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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 07:47 AM
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can you tell me if this is too much???

hello, its me again asking for you help... in case any of you didnt read my other post: two friends and i (in our early twenties) are going to europe in february. we are from argentina, we dont know how long will it take us to save the money again so we are on a tight schedule...
now, what i wanted to ask you is if you think this itinerary for barcelona is ok or if its too much or if theres places that take less time and we can see something else...
before i begin let me tell you we calculated time based on a few walking tours in guidebooks plus the time we would take inside some of these places.
here it goes

DIA 1
we will be arriving at 9 to the airport so i guess we wont be doing anything until after lunch because of the check in and all that.
afternoon: ramblas up to the point where you can detour to barri gotic. spend the afternoon there. (the walking tour we follow has many things, palau episcopal, plaza neri, palau de la generalitat, etc) we will be going in (so you get an idea about time): museo de historia de la ciudad, catedral de barcelona. Is there anything else you can get in?
maybe after that head back to las ramblas to have dinner and walk a little more.

DIA 2
morning: eixample. start with sagrada familia, then head to the gaudi area (casa batllo, cara mila, etc). we will be going in on those two, sagrada familia.
then head to las ramblas, have lunch, finish that, and walk to la ribera. there we will get in la merce, parc de la ciutadella, santa maria del mar, museo picasso. maybe dinner in that area

dia 3
start early and go to park guell. spend the morning there and have a picnic there. after lunch head for montjuic. get inside miro foundation, and poble espanyol.
i dont know how much this will take, but our train leaves for paris that night (21:00) so we have to go back to our hostel, get our bags and go to the train station...

we are missing two things we wanted to include but we dont think theres time: laberinto de la horta and monestir pedralbes. ive seen in the map the last one is really far away. do you think that theres a little hole to include at least the laberinth?? if not, we will just leave it out...

any comments will be helpfull, sorry i wrote such a long post. as i said before, we need to take advantage of time as much as possible.
thank you!
PS. sorry for my english, im not so sure all of these sentences are correct...
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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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i forgot to add that we are going on february. so even though i thought about lines, i asumed that because its winter they wont be long...am i wrong?
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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 09:37 AM
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It my help if you re-post with a specific reference to Barcelona in the title.
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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 09:51 AM
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Hola Virgi! Te contesto en Español porque me es mas facil y evitamos confundirnos!

Acabo de regresar de Barcelona, una ciudad de sueño con una arquitectura impresionante. Si llegas a la ciudad a las 9am, estaras en Barcelona centro alrededor de las 11am. La habitacion posiblemente no estara lista hasta las 2pm. Asi que tendras tiempo para dejar tu equipaje en tu alojamiento y dirigete a la Plaza Cataluña. Es el centro de Barcelona y el comienzo de las Ramblas (busca la escultura de la escalera invertida!). Ese primer dia camina Las Ramblas, pasate por el mercado de La Boqueria y absorbe el ambiente!! Tu plan suena bien, pero tratar de visitar el Museo de la Historia es un poco ambicioso. Sabras que la entrada para el Museo de la Historia (5 Euros) te permite entrada a 4 museos adicionales en el mismo dia, incluyendo el Monasterio de Pedralbes. Te aconsejo por esto que reserves los museos para un dia en que puedas verlos el mismo dia.

El segundo dia temprano a la calle! El bus turistico a 19 Euros es fabuloso porque lo puedes usar el dia entero y te subes y te bajas por toda Barcelona, incluyendo el Parque Olimpico, Museo Nacional, Parc Guell, Sagrada Familia, etc...

El tercer dia, pues ya bajas el ritmo un poco y puedes concentrarte em museos; escoje los que te hablen. A mi me encanto el Monasterio, Picasso, y el Museo Nacional. Para gustos, colores.

Usa el metro lo mas que puedas, incluyendo para irte al Monasterio de Pedralbes (Linea 3 Purpura?) que esta ubicado cerca del Area Universitaria. Para ustedes chicas esto debe ser un aliciente!! Un poco de caminar, pero nada que no puedan!

Que disfruten! Llevate tu bufandita, guantes, sombrilla, y cubrete la cabeza. Desafortunadamente, Barcelona no es una ciudad barata, vigilen los gastos! Cuidense mucho!!
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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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Hola,
para me El Borne y Barceloneta son mucho mas interesante que Ramblas.
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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 10:43 AM
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Avoid eating anywhere along the Ramblas. Most restaurants are expensive and mediocre tourist traps or greasy fast-food outlets.

Beware of the sauce-pan full of olives they put on the table before serving the first course, you'll find it later on on your bill (on Dec. 8 at a place called La Poma we were charged €1.60 for "aperitivo" i.e. 5 or 6 olives + of course the price of the meal) Very unSpanish.
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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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how do i do that? i have to start a new post? ok, thank you.
and for the ones that posted here, thank you very much for the info.
viajero2, gracias por la informacion. no sabia lo de el museo de historia porque en la pagina no dice nada, ni siquiera cuanto sale la entrada... tenes algun lugar donde pueda leer algo de eso? cuales son los cinco museos que incluye?
gracias
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Old Dec 17th, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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virgi_cin,
La entrada para los cinco museos se puede comprar aquí-

http://tinyurl.com/3cwnta
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Old Dec 18th, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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La entrada combinada a la que me referia se consigue automaticamente cuando compras una entrada en cualquiera de los siguientes museos:

--Museo-Monasterio de Pedralbes
--Conjunto Monumental de la Plaça del Rei (Museo de la Historia cerca de la Catedral)
--Museo-Casa Verdaguer
--Centro de Interpretación y Acogida del Parc Güell

Yo pague 5 Euros; puede que en Feb sea aun mas barato. Que disfrutes!
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