Catalunya Travel Guide

I know there are tons of tips posted on visiting the Basilica de la Sagrada Família. Hopefully, my contribution offers a different perspective of the amazing architecture of Antoni Gaudí. I think the interior of the church was the most spectacular to see. We paid in advance (online) for our reserved timed ticket to include the audio guide and...

For about the last 10 years, we only have one favorite tapa bar/restaurant, we take our friends, relatives and specially for ourselves. It is called CERVESERIA CATALANA. THE COMPLETE ADDRESS IS: CALLE MALLORCA NUMBERO 235 CORNER RAMBLA CATALUNYA. If you were to take the metro. Take the GREEN LINE / or Linea 3 and get off on DIAGONAL. WALK 3...

Port Aventura is a large theme park just outside Salou, it has all the main "big" rides, plus , children's rides and lots of live shows. You really need to plan your way around this site to fit in all it has to offer. Note, the times of the shows you wish to see, and the areas they are in, get there in good time as the theatres soon fill up. The...

A Palm tree lined wide promenade with fountains.and flowers. The bus station is set about half along. The fountain flow by day. and at night are lit with colourful lights.There is the local bus [ Plana ] you can use if you have walk.ed the whole lentgh and are tired. !

The cathedral or to give it its proper name, The cathedral church of St Mary of Girona. is up the hill and loads of steps, inside is the worlds widest gothic nave. Worth the climb. A wide nave inside.cathedral.

The 18th century bell tower at cathedral Girona Spain.Spiral staircase up the tower.--The cathedral is up a hill from the river , then up a large flight of steps to the cathedral its self ,then the staircase up the tower --Im exhausted just writing it.!

The Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria is the See of the Archbishop of Tarragona who exercises his Episcopal ministry at the service of the whole Archdiocese. That Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mary, Saint Paul and his disciple Saint Thecla. It was erected on the foundations of ancient temple. Its construction began in 1171 and it was consecrated...

This extraordinary Roman Aqueduct (UNESCO wonder) broght water to the city of Tarraco (today Tarragona) from 25 kilometres distance. It was still in use until the middle of the XX century.At the entrance there is an explanation saying that the Romans constructed aqueduts instead of pyramids.It is considered the second most extraordin ary Roman...

Visit the beach, of course... Lots of sunshine, soft drinks, food and sight seeing. Like the notice in the picture says: Now is the time! Lloret de Mar, the main beach looking south ; in the background the tall hotel we used to call "Kim's Coiffeur" - or "Kim's" for short - after the huge billboard that they had on the roof ... .Or had they?...

Friguron, icecream in the shape of a shark that they sold in Lloret de Mar back in those days (1980s). I don't know if it is still produced in Spain. The name comes from Frigo (the name of the brand or manufacturer) and Tiburon (=shark in Spanish).

What do you do in Sitges? Beach! bake in the sun, swim, swim and swim.........Sitges is the nearest place from Barcelona with nice sandy beaches...aside from Barceloneta of course which is inside Barcelona itself. We took the Renfe train for a half an hour ride from Barcelona Sants Estacio station.

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Would I ever go to Figueres without Dali?No! For sure!It seemed a nice place but... with what to attract a tourist without Dali?I tried to read, to search something else, in a not so small city - more than 40000 inhabitants but... everything leads to Gala foundation, which means Dali.Anyway, this single reason is more than enough to a visit: since...

Dali' s museum and paintings are the main reason to come here. The museum building itself is an attraction, it is located in the former municipal theater that was distructed during the spanish civil war. Dali wanted to build his museum on the theater ruins. www.salvador-dali.org/museus/...dali/en_index/ Dali's Venus de Milo tiroirs

I didn't enter the sand, but the nicely secluded beach attracted my eyes. It's a place to return, with the time that we hadn't this year,but... when?

I was in a hurry, and the narrow and winding road didn't help. More than that, with so many beautiful points we had to stop several times to enjoy the views, and we were convicted to have no swim that day...

It is the best way to get there and the captain stops the ferry in several places most interesting, such as the Cabo de Creus, or in the restaurant El Bullit, the most famous in Spain.The ferry gives you about 1 hour and a half to walk around, before returning to Roses.

Waking up in the morning and walking into Cadaqués old streets, discovering its old walls, the jewish quartier, a magnific history told by an authocton person passioned. Do the Historic tour, is to let us amaze by the one thousand years of History. Whenever you come with a family group, not excuse to enjoy the Pirates of Cadaqués, a treasure Hunt...

**April 2011 - I have been told this bar is no more - shame! but as Matthew hs two young boys now, the hours were jsut too unsociable**My dear frrend Matthew and his Andalucian wife Marta, own a very good international bar in a padestrianised street, at the opposite end of town from the old town, near the campsites and apartments.It's a great...

This boat went past while I was enjoying the sea views of the Costa Brava from my rocky perch along one of the paths at the Marimurtra botanical gardens - boldly plastered with all the contact details needed to know who they were and how to get hold of them!Looked rather nice!

This is the only fishing museum of this kind in the whole Mediterranian area.This is a very impressive and special museum, worth a visit, if you want to see how deep the life in Palamos is related with fishing. And off course, if you are interested in fishing.Besides this, the Museum is explained in 5 languages: Catalan, Spanish, English, French...

Around 3 o'clock in the afternoon 'Can Paco' is bustling with activity. It seems every Spaniard in Palamos wants to eat there. The food is excellent. The atmosphere typically Spanish but in a trendy sort of way. Sepia a la Plancha.

.Vilanova is well linked to Barcelona, Tarragona and other main Catalan towns by public transport. How to get there from Barcelona: (from/to other places, please see the links below, or drop me a line in case I may help:) By car: - C-32 motorway (45 km), toll about 5 euros each way (less scenic but very fast)- coastal road C-31 (Costes de...

Definitely not the usual museum. If you love trains and/or are you traveling with kids, you would enjoy the place. Or just to kill some time, doing something different, and learning interesting facts. Located in a train depot from the XIX century, it has the most important collection of steam locomotives in Europe is on display. Not small replicas,...

Most people try to rush L’Estartit on a budget so they end up missing some of the highlights in a whirlwind. The key to seeing L’Estartit properly is a game plan, you must know what you want to see before setting out. Before we visited L’Estartit we saw on a city map that the small town of L’Estartit is divided into two areas – the small historical...

Take time to meander - losing yourself in the maze of alleys, streets and lanes is one of L’Estartit’ old town's principal pleasures. The streets wind and wander with no discernible order or object. After our stroll we rewarded ourselves with a cool glass of beer or wine for our effort! We learned that you won't do justice to the entire city of...

Many architects from Barcelona helped to erect statues in Montserrat monastery, one of them was Antonio Gaudí, born in Reus (Tarragona province) in 1852. He built the Resurrection as you can see in the enclosed photo.

Souvenir shops, restaurant and coffee-bar will be first what you are going to see getting out from Cremallera train. There you will be able to buy any kind of local souvenirs including four sorts of local liquor produced by the monks. In the restaurant you can have excellent launch. At last in coffee-bar you will be able to get coffee, juice and...

There are many ways ho to get here to Montserrat. Some people come by cars. To my mind the most convenient way is to come by train of bus from Barcelona. Well at last you are here but the next task is to get up on the mountain and visit the monastery. If you are going by car you should realize that that the parking space is very limited and...

Calella de Palafrugell is well known for the traditional architecture of its Voltes (archways) and for its traditional sings-songs at which Havaneres (sea shanties) are accompanied by cremat (coffee flamed with rum). A festival which is held in July every years. But Calella de Palafrugell is also for one ice cream parlour, namely the La Jijonenca...

Most people try to rush Calella de Palafrugell on a budget so they end up missing some of the highlights in a whirlwind. The key to seeing Calella de Palafrugell properly is a game plan, you must know what you want to see before setting out. Before we visited Calella de Palafrugell we saw on a city map that the small town of Calella de Palafrugell...