The capital of Catalonia - Barcelona embraces the great many tourists from different countries every year. This is despite the fact that the capital of Spain is still Madrid, and it is interesting for everyone much less. After all, Barcelona is so amazing and beautiful city that I, for example, left him with tears in my eyes. And many of those who have been there dreaming come there again. This, of course, is not the cheapest city and it is not enough for a budget tourist. After all, besides numerous attractions, which are simply impossible to visit, in Spain there are quite expensive food and accommodation. But this does not at all beg the beauty and charm of the Catalan capital. After all, it is worth paying money to admire it. And there is a lot of opportunities for this in the city. Of course, for one visit to Barcelona, everything is impossible to cover. Therefore, for the first trip, you need to choose the most famous and interesting. The only inconvenience of visits to Barcelona is a huge number of tourists who want to see her.
Sagrada Familia
This is the most famous Barcelona sight that everyone wants to see.Without a visit to this cathedral, it is simply difficult to imagine Barcelona. We can safely say that Sagrada surname is a business card of this magnificent city. The creation of this masterpiece of world architecture began in 1882 and did not end so far. It is rumored that the Government of Spain plans to complete the construction by 2026, timed to the 100th from the day of the death of the Cathedral. His architect Antonio Gaudi did not have time to finish the construction. Antonio Gaudi generally belongs to a lot of buildings in Barcelona and the Spaniards are very loved by his creation. And in Sagrada, he invested his soul.
He built him 43 years old and regularly rebuilt and reworked what he did not like. He literally lived in this cathedral.
Sagrada Surname produces a stunning impression. It is so amazing that from different sides of the inspection seems to be different buildings. But it is not very convenient to inspect it outside because of the dense urban building. And when you go inside, it is simply impossible to put out the words from what they saw. This is not a classic strict temple, it is very bright and there is a lot of unusual. For example, there are very beautiful stairs and images. A tourist who wants to see such beauty must pass one big obstacle - this is the queue for tickets. But it is worth defending it to get to the cathedral and even for an additional fee you can climb the observation platform. The entrance costs 12.5 euros, with an audio guide -16.5 euro, for children there are discounts.
Boulevard Rambla
This is a world famous pedestrian street. You can even say that it is Arbat in Barcelona. It starts from Catalonia Square and ends at the old port.
But besides the sellers, souvenirs, and everything else, there are many artists, dancers, musicians and artists of various genres.It all merges into some permanent fun view. With the Rambla Boulevard, it is impossible to leave anything without buying. The atmosphere also has to acquire all kinds of necessary and not very subjects and memorable things. Souvenirs are mainly performed in the style of Gaudi and Salvador Dali. But I want to notice that they are all monotonous and in the benches are sold the same thing. So if something liked something, then you need to immediately buy, and not rushing along the benches. After all, besides shopping there there is something to see. For example, there are many good cafes where you can just sit and look at people passing by. And all this happens against the background of history. After all, on the boulevard many houses buildings 16 and 18th centuries. There are also residential buildings there, but mostly these theaters and museums.
Rambla is conditionally divided into five parts, each of which is something famous.
At this boulevard, the famous market of Beria, the Virein Palace and the Museum of Wax Figures are also located.
But tourists should be remembered that there are many pockets on this boulevard. So it is better not to take valuable things with you, and the documents should be left at the hotel. These precautions will help not spoil their visit to this wonderful boulevard.
Park Guell
This is one of the creations of Antonio Gaudi, who heard he worked at the beginning of the last century. Entrance to the park is free, pay 5 euros only for visiting the museum. Getting into it as if you get to a fabulous city. Especially the look is difficult to tear off from the gingerbread houses.
Behind them should be a well-known staircase with the Catalan lizard made from mosaic. There you can walk for a long time and just surprise such beauty, Gaudi tried to fame. In the park there are many sellers offering souvenirs, but for some reason they have been laid out their goods right on Earth, we must try not to step. Even there you can climb the mountain on the observation platform, from there opens a very beautiful view. But for visiting this park you need comfortable shoes.
Gothic Quarter
This is the place by visiting which is very difficult to forget. This is a whole web of a narrow street with buildings built in 14-15 centuries. In this amazing quarter, in addition to cafes and residential buildings, there are real masterpieces of world architecture.First of all, it is a majestic cathedral in which there are many artifacts. Also there is the house of Archbishop, the House of Dyakon and the building of the Government of Catalonia. And this is not a complete list of what can admire in the Gothic Quarter.
And not far from the cathedral there is a castle, next to which there are many cafes. There you can eat Catalan dishes, prepare there very tasty.
Getting to the Gothic Quarter is very easy, it is enough to have a guide. For example, the path from Catalunya Square takes only 15 minutes.
Of course, it is very interesting to walk and inspect everyone. But even better before it is a little study the story.
And this, by the way, concerns all Barcelona. After all, there so much surprising and unforgivable mistake will be visited by Barcelona and at least almost a little bit of knowing the story of creating this amazing city. Or, for example, it is worth studying the basic creations of Gaudi, because it was actually a brilliant architect who glorified his favorite city not the whole world. And to fall in love with Barcelona enough to see it at least once.