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Interesting places in Barcelona:Barcelona (Catalan IPA: , Spanish IPA: ) is the second largest city in Spain, capital city of Catalonia and the province with the same name. It is located in the comarca of Barcelons, along the Mediterranean coast (4123'N 211'E) between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Bess.
- La Rambla. The most famous boulevard in Barcelona stretches from the Harbour to La Placa Catalunya running through the like a spine. Come here to see the street performers jump out at unsuspecting tourists, enjoy the flower and pet stalls, or just sit back and watch all of Barcelona walk by. During the day, La Rambla is packed with tourists, at night, the locals come out. If you happen to be here after Barca win, you're in for a treat!
- Plaça d'Espanya with famouse red colums built for the 1929 Expo and musical (in summer) fountain.
- The winding streets and hidden squares, fountains and palaces in the Barri Gòtic . Check out the Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia and the Gothic Church of Santa Maria del Pi. Also worth the visit is the Gothic Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, near the Picasso Museum.
- San Pau del Camp is a romanesque church - one of only a few in Barcelona - with a fine cloister which feels almost Arabic in style. A little island of calm in a very busy city.
- La Plaça Reial is located next to La Rambla in the and is considered to be one of the most beautiful squares in the world. Also look at the Gaudi streetlights!
Estadi Olímpic Communication Tower, Barcelona
- The Montjuïc Castle with it's beautiful panorama view over the rest of the city. Take the Harbour cable car to for more splendid views.
- Tibidabo is located on the mountains of Barcelona and offers a spectacular view of the city (532 m high). This is a place where according some legends the Devil seduced Jesus Christ offering him whole world in exchange for his worship. There is a wonderful church over there. To get there by yourself you need to take metro till Av. Tibidabo Station, then Tramvia Blau, and then Funicular up to the mountain. It reduces the time you spend for getting there. If you have the whole day after leaving the metro you can walk up to the view point.
- Olympic Port. It has a large number of restaurants, bars and other establishments which have made Barcelona's nightlife even more intense.
- FC Barcelona. If you're a football freak then you can't miss a visit to Camp Nou, the home ground for Barcelona's biggest and most popular team, and one of Europes greatest footballing 'cathedrals'. FCB are the only major football club in the world that doesn't sell advertising space on it's strip, and this is because the club is about more than just making money. During the Franco era, FCB were the only way that supressed Catalans could vent their anger against his dictatorship, and because of this it became a symbol of Catalan identity. Camp Nou is the biggest stadium in Europe with a capacity of 98,600 people, and it also has shops and a museum of the club's history. Match tickets are relatively cheap (25-35 Euros) and games hardly ever completely sell out, unless it's a match against the hated rivals Real Madrid, or one of the other top teams (currently Valencia or Deportivo la Coruna.) With the quality in the current team, there's always a few goals, and it's nearly always a resounding win for Barca! Stadium tours aren't fantastic, but for a quick recent history of matches played there, consult the backs of the doors in the cubicles - most have alot of graffiti championing their team that played here!
- Zoo-Barcelona, It is located in Parc de la Ciudadella. Prior to his death, this zoo was famous for its albino gorilla "Snowflake". Today this zoo still has many other features including a science museum inside the zoo.
- Poble Espanyol. A fake village with replicas of characteristic buildings in Spain (like the Avila walls, the Vall-de-roures town hall, etc). The village hosts the Fondation Fran Daurel, where you can enjoy an interesting Modern Art collection boasting Miró, Picasso, Tapiès and other, mostly Spanish and Catalan, nowaday's artists. The audio tour is very worthwhile here.
- Palau de la Música Catalana. Modernist design by Lluís Domènech i Montaner is a since 1997, a masterpiece of Catalan's Modernist Architecture.
- Palau Nacional which hosts the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Catalan National Museum of Art)
- Monestir de Pedralbes A beautiful Gothic monastery near the university. There is a picture gallery, a museum which depicts the monastery life, a church and a marvelous chapel covered with medievil frescoes.
Gaudi and Moderniste Barcelona
Gaudi architecture, including the Parc Güell, the still unfinished Sagrada Família and the houses; La Pedrera/Casa Milà and La Casa Batlló.
- Park Güell. This is on a hill overlooking Barcelona, so expect a relatively steep walk to the top (Lesseps metro station, then follow arrows which are met every 300 m); you will be rewarded with a panoramic view of the whole city. The park has two distinct parts, a relatively undeveloped natural area near the top of the hill, and the more famous (and crowded) sculpture park below. The sculpture portion is full of walkways and other structures exhibiting the distinct and colorful style of Gaudi, including the famous terrace. Free entrance.
- La Pedrera - entrance (Diagonal metro station) costs approximately 8 Euro.
Sagrada Família Crucifix
- Sagrada Família - To get up to the tower by elevator costs 2 Euro (long queues). Previously, it was possible to go up the spiral stairs, but now they only allow you to get back down. The most impressive thing is to see Sagrada Família at night with lights on, this is the time when you understands why people say that it is built of bones. Entrance costs 9 Euro. Sagrada Família metro station.
The takes you round all the best Modernisme (art nouveau) buildings in Barcelona. The main part of the route can be walked in a couple of hours, providing you don't stray too far from the main routes. The Tourist Offices offer a pack which includes discounted tickets to many attractions such as La Pedrera and Casa Battlo. All can be seen from the outside for free.
Museums
- MHC, Museu d'Història de Catalunya (Catalonia's Museum of History). In Catalan and English. A must in order to understand the troubled (and sad) history of the Catalans. Free on the first sunday each month (but they close at 14:30)
- MNAC (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya) in the Palau Nacional. Has the single best collection of Romanesque art in the world, and a fine Gothic collection as well. Includes the from the Romanesque church.
- The Museum of the City of Barcelona includes access to underground Roman ruins and a complex of historic buildings in the centre of the Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter), as well as being a reasonably good historical museum.
- MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art).
- CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.
- Picasso Museum, Montcada, 15-23, ☎ (93)256-3000 (museupicasso@bcn.cat, fax: (93)315-0102), [13]. 10am-8pm (closes strictly on time; visitors invited to exit 10 minutes before closing time). Has a lot of art from his first period, before the cubism. Don't take laptops or valuables when heading to the museum: luggage over 30x30cm should be left at checkroom, but without any liability. adults €6.
- Caixa Fòrum', Plaça Espanya. This place hosts great exhibitions (at the time of writing: ). Free entrance.
- Fundació Antoni Tàpies.This abstract artist has a great Museum close to . It is a good size, has great architecture and good international exhibits. Not to mention the Tapies!
- Joan Miró Museum This museum is on the Montjuïc accessible by the metro (L3 Paral·lel and then the funicular). It is a great treasure,maybe the best museum about Joan Miró. It always has interesting temporary expositions.
- CASM - Centre d'Art Santa Mònica . A contemporary art venue, showing solo exhibitions by national and international artists. Lots of other activities. Located in the lower part of Ramblas, admission is free.
- L'Aquarium. The second biggest aquaurium of Europe (after that in ). Watch thousands of fishes, penguins and sharks in this interactive sea-life museum. Unlike Genoese Aquarium it has a long glass "tube", where you can walk watching sharks and other fish swimming around. Located at the Port Vell leisure centre, next to the IMAX cinema. Entrance ticket - 15 Euro.
Port Vell (Old Port)
- The Museum de l'Eròtica de Barcelona on La Rambla, just in front of the market IS a huge tourist trap (for the more open Western cultured tourist). For the more conservative Asian folks, this can be an eye opener. The tour isn't worth it, unless you wish to see (or never seen) old paints of kamasutra. The only interest is the huge phallus in the hallway, makes funny pictures!
- The Football Museum. This is one of Barcelona's most visited museums near the stadion.
- Maritime Museum. This museum standing at the harbour depicts the Catalan maritime history of trade, wars and discoveries.
- Catalan Archaeological Museum. Situated on the Monntjuic, it exhibits archaeological findings from Catalunia from different periods.
- Catalan Ethnographical Museum. Also situated on the Montjuic, this museum mainly exhibits exponents which were imported by Catalan sailors as they explored the new world.
- Military Museum In the military fortification on the Montjuic.
- Museum of Natural History. This museum in the Ciutadella Parc is especially recommended for children. Most interesting is the rainforest project, in which you can observe a living forest from various angles (even from below!).
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Parc de la Ciutadella
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a toda costa VER EN GRANDE........................Unbedingt IN GROSS sehen Explore #471 El parque se construyó a raíz de la Exposición de 1888. Antiguamente se trataba de un gran complejo militar llamado la Ciudadela y derribado entre 1869 y 1888. LA CASCADA Esta fuente monumental fue diseñada por Josep Fontseré para la Exposición Universal de 1888. Junto a él trabajó el arquitecto modernista catalán Antoni Gaudí (por esa época un desconocido). En este monumento se puede ver un gigantesco cangrejo. Sus pinzas hacen de escalinatas para que el visitante pueda ascender al arco triunfal, con terraza posterior, de peculiar clasicismo, cuya cima remata la Quàdriga de l´Aurora (grupo escultórico, forjado en hierro, y original de Rossend Nobas. Entre ambos accesos, desde las aguas en el tramo inferior hasta el arco, encontramos otra escultura, esta vez de piedra, que representa a la Venus encima de una concha obra de Venanci Vallmitjana. THE WATERFALL This monumental fountain was designed by Josep Fontseré for the World Fair in 1888. The Catalan modernist architect Antoni Gaudí (at the time unknown) worked with him. A giant crab can be seen on this monument. Its pincers form stairs which allow the visitor to climb up the triumphal arch, with rear terrace, a peculiar form of classicism, the top of which is completed by the Quàdriga de l´Aurora (group of sculptures, forged in iron, an original design of Rossend Nobas). Between the two accesses, from the water of the lower section to the arch, there is another sculpture, this time in stone, which represents Venus on a shell, by Venanci Vallmitjana. Fuente: Barcelona online
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Explore #404 ANTONI GAUDÍ (1852-1926) Casa Mila - La Pedrera (1906-1911) Gaudí realizó esta fantástica casa de formas onduladas que parecen tener vida antes de dedicarse por completo a las obras de la Sagrada Familia. Pere Milà, el propietario del terreno, había visto la casa Batlló y quedó entusiasmado por su belleza, así que encargó a Gaudí la realización de una gran casa de pisos de alquiler en su nuevo terreno. Actualmente es propiedad de la entidad financiera Caixa Catalunya que mantiene abierto al público la cubierta y el desván donde se puede ver una exposición sobre Gaudí y sus obras. Algunos pisos son particulares y el principal se dedica a sala de exposiciones del Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya.
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