FC Barcelona
Joan Gamper facilities · FC Barcelona coaching staff
Spain Football Tours from London
London grassroots and academy football is the deepest pipeline in Europe, and the cheapest flight to Spain is the one your club is already used to taking on a half-term family trip. Odisea Tours has been hosting London Sunday League clubs, school first XIs and academy sides since 2005, with training inside FC Barcelona, Valencia CF and the Spanish Football Federation's Las Rozas headquarters.
01 / Flying from Greater London
From London to a training session at FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper ground, in an afternoon.
Airports
LHR · LGW · STN · LTN · LCY
To Madrid
2h 25m nonstop
To Barcelona
2h 15m nonstop
Carriers we route groups with
- Iberia and British Airways (LHR to Madrid, daily)
- Vueling and easyJet (LGW and STN to Barcelona)
- Ryanair (STN to Madrid and Valencia)
Time zone
Spain runs one hour ahead of London. There is no jet lag and the squad keeps its sleep pattern intact for the next league weekend.
02 / London football, meet Spain
Why Greater London clubs train inside La Liga.
London clubs sit closer to Spanish football than any other big football city in Europe. The U16 to U18 squad that travels Sunday morning to Hackney Marshes can fly to Madrid Saturday after school and train at the Spanish FA on Sunday. The pull is not the flight. It is the access to La Liga methodology, the warm-weather training week in February when London pitches are unplayable, and the cultural side trip that turns a football tour into a parent-friendly itinerary.
Clubs we serve in your area
Clubs across north London, east London, south London and the home counties around Surrey, Kent and Essex.
Ideal group types
- Sunday League grassroots clubs U12 to U18
- Independent school and state grammar football programmes
- Sixth form and academy development squads
03 / Three reasons London teams pick Spain
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Two and a half hours from London to Madrid means the squad lands rested and trains the same afternoon. No recovery day burned to travel.
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Warm-weather windows in October through March solve the problem London grassroots clubs already know: half the league season is played on a soaked pitch.
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Tour cost from London families lands at the same level as a midweek skiing trip, but players come home having trained inside FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper facilities.
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 London 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 London
Tour format
Pre-season Stages
Built for UK clubs running pre-season in Spain. Warm-weather training, friendly fixtures, and recovery infrastructure.
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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.
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Tell us about your London 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.