Useful Information
by travelswithmyfriends

BARCELONA – INFO AND REFERENCES

Useful Info and References (based on our trip) if you’re visiting Barcelona

Travel/Climate

We flew from Gatwick. There is a good Aerobus from airport – 30 minutes to the centre (the airport is approx. 14km SW of the city). I would recommend you get a Metro map and familiarize yourself with it, even if you walk everywhere. In January the climate was very mild (cardigans but no coats). However, I have been to Barcelona in June and it was very hot. This affects how much you can see (and eg what transport you use to get about)

Some good Blogs

  • Lonely Planet

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/barcelona

  • Tourist board

http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/

  • Wikitravel

http://wikitravel.org/en/Barcelona

 

Accommodation

  • Can’t beat booking.com and I got this break at a very good rate.

https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?label=gen173nr-1DCAEoggJCAlhYSDNiBW5vcmVmaDuIAQGYAS64AQfIAQ3YAQPoAQGSAgF5qAID&lang=en-gb&sid=dc70fd927552dd6700f5213b0a0cabb5&sb=1&src=searchresults&src_elem=sb&error_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fsearchresults.en-gb.html%3Flabel%3Dgen173nr-1DCAEoggJCAlhYSDNiBW5vcmVmaDuIAQGYAS64AQfIAQ3YAQPoAQGSAgF5qAID%3Bsid%3Ddc70fd927552dd6700f5213b0a0cabb5%3Bclass_interval%3D1%3Bdest_id%3D-372490%3Bdest_type%3Dcity%3Bdtdisc%3D0%3Bgenius_rate%3D1%3Bgroup_adults%3D2%3Bgroup_children%3D0%3Binac%3D0%3Bindex_postcard%3D0%3Blabel_click%3Dundef%3Bmih%3D0%3Bno_rooms%3D1%3Boffset%3D0%3Bpostcard%3D0%3Broom1%3DA%252CA%3Bsb_price_type%3Dtotal%3Bsearch_pageview_id%3Dec2a7e1c5e4b003d%3Bsrc%3Dindex%3Bsrc_elem%3Dsb%3Bss%3DBarcelona%3Bss_all%3D0%3Bssb%3Dempty%3Bsshis%3D0%26%3B&ss=Barcelona&ssne=Barcelona&ssne_untouched=Barcelona&city=-372490&checkin_monthday=20&checkin_month=7&checkin_year=2017&checkout_monthday=27&checkout_month=7&checkout_year=2017&room1=A%2CA&no_rooms=1&group_adults=2&group_children=0&genius_rate=1

 

Where we stayed:

  • Hotel Majestic

https://www.hotelmajestic.es/en

 

Places of Interest

  • Plaça de Catalunya: La Ramblas (main tourist info is here)

https://www.barcelona.de/en/barcelona-tourist-info-centre.html

 

https://www.insightguides.com/destinations/europe/spain/barcelona/city-areas/placa-de-catalunya-and-la-rambla

 

  • Ocaña (bar restaurant, club),

13-15 Plaça Real

https://www.ocana.cat/en/

 

  • Camp Nou – Barcelona FC (Barça)

Basic information

https://www.fcbarcelona.com/tickets/football/football-tickets

Good for history/background

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona

 

  • Parc Gúell (in the Gracia district)

http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/page/417/gracia-i-park-guell.html

 

  • Bus tour

http://barcelona.city-tour.com/en?gclid=Cj0KEQjwo-XIBRCOycL7hsuI_NoBEiQAuS6HtIy8iczPF0u158V9Q9k-dkciNnoZ_Coy4kkDQbBTHNwaAokP8P8HAQ

 

  • The Harbour – Port Vell:  http://www.oneoceanportvell.com

 

  • Los Tarantos (in Plaça Real). We went here for the Flamenco. Also the ‘Jamboree’ jazz club which is attached to this

http://www.masimas.com/en/tarantos

 

  • Barri Gòtic – Picasso Museum, The ‘other’ Cathedral, Walk

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187497-d190162-Reviews-Gothic_Quarter_Barri_Gotic-Barcelona_Catalonia.html

 

http://www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/en/

 

http://catedralbcn.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28&Itemid=108&lang=en

 

https://barcelona.de/en/barcelona-cathedral-la-seu.html

 

 

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187497-d782944-Reviews-Cerveceria_Catalana-Barcelona_Catalonia.html

 

  • La Sagrada Familia
  • Official website:

http://www.sagradafamilia.org/index.html

 

https://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/gaudi/sagrada-familia.html

 

Other References

 

  • Gaudi

Good links to Barcelona

https://www.barcelonaexperience.com/sightseeing/about-gaudi

 

  • A very interesting playwright. What this guy doesn’t know about groups of women living and working together isn’t really worth knowing…..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca

 

  • ‘Guernica’ by Dave Boling

I enjoyed reading this book a couple of years ago for my bookclub. Highly recommended

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3105537-guernica

Sarah Halliday

May 2017