TOURS



Technical Tours
 

These tours, which will take place during the Congress, will highlight the technical facilities of some of Spain’s oil and gas companies. They are organised by Viajes Iberia Congresos and those interested can sign up on www.19wpc.com.

Petronor Industrial Complex (Bilbao)
Enagas regasification plant (Barcelona)
OIL Pipeline Control Centre CLH (Madrid)

Tours of Madrid and surrounding areas
 

There are endless ways of spending a day or just a few hours in or around Madrid. The tours listed below have been selected for the 19th WPC participants and their companions.

Panoramic Madrid Tour
Historic Madrid Tour
Madrid’s Art Triangle: the Prado, Thyssen Bornemisza and Reina Sofía Museums
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Toledo (full day)
Segovia (full day)
Ávila and El Escorial (full day)
Visit to the Ribera del Duero Wine Cellars (full day)

Pre and Post Congress Tours
 

2 day trips
• Visit to Rioja wine cellars
• Santiago’s Romanesque route
• Andalusia tour: Córdoba, Granada and/or Seville

3 day trips
• Golf at Sotogrande.
• Golf tournament at La Manga Club.

Petronor Industrial Complex (Bilbao)

Bilbao has one of the largest refineries in Spain, with treatment capacity of more than 11 million t per year. It has an impressive maritime terminal with six berths and a 2,444 m long pier with capacity to accommodate tankers with draughts of up to 30 m and 500.000 DWT.
While we are in the city we will also take the opportunity to visit the Guggenheim Museum.

Enagas Regasification Plant (Barcelona)

Located in the Port of Barcelona it occupies 271,000 m². The plant has six tanks that give it a total storage capacity of 540,000 m³ of LNG and emission capacity of 1,650,000 m³ (n)/h. Seventh and eighth tanks are currently being built and also it is planned to raise emission capacity to 1,950,000 m³ (n)/h.
After this visit, which is planned to take place on Friday 4 July, those who wish to do so will have the option of spending the weekend in Barcelona.

OIL Pipeline Control Centre CLH (Madrid)

Located in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), it is the base of operations for central dispatching, from wich 3,475 km of pipelines are operated via satellite, communicating eight refineries with storage plants. Its high degree of automation and the technology incorporated make it one of the most efficient centres of this type in Europe.

Panoramic Madrid Tour

This tour will take visitors round the most prominent areas of the city and its monuments: the Plaza Mayor and some of the important historic buildings nearby, the famed Puerta del Sol and the Plaza de Oriente where the 18th century Baroque Royal Palace sits. A trip will be taken down Madrid’s modern Paseo de la Castellana, with a stop at the Plaza de Colón. The excursion will finish with the beautiful Plaza de Cibeles and the Puerta de Alcalá.

Historic Madrid Tour

On this walking tour of Madrid’s old town, the influence of the Habsburg and Bourbon dynasties can be felt in the streets, buildings and plazas. It will include visits to the 17th century Plaza de la Encarnación and the majestic Plaza de Oriente and Royal Palace. Visitors will stroll around the Plaza Mayor, with its sea of outdoor cafés, and the historic plazas, palaces and streets nearby. This visit to Madrid’s past will finish at the Plaza de la Villa, home to Madrid´s city hall and its oldest civil building, a rare example of 15th century Mudejar style.

Madrid’s Art Triangle: the Prado, Thyssen Bornemisza and Reina Sofía Museums

Nothing could be better evidence of Madrid’s cultural heritage than a visit to these three museums. The Prado Museum, one of the world’s most important art collections, boasts the most complete array of Spanish art from the 11th to the 18th centuries. With Goya and Velázquez taking pride of place, the museum is also home to masterpieces by some of the most universally acclaimed artists such as El Bosco, Tiziano, Van Dyck or Rembrandt. The collection at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, located in the Palacio de Villahermosa just across the road from the Prado, offers visitors a privileged tour of seven centuries of art: Durero, Caravaggio, Rubens, Frans Hals, Gauguin, Van Gogh… The tour concludes at the Reina Sofía Museum which houses one of the world’s finest collections of contemporary art.

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

Have you ever dreamed of touring the Bernabéu at your own leisure, visiting every corner... every mythical spot that you had only ever see in photos? Take this thirlling voyage through the Trophy room, the dressing room, the players' tunnel, the benches, the pitch, the presidential balcony… and much more. The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 with a match between Real Madrid and Portuguese club Os Belenenses. The stadium was considered the best and most modern football venue of the times, and it's first expansion in 1954 also made it the biggest in the world. The history of the stadium developed in unison with an extraordinary team of champions, whose list of honours managed to match the greatness of this superb stage. They are the golden years that fulfilled every supporter's dreams: the best team playing in the best stadium.
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium has hosted an endless number of first-line sporting and social events, among which the following stand out: the Final of the 2nd European Cup won by Real Madrid (1957); the Final of the Eurocup (1964); the Commemorative celebrations of the Stadium's 25th anniversary(1972); the Commemorative celebrations of Real Madrid's 75th anniversary (1977); the Final of the Spain 1982 World Cup; Pope John Paul II's 100,000+ gathering with the Spanish youth (1982). Additionally, the Santiago Bernabéu has played host to several finals of the Spanish Cup.

Toledo (full day)

The city has a wealth of monuments and a wide variety of architectural styles, with buildings representing almost every period in history: Arabic, Gothic, Mudejar, Renaissance, Baroque… It also has a very rich artistic heritage.

Segovia (full day)

This ancient Roman city, declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO, has several important monuments including its 16-km Roman aqueduct, its late Gothic cathedral and its 11th century fortified royal residence, the Alcázar. A number of Romanesque churches complete this majestic town that overlooks the lands of Castile.

Ávila and El Escorial (full day)

Ávila is a fortified city that sits on the top of a hill in the centre of Castile. It is known for the impressive medieval walls that surround its historic centre and enclose religion and history, art and chivalry. The Royal Residence of San Lorenzo del Escorial, a monument also declared a World Heritage Site, was designed by Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera and built between 1562 and 1584. It served as the political seat of the empire of King Philip II. Within the same building that served as a palace, the monarch founded a monastery which is considered to be one of the best examples of Spain’s Modern Age architecture.

Visit to the Ribera del Duero Wine Cellars (full day)

The Ribera del Duero has a very long history of winegrowing and winemaking. The vineyards are a prominent feature of the landscape. The oldest reference in this region is a 2,000 year old Roman mosaic. The European Union awarded Ribera del Duero its Denominación de Origen in 1982. Experts will accompany visitors on their tour of the wine cellars of Abadía de Retuerta, Arzuaga Navarro and Lagar de Isilla. The tour also includes a visit to the Wine Museum and Peñafiel Castle.