What are suggestions for good things to do in Barcelona and Southern France?

Question

I'm going to Barcelona at the beginning of August with my brother. We want to make it up to Southern France at some point, but don't really have any ideas as to what we want to do. He's 24 and I'm 17, so we are looking for more fun stuff compared to a lot of museums, etc.

Already on our list are the Sagrada Familia and the Picasso museum.

Answer 1

sightseeing stuff:

must see:

-Sagrada familia

- Las ramblas from top to bottom. Don't miss la Boqueria (main market in bcn).

- Passeig de Gràcia (including some modernist buildings in it you can get in such as La Pedrera)

- The Cathedral

- Santa María del Mar and the Old quartier next to las Ramblas and Via Laietana

- Parc Güell (it's a little bit difficult to reach bc its on the top of a hill and it's bad communicated but it's worthy going there).

- Monastir de Pedralbes: Really nice monastery in Sarrià quartier. It's really nice because when you are inside it doesn't seem you're in a big city like bcn.

if you like museums:

-Picaso

-MNAC

-Fundació Miró

if you like soccer:

- FC Barcelona stadium and museum

other things:

The olympic stadium and St Jordi Dome in the hill of Montjuic. From the top there is a nice view of the port of Barcelona.

Magic fountains in montjuic, near plaça espanya. A show of sound and light.

Tower of Collserola: A telecomunication tower on the top of a hill of Collserola from which you can have nice views. You can get on top of the tower but maybe it's not worthy to pay the fee. you will have nice views from the bottom too.

for shopping: Next to Plaça Catalunya (the city center) there is a commercial area. Boutiques along Passeig de Gràcia. Also shopping area in Diagonal Avenue in metro station of Maria Cristina.

Places to go out: For tourists there are some places next to las Ramblas. Check Jamboree. Also in Maremagnum, a leisure center in the port. In Port Vell you will find places to eat seafood and some pubs. There are also clubs in this area: Shoko for example. You will find another big bunch of pubs and clubs in the streets of Santaló, Amigó (Quite close to plaça Francesc Macia). Check clubs like sutton or Otto Zutz.

Other recommendations: you can buy 10 trip transport cards for about 7,5 euros. Each trip allows you to take as many sorts of transport as you might need to reach your destination in 1h 15 min.

There are also touristic busses. You can buy a ticket for the whole day and you can get in and get off as many times as you want. You'll pay more than if going by yourself but you'll save time. You get explanations of the things you're seeing. Personally I don't like this kind of busses.

You can try good tapas in one of the many Tapas Bars in Passeig de Gràcia.

For good orchata try Planelles Donat in Carrer Portal de l'Angel, one of the streets starting in Plaza Catalunya. You will find this place going down on the right hand, before arriving to El Corte Ingles.

If you want to go to the beach i suggest you avoid the beaches in Barcelona which sometimes are not very clean and try the ones in Sitges. It's only about 30 minutes by train and the beaches are much better. Also the town is nice. The station is just 10 minutes walking from the beaches.

When heading towards France there are several towns along the coast that you can visit: Calella, l'Estartit, L'escala You can spend one morning in Girona in the old district or stop in Figueres: Dalí museum. Amazing!!! Cadaqués is a nice village too.

Once in France you should visit Carcassonne, a town with a enormous medieval fortress.

that's all i can think about now

I really hope you enjoy you visit in Barcelona

Answer 2

in Barcelona definitely hit up Parque Guell. It's a park designed by Gaudi and it's so gorgeous. Pack a picnic and a bottle of wine and you'll be set! Also, if you have the chance, try to go to a FC Barcelona soccer game. I don't even like sports, and I went and it was so phenomenal. Also, if you're looking to go out during the night, head to Las Ramblas... very entertaining with many different bars to head to. There are so many different things to do, I'm sure you'll have a ton of fun!