Top 10 over ting at gøre i Barcelona
1. Ruta Del Modernisme
This is the route of modernism designed by the government or it can be called as the itinerary following which you can go through and experience the great architectures of the city or you can say to experience the Gaudi’s Barcelona. You will find many amazing buildings with fine works of floral carvings, wrought iron work, stained glass decorations etc. On this Route you will come across Hospital de Sant Pau a piece of art and a working hospital and Sagrada Familia a huge still incomplete Bascilica.
2. Sagrada Familia
: It’s a catholic Church and attracts around 2.8 million visitors to appreciate the beauty of this temple. It was designed by Antonio Gaudi and is still under construction. It has leaning columns and when completed will have them eighteen in number, this was an innovative idea of Gaudi.
3. Las Ramblas
This is one of the popular street in Barcelona and is packed with tourist round the clock. You can find craft shops, street performers, artists making portraits and cartoons, beautiful buildings and moreover don’t miss to have a bite at La Boqueria Market famous for fresh fruits and vegetables and have lots of Tapas bars.
4. Beaches of Barcelona
The nearest beach to the city is the Barcelonata beach so is the busiest one, Icaria Beach is a little peaceful one and good to relax. Also there an unofficial nudist beach “Mar Bella” so you can try for a line-free body tanning here.
5. Parc Guell
Again a popular Gaudi architecture, a perfectly designed manmade landscape inspired from Catalan culture. You will find tiled mosaic, mushroom chimneys, various streets, a market place with lizard sculptures, mosaic snake benches the longest ones known, a closed chapel and Gaudi home museum.
6. Barri Gotic
the An old medieval city of Barcelona with a roman flavor, it’s a mesh of small streets and square and once was the home of Picasso, Joan Miro and some other famous artists. It has many churches, markets also you can see old roman wall and roman houses near history museum.
7. Picasso Museum
A museum at El Born dedicated to Picasso art work, you will find his early days arts were more controlled than his distorted way in later stages.
8. Montjuic Barcelona
It houses MNAC (Catalonian National Art Museum), Miro Foundation, Magical fountains at Placa Espanya, Olympic Stadium and not to ignore the marvelous Monjuic castle. It’s a representation of a Spanish village.
9. Adventure sports
Be it the Yatch Club at Marina Port Vell, go sphering at SphereMania located in Parc del Forum or Hot balloon ride over Catalonia.
10. Palau de la Musica Catalana
It’s a huge concert hall built in 1908 and was designed by modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner for the Orfeo Catala a choir to promote catalan music. Famous for stained glass work and interior decoration.