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SOLO MIO WITH SPICEY YUMMY GREEN PEPPER.
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Hi fellow VTs,
Is it worthwhile to get the Barcelona Card?
If not, any other cheaper options for transportation & entrane to museums?
Thanks.
Rebekah
I'd suggest to use the hop on/off bus; or bus turistic in Barcelona. These buses stop near all the main sights and you will be given a leaflet with lots of discounts vouchers to several museums, attractions, cafes and restaurants in the city.
Admittedly, it is a few years since I visited Barcelona but I found the card very useful as you don't have to worry about individual tickets for transport which may confuse the visitor. I found it worthwhile purely for that peace of mind.
We were in Barcelona from Sep 12 till Sep 16 this year
I would recommend to buy a travel card not Barcelona card.
A 5 day travel card is Euro 24.10 and you can use it for
all 3 means of transport (Metro, Bus, Tram) unlimited.
You can buy it at the airport tourist office and can even
use it to go by train from airport to the city.
you can get a bus touristic map from the tourist office.
then use the regular bus map to mark the bus touristic stops
and then use your travel card to visit those places at leisure.
This way you dont pay more than 33 euro and have to cram
the entire trip in 1 or 2 days.
Just walk on the Barro gotico.It's full of small streets(totally different from the big ramblas),and think how it'd be during medieval.All the architecture remember it,and you can notice,great masterpieces,or very interesting shops just walking.It ever seems different.After a while you can stop in a bar(it's full of them) and just relax watching people walking.You can find also original things made of silk or other funny things in shops
Raval specialty shops
You can find great bookstores, music stores and specialty stores all around the Raval area, You should try them instead of going to all those well-known commercial venues in the city.
On our first evening Rudy was suggested to take a Trifasico, that is coffee, milk, rum and sugar.
It was marvelous!
So next day after a nice trip to Parc Guell and when we descended the stairs all the way down... our dear friend Marie (Marikitt) was waiting for us!
She had called previously that she was enjoying the chocolats we brought for her and Antonio and she was joking she would wait for us when we finished the parc visit... well I thought she was joking, but no! she was serious! :-)
and what a happy surprise to see her again!
And now we could meet Antonio as well!
You can see a picture of our meeting in the travelogues Meeting with friends.
We ended up in a coffeebar with the map spread all over the table and Antonion and Marie giving us directions how to go to the Magical Fountains... and yes! I ordered a Trifasico too!
It was mmmmmmmMMMMM! 1-)
and so we had a second one!
It was so filling we decided we were not hungry anymore and just skipped dinner that evening!
Rudy took 2 pics of the glass. The first without a flash and all came out so brown, the second with the flash and it looked better.
But what a marvelous toy Photo shop is! I managed to make the spoiled picture looking even better then the 2nd one `-)
Cheers!!!
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