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Suggestions please as to what we must not miss seeing and doing ?
Hi Grizzly,
there's lots to see in Barcelona. Only some absolute essentials:
- Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi's architectural masterpiecs
- Casa Mila also known as "La Pedrera"
- a ride with the cable car over the harbour
- Parc Güell at sunset
- and a stroll over the "Rambla" at night including a visit to some of the Tapas bars.
Just a word of warning: If you want to keep your van, then do not leave it outside of a guarded camp site and do not make any attempt to wild camp in or around Barcelona. Best is if you even do not attempt to drive into the city, but go on a site outside and take a train downtown. Public transport is very efficient and you can have a tourist ticket which allows unlimited usage of all Metros, trains and buses for a certain number of days.
Best Regards,
Gerhard
______________________________________________________________ Euramobil Sport 585DS (C-class):
We went in 04 got the bus from playa de aro, (clean, modern and air conditioned) about 60miles from Barcelona cost about £20.00 return I believe for 4 of us, takes you right into the centre.
If you only get a single ticket you can please yourself what time you return, as all seats are booked even through its not a non-stop service, its all computorised, you cannot just hop on any bus, and the drivers don't take your money, there is a booking office outside the stop in Barcelona. They stop in every villiage they go through, took about 2 hours I believe
Wife was in shopping heaven, and the sites as boff says are magic, got a tourist bus tour ticket, last's all day, and you get on and off where ever you please, as often as you like, buses run about every 15minutes or so and go around in a huge circle taking in all the sites, so you don't have to wait long.
We spent about 2 hours in the Sagrada Familia alone, fantastic, went up the towers bored the rest of the family with my anorak interest in the building techniques, rather than the beauty
We also went from salou in 03 got the train about £30 return again for 4 of us, very clean and modern service.
I'm sure you will have a great time. When we have visited in the past we normally stay in the village of Sitges about 30km South of Barcelona. It has a train station which will take you into the centre in about 30 minutes. The trains run every 20 minutes up to 2345. If you choose to stay later their is a night bus service that takes about 1 hour.
As advised by other posters, do not take your van into the city. I'm not sure about security but parking is a nightmare.
We stayed South of Barcelona at Camping Vilanova and have also stayed at Sitges at Camping Garrefor. The former is a huge campsite but they take camping cheques off season i seem to remember and the latter was in Sitges which has a lovely beach promenade and restaurants
Also stayed at sitges, albeit in hotel as we went on the bike.
Train, efficient economic, straight out station onto tourist bus, 2 day ticket, must be consecutive days, on and off as you please. as well as the sights already mentioned, football ground is great, am NOT a fan, but plenty of time to look round also, unusually, 'if you have a camera feel free to take any photograqphs you want'
gaudi's buildings fantastic, also the picasso museum. so much to see too little time. Didn't try the shopping, no room in the pannieres
Enjoy, beware of pickpockets, especially in la ramblas, which is a wonderful place to relax with tapas and people watch. Note food prices reasonable, check the price of drinks before ordering as these can cost ore than the food.
for those interested there is a sex museum, off la ramblas So our niece tells us
Sue
If you've got the time to go further south go to Valencia and the Arts & Science Museum which also includes The Oceanagraphica we spent two days there last winter and one of the sections was still to open! you can drive your motorhome in just follow entrance for coaches.
Thank you everyone. I'm going to sit down and plan our time in Barcelona so we won't be able to go away and moan about the places we missed. You've given us some excellent ideas.
Catch the train in to Barcelona from somewhere such as Sitges. Outside the railway station in Barcelona you can catch a tourist bus which will take you around all the sites. One day is not nearly enough and to that end a 2 day tourist bus ticket is only marginally more expensive than a one day ticket.
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