41 ReviewsAn hour by train from Barcelona is the impressive Montserrat. From the train station at Espana, you can buy the round trip tickets that include both the train and the cable car for around 18E. The...
55 ReviewsTake time to meander - losing yourself in the maze of alleys, streets and lanes is one of the Old Town´s principal pleasures. The streets wind and wander with no discerrible order or object. We...
13 Reviewsthe quickest way to get to Tibidabo is on the T2 from Catelunya square drops you off at the door and costs only 2.5 euros,
Great place for the kids and adults
Tibidabo Amusement Park is a magical...
47 ReviewsCasa Fajol o de la Papallona
This little- visited "Gaudi" ** gem is located near Placa Espanya and Parc Joan Miro. Although it is not open to the public, the reason for visiting is the enormous moth...
27 ReviewsThis park is located behind the Barcelona Sants train station. It is an industrial park that is quite different from other parks, but nevertheless it is very popular amongst the city children, youth...
16 ReviewsSalvador Dali museum. I know, I know, there's already SO much to see in Barcelona. But if you've got an extra day, this is definitely a worthwhile trip. It takes a good 4 or 5 hours to see the whole...
11 ReviewsBack when I visited this attraction not many people knew about it -- at least I never heard about it in my first visit to Barcelona, but on my 2nd visit I got to see it and I LOVED IT...!! There...
11 Reviewsjust a short train journey ideal to escape to for a day trip.
found this nice video that sums up the area Sitges video
Few resorts can boast the privileges of Sitges: a breathtaking landscape,...
17 ReviewsWe were strolling around to find interesting place. Then we find a nice courtyard and stepped in. How lucky we were! We find these:
I learned that this building is Palau del Lloctinent. The...
18 ReviewsWife and I stayed in Confortel Hotel on Calle Ramon Turro before and after sailing on our cruise with NCL in November 08.One block from the hotel was A local Rambla "Las Rambla Poblenou"
will check on...
8 ReviewsA city beach is called Platja Barceloneta. There is a bus from Plaza Catalunya that takes you there or you can walk for around an hour. Beach looked kind of hippy and there was lots of action going...
16 ReviewsPark Guell is skillfully designed and composed to bring the peace and calm that one could expect from a park. The absolute focal point of the park is the main terrace, surrounded by a long bench in...
12 ReviewsThere is this great little bar called Stoke that you would nearly never find unless you were looking for it. Tucked away in the gothic quarter, it's a little hub for many of the young travellers that...
11 ReviewsLa Boqueria is Barcelona's most famous market. There you can find any kind of fresh food and many, many sweets.
They have the most amazing natural fruit juices and they are quite low priced.
There...
11 ReviewsIf you like flea markets, you can go to Mercat de Bellcaire (Encants Vells) next to Glories huge rondabaut. As on any other of these kind of places, be careful with your belongings.
Open Mon, Wen,...
22 ReviewsYou can also take a cruise in the Medittereanen from Barcelona and you can also visit Ibiza and party, and also Mallorca. Perhaps visit the lovely Girona north of Barcelona and maybe Andorra, a small...
6 ReviewsThis estate was built between 1884 and 1887. Gaudì designed the stables and the porter's lodge.
Visits are not permitted, but you can enjoy the wrought iron gate (the dragon!)
Finca Guell is...
9 ReviewsPlease excuse my ignorance but I really don't know what these buildings are. While you walk down the Ramblas towards the port, you find them to your left just before reaching the Columbus monument....
12 ReviewsThis monastery was founded in 1326.
Here you can visit the cells, the infermary, the refectory, the kitchen and the church. This monastery also houses the Collection Thyssen Bornemisza; with...
6 ReviewsThe Plaça del Diamant is not a very touristy place. In fact, tucked away in Gràcia, you aren’t likely to assign it any specific importance compared to the other little squares in the neighbourhood....
12 ReviewsSituated in the heart of El Raval is this Romanesque church, one of the oldest in Barcelona. Originally founded as a Benedictine monastery in the 9th century and subsequently rebuilt in the following...
4 ReviewsThe Nou Camp (or Camp Nou in Spanish) is the largest football Stadium in Europe. This is where Barcelona Football Club (commonly known as barca to the locals) play their home games.
The ground was...
4 Reviews
The best kept secret street of Barcelona ;-)
The Rambla is, of course, the best known landmark of Barcelona, and deservedly so. Meandering down from the Plaça de Catalunya to the Columbus statue,...
6 ReviewsI highly recommend that you visit the BARCELONA AQUARIUM, located right next to Maremagnum shopping center, in the New Port... It's very big and modern, very well maintained and you will see some...
This is a quite escenic trip by train. It goes from Lleida to La Pobla de Segur on the foot of the Pyrinees.The trip take a couple of hours. Once there, you can come back or try to reach some of the most scenics places of the Pyrinees such as Parc Nacional d'Aigues Tortes i Sant Maurici. However, communications are no so good (just a few buses).On the way, the train passes close to a couple of marshes and through Congost de Terradets (Terradets canyon) very good place for climbing. Also stops in Ager, town with interesting romanesque architecture. There is also some Mountain Bike routes which passes close to some of the train stations.An old railway station (Cellers) has become an hostel for climbers, walkers and mountain bikers, so there is plenty to do there.For timetable check at http://www.renfe.es
Horta de Sant Joan
by Peret
In the county of "Terra Alta" (highlands, in catalan), there's a little village having a very specyal beauty: Horta de Sant Joan or Horta d'Ebre. The landscape, with the mountains of "Besseit" in the back, is really amazing.
Prades
by Peret
Prades is a little village of 500 inhabitants in a quite inexplored zone of Catalonia, between the Priorat and the Conca de Barberà. It has a very peculiar feature. All the buildings are builded in red stone, a very plentiful kind of stone in this area. The walls are very beautiful, and it has a very charmer squarre with a known fountein in.
Siurana - a wonderfull village in the mountains
by sgershtein
Siurana is a small and very old village located high in the mountains of Priorat. It's only a few houses and the old church. The views there are extremely beautiful. We were very glad we decided to go there. Very few tourists, you can just walk around and enjoy the beauty.They say they produce unique olive oil there also named Siurana, but it was not on sale in a local small shop for some reason. Maybe it was not the right time of the year.We went there on a rented car. You took road C-242 to Cornudella De Montsant and then turn to Siurana. The mountain road is not hard at all if the weather is good.
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ancient water supplies.
by cachaseiro
when hiking the mountains you can take advantage of the ancient watering holes that has been killing the thirst of the hiking crowds for centuries.the water from these places is also a lot tastier than what you get in bottles.
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The Placard for the Memorial
by dlandt
The placard reads, roughly (and my thanks to Isabella once again) "Remember their Courage and Sacrifice" and seems to indicate that the honorees of the memorial were from a given unit of Carlist soldiers which ahd been raised in the area. For the most part, Catalonia sided with the royalists during the Spanish Civil War. That is to say they lost, a fact that would have consequences for Catalonia through many years to come. A full examination of Catalonian participation in the war, or even just a good outline of the events leading to war is beyond the scope of a simple VT tip. Suffice it to say, that modern Spain and Catalonia seem to look with dismay on the outcome.
Memorial to the Spanish Civil War
by dlandt
This memorial is to Carlist soldiers who perished in the Spanish Civil War. Although different people with different backgrounds and political views will disagree, the general consensus is that the wrong side won the war.
cambrils
by quartinb
______________________________________________________________________another small and charming location amongst all the others along the golden coast of catalunya. A couple of miles from Salou stands this charming location, wich offers you, a big mall at the center along with a lot of tourists surching for bargains and rememberences from Costa Daurada. At the top a small and charming marina given the place a somehow cosmopolitan look.______________________________________________________________
La Pineda
by quartinb
______________________________________________________________________another small location in costa daurada catalunya. the golden coast stretching from south of costa brava to tarragona.this place called la pineda, it's known because of the wide beach that covers about all the lenght of the place, along with a large pedestrian walk. There's also a water slide park if you apreciate it. a lot of tourist offers , hotels and restaurants, gives this place a centre location of catalunya and from there, explore all it's beauty and places.______________________________________________________________
tarragona
by quartinb
______________________________________________________________________once an important city from the roman empire still preserves a lot and outstanding roman monuments and a gorgeous monastery on the outskirts.tarragona deserves itself a unique pg, but only half of a sunday afternoon, does not give all the information required to develop a page like it should. i took some pics, that' s all.here's one.______________________________________________________________
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