travelingnomad13

We are traveling in late June-July to Barcelona. we are staying with friends so there will be a significant amount of time spent socializing with them and their friends and family some of whom we have met. We also have another friend who will be traveling to Vilanueva i la Geltru towards the middle of our stay. It is an hour away from Barcelona and I am considering scooting down there to see them.

I have read the guide books and now the usual suspects: Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, etc. What else would you recommend? The museum of Salvador Dali is nearby in Figueres. Is it worth the haul with a 6.5 year old?

We will definitely visit the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. We are hoping to get out to Costa Brava, since it will be hot. Our friends have a vacation apartment there but I think they rent it out. I haven't asked them directly to rent it to us yet.

What am I missing? And of course, what should I pack?

adrienne

<< What else would you recommend? >>

Palau de la Musica
Casa Battlo
La Pedrera
Palau Guell
Catalan Art Museum (MNAC)
Miro Foundation (your son will enjoy this)
Montserrat
Magic Fountain

Pack cool clothing. The clothing you wear at home in the summer.

travelingnomad13

Thanks Adrienne. Isn't Palau Guell the same as Park Guell? Just asking.

Barcino

Hi! Palau Guell is a building near the Ramblas, from Gaudí. Park Guell is a big park from Gaudí in the nord of the city

Regards!

marigross

Wow, 2 weeks is awesome!!! This was my list of things to see, I did not make it to all:

Modernita Walking Tour (City Tour)
Ramblas
Passeig de Graciá
Vinçon Store
Barri Goti Walking Tour
Santa Maria del Pi
See the groups dance La Sardana
Cathedral de la Seu
Casa de la Pia Almoina-Museu Diocesà
4 Gats Restaurant
Baixada de Santa Eulàlia
Plaça de San Jaume
Generalitat
Santa Maria del Mar
Have a drink at El Xampanyet
Passeig del Born
Mercat del Born
Museo Picasso (free after 3:00)
La Llotja
Museu Historia Ciuta
Barceloneta
Kaiko
Mosaic Pla de Boqueria
Boqueria
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu (Enter from Boqueria)
Sant Pau del Camp /Jardin
Rambla del Raval
Palau de la Virreina
Casa Cuadro (Umbrella)
Hotel Oriente
Palau Güell
Plaça Real
Monument a Colom
Take a boat ride on Las Golondrinas
Museu Maritim
Rambla del Mar
Maremagnum
Parc de Palau Reial
Palau Reial de Pedralbes
Monestir de Pedralbes (closes at 2:00 on Tue)
Parc Güell
Sarriá walk
Gracia walk
Casa Vicens
Casa Mila = La Pedrera (rooftop music in th evening)
Mercat de Santa Caterina
Palau de la Musica Catalana
Hospital de Sant Pau
Sagrada Familia
Palau Macaya
Casa Terrades
Casa Comalat
Passeig de Graciá
Mansana de la Discordia:
Casa Lleo Morera
Casa Amatller
Casa Battlo
Mercat de Sant Antoni
metro to Paral.lel stop
free transfer to the funicular
Castel de Montjuic
Fundació Joan Miró
Jardins de Laribal
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
Magic Fountain

kimhe

Montjuic (The Jewish mountain) is very well worth some hours exploring; The castle, the history, the views of the city and the sea, the olympic arenas, the museums, the theaters etc. etc.

Take the cable car up to the Montjuic Castle, magnificent views: http://www.tmb.cat/en/teleferic-de-montjuic

The Castle: http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/Engl...5oCcjlP8pbDIVA

Theaters, museums and olympic arenas around every corner up at adventurous Montjuic: http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/Parc...docdW4LHetpKP8

I can recommend La Font del Gat for a meal, a bite or a cup/glass of something in open air. Close to the MNAC, the Olimpic stadium, many of the museums and the Mercat de les Flors theaters: http://www.lafontdelgat.com/

For a genuine Barcelona lunch (from about 2pm), I can higly recommend La Perla some three hundred meters from La Font del Gat, down towards the small, local feel and bustling Poble Sec district. Stumbled in here to a great food experience some months ago ((only open for lunch, until about 5pm): http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restauran...Catalonia.html

Poble Sec is at the foot of Montjuic. Full of cafés, restaurants and tapas bars and not full of tourists. http://www.way2barcelona.com/travel-...t-of-montjuic/

travelingnomad13

Wow, marigross, kimhe, and Barcino, thank you all!