona)
- Vueling (BHX to Barcelona, daily seasonal)
Time zone
Spain is one hour ahead of Birmingham. Groups arrive without jet lag and keep their league weekend rhythm.
02 / Birmingham football, meet Spain
Why West Midlands clubs train inside La Liga.
Midlands grassroots football covers everything from Birmingham city academies to county football across Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire. A Spain tour from BHX is the same flight time as a London commute and the cost sits below a comparable European youth festival in Germany or the Netherlands. Most Midlands squads run their tour over February half-term, the Easter break or the late May bank holiday.
Clubs we serve in your area
Clubs across Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Solihull, Walsall and Warwickshire.
Ideal group types
- Junior football clubs and academies U11 to U18
- Independent and state school first XI programmes
- Sixth form and college football squads
03 / Three reasons Birmingham teams pick Spain
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BHX direct service to Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante means the tour starts on day one with a training session, not a recovery day.
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Spanish league fixtures against academy or amateur sides at the right age band give Midlands clubs a true competitive read.
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Stadium tours at Camp Nou, Mestalla and the Wanda Metropolitano are baked into the itinerary, not an upsell.
What Odisea organises in Spain
Flights are not in the tour. Every ground logistic is.
International flights are not in our package. You or your travel agent book them, which keeps our pricing transparent and lets your Birmingham club use loyalty programmes and group fare brokers we would not have access to. The moment your squad lands in Spain, every detail is ours, end to end.
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Airport transfers, day one to day last
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Coach transport across Spain, with our own vetted drivers
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Four-star accommodation in our network, hand-picked for groups
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Training facility bookings at FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper, Valencia CF's Paterna and the Spanish FA at Las Rozas
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Coaching staff coordination and session planning
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Friendly fixtures against Spanish academy or amateur sides at the right age band
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Stadium tours, matchday access, behind-the-scenes credentials
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Breakfast and dinner daily, plus vetted lunch stops on the road
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Bilingual on-the-ground staff every day of the tour
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Cultural programme running parallel for travelling family members
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24/7 emergency phone line, with people who actually pick up
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Operator licensing and insurance transparency on request
If you need flight guidance, we share the carrier shortlist and connection windows so your travel agent can ticket the air.
04 / Where your players train
Three training homes. No middleman.
Valencia CF
Paterna training ground · Valencia CF coaching staff
Spanish FA
RFEF headquarters, Las Rozas · Accommodation and training
05 / Tour formats that work from Birmingham
Tour format
Pre-season Stages
Built for UK clubs running pre-season in Spain. Warm-weather training, friendly fixtures, and recovery infrastructure.
Read more →Tour format
European Football Tours
Seven to twelve night tours with FC Barcelona and Valencia CF training and fixtures against Spanish academy or amateur sides.
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School football tours
Term-time and half-term programmes for independent and state school First XI sides.
Read more →06 / Next step
Tell us about your Birmingham club. We reply the same day.
A fifteen minute call is enough to shape a tour around your dates, your squad and your budget. You will have a hard-number itinerary within 48 hours.