Barcelona is a terrific city, with so many places that I want to see that the problem of own route around the city has become relevant to me long before the trip. On all the museums that I wanted to visit, the time was completely lacked, and the architectural masterpieces of Gaudi, cathedrals, the streets, on which I wanted to wander, breathe in the air of the city, to feel his atmosphere - I had to make a list, and then, thinking about all the details, decide What to spend your two days to spend your two days. But, not everything is so simple in Barcelona.
Mad, ingenious, surreal Antonio Gaudi. It was his work that I wanted to see first. One of the guidebooks, chose your route by "Gaudi Houses". Home - Casa Batllo.
Cost - 18 euros, there is a good Russian audio guide. More at home, read reviews about huge queues at the box office of Batlo, and I didn't want to spend time at this time, there was a little in place by ten in the morning, there were few people, the ticket was bought in ten minutes. During this time, it was possible to quickly consider the facade.
In the bright, morning sun, it seemed that the wall was shimmer with all the colors of the sea, however, despite the bright colors, and the turquoise mosaic, the house outside, called some serious impression, slightly frightening. Because of the huge window on the second floor, the building, sometimes, is called the "yawning house", indeed - it seems. All these bones, arches under the balconies, for some reason they resemble sore joints, maybe because he read that the architect suffered from a rheumatic disease.
Inside an unusual, strange, nothing sharp, but the strongest impression produces a blue patio in the middle, with an elevator and a glass ceiling and a roof with pipes - sculptures.
I did not regret that I got here, but it turned out too much impressions, inspecting inside the next one of the year Gaudi - Casal Mila, no longer had strength and desire.
I advise everyone who wants to visit two of these excursions, not to do it in one day, after the house of Balo, even the facade of the Mila house seemed to me not very interesting, not so bright. And, probably, the tickets should be ordered or buying in advance, because when I got to the house of Mila, there was an impressive queue at the cashier. This is another reason why I decided not to go there. Although I want to say that the Garcia Boulevard himself and, located next to Aven Diagonal, is not much less interesting than the Architecture of Gaudi. Walking around the city is a solid pleasure if it were possible not to get tired, I would walk day just like that. On this day, I wandered over the Gothic Quarter, the planned Museum of the History of Catalonia, disappeared by himself - the evening began.
Taking into account all your mistakes, a ticket to Sagrada Familia ordered via the Internet, on the official website, the benefit that in the city there is a lot of cafes with a "Wi-Fi Free" margin, where the waiters on demand provide a password, or it is already in the plate on your table. The price of a ticket with audiogide is 19.3 euros. What can be said about the cathedral? It can be stamps - monumentally, ambitious, fantastic, I agree with all these epithets. But, all this words, in fact, describe the words of Sagrada - it is impossible.
Each detail of the internal and external finish requires a separate report. If you stand right under the facade and raise your head up, then it seems that the cathedral falls right on you, the feeling is terrible, I even had goosebumps. Now work is underway, Sagrada surname is completed. I can say that the cranes standing outside will add surrealism into the overall picture.
I spent inside for more than four hours, in addition to the overall interior, admiring the ability of Gaudi to play inner natural lighting, creating a multi-colored space, this is a distinctive feature of his works - to create stained glass windows, changing light and colors in rooms, depending on the time of day and weather.
Next - Guell Park, to him from Sagrada Familia, can be reached by metro, with a transfer to Diagonal stations, to the train of the green branch L3. The entrance is free. At the beginning - the gingerbread houses, in the left - the park administration, the right - the guide. Be sure to pay attention to the forged fence - thin, beautiful work. Further, the staircase with the "Snake" fountains and the "lizard", which rose to the panoramic hall with columns and wonderful acoustics, and from there - to the main square, which the bench surrounds around the perimeter. In the afternoon, many tourists, on the famous winding bench of the buzz, many busy places, and I wanted to find the word "maria" inverted upside down on her, somewhere in the southern part. I did not find it, but it was pretty considered patterns from a bit of ceramics. I also tried to convenience, say, Gaudi asked the workers to undress and sit down at the not quite frozen concrete, so that it was convenient for them to achieve an "anatomical" effect, but it seems to me that Rights version number 2, on which the cast was made Clay, in the form of a sitting person, and from the cast already - concrete blanks for the bench have been manufactured. The other areas of the park lead indoor tracks. The park is divided on a hill, which before that was called bald mountain, already out of the name it is clear that the terrain did not imagine anything attractive, but now here is really wonderful, green garden. Among all this brown magnificence, I even found Rosemary and a chabret. Many ampel and curly plants, among them - my favorite bungements, sorry that I didn't get on bloom. The house - the Museum of Gaudi, located on the territory, saw only outside, he, of course, is not so fabulous and unusual, like Batlo and Mila at home, but I want to live in such a way. I would live, such a small castle, elegant, in the national style. The house was built as a demonstration, in order to attract investors to the construction of the park, the architect moved here to live later. On this, the excursion had to be completed, because of, not in time the coming sunset. It's time to return to the hotel.
Days in Barcelona ends very quickly. I bring out the results: most of the fact that I planned - I did not have time to do. I almost did not see the city, was not on the embankment, on Mount Tibidabo, could not get to the museum Dali in Fig, and go there less than two hours from Barcelona, and I wanted very, "flew" with the Museum of Catalonia's History and the Banking Market, I Shopping did not happen, even the souvenirs bought a hurry, before leaving. Conclusion: I will come to Barcelona again, be sure. I loved this city with all my heart and soul, I want to return here. There is such a sign: in Guell Park, you need to sit on the bench and make a desire - it will surely come true. Guess what I fucked?
