Poble Espanyol Barcelona

The Montjuic hill is an amazing place, so we decided to spend the whole day here. First we visited the Miro museum. Joan Miro was an incredible artist and his art, paintings and sculptures really touched us. The Foundation Joan Miro is a museum everyone should visit, so as to get to know modernism at its higher level. Simply incredible!!! Next we …

Spent the day at Poble Espanyol (Spanish Village). A lot of character with stoned buildings, paths and little shops. Boys taken by a local glass blower. He was making a bunch of Glass Bulls which one ended up coming home with us. The boys are now right into bargaining. And not accepting the marked price. After a day there we walked up the hill to …

Barca was the craziest of the trip because we had so much time here. We also had other friends because my group was made up of four girls and six boys and the boys are all in the same frat. They had two other frat brothers studying in Barcelona so we hung out with them a lot.
When we got there it was about 6pm so we went straight to the …

Geddit? Montjuic= "Mountain of the Jews"= Mountain Dew. No?
Nevermind.

So again we were back to Barcelona, our overnight stop before flying on to Colombia. We stopped at Montjuic, went to the Placa Espanya (where I saw Spain win the world cup last year). It's amazing.
Let me say something: the buildings at the top of the plaza? …

... last couple days the weather was pretty overcast and rainy.  I got caught in the rain just after leaving Poble Espanyol, a re-creation of different Spanish villages built for the 1929 world exposition.  I was walking in Montijuic Park, ...

... que aún se conservan, como por ejemplo la monumental esctructura que hoy alberga al Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña (MNAC), el Poble Espanyol (con elementos arquitectónicos de todo el país), una réplica del pabellón de Mies van der Rohe, y el ...

... my stop at the market, I went back to the hostel to meet a group to see the fountain light show at the Poble Espanyol de Barcelona or Barcelona capital building. The group of about 25 met at hostel at 8 PM.  We made the quick 10 minute walk to the ...

... will develop into a major tourist attraction. One last point of interest to mention in regards Montjuïc is The Poble Espanyol – a representative Spanish village ( again built for the 1929 World Expo ) consisting of buildings representing the ...

... a museum housing many works of art by the fameous surrealist artist Joan Miró. On our way to the Poble Espanyol, we strolled through some of the gardens, and the Anella Olimpica, part of the facilities for the 1992 Olympic games. The Poble Espanyol is ...

... Europe entertain tourists.   One of the most interesting attractions we visited was El Poble Espanyol.  Built in 1929 for the Barcelona International Expo using traditional architecture from all over Spain, the village is a recreation of ...

... I have taken which are many, are from the Centre, the Port, the Castle and the Teleferic, Barrio gotico, the OLYMPIC stadium, Poble Espanyol , and many other interesting spots. I am looking forward for the next trip coming soon to Madrid and ...

... bay, ending on the ridge in which is part of  Montjuic.  We had originally intended to visit and photograph Poble Espanyol, a lovely old village surrounded by ancient walls and filled with courtyards and old buildings.  A couple of nights ...

... Poble Espanyol featured a recreation of actual famous buildings from all over Spain. It doesn´t. Built for Barcelona´s 1929 International Exposition, Poble Espanyol features reproductions of 117 buildings, streets and squares from throughout Spain. ...

... into touristy attractions and convention centers. The view of the port from this side of Montjuic is amazing! Next we visited Poble Espanyol, a miniature village in which each neighborhood represents a region of Spain. Its a nice place with a lot of ...