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Barcelona Spain Travel Guide

editor — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:46:34 +0000

MONTSERRAT Make your way to the Catalonian countryside with Lifestyle Barcelona. At the top of the multipeaked Monserrat Mountain (above, top left), the site of a Benedictine monastery, your guide will pep talk you into stepping over the edge the rugged 4,055- foot cliff . Once you’ve conquered that, scramble up a sheer rock face (above, bottom left). EIXAMPLE ESQUERRA For immediate Instagram hearts, snap shots of the spellbinding surrealist exterior of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia (above, bottom right), under construction for 130 years. Spy stained glass, stonework and epic arches. EIXAMPLE ESQUERRA Don your dancing shoes and head to Mojito

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Travel to Barcelona

editor — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:33:00 +0000

Travel to Barcelona ACCOMMODATIONS While accommodations in Barcelona are easy to spot, finding a room can be more difficult. During the busier travel months (June-September or December), just wandering up and down Las Ramblas looking for a place to stay can quickly turn into a frustrating experience. If you want to stay in the touristy areas Barri Gotic or Las Ramblas make reservations weeks, or even months, in advance. Consider staying outside the tourist hub of the Ciutat Vella; there are plenty of great hostels in I’Eixample and Gracia that will have more vacancies. Hostels in Spain are generally not

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Barcelona Travel

editor — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 05:53:00 +0000

Barcelona Travel PALAU GUELL. Gaudf’s Palau Gttell (1886) the Modernist residence built for patron Eusebi Gttell (of Park Gttell fame) has one of Barcelona’s most spectacular interiors. Gttell spared no expense on this house, considered to be the first where Gaudfs unique style truly showed. (C. Nou de La Rambla 3-5. M: Liceu. Open Mar.-Oct. Su 10am-2pm, M-Sa 10am-8pm, last tour at 6:15pm; Nov.-Dee. M-Sa 10am-6pm. ‚3, students ‚1.50. Mandatory tour every 15min.) MUSEU D’ART CONTEMPORANI (MACBA). This monstrosity of a building was constructed with the idea that sparse decor would allow the art to speak for itself. The MACBA

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