Hayley

Hi, I'm Hayley! I am from London in the UK and have been living in the beautiful, historical town of Tarragona for almost 5 years now in addition to Sabadell (another Catalan city) for 3 years prior to that.

I have a BA Hons degree in Hispanic Studies with Portuguese (focusing on the Spanish and Portuguese languages, Hispanic and Lusophone history, and Linguistics) from Queen Mary University of London. In addition to tour guiding, I am also a Languages Teacher by profession. It is my passion for different cultures and languages which brings me to Spain, and the rich history and Mediterranean sea that brings me to Tarragona :)

I am an avid traveller myself (46 countries so far and over 200 cities and counting!) so I am aware of what is interesting to tourists when visiting a new place and aim to create the experience I would want for myself when tour-guiding others.

In addition to having travelled to many places across the world, I have also lived in the Middle East (Bahrain), studied in Portugal, attended work experience in Italy and have lived in 3 other Spanish cities: Salamanca, Almería and Melilla (a Spanish enclave in North Africa).

As someone who is passionate about languages, I also studied Italian and Arabic outside of my degree and now I am working on Catalan :) But I also have many other hobbies asides from learning languages and travelling e.g. art (painting and drawing), history, music, dance, singing and composing music, playing the guitar, sport and martial arts (I am a black belt in Taekwondo).

One of the things I love most about tour guiding, is being able meet new people from all around the world so we can share and learn new things from one another! :)