Our last day at Barcelona trip, we wanted to visit Montserrat. Montserrat is a mountain top monastery in Catalonia, Spain. Situated atop an unusual rock mountain, it is very popular among Catalans, and Catholic pilgrims come from far and wide to see the Black Madonna. At 1236 meters above the valley floor, Montserrat is the … Read more
The third-day in Barcelona was covered in my last blog. During the afternoon we headed out to visit Gaudí’s greatest creation – Sagrada Família. Online Ticket was tough to get as it was being Sunday, there was quite a rush of tourists. So around 6 PM local time we could get into the church. We … Read more
Our third day at Barcelona was a Sunday. On Sunday Barcelona markets & most shops are more or less closed except few tourist shops along with few bakeries and pastry shops. On searching for information, we found Maremàgnum mall and some flea markets are open on that day. So we planned to visit Columbus Monument, … Read more
After visiting the Gothic Quarter, which I covered in my earlier blog, we had our lunch at a restaurant at OBE restaurant on Plaça de Santa Caterina. Very good food, fabulous service and reasonable prices. Friendly staff with a fine understanding of English along with English menus made both our stomach and heart full. European … Read more
For our second day in Barcelona, we wanted to explore Gothic Quarter (Barri Gòtic) which is the centre of the old city of Barcelona. We took the metro from Diagonal metro station closest to our hostel and within 2 stops reached Liceu (Green Line, L3). Coming out of the metro station we were greeted by … Read more
There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners. ~ Antoni Gaudi I always wanted to visit Barcelona mainly for the works of Antoni Gaudi – the figurehead of Catalan Modernism. His style is distinctive, to say the least! And expressive. I and my … Read more