Barcelona, Spain

Posted by Zara on July 23, 2008

BARCELONA!

The city has over 50 museums, showcasing permanent collections of works by artists such as Picasso, Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies. At the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) you can see one of the world’s most important collections of Romanesque art. It also has the famous collections of contemporary art housed in museums such as the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).

Barcelona is also renowned for its wide variety of musical events, which includes all the genres, and has three major venues: the Gran Teatre del Liceu, devoted to opera, the Palau de la Musica, a modern marvel, and the Auditorium, the concert hall designed by Rafael Moneo.

Barcelona is an open-air museum. You can visit it by bus, bicycle or on foot, and enjoy its bustling streets. There are many ways to discover the city and a whole host of things to do, for those interested in culture, for those in search of entertainment or for those thinking about where to do some shopping.

The best way to see the city. With the Tourist Bus, you’re guaranteed not to miss any of the major sights.

Be sure not to miss a stroll along La Rambla. It is one of the city’s landmark sights, a bustling thoroughfare where flower stalls and performance artists jostle for space.

A bohemian atmosphere which you can discover as you walk through the Gothic Quarter, and the Ribera and Raval districts. This is one of the world’s best-preserved medieval quarters. However, if Barcelona is famous for anything, it must be the buildings in the Eixample. If you take a walk around this neighbourhood you will be able to admire architectural masterpieces such as the Sagrada Família and La Pedrera, among other wonders inherited from Antoni Gaudí and the other architects of the city’s home-grown art-nouveau movement, modernisme.

I want to tell you that the parking place out there is so quite expensive. It is base on minutes. We paid about 8€ for less than 2 hours.

A series of itineraries which will ensure you don’t miss out on a single thing.

I have visited the neighborhood of Spain, you know what? I have enjoyed Barcelona so much.