Barcelona sightseeing

While visiting Barcelona you can not leave out a walk down the most famous boulevard, stretching from Plaza de Catalunya to the Harbor; Las Ramblas. Here you'll find small flower and vegetable stands, shoe shining boys, street-performers, galleries, cafeterias and some of the Barcelona's theatres.

The Academia de Sciencias, with its giant watch from 1868 and the Palacio de Moya with its extraordinary wall-paintings deserve your attention. One of the most visited spots in Barcelona is the Mercado de La Boquería, a large market with a wide range of delicious food to offer.

A very popular meeting point is Plaça Reial, once the palace of the counts of Barcelona, today the heart of an artist district, creating a charming ambience with its cafes and pubs. One can find the fountain of the Three Graces here as well as the streetlights designed by Gaudi in the middle of one of the most beautiful squares in the world. To get more acquainted with Gaudi’s work, take a visit to La Pedrera (Casa Mila) which hosts a large exposition of the artists works, revealing many hidden details one would never notice on its own( entrance: €8. )

If you get off at the Lesseps metro station and follow the arrows leading to Güell Park, you will be rewarded with a panoramic view of the whole city. Consisting of two distinct parts, an undeveloped natural area and the famous sculpture park, full of walkways and structures showing the apart and colorful style of Gaudi, including the famous terrace and all this for Free (be aware of pickpockets!).

Gaudi’s most beloved project inspired by gothic architecture is, La Sagrada Família (still unfinished). Offering a truly impressive sight at night with the lights on, showing why people say it’s built out of bones. (entrance €9).

La Casa Batlló, one of the most charismatic buildings, is open for visitors from ground floor to a roof, (entrance €16.5). Also worth checking out the Gothic Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, the Picasso Museum, the San Pau del Camp, a Romanesque church , Plaça d'Espanya with famous red columns and the Gothic Quarter.

You can take a visit to the Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia, the Gothic Church of Santa Maria del Pi, the Montjuïc Castle and the Tibiadbo (532 m), believed to be the place where the Devil seduced Jesus. Awaiting tourists with a large number of restaurants, bars and clubs which have made Barcelona's nightlife even more intense.

Barcelona highlights