FC Barcelona
Joan Gamper facilities · FC Barcelona coaching staff
Spain Football Tours from Leeds
Leeds and West Yorkshire run one of the strongest grassroots football networks in northern England. Odisea Tours has been hosting Yorkshire clubs and schools in Spain since 2005, with training inside FC Barcelona, Valencia CF and the Spanish Football Federation.
01 / Flying from Leeds and West Yorkshire
From Leeds to a training session at FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper ground, in an afternoon.
Airports
LBA · MAN
To Madrid
2h 45m via MAN, one stop via LBA
To Barcelona
2h 30m via LBA direct
Carriers we route groups with
- Jet2 (LBA to Barcelona, Alicante and Madrid)
- Ryanair (LBA to Barcelona)
- Iberia and British Airways (MAN to Madrid)
Time zone
Spain is one hour ahead of Leeds. Squads keep their training rhythm without jet lag.
02 / Leeds football, meet Spain
Why Leeds and West Yorkshire clubs train inside La Liga.
Yorkshire football starts at parish level and runs up through county leagues and into academy feeders. A Spain tour for a Leeds club is the same outlay as a domestic showcase weekend, but the players come home with a Spanish FA training day on the books and a friendly fixture line on the CV. Most Leeds groups travel during October half-term and February half-term.
Clubs we serve in your area
Clubs across Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Halifax and the West Riding.
Ideal group types
- Junior football clubs U11 to U18
- Independent and state school first XIs
- County and district representative squads
03 / Three reasons Leeds teams pick Spain
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Leeds Bradford airport has direct Jet2 service to Barcelona, Alicante and Madrid, so groups depart from home without changing trains.
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Yorkshire half-term and Easter windows align cleanly with quieter La Liga training schedules, giving us access to better facilities and coaches.
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Tour cost from Leeds families sits below a comparable European football festival in Holland or Germany.
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 Leeds 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 Leeds
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 Leeds 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.