Hola Barcelona

Getting around town

Barcelona is divided into districts—Antoni Gaudi architecture to the north, Port of Barcelona to the south—and both are accessible via the city’s “hop on, hop off” bus tours, which we love. We are logging upwards of 15,000 steps per day, but being able to relax on an open air bus with an audio guide is a welcome respite.
We bought two day tickets for
 Barcelona Bus Turistic and followed both the red and blue routes.

Barcelona is a big city with 1.6 million inhabitants and it took us a full day to get our bearings. We arrived on Saturday, bought tickets, and spent most of the day scouting out the Gaudi buildings we wanted to tour. 
Audio guides make the bus ride like a tour.


We passed Gaudi’s Casa Mila, also known as La Pedrera, and will tour inside tomorrow.

The Modernista style of architecture, which Gaudi pioneered, 
utilizes modern construction with medieval embellishment.

The Port of Barcelona is a bustling sea side, almost as pretty as Grand Traverse Bay.

Christopher Columbus got his own statue.

Free entrance, but still “sold out”

Because it’s the first Sunday in May, some popular sights are free, and we had hoped to visit Gaudi’s Palau Guell, the Picasso Museum, and the Maritime museum at no cost. But not knowing that we still had to reserve tickets, we missed the window for Guell and Picasso which were both “sold out.” But the Maritime Museum did not disappoint.





Tomorrow we have tickets for three Gaudi delights: La Pedrera, Park Guell, and the famous church Sagrada Familia. 

We are also adjusting to the Spanish custom of eating dinner at 9 pm. Even though it’s afternoon in Michigan, it’s dinner time in Barcelona. 

Hasta pronto!



Comments

  1. SaraMay 8, 2023 at 7:37 AM

    Oh man, I love a good bus tour! Getting on and off as you like is great. Looks like you are taking it all in. :)

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