Ayre Hotel Gran Via Barcelona

Travel Blogs from Barcelona

The Amazing Guided Experience, Barcelona

A travel blog entry by chunhin

... going. *sigh* I think I need to limit myself…anyway, was really great to see Alex (and Paula) again after these two years kinda wish Anna could've meet the guys that I had met while over on exchange =)...one day! =D Oooh and I really appreciate him taking his time off to show us around, can’t have been easy taking time off and he’s now down to his last day! >.< Muchos gracias mi amigo! And remember, we’ll be expecting you both in Melbourne! ...

Bouldering in Barcelona

A travel blog entry by justln

I had originally planned to visit Barcelona on a long weekend in Spain when I was studying abroad in Paris. Unfortunately, when I got to Madrid, I caught a fever and had to forfeit my plans to visit this beautiful Catalan city.

Spanish churches are known to be some of the most intricate and ornate because of its gothic background. We visited both the traditional Barcelona catherdral as well as the work-in-progress Antoni Gaudi church ...

Second rainy day in 5 1/2 weeks

A travel blog entry by ccaraian

... when we were at the top of the other hill, I was trying to take a photo of a fence with a whole bunch of locks attached to it. We've seen it before, not sure what it means. Anyway, there was a couple attaching one, and then the guy asked a passerby to take a picture of them and he was fishing something out of his pocket - I thought it was bizarre that he was holding the guy up. All of a sudden he drops down on one knee, whips a ring out and asks the girl to marry ...

Directions

A travel blog entry by vanivan

... for a week or even just a weekend. Far fewer long-term travellers than in South America. Plenty of nice conversations nevertheless...but it's a different feeling and one that I'm gonna have to get used to.

Today, my last here, was equally lovely. Having nearly run out of things to do on the list, I opted to find some good food. Joining me was Maria, a recently widowed grandmother finding no excuse not to travel - every year now, she works ...

Spending the Night in Barcelona Airport

A travel blog entry by dmarek

... her kid some chocolate or something to quiet him down. There was an exchange of words as the mother said it was a public place and you could cry if you wanted to...sounds like an oldie....and that the young woman should wait until she has had children before she criticizes anyone. The child miraculously quieted down at this point, the father came, and then all was quiet. I did get some sleep there covered with my striped red Maasai blanket.

Around 2 am, ...