Things to See and Do in Barcelona

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  • Oct 21, 2007: ... of the street! About halfway down we came across the Market La Boqueria. A huge covered market where you can buy just about ...
  • Jun 17, 2002: ... on the way to buy the fruit we'd seen earlier at La Boqueria. Mmm, strawberries. Upon meeting back with the group, we ...
  • Dec 5, 2005: ... Dec 6th Sites: La Sagrada Familia, Mercat de la Boqueria Lunch: Origens 99.9% Wine: Abadal Reserve 3.9 2000 Dinner: ...
  • Aug 29, 2007: ... Rambla is an amazing market called La Boqueria with huge stands full of tropical fruits and vegetables everywhere. Chris had ...
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  • Sep 21, 2002: ... a tour of the Palau de la Música Catalana (the Palace of Catalan Music) - an insanely amazing Modernist concert hall in the ...
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  • Apr 30, 2009: ... that no one was really in and got to take some nice secluded photos. The Magic Fountain wasn´t running, like pretty much ...
  • Jul 14, 2008: ... some americans who told us about what they called the Magic Fountain, which sounded cool, so we dragged along Kristian, Alex ...
  • Oct 29, 2005: ... Parc Guell! I also visited Parc Montjuic and saw the amazing Font Magica (magic fountain) show, there are some video clips ...
  • Mar 6, 2008: ... last stop of the day was a visit to the Palace and the Magic Fountain. The Palace reminded me a lot of Aladin and Jasmine J. ...
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  • Apr 25, 2007: ... sometimes forget that I was in Spain. Park Guell was probably my favorite place in Spain and I would absolutely love to go ...
  • Jan 27, 2006: ... time we were glad we made it to Spain and no visas were required. Barcelona is an attractive and very interesting city ...
  • Jul 16, 2009: ... seeing the city and sampling the cuisine.  Barcelona is a beautiful city and it has a great metro system which makes it ...
  • Mar 20, 2002: ... amazing stone structures, stunning tiling, and fascinating buildings.  At the top of Guell park is a terraced area with ...
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  • Jun 28, 2004: ... Guell with it´s amazing wavy mosaic benches and gnome-houses, and Casa Batllo (beautiful beautiful beautiful! wait until I ...
  • Nov 29, 2007: ... , the Temple de la Sagradra Família, and my absolute favorite, the Casa Batlló. This storybook apartment house, which was ...
  • Jun 20, 2006: ... , oriental, medieval and natural sources. First stop was the Casa Batllo, a magnificent residential building built ...
  • Sep 11, 2006: ... first to present his argument - the mysterious and marvellous facade of Casa Batllo magically lighting Passeig de Gracia as ...
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  • Oct 31, 2006: ... people who are watching people, has been the Gaudi church, called Church of the Sacred Family I think. It has been under ...
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  • Nov 29, 2007: ... and his incredible designs at the apartment building Casa Milà "La Pedrera", the famed, sandcastle like cathdral yet to be ...
  • Jun 20, 2006: ... 's last residential work, built between 1906 and 1912, called La Pedrera (The Quarry). Despite the rough exterior (which was ...
  • Mar 8, 2005: ... complete. We climbed it once again and took loads of photos. Then we went to 'La Pedrera', yet another Gaudí building. The ...
  • Mar 9, 2005: ... than mushies !!! We left had lunch, Rioja, and then walked to his two houses. La Pedrera, where we climbed up to the roof, ...
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  • Feb 2, 2009: ... but on the way to the metro station, I walked past the CaixaForum which houses free art exhibitions, so drawn by curiosity, I ...
  • Aug 18, 2009: ... I go to the bottom of the hill, toward Plaza Espana, I hit CaixaForum. It is a free museum for contemporary art, of varying ...
  • Jan 6, 2009: ... in this part of the world, and may even be slightly early for some! People in Barcelona eat breakfast at about 10ish (yes, ...
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  • Sep 24, 2009: ... , we were at the Placa de Catalunya to catch a Barcelona Bus Turistic (a sightseeing Hop On Hop Off) tour bus ...
  • Jun 17, 2006: ... vem ai trovoada tal o abafado que está. Vou sair e apanhar o Bus Turistic pela 1ª vez e vou fazer a linha vermelha que passa ...
  • Oct 25, 2009: ... again went topless, this time courtesy of Barcelona Bus Turistic. The bus's running commentary filled us in with a little of ...
  • Jun 10, 2007: ... , it was still fun. Today we took a tour of Barcelona on the Bus Turistic.  This double-decker tour bus has three ...
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  • Jul 25, 2008: ... to us b/c of the Barcelona Card), a large pond, kids play area, a zoo, and several large historical government buildings. ...
  • Dec 13, 2008: The train from Montepellier to Barcelona was cool, had to stop on the border town for a couple of hours. Got an espresso. Had ...
  • Apr 25, 2007: ... was in Spain. Park Guell was probably my favorite place in Spain and I would absolutely love to go back and just spend an ...
  • Apr 18, 2005: This is Day 2 in Barcelona! And what a nice hot day again it is. Today i saw many things. I did a tour here like the one ...
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  • Apr 22, 2008: ... cava and ate anchovy with vinegar as tapa at a cava bar,El Xampanyet near the museum. Cava is the Spanish champagne. Went ...
  • Jun 27, 2009: ... /El Born neighborhoods. I had read about a place called El Xampanyet on Montcada Street and we decided to try and find it. We ...
  • Jul 1, 2009: ... nap. For dinner, we decided to make a return visit to Xampanyet for tapas and a bottle of cava. It was packed when we got ...
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  • Feb 26, 2003: ... to Montjuic, mountain/hill where the Olympic park and national art museum of Catalunya are. We took some great photos before ...
  • Jul 28, 2000: ... the fountain light show by the National Art Museum of Barcelona. July 29 A day out and about in Barcelona. The highlight ...
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  • Jul 15, 2004: ... have to with Spanish. Today the plan is to go to the Picasso Museum, but I don´t know if that will actually pan out. I don´t ...
  • Feb 20, 2006: ... at the sea, we went to the picasso museum, we went up a funicular (i love those things!) and just ran around town. I had ...
  • May 6, 2004: ... the city at some of the sites. Barcelona has A LOT to see. At the Picasso museum, there were some ladies from the southern ...
  • May 4, 2004: ... reserved offices and are truly marvelous Hansel and Grettel houses. The Picasso museum was enlightening; during his student ...
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  • Nov 3, 2006: ... So after our exquisite veggie falafel lunch, we headed towards Parc de la Ciutadella. We got off on the Arc de Triomf metro ...
  • Jul 25, 2008: ... out on foot to the nearby Parc de la Ciutadella, a large park with an Animal Museum and Geological Museum (both of which are ...
  • Oct 20, 2002: ... heard about earlier in the day. We made our way to Parc de la Ciutadella but found that we arrived too late. It was already ...
  • Aug 28, 2005: ... and La Sagrada Familia Went to the Olympic Stadium and Parc de la Ciutadella and saw amazing views of the city Visited ...
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  • Jul 15, 2004: ... Pamplona,met the lads on Las Ramblas.Stayed in with Conor Simpson, checked out Nou Camp and la Sagrada familia the next day
  • Jun 3, 2007: ... tour taking in all the sights and sounds; Little Barca village, Olympic Stadium, Nou Camp, Docks, Gaudi Houses + Architecture ...
  • Jul 22, 2006: ... and thinking about nothing else! Today we have sussed the Nou Camp, I couldnt be bothered goin for a tour as Barca beat ...
  • Jul 20, 2006: ... thats been alright! We plan on visiting the Nou Camp (home of Barcelona FC) and checking out a few of the old buildings and ...