Barcelona Cathedral: Places in Barcelona

Casa Batllo is one of the major attractions places in Barcelona, which people like to visit more frequently. Casa Batllo is located at the center, and it is just 1.2 km from Barcelona. Casa Batllo is also called by a local name Casa deis ossos, which means house of bones as it is constructed by visceral, skeletal and organic quality. It is one of the UNESCO world heritage sites which welcomes more than 1 million visitors every year. Casa Batllo was built by Gaudi, who was very ahead of his ideas, which we still use in today’s life, like the vents in the doors and walls using excellent lighting. At the top, building is painted with wave of colors that looks like a body of a dragon; below this scale are designed with Gaudi’s technique called Trencadis, which means building by using broken tiles, stones glass, and even marbles. Even though the house has been redesigned many times, but one would feel that Casa Batllo is a house of the future. This place has no time restrictions so one can spend long hours in the building, or if you are photo freak then you can make your time clicking as many as photos you want.

Location: Passeig de Gràcia, 43, 08007 Barcelona, Spain

Best time to Visit: Open every day of the year from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm

Pocket Shooter: €59.00

If you are traveling to Barcelona and looking to explore things, then start with the Gothic Quarter. Gothic Quarter was to be a Roman village, but it has become a serious attraction site for tourists traveling in Spain as well as locals. This city lies in the center of old Barcelona, which starts from La Rambla to Via Laietana. Gothic Quarter is also called Varri Gothic in the local name. By entering this city there are lot of amazing architecture and details in the building which take you through the Roman age. At the corners of the city you can find performers playing music and dancing around. The narrow streets and alleyways add up the beauty to the place, and one can try a place between Seafront and Placa Reial, which is one of the best places in Gothic Quarter where you don’t find much of tourist like other places in Quarter. This place is so wide that you might get tired but not crossing the same street again. So, genuine advice is to please set up GPS accurately it will come handy. If you are a movie geek then visit a felip Neri square to remember the scenes of the all-time best movie “The Perfume.”

Location: Mediterranean Sea front to ronda de sant oere, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona, Spain

If you have entered Barcelona as a tourist then probably the first landmark you could see in Las Ramblas. Las Ramblas is approximately 1.2 Km long with Port Vell at the south and Placa de Catalunya in the north. One can choose to walk with only two narrows, one-way traffic roads which are on both sides of central Ramblas boulevard. However, if you want to travel in the metro then Ramblas is serviced by three metro stops along its 1.2 km length at the Port Vell; you can find Drassanes metro stop. On the mid-way along the Las Ramblas you have Liceu Metro stop (name comes with sharing a Liceu theatre), and at the Placa de Catalunya you have Catalunya stop.

When it comes to accommodation in Las Ramblas, there is no doubt that the city offers a lot of excellent Hotels, Hostel, and apartments across the street.

This is a great place in Barcelona that never sleeps. There are many restaurants and shops along the full length of the Barcelona Las Ramblas. However, due to the popularity of Las Ramblas, you will find increased prices and generally a lower level of service than you would experience in a less touristy area.

Location: La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain

Casa Mila is the name of the building, which is located in Barcelona, Spain. It was popularly known as La Pedrera, which means “The stone quarry.” The great architect named Antoni Gaudi designed this modern looks of a building. They started to build this building in 1906 and ended in 1912. It took six years to build this beautiful architecture. There is this beautiful story behind the construction of the Casa Mila. In 1905 Pere Mila and Roser Segimon got married and planned to purchase a plot that measures around 1835 sq. Meters. They wanted Antony Gaudi to design the place with modern architecture. The main floor in the building should be the Casa Mila and the rest they wanted to rent it. However, during constructions, there were many problems. But Gaudi did not want to leave this project and made one of the successful and beautiful buildings. In 1984, this Building included as one of the UNESCO world heritage centers, and it also remains one of the most popular attractions to all the tourists who would love to visit Spain. It is recommended not to miss this gorgeous place in Barcelona, which was built as two apartment blocks and nine stories tall, with a large inner courtyard with different shapes and sizes, and you might love to have a great snap with this architecture.

One of the ancient cathedrals, which is located in the Gothic Quarter, is in the center of Barcelona. People would love to visit this attraction and worship and celebrate here. The Barcelona cathedral is one of the major attractions and a symbol of status for the Spanish city. The full name of the place is Cathedral of the Holy cross and Saint Eulalia. According to the Catholics, Saint Eulalia was a young virgin who had suffered a lot during the ancient Roman times, and they also trust that the saint Eulalia's body is engrossed with the cathedral crypt. The cathedral is a home for all the Archbishop in Barcelona. The Cathedral is also called in Spanish as La Seu. The word seu represents seat, which is the word which refers as church. This cathedral is also known as a minor basilica. The church was built during the 13^th to 15^th centuries. Tourists believe that this is one of the peaceful places in Barcelona and the soulful place to worship and fulfill their needs.

Another Beautiful architecture by Antoni Gaudi, who is known as the man of Casa Mila. Here we go with this unfinished architecture. Sagrada Familia is another minor basilica which is known as “The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia.” This was designed from (1852-1926) and also listed in UNESCO world heritage site. This is also one of the great and popular tourist spots to visit and situated in Barcelona, Spain. A history behind an unfinished architecture is the architect Gaudi had a very beautiful vision to build this architecture in a modernized way, and hence took charge of this project. Gaudi worked hard on this construction until his death in 1926, and hence this architecture was unfinished. The other architects have tried to complete this building, but there were legacy issues. During the Spanish civil war, many of Gaudi’s models were destroyed in a fire, and this place has ended up as unfinished architectural work in Spain. This church is built with 3 major facades. Out of which 2 are the passion facade and nativity façade, the third façade is the unfinished one. People love to visit these places in the history of Gaudi’s architecture and memory.

Port Vell is a waterfront harbor in Barcelona, Spain. As the name says, Port Vell means the Old Harbor in English, which was built in the year 1992. Before it was built, this place was a warehouse, but now this has become the focal point of the city. Port Vell includes bars and restaurants, IMAX mall, and the largest aquarium, which consists of more than 8000 fishes and 11 sharks with a 22 basin and need at least 1.5 million gallons of seawater to fill this basin. Also, if you enter this place in Barcelona, you can see a beautifully structured swing bridge that allows ships and boats to enter and exit the Old harbor (Port Vell). Port Vell harbor is full of yachts and cruise ships so one can sit and relax, looking into those ships entering and exiting the harbor.

There are a lot of restaurants in every corner that offer great Spanish cuisine, but be careful, some are bit overpriced. One can even buy some simple snacks in restaurants and sit and watch for a sunset falling over the sea. Port Vell is not only about the boat, Yachts, but it is a home for historic landmarks and buildings like Aduana del Puerto and large shopping complex Maremagnum. If you find leisure time in Barcelona, do visit the port to relax your mind and soul.

Location: Moll de la Fusta, 08039 Barcelona, Spain

Best time to visit: All through the year

What comes to mind when you hear a name called Columbus, the man of a voyager who has the credit of opening up the Americas and European colonization. Yes, Barcelona has a 60 m tall monument of this great voyager Christopher Columbus in remembrance after his first trip to the new continent. The Monument is located at the end of the La Ramblas. The monument of Columbus is also called as the monument of Colom. If you want to have a beautiful view of the street as well as Port Vell, then take the elevator located in base of this monument, which takes you to an upper platform, which gives a stunning view of the city. The view at the top is a panoramic 360-degree view, as you can see Gothic Quarter on the north, Mount Montjuic, museums, garden, Olympic ring at the south. If you turn east one can follow the coastline, and, on the west, you will see parc natural de Collserola.

Location: Placa Portal de la pau, s/n, 08001 Barcelona, Spain

Best time to Visit: March 1^st – September 30^th, 8:30 am – 20:30 pm

October 1^st – February 28^th, 8:30 am – 19:30

January 1^st, January 6^th, December 25^th, December 26^th – Closed

Pocket Shooter: €5.40

If you come to Barcelona and ask for the biggest square, then people will show you the way to the junction of several major thoroughfares that is Placa Espanya. This place is a lovely area of Barcelona where one can notice the Caixa forum museum at one end and the waterfalls, mind-blowing monuments, and a bull ring on the other end. Placa Espanya is known for its place of photography, one can click as many as photos, and each photo looks mesmerizing because of its natural light and monuments in a background. This place in Barcelona was once known for its arena of bullfighting ring, but unfortunately now this place is converted into the commercial shopping center. What adds to beauty of this place is the music and light show on the magical fountain. A lot of locals and tourists reach this place at night to enjoy the magic fountain performances, and if you are planning to reach there, then advice is to check for the showtimes as it is done only on certain evenings.

Location: Placa d’Espanya, Barcelona, Spain

Best time to visit magic fountain: Mostly on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 20:00 – 21:00
Pocket Shooter: €0.00, Magic fountain is free to attend.

There are many monuments which define the skyline building in Barcelona like Sagrada Familia, W Hotel and many more, one of which among this beautiful monument is Barcelona’s Agbar Tower. The famous architect Jean Nouvel built Agbar Tower. This tower is also known as Torre agbar, and this tower is a 38 Story skyscraper representing the symbol of Barcelona’s modern face. It is about 50,693 square meters and was constructed in 1999. Agbar is again no coincidence that the building is located in Poblenou, which is called as an industrial place of Barcelona. The main attraction to Agbar tower is the night light that is set up on the building, which consists of more than 4500 LED lights that produce almost 16 million different colors on the entire surface of the building. Things that you may do here is watching the whole city on top of the 38-story building. One can capture a beautiful laminated picture of the colorful building in Barcelona. Surely make your time to meet the tallest place in Barcelona.

Location: Avinguda Diagonal, 211, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Best time to Visit: Monday – Friday, 9 am to 6 pm

Park Guell is a park for all the visitors, the public who visits Barcelona. It’s a park that consists of gardens and architectonic elements which is located in Carmel Hill. This park was built from 1900 to 1914 and was officially announced as a public park. And has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is also one of the beautiful works of Antoni Gaudi, who is called a father of modern architecture in Spain and the greatest representation of modernism. Previously Park Guell was called Eusebia Guell, who was a wealthy Catalonian entrepreneur and the closest friend of Gaudi. Visit some of the best places in Park Guell, which are The calvary, El viaducto dels enamorats, passeig de las palmeras, The terrace, and two pavilions.

Park Guell is also a place in Barcelona where we can see more than a million people visiting this place in a year. If you want to enter into the central areas of the park, then book the tickets in advance and don’t worry about other places in the park as they are free to visit without any booking.

Location: Gracia, 08024 Barcelona, Spain

Best time to visit: Throughout the weak, 8 am to 8:30 pm

It is the heart of Barcelona and a favorite place to meet your friends to have some great views. It has the largest shopping centers in Barcelona. But the place is not only limited to shopping, but it also consists of a sculpture, theatres, cafes and restaurants, hotels and financial institutions as well. There is a lot to view in this place, so plan at least a half-day tour to this place if you are planning to visit this place. From Placa de Catalunya one can practically go anywhere in Barcelona, Spain, as it is a hub for transportation. One can find taxis, tourist buses, metro stations as well as bus tours. This place is center of Barcelona and landmark to visit for all the tourists. The king Alfonso inaugurated this in 1927, and it covers almost 5 hectares. The architects who built this are Pere Falques, Puig I Cadafalch, and Fraces de apula Nebot. You must see all these places and explore their historical culture. One can find many street performers here and will try to force you for a photo with them for a few euros. They are harmless that the place is safe, but sometimes it annoys, but a beautiful place to meet in Barcelona and one among the best places in Barcelona to visit.

Location: Placa de catalunya, 08002 Barcelona, Spain.

Whether it is a monument, history, architect or a culture, Barcelona is a mix of all, and it is a beautiful place that everyone must visit in their traveling list. Plan your trip accordingly as tourists always end up with a shortage of time and compromise on missing the best places in Barcelona.