10 best of barcelona
10 musts in when in Barcelona:
2. Wander around the Parc Güell is a classic and also a must, you could spend a whole day discovering new things and places and you´d never stop being amazed! The entrance is still for free, but the city council wants to reduce the number of visitors with half and is planning to start charging an entrance fee so run fast!!3. Beaches
Barcelona is a diverse city in all the senses, and so are the beaches. So take a beach tour and discover the beaches of Barcelona with the other 7 million visitors a year on the 4.5km long coastline! Platja de Nova Icària is the busiest one, the volley boll beach Bogatell or for the most brave, Platja de Sant Sebastiá with it's nude strip just by one of Barcelona's most famous and discussed icon buildings, La Vela. The Barcelona beach high season goes from 31st May to 28th September.
4. Discover MontjuïcDefinitely don't miss the magic Montijuïc with it's magnificent views and museums such as MNAC, Fundació Joan Miró and Caixa Forum, it's the perfect place to be on a lazy Sunday, stroll around the leafy hill and Jardi Botànic, pass by the Olympic Stadium from the 1992 Olympic Games, and Pavelló Mies van der Rohe. Because all good things to do in Barcelona are free on Sundays!
5. Tapas
When in Spain it is of course tapas that is the most important thing to try, tapas come originally from and the word "tapas" is derived from tapar, which means "to cover". It is said that in the very south of Spain, in Andalusia the first Tapas was a simple slice of bread which was placed over the glass to keep the flies out. Hence the word ‘tapas’. Tapas can nowadays be anything from hot small dishes, to a piece of meat on top of a bread slice or olives. Tapas is in general shared between several people, you order a few that you like, and share with your friends. More about different places to go and eat tapas further on!
6. La Pedrera & Casa Batlló Two apartment buildings designed by Antonio Gaudí. La Pedrera was declared World Heritage by UNESCO, and typical of the Catalan modernism and Art Nouveau the buildings were finished in 1912 and 1906. Both buildings are famous for their structure and waving facades, that takes your mind to nature and organic patterns, and therefore the local name of Casa Batlló: Casa dels ossos (House of Bones)
7. MontserratIf you´re going to spend one day outside of Barcelona Montserrat is the place you wanna go. It´s a multi-peaked mountain just 1h away from the city center. If you (by all means) are named Montserrat(which is also a woman's name) you get on the train for free!
8. Museum Picasso If you didn´t go to a museum yet, while wandering around in el Borne a rainy winter day take the opportunity to visit the Picasso Museum. It´s a fantastic building, and the museum holds a lot of his early works. The textile cafe in one of the backyards in a cosy place to have a coffee and contemplate after a hard museum day!
9. Typical Catalan festivals
There's a lot of traditions being celebrated in Catalunya, try not to miss La Castanyada with the amazingly tasty Panallets, a typical autumn sweet made of potato, sugar and pine nuts! And eat a lot of castanyas! In February the Barcelionians celebrate their own St Valentines day, Sant Jordi. Barcelona is during a few days suddenly filled with books stands and roses to celebrate Sant Jordi. The tradition is to give away one book to a boy or a rose to a girl, but nowadays that has changed a little bit, and it's fine to give books even to girls!
10. Laburint de Horta
The Laburint of Horta is Barcelona's oldest garden, the construction began in 1791. The park comprises an 18th century neoclassical garden and a 19th century romantic garden.and situated in the Horta district, and is considered a hidden treasure!
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