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00:03Mix together two celebrities.
00:05How can you pack when you don't know where you're going?
00:08I haven't been as excited about something in a long time.
00:11Their destination unknown.
00:13Riga, where's Riga?
00:14Amsterdam.
00:15Throw in another twist.
00:17They must choose an envelope.
00:19Are we ready?
00:20I can't do it.
00:21I have a very bad feeling about this.
00:23One will get a luxury trip.
00:26I'm nervous.
00:27While the other one will travel budget style.
00:32This is high road, low road.
00:35This is amazing.
00:36Amazing.
00:47I'm usually the one who plans everything.
00:49Like down to like the team.
00:50This is a little bit out of my comfort zone.
00:51I like adventures.
00:52So here we go.
00:53Fiona O'Carroll is an actor best known for her role as Maria Brown in the popular comedy series, Mrs.
01:00Brown's Boys.
01:01Corona.
01:02Talent.
01:03I got engaged in talent.
01:04I'm just so excited.
01:04I actually don't care where I go or what I get.
01:07If I'm honest.
01:08I'm feeling super excited.
01:09A bit nervous.
01:10It's weird.
01:11I watched this program yesterday.
01:13And here I am.
01:14On it.
01:15Johnny Ward is also an actor.
01:17Known for his roles in Love Hate and Fair City.
01:20He's appeared alongside Fiona in Hell Week.
01:22And the musical Copper Face Jacks.
01:25I'm just so glad that you brought the same case as me.
01:27Because I thought I was at the overpack.
01:29You obviously have as well.
01:30My mother's suitcase as well.
01:32You have your mother's suitcase.
01:32I have your mother's shirt.
01:34So do I.
01:36Okay then.
01:37But where are you going to be wearing your ma's shorts, Johnny?
01:42Here's your destination.
01:44Here we go, Fiona.
01:45Come on.
01:45You can do it.
01:46You can do it.
01:49Yes!
01:50Salud!
01:51I used to be a ref there.
01:52Did you?
01:52In like 2005.
01:54I've never been.
01:54I cannot believe I got to Salud.
01:56So it's Salud on Spain's Costa Dorada for our celebrities.
02:00But who is going high and who is going low?
02:03Can I go for option B?
02:04Because my wife is B.
02:06Brenda.
02:06So am I right?
02:07Sure.
02:07You ready?
02:08Yeah, same time.
02:09Three, two, one.
02:11Yes!
02:12Woo hoo hoo hoo hoo!
02:14That trip, eh mate?
02:16I feel really bad about that.
02:17I shouldn't have celebrated like that.
02:18No, I'm actually, I'm delighted.
02:19This is me.
02:20I'm very happy.
02:21I'm slightly happier.
02:26A two hour, 30 minute direct flight from Dublin,
02:29lands you in Reus Airport,
02:31close to the resort of Salud.
02:34There is of course a chauffeur driven transfer for Johnny
02:37and a bus ride for Fiona.
02:39But when they arrive in Salud,
02:41where will they be staying?
02:44Well...
02:46Oh my God!
02:49It's incredible.
02:52And there's more.
02:53Look up here.
02:53There's stairs as well.
02:54Oh wow.
02:55Another bedroom.
02:56There's only one of me.
02:58And look at this, look.
03:00Over here.
03:01Welcome to the Jacuzzi room.
03:03Oh look, this is going to be fantastic.
03:06Five star all the way.
03:07High road baby.
03:08Woo hoo!
03:08The Grand Palace Experience Five Star Beach Resort
03:12features outdoor pools with slides,
03:15a spa,
03:15a gym with a personal trainer,
03:17and plenty of culinary offerings.
03:20Our Johnny, who was once a holiday rep in Salud,
03:23has landed himself this spacious duplex suite.
03:27The last time I was here, 20 years ago,
03:30yeah, we weren't staying in places like this.
03:36Has it got aircon?
03:37I hope I had aircon.
03:39This is it here.
03:40Where's the entrance?
03:41Have I gone the wrong way?
03:42Ah, is there a ramp?
03:43No.
03:43Okay.
03:46Oh, aircon.
03:49I have a kitchen and everything.
03:52Oh, and the sink is outside.
03:53Oh, this is grand.
03:55The Terra Area Apart Hotel
03:57offers 27 self-catering apartments,
04:00which feature air conditioning
04:02and fully equipped kitchens.
04:04But if you don't want to cook your own brekkie,
04:06a continental breakfast is on offer downstairs.
04:11There is one thing that I do do,
04:13and I'm sorry,
04:14but sometimes there is bugs in the beds.
04:17Okay.
04:17That's not how I chill out on holidays,
04:19but sure.
04:20That mattress looks brand new.
04:21I'm very happy to stay here.
04:23Tick.
04:29Salu is a sunny resort
04:30along Spain's northeastern Costa Dorada.
04:33It is famous for its golden sandy beaches,
04:36and of course,
04:37Portaventura.
04:38It is a very popular resort for Irish tourists.
04:41Over the next few days,
04:43our celebrities will experience the joys of Salu,
04:46along with the nearby towns of Cambrils,
04:48Tarragona, and Reyes,
04:50But from two very different perspectives
04:56Cambrils is a resort just a short distance from saloon and Johnny is here to take a fishing charter
05:04But never gone fishing
05:07You know even back as a kid so what a way to start fishing
05:13Here's your vision vision vision vision vision vision vision vision vision
05:17Is that how you call them?
05:21Are you a fisherman you?
05:23No, I'm not today especially the fish today. I am a fisherman. Yes. Yeah
05:27You can tell which fish it is from the vibration of the rod. Yeah, the boga is different crack crack
05:33mackerel
05:35Crack crack
05:37Okay
05:39Monster zoom zoom zoom clickety-clackety-clocky you got that Johnny come on catcher the fishy come on
05:47You're the best teacher ever
05:55Wow, what a fish Johnny. We're gonna need a smaller boat. I never thought I'd catch a fish. Yeah perfect.
06:02Oh, I feel a pull
06:03Oh
06:12Wow, that's the best one. Yes. Yes, Antonio. Yes. Oh, I see it. I see it. I see it. Look
06:18wow
06:19Here fishy fishy fishy
06:23Oh
06:23Please don't disappoint. Okay same as last time. Yeah, come on. Come on. You're beauty. Oh, yes. This is what
06:29we call for today
06:30It's not bad. Is it look
06:33Put them back in
06:36The medieval old town of Tarragona with its maze of charming narrow streets sits 20 minutes drive east of salu
06:43It is best known for its Roman ruins in particular the impressively preserved Roman amphitheater
06:51It's actually really cool. It's self-guided tour. So you just use your phone
06:55These are QR codes and then you can have a listen and they guide you around the entire way
06:59The Tarragona history museum welcomes you to Tarragona's Roman amphitheater
07:09So this is the main entrance and oh
07:14This is the original rose I'm actually walking on
07:21I mean wow look at this place if you can imagine they have to two gladiators fighting against each other
07:26to the death and then as a
07:27Surprise these have these pulley ropes at the bottom and then edit the blue you'd have like a line or
07:32a tiger just pop up
07:32And not only you fighting two of the gladiators are fighting animals or a tiger or whatever. Not my kind
07:37of show. I'll tell you
07:40Please stand around and go to information panel number six
07:45And over three meters high wall and the arena to protect the spectators from the wild animals
07:50And then they have these kind of nets that came out to protect the really rich people that used to
07:54be sitting down the bottom
07:55And then you have the working-class people behind them behind that again. We're slaves and women are still fighting
08:01that one
08:09I've never just before I was born on a jet ski
08:17I
08:17Wanted to do I'm trying trying
08:23Everybody's way I
08:26Don't think I'm quite in control of it just yet, but I'm getting there
08:33If you stand up on pullback almost like you're on a horse, that's how you keep yourself safe and you
08:38keep yourself solid
08:45You know what? It's great fun. It's not something I would have chosen myself at all. I would have been
08:49too scared
08:49Well, would you do it now? Oh, gotcha
08:52There were many golden sandy beaches along the coast of the Costa Dorada in Salu
08:57The main beach is Placha de Levon
08:59It has a blue flag status and offers a wide range of water sports
09:04Should you need some refreshment?
09:05There's also a couple of beach huts along the strand and Fiona has dropped into Bluma for some tapas
09:12This is called
09:13It's a Spanish cold soup
09:15If you like this, you're gonna mix them inside
09:17I like a bit of ham and you got a bit of egg and then you got the lovely croutons
09:22You mix them all up and this is your
09:28The low road is not bad at all now in fairness having said that I don't know what Johnny's doing
09:35I'll tell you what he's doing Fiona
09:37Johnny has a private driver transporting him 50 minutes north of Salu to the remarkable Poublet Monastery
09:44A UNESCO World Heritage Site
09:46This monastery offers stunning views of the surrounding landscape and vineyards
09:53Once inside, Johnny of course has a private guide
09:57Can I ask how old this monastery is?
10:00This is a monastery that's almost 900 years old
10:05Wow
10:06This is a cloister
10:07The cloister was completed at the end of the 13th century
10:10They reached some 180 monks in the 1200s
10:15I don't know if you know it, but there are 20 monks living here
10:19Now?
10:20Yes, now
10:20Okay, oh nice
10:21We are allowed to visit the cloister and the chapel for a couple of hours in the morning
10:28Okay
10:31I've been told that this is one of the dormitories
10:33Where up to 200 monks slept every night
10:36And imagine 200 monks like with their beds
10:38Sleeping in here every night
10:41I suppose it's quite reminiscent of Hell Week
10:43Just uh
10:45Hell Week definitely wasn't as glam as this
10:53I'm just obsessed with this place
10:55There's a beautiful yet eerie atmosphere
10:59As part of his experience
11:01Johnny gets to enjoy sustainably produced local meats and cheeses
11:05With a tasting session in the monastery shop
11:08I haven't seen a lot of these before
11:10What is this?
11:11It's made from pork and this one has onion in it
11:14Oh good
11:14Do you like it?
11:16Yeah, I really like it
11:16And then you have some different cheeses
11:19All these products are from local producers
11:22Maybe my favorite is the olive oil
11:24Okay
11:25Because you can match it with anything
11:27Yeah, and you can have it also with some wine from the region
11:32That's very good
11:33That's very very good
11:41So are you a screamer Johnny?
11:44No
11:44Not really
11:52We survived
11:55Fiona and Johnny have arrived at Port Aventura World
11:58Saloon's must-visit theme park for all thrill-seekers
12:05You can wait for well over an hour on some of the rides here
12:08But not if you're on the high road
12:10I got one of these
12:13You don't have the queue
12:14Hold on Fiona
12:14You're on the low road
12:16No wristband for you
12:17I know
12:17That's why I travel with you everywhere Johnny
12:20Smart move Fiona
12:21Here we go
12:25Oh my god
12:33Up next Ferrari Land and Red Force
12:37The tallest roller coaster in Europe
12:40Oh my god look at this
12:41Oh wow
12:42Look at the twist
12:43Watch, watch, watch
12:44See a twist on the way down
12:45Yeah
12:46My kids are going to be very proud of me
12:47When I tell them I've done this one
12:49That's going to be fast
12:50Yes, here we go
12:54Oh
12:55Oh my god
12:55Oh my god
12:55Oh my god
12:59Oh no
13:02Oh my god this is amazing
13:08Amazing
13:09Amazing
13:09Oh my god
13:11Oh that was amazing
13:12Oh that was absolutely amazing
13:15I want to do it again
13:16Do you want to do it again?
13:17Do you want to do it again?
13:17I don't know Johnny
13:21So Fiona this is our hot trick the first thing was obviously hell week
13:26I know like it was copperface Jack's the musical here. We are in saloon heaven week heaven
13:33And you know what the best thing about all of this is gosh you get to do it all again
13:38tomorrow
13:38Here's to tomorrow. Mr. High Road Laurel
13:50On High Road, Low Road the sunny vibrant Spanish resort of saloon on the Costa Dorada is the surprise
13:56destination for our celebrities and fellow actors Fiona O'Carroll and Johnny Ward
14:03Johnny struck lucky with the luxury trip. Where the wish starts? While Fiona drew the short straw and is traveling
14:09on a budget
14:10Who needs the high road when he can just make your own?
14:1630 minutes drive north of saloon is the town of Valge and for Fiona a museum awaits
14:22I love museums. I love galleries. I love history
14:26Fiona is visiting a museum that celebrates the Catalan tradition of human tower building
14:31It's a renowned spectacle of festivals here throughout the summer where teams of people of all ages and abilities climb
14:37on top of each other to form human structures
14:40Look at that little person on the top. I love this. Look at the people
14:43This is the thing that they do to promote human connection and community spurs and it's just unbelievable and it
14:48goes down the generations
14:49Hold on
14:50The amount of trust you would have to have
14:52All right
14:53In the people beneath it
14:55Oh
15:02So I'm the green guy in the middle
15:04The place that I'm standing on is actually moving and I'm having to try and balance myself
15:10Oh
15:11Oh my god
15:12All right
15:12Oh
15:13Steady
15:14Oh
15:18In a small cinema at the center of the museum you can watch a short film that captures the essence
15:23of this unique tradition
15:25Oh my god if you can look down there you that's the actual base of the tower
15:31And it goes all the way up
15:33Oh my god
15:35Can you imagine being that little person on the top?
15:40I'm gonna start crying
15:46I mean as parents it's what we do for our children we just want them to go into life and
15:50not be afraid
15:52Oh my god i'd be recommending everyone to come in and do this this is just unbelievable
16:01So what's johnny's next treat on the high road
16:06Well an exclusive beach club is it johnny hardly the kind of place you would have been hanging
16:11About in when you were a holiday rep 20 years ago wow infinity pools the salute that i remember
16:17Was very basic family orientated cheap and cheerful i honestly did not think that salue had these sort of
16:24VIP member clubs this is another level altogether yeah and another level of cost too johnny good job
16:31You're on the high road my typical holiday would probably consist of there squeezing every penny cheap
16:36Cheerful all that kind of stuff and karaoke uh nothing like this hello lads how are we
16:42Good uh gracias amigo
16:47It's a beautiful beautiful place it's so well gone i'll come back again on a heartbeat
16:52i just probably have to save up a bit
16:56Okay kiona it's ice cream time competition is on are you ready for the challenge always always baby
17:04With well over a century of history the libenze ice cream and sweet factory was established back in 1892
17:12In this very popular store in salue our celebrities are challenged to produce this delicious looking ice cream sundae
17:20Start let's go
17:23Push it down yeah oh nice bit of kiwi sauce okay snowball because i'm way ahead of fiona here good
17:29Isn't it very nice i'm not at all competitive really johnny tell that to the fish
17:36Yes this is the contemporary ice cream yeah contemporary all right aha now we do the cream
17:42Yes come on let's go yes yeah there we go
17:48Bring the panto into the ice cream it's like art
17:54Voila masterpiece you are the winner you are the winner fiona
17:58competition was a bit fixed she was clearly like a mrs brown's voice huh oh stop clearly mine is
18:03the winner i mean look at her yeah we're looking at it it better taste better than it looks
18:13on the low road fiona arrives in the village of mont roche del can the starting point of a hike
18:19out into
18:19the spanish countryside from the hustle and bustle salue just a few minutes away you've got this on
18:24your doorstep it's just unbelievable i mean i've been hiking for years but look at those views stunning
18:29absolutely stunning it's very green isn't it i've always loved the outdoors i love camping i love
18:36hiking i love all of that one of the last big trips i did is i did a hundred kilometer
18:40hike across sardinia
18:44fiona's climb will eventually bring her to the breathtaking sanctuary of the virgin of la roca
18:49with the chapel of saint ramon on top from one angle the chapel looks like it is precariously
18:56hanging on a cliff edge and it was famously painted in 1916 by the spanish artist juan miro
19:03that painting is celebrated on this hiking trail and they've put a beautiful frame around it so you
19:08can just imagine it's how he saw it a little bit surreal but hey you can do you can stand
19:13in and
19:14pretend you're in miro's painting that's what i'm gonna do if you get framed right and if you get the
19:17right angle i got it well this is definitely a hilltop hiking destination you must do if you're ever
19:28near salue it's just absolutely beautiful and look at these views that's beautiful historic chapel at the top
19:39i don't know where you're getting the energy from fiona but fair play to you you have smashed this challenge
19:4815 minutes drive north of salu is the city of rails and in the beautiful town square sits the striking
19:54casa navas welcome to casa navas um the only modernist house in all europe that preserves its interior
20:03original built in the early 1900s casa navas is a modernist building designed by catalan architect
20:10luis de monique y montanay he was actually a teacher of anthony gaudy gaudy was born here in reyes
20:17and lived in a village nearby you definitely see where gaudy got his influences from question where do you
20:24think you are probably say the dining room yep even if the furniture was not here you would still know
20:29that if you see the market tree behind us you have peaches and cherries under the table you have
20:35lemons behind the chairs you have oranges red peppers on the glass because the architect was
20:42wanting to tell us the functionality in every room this room's been a little bit of everything
20:48depending on who was in the house it's been the meeting room the reading room but the latest would be
20:54the music room oh my god that's amazing i love all this kind of you did i really do you
20:59were like
20:59a kid in a toy store i am i love art i love history so this has been a fantastic
21:03experience for me
21:04and hey another first for me johnny i never had a vermouth yeah let's go cheers yes on your visit
21:11to
21:11casa navas you can taste the local fortified wine vermouth that's actually all right
21:19back on the high road some fine dining awaits johnny in deliranto a michelin-starred restaurant thank you
21:26very much we have got squid the squid is in a pasta based dough oh my god how are we
21:38our first thing was
21:39absolutely incredible in top is the specialties of spain goat's cheese yeah lovely and important one
21:45time one time all together i'm actually not the biggest fan of goat's cheese i would eat i'm moving
21:55into this place next up we've got the octopus isn't that right yeah bit of ice cream in there as
22:00well
22:00yeah right yeah okay super stuff the combination of all these flavors ice cream with the sauce on it
22:06and then octopus really really beautiful ah so this is the beef tail okay i actually thought it was
22:12like a dessert we have a winner and i'm told that the olives are supposed to really spice up the
22:24flavor
22:24oh my god beautiful it's hands down the best meal that i've ever ever had
22:35as their trip to the costa durada is coming to an end our celebrities return to the city of reos
22:41to experience more of the human tower building tradition wow oh blown away by it i'm just blown away
22:49with that little kid at the top as a special treat johnny and fiona have been invited to take part
22:56in
22:59training they need to fill this okay okay and they will tell you if they need to pressure the water
23:05number three is climbing up now a lot of concentration is going on but one two three four five
23:16i mean this morning when i saw it in the museum it was very emotional but seeing here now you
23:21can
23:21really see how physically demanding it is oh johnny how was salute for you it was exciting energetic
23:31it was absolutely phenomenal what about you i really loved it definitely want to come back with the kids
23:36chess game roller coaster portaventura was just phenomenal and their ferrari ride at the end
23:42just that buzz i do know what the human terror thing as well was really good you were quite emotional
23:47about that as well i was a bit emotional but i was very surprised at how emotional i was i
23:51didn't
23:51realize i did that yeah i feel like i've been here for two weeks yeah i've done that much how
23:55are we
23:55going to talk this jenny um we'll do salute a musical yeah there we go i'm on
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