Barcelona the Beautiful

Barcelona is definitely one of my favorite destinations and here are the reasons why:

• Food and wine

• Architecture

• History

• beach

• nightlife

Barcelona is a great place to visit and it is a really great hub is you are traveling to other areas of Spain.  My visits to Barcelona have been brief but I feel that I was able to accomplish a lot in a short time, I also carve out time for tourist attractions, it is especially good to plan those activities during the day, this past visit I was able to see Casa Batllo, Parc Guell and La Sagrada and I was only there 2 nights! I just went to Casa Batllo and paid for the ticket there at the door, there are times throughout the day which you can check online, and the tour is nice because they give you headphones so you can go at your own pace, which I prefer.  I booked Parc Guell and La Sagrada via Viator, and to get the times I preferred, since I booked these day of, I had to select the tour in languages that were not English, which actually worked to my benefit because then I was able to move through the site by myself! If you like to hear all the history that probably isn't the best option but for me it works perfectly and I am able to spend time snapping photos in the most appealing places without having to worry about keeping up with a group. 

Evenings & nightlife

Barcelona has some of the best food and wine of all the places I've traveled, and the wine is not expensive, which makes me super happy! There is one area specifically where you'll find most of the night life, this makes it very easy to hop from spot to spot, and some of the places are great for dinner and then later in the evening will turn into more of a club.  Here are some of my recommendations:

• W Barcelona - no you do not have to stay to have drinks at the rooftop bar

• Carpe diem - the food was amazing and you can sit in a bed facing the beach and it turns into a club at night

  • this is the night life area so you’ll find many different clubs in this location

• Gatspy Dinner - I do not recall the name of the restuarant but if you google that it will come up, such a fun time and the show was really good

View from the W rooftop