Other places you may want to visit in Barcelona

Parc de la Ciutadella

A large park close to the centre of Barcelona. There are wide promenades, flowerbeds, palm trees, fountains and sculptures. There is also a zoo, several museums and a spot where you can hire a rowing boat.
You could easily spend a 7th day here.
You can get here by taking a bus to the central bus station (Estacio del Nord)
or take a metro L1 line to the "Arc de Triomph" station.

Placa Reial

Placa Reial is a square that is located just off to Ramblas. (Hotel Kabul is also located on this square.) The square is surrounded by several bars and pubs so both the tourists and the locals gather the on the night time to eat or drink and to socialize.
You can get here by taking the L3 Metro line (green line) to the "Liceu" station.

Museu Picasso

If you're interested in learning more about Picasso and his life and work.
You can get there by taking a metro either to
-"Arc de Triomph" station, L1
-"Liceu" station, L3
-"Jaume I" station, L4

Museu de Futebol

Barcelona football museum on Camp Nou, F.C. Barcelona's home stadion.

Barri Gótic - the old town own Barcelona / Ciutat Vella

Barri Gótic is the centre of the old city of Barcelona. It goes from La Rambla to Via Laietana and from the Mediterranean seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere.
Ciutat Vella is what they call the old city of Barcelona and it refers to the oldest neigbourhoods in Barcelona.

Santa María del Mar church

A Gothic church built in the 1300s, located in the Ribera district of Barcelona.
Ice bar

The Ice Bar is a lounge that is completely made of ice. If the weather get too hot, you can go there to cool off. There are coats provided for the customers so it won't get too cold.
The Ice Bar is located right next to the Somorrosto beach. You can get there by taking the metro L4 to "Vila Olimpica".

Shopping in Barcelona

In Barcelona you can find stores from the luxurious brands to the affordable chainstores.

-Shopping centres, such as:

Maremagnum, L'Illa, Glories and Diagonal Mar.

-Passeig de Gracia and Portal del Angel streets. There are also some highstreet brand shops on Las Ramblas (at the Placa de Catalunya end).

-El Corte Ingles
The department store that you can find from many cities in Spain. You can find everything from fashion to electronics, toys and things to decorate your home with from here.

-You can also check out the city markets in Barcelona. There are food, fleas and book markets in the city.


Useful information
The shops and shopping centres are usually open from 10 am to 8.30pm/9.30pm. Some shops close at 2pm for siesta and open again at 4.30pm.

The winter sales usually are from the second week of January until the end of February, whereas the summer sales usually are from the 1st of July until the end of August.

Other accommodation options

Keeping the student budget in mind...

Catalunya
A 2-star hotel located near La Rambla -street and Placa de Catalunya.
Also near Passeig de Gracia and the famous Gaudí-buildings on the street.
Since Placa the Catalunya is right next to the hotel, you hav great transport connections to the airport and other places, where ever you want to go to.
Also lots of cafés and shopping possibilities around the hotel.

Hostal La Palmera
Also a 2-star hotel, located 100m from La Rambla -street.
Placa de Catalunya is 600m away from the hotel.

Lullaby Hostel Rambla Catalunya
A hostel located on the La Rambla -street and very near the Placa de Catalunya.

Barcelona Urbany Hostel
Located next to The Sagrada Familia -cathedral.
300m from a metro station so easy to access.



And these are just a few examples of your options.
There are so many hostels and hotel from all price ranges that you can choose what is most suitable for you.

Cuisine

In Barcelona you can find many kinds of cuisine from around the world, so there is something for everyone; for those who want to stick with the familiar food and for those who want to experience new tastes.
The Catalan cuisine includes mostly seafood, meat, fish and fruit.

Seafood is definitely an important part of the Catalan cuisine as the city is located on the coast.

Tapas is also very popular in Barcelona as well as in the whole of Spain.

There is an original paella called Catalan Paella which is cooked with a Catalan recipe.

Meat also belongs to Barcelona's cuisine.



In Barcelona, the people there usually eat lunch at 14:00
and dinner at 22:00.

There are some great tapas restaurants around the Barceloneta.

You should also check out the markets, for example La Boqueria on Las Ramblas.

Antoní Gaudí

Antoní Gaudi was born on 25 June 1852 in Riudoms, Spain.
As a child child he suffered from an illness that forced him to spend a lot of time resting at home. He used this time to observe nature and this time was an important period in his life.
Gaudí moved to Barcelona in 1869 and first he enrolled at the Middle School as a free student to learn more about the elements of physics and natural history. In 1878 he obtained the official architecture diploma from the Barcelona Province School of Architecture.
After school he worked on different places with landscaping and architecture.
Gaudí’s first official commission was received from Barcelona Council, to design street lamps part of the urban equipment of the city.

He had more work as an architect after 1883 when he was commissioned with the construction of Casa Vicens, Villa El Capricho in Comillas and the continuation of the work on Expiatory Church of La Sagrada Familia.After that he was given his first major commission from Eusebi Güell, who first gave him the building of the pavilions at the Güell Estate, and then the construction Palau Güell, in Carrer Nou de la Rambla.

---And later, of course, the construction of Parc Güell.

Antoní Gaudí’s biggest projects were:

-       La Sagrada Familia

-       Parc Güell

-       Casa Batlló

-       Casa Milà

These attractions are all part of the route, and more information of them is given on those sections.

Antoní Gaudí died on 7 June 1926 after being knocked down by a tram.

Gaudí wasn’t really appreciated while he was alive, but it was after his death when his work got the appreciation it deserved. His work has become one of the most important things of the city, and Gaudí’s legacy has also been declared as UNESCO World Heritage, which will make sure his work will remain important and appreciated.

Useful information about Barcelona

• Note that Barcelona is a quite expensive city, especially if you compare with the other cities in Spain.
• The currency in Spain is Euro.
• Even though Barcelona is visited all year round, the best time (weather-wise) would be to visit it during the summer. However, you should avoid travelling there on August because that's the time when the city is full of tourists and not may locals. Autumn and winter time is the time the rainfall is highest so you might want to avoid that season.

Transport information

Here are some prices and other useful information about the different transport methods you can use in Barcelona.


Buses
There are TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) buses that run every few minutes from 5am/6am to 10pm/11pm. Many of the routes pass through Placa de Catalunya and Placa de la Universitat. These buses cost 2€ per journey.
Metro
The TMB runs also the metro system. There are seven coulour-coded lines. A ticket for one journey (you can change the lines as many times as you want) costs 1.40€. You can buy tickets from the metro stations.
Taxi
Taxis charge 1,75€ flagall, plus meter charges of 0,78€ per kilometre.
If you are travelling to or from the airport, a further 3€ charge is added.
You can get a taxi by stopping it if you see one that is free or you can call a taxi:
93 225 00 00 / 93 300 11 00/ 93 303 30 33 / 93 322 22 22 / 704 101112.
If you decide to call a taxi, you will have to pay 3.09€ extra as a call-out charge.

Trixis
The three-wheeled cycle taxis can take 2 passengers at a time and it will cost 10€/30min or 18€/1h.