Day 2 - Parc Guell, Tibidabo, & Camp Nou
After a long first day today we're going to other side of Barcelona, named Parc Guell. Park Güell, is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the district of Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. To reach it you can take Metro L3 to Lesseps and follow the Park Guell sign, it's quite far to walk there, and there are lots of stairs to climb. Luckily they invent the technology called escalator so you don't have to do it by yourself. You don't have to pay to enter Park Guell, but if you want to visit the Gaudi house you have to pay a little bit (I don't remember how much it cost because I didn't do it). It's really nice and beautiful there, and there are people that sell souvenir for 1euro, it's cheaper than the one you find in the city. The way to Parc Guell is a little bit far because first you have to go to El Carmel (or some park, I don't really remember the name). But don't give up just yet, because at the end you will see the beautiful Parc Guell.
After we saw Parc Guell, we decided to go back to our hostel and get some lunch, as a backpacker we can only afford cheap food, so we went to McDonalds and buy 1 euro burger. After that we went to Tibidabo, a mountain where you can see the whole Barcelona. There's also an amusement park in Tibidabo and a beautiful catholic church named Temple de Sagrat Cor. To get there you can get a bus (tibibus) for 2.80, you can buy the ticket on the bus, ask the driver. The bus goes every 20 minutes from Catalunya and it will bring you directly to Tibidabo. When you get there you can go to the top of the church and pay 2 euro for the elevator. But you can't take pictures in the elevator, but it's not us if we didn't manage to sneak a pic in the elevator ;)
After Tibidabo we continue our Journey to Camp Nou, FC Barcelona football stadium, well I'm not really a football fan, I just went there to take picture and make people jealous. To enter the stadium you need to pay 23euro (check here for details) which I didn't do because, I'm not really a fan of FC Barcelona, and I'm just too broke to spend 23euro on that. To get there you can get Metro 5 (and step out in Collblanc or Badal) or Metro 3 (step out at Maria Cristina, Palau Reial or Zona Universitaria). I took Metro 3 and step out at Maria Cristina and walk about 10 minutes to get there.
After we finished the FC Barcelona tour, we decided to go to the beach.. Well it's Barcelona, so you gotta enjoy the beach. But the weather was not that good, it was kinda cloudy and kinda late as well, so there was no sun.. After we laid down on the beach, take pictures and play with the water a little bit, we went back to the hostel. But before we went back we decided to try some local food, Paella. Paella is one of typical spanish dish which is kinda risotto like and mixed with seafood. It was good, and of course since it's a big portion we just order one Paella and one appetizer. We spent around 12 euro for this one. On our way to the beach we passed across some gay parade. I think they are doing a strike or something, eitherway it's very interesting to see
Day 3 - Time to go home
So my journey in Barcelona is about to end. I still have a few hours until my flight back to Netherlands. Today we decided to just take it slow and walk around until it's time for us to go back to the airport, the weather was really bad, it's raining the whole time. Luckily that we're going home that day. So we walked around and take a picture of some random object and in front of Picasso Museum, because we can't afford the entrance fee. Before we step into the Bus that will take us back to the airport we bought another 1 euro burger from mcdonalds. You can buy the ticket for the bus to the airport from ticket machine there, and you can pay with your debit card (I have NL debit card)
Conclusion - Barcelona is quite fun to visit, the point of Barcelona is Gaudi's building, June is quite perfect time to go there, because it's warm enough but not too summery hot. I spent only 300 euro there, 190for tickets, 46 for hostel, 11 for sagrada, around 30 for transport, and the rest is for food :)
After a long first day today we're going to other side of Barcelona, named Parc Guell. Park Güell, is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the district of Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. To reach it you can take Metro L3 to Lesseps and follow the Park Guell sign, it's quite far to walk there, and there are lots of stairs to climb. Luckily they invent the technology called escalator so you don't have to do it by yourself. You don't have to pay to enter Park Guell, but if you want to visit the Gaudi house you have to pay a little bit (I don't remember how much it cost because I didn't do it). It's really nice and beautiful there, and there are people that sell souvenir for 1euro, it's cheaper than the one you find in the city. The way to Parc Guell is a little bit far because first you have to go to El Carmel (or some park, I don't really remember the name). But don't give up just yet, because at the end you will see the beautiful Parc Guell.
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| Parc Guell |
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| In front of Parc Guell |
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| Parc Guell |
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| Ceiling in Park Guell |
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| Stairway to Heaven (Parc Guell) |
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| El Carmel Hills |
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| Parc Guell |
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| Parc Guell |
After we saw Parc Guell, we decided to go back to our hostel and get some lunch, as a backpacker we can only afford cheap food, so we went to McDonalds and buy 1 euro burger. After that we went to Tibidabo, a mountain where you can see the whole Barcelona. There's also an amusement park in Tibidabo and a beautiful catholic church named Temple de Sagrat Cor. To get there you can get a bus (tibibus) for 2.80, you can buy the ticket on the bus, ask the driver. The bus goes every 20 minutes from Catalunya and it will bring you directly to Tibidabo. When you get there you can go to the top of the church and pay 2 euro for the elevator. But you can't take pictures in the elevator, but it's not us if we didn't manage to sneak a pic in the elevator ;)
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| Barcelona City |
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| Stairway to the highest point |
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| Temple de Sagrat Cor |
After we finished the FC Barcelona tour, we decided to go to the beach.. Well it's Barcelona, so you gotta enjoy the beach. But the weather was not that good, it was kinda cloudy and kinda late as well, so there was no sun.. After we laid down on the beach, take pictures and play with the water a little bit, we went back to the hostel. But before we went back we decided to try some local food, Paella. Paella is one of typical spanish dish which is kinda risotto like and mixed with seafood. It was good, and of course since it's a big portion we just order one Paella and one appetizer. We spent around 12 euro for this one. On our way to the beach we passed across some gay parade. I think they are doing a strike or something, eitherway it's very interesting to see
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| Official Merchandise Store |
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| Camp Nou |
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| Gay Parade at La Ramblas |
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| Seafood Paella |
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| Barcelona Beach |
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| Baby Octopus Appetizer |
Day 3 - Time to go home
So my journey in Barcelona is about to end. I still have a few hours until my flight back to Netherlands. Today we decided to just take it slow and walk around until it's time for us to go back to the airport, the weather was really bad, it's raining the whole time. Luckily that we're going home that day. So we walked around and take a picture of some random object and in front of Picasso Museum, because we can't afford the entrance fee. Before we step into the Bus that will take us back to the airport we bought another 1 euro burger from mcdonalds. You can buy the ticket for the bus to the airport from ticket machine there, and you can pay with your debit card (I have NL debit card)
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| Random Beautiful Park |
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| Part of Picasso Museum |
Conclusion - Barcelona is quite fun to visit, the point of Barcelona is Gaudi's building, June is quite perfect time to go there, because it's warm enough but not too summery hot. I spent only 300 euro there, 190for tickets, 46 for hostel, 11 for sagrada, around 30 for transport, and the rest is for food :)