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5+1 places not to miss in Barcelona

<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Are you planning a trip to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;booking&period;com&sol;searchresults&period;html&quest;city&equals;-372490&amp&semi;aid&equals;1435457&amp&semi;no&lowbar;rooms&equals;1&amp&semi;group&lowbar;adults&equals;2&amp&semi;room1&equals;A&percnt;2CA" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Barcelona<&sol;a>&quest; Here are 5 places you shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t miss&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Why am I actually writing about Barcelona&quest; When I finish my work in Menorca&comma; I went by ferry to Barcelona&period; I spent there five days with my menorquin friend Clara&comma; so I have prepared 5 places I would recommend you to visit&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<h3>1&period; Labyrith Park of Horta &lpar;Parque del Laberint d&&num;8217&semi;Horta&rpar;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<h3><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;Labyrint Park is the oldest conserved garden in the city&period; It was built in 18th century in neoclassical style&period; Later on in 19th century&comma; it was expanded in romantic style&period; It has around 9&comma;1 hectares&period; All around the park there are sculptures and motives from Greek mythology&period; At the entrance of the park there is the former palace of the Desvalls family&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The neoclassical garden consists of three terraces&period; On the lower terrace there is a labyrinth made up of 750 metres of trimmed cypress trees&period; On the second terrace there are two pavilions with Tuscan columns&period; Before you get to the third terrace&comma; there is a canal with the bridge&period; Then when you go up to the stairs&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll reach the neoclassical pavilion dedicated to the nine muses&period; Behind the pavilion there is a pond&period; You can see everything on the photos&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;3&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-m1wBEYTPO7A&sol;Whx&lowbar;xllKHPI&sol;AAAAAAAAI54&sol;pBX2C0QvFqokxZ1MRkW63ejAnbP&lowbar;27HhQCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;Labyrith&percnt;2BPark&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;LabyrithPark&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"220" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"888" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>In the romantic garden there is a small waterfall where the stream comes from and forms the edge of the garden&period; This part is full of different water plants and tall trees&period; In this garden there used to be a replica of a small graveyard &&num;8211&semi; that&&num;8217&semi;s why it seems that its main motive was to point out the theme of death while the neoclassical garden revolve around the theme of love&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;4&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-Ike2x7kvmOw&sol;WhyFFgJbeOI&sol;AAAAAAAAI6I&sol;JMrV&lowbar;MgGOs4huI90zYwgKhTC2VcNZrU6QCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;Labyrinth&percnt;2BPark2&period;jpg"><img title&equals;"Romantic garden of Labyrinth Park of Horta " src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;LabyrinthPark2&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"197" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"799" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This park is beautiful and you&&num;8217&semi;ll hardly believe that you are still in Barcelona&period; It has a special atmosphere and it will help you to disconnect and gain new energy&period; I suppose that most of the tourist don&&num;8217&semi;t know about it&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s definitely worth visiting&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<b>How to get there&colon; <&sol;b>Metro L3 Mundet&comma; Buses 27&comma; 60&comma; 73&comma; 76&comma; B19<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><b> <&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><b>Admission price&colon; <&sol;b>2&comma;50 €&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3>2&period; Bunkers del Carmel on the Rovira&&num;8217&semi;s Hill &lpar;Turó de la Rovira&rpar;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;Bunkers del Carmel have the best panoramic view of Barcelona and not many tourists know about it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On the top of the hill you have amazing 360° views and you will also find there the bunkers&period; They were used as anti-aircraft batteries during the Spanish Civil War in order to defend the city from the bombings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The space surrounding the Rovira&&num;8217&semi;s Hill&&num;8217&semi;s viewpoint belongs to the heritage of the city of Barcelona and it&&num;8217&semi;s one of the sites of the Barcelona History Museum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;4&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-D58lyzluk34&sol;WhyL-wx7e7I&sol;AAAAAAAAI6Y&sol;FuF-&lowbar;row&lowbar;kYBijSgvUHCU0islt-AYDc0QCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07676&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"View from Bunkers del Carmel on the Rovira's Hill" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;DSC07676&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"86" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"352" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;1&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-R5&lowbar;E&lowbar;0hKGE4&sol;WhyMJexpq&lowbar;I&sol;AAAAAAAAI6c&sol;suYQ5eYBut8B9Pd7Orhnc6soqA1muskZgCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07695&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"View from Bunkers del Carmel on the Rovira's Hill" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;DSC07695&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"300" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1200" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>It is really worth to get to this viewpoint&period; You cannot reach the top by bus&comma; you need to walk up a bit but once you&&num;8217&semi;ll get there&comma; you will be amazed&period; You can see everything from there&period; My friend Clara and I got there before the sunset so it was quite overcrowded but I think that during the day it will be much more quiet&period; So you need to decide when to go there&comma; depending on what you prefer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div><b>How to get there&colon; <&sol;b>Buses 24&comma; 92&comma; 114&comma; 119&comma; V17<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><b> <&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><b>Admission price&colon; <&sol;b>FREE&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<h3>3&period; Barceloneta beach<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;Barcelona is not just a wonderful city with many sights and places to see&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a port city&period; There are also beaches&period; Barceloneta is the closest beach that you can reach from the city centre&period; It is located in the traditional fishing district&period; There are many restaurants where you can eat fish and seafood dishes&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also one of the Barcelona&&num;8217&semi;s oldest and best-loved beaches&period; I suppose that during the summer season it gets pretty busy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;3&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-6pyV3dIwemM&sol;WhyOnFzgGZI&sol;AAAAAAAAI6o&sol;sGEZ&fjlig;bM1006WJOGCT5YttHcqxFCDOfNgCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;DSC07788&period;JPG"><img title&equals;"Barceloneta beach" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;DSC07788&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"300" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1200" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>I was there at the beginning of November&period; The sun was shining so many people came there to enjoy the day&period; We came there&comma; took a walk along the seaside and sat there with a coffee&period; In that moment I didn&&num;8217&semi;t even feel like I am still in the Barcelona city&period; It actually brought my thoughts back to Menorca&period; The beach&comma; the sun and the sea made me feel nostalgic for the island that I had left few days ago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>How to get there&colon; <&sol;b>Metro L4 Barceloneta<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<h3>4&period; Park Güell<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;Park Güell is certainly one of the most famous sights of Barcelona&period; The park was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí&period; It started to be built in 1900&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a huge park&comma; most of it is free to visit but for the Monumental Zone you need a ticket&period; There are more entrances into the paid zone&period; At the main entrance there are two pavilions where Eusebi Güell and Antoni Gaudí used to live&period; If you go straight ahead&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll get to the stairs where there is a mosaic dragon&period; The stairs lead to the hypostyle hall with columns and beautiful ceiling mosaics&period; Originally&comma; the hall was meant to be a market hall for a residential area only&period; Above the hall there is a large terrace with well-known curving mosaic bench&period; From the terrace you get a wonderful view of Barcelona&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;3&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-ScwqYshw0Y0&sol;WhyPcrxW2FI&sol;AAAAAAAAI60&sol;DQua90qQO0IqV15TcdBuxrFCX2&lowbar;-3X-rwCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;Park&percnt;2BG&percnt;25C3&percnt;25BCell&period;jpg"><img title&equals;"Park Güell" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;ParkGC3BCell&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"197" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"799" data-original-width&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">As you know&comma; I visited Barcelona in November which is kind of out of the main season&period; Even so&comma; there were many people&period; If you visit Barcelona during the main season&comma; I would definitely consider buying ticket in advance on the internet&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><b>How to get there&colon; <&sol;b>Metro L3 Lesseps&comma; Buses 24&comma; 31&comma; 32&comma; H6&comma; 92<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><b>Admission price&colon; <&sol;b>8 €<br &sol;>&NewLine;<b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>5&period; Sagrada Familia<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Sagrada Familia is the most famous landmark and symbol of Barcelona&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a huge church that became Gaudí&&num;8217&semi;s life work&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a must go place&comma; you just cannot miss it&period; I think that I don&&num;8217&semi;t need to write much about it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is under reconstruction at the moment and the reconstruction works are supposed to finish in 2026&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s still open for visitors though&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a style&equals;"margin-left&colon; 1em&semi; margin-right&colon; 1em&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;4&period;bp&period;blogspot&period;com&sol;-6JQM8&lowbar;A2R2Q&sol;WhyPJnu6vKI&sol;AAAAAAAAI6w&sol;d2qmZJT1YXoORKW1cZ9grXy5bR0YqwkxgCLcBGAs&sol;s1600&sol;1510134199399&period;jpg"><img title&equals;"Sagrada Familia" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;luciesworld&period;net&sol;domains&sol;luciesworld&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;1510134199399&period;jpg" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"400" border&equals;"0" data-original-height&equals;"1536" data-original-width&equals;"1536" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi; text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you go to Barcelona during the main season&comma; make sure you&&num;8217&semi;ll get a ticket in advance&period; It was crowded even in November&period; Just you to know&comma; the basic ticket doesn&&num;8217&semi;t include the entrance to the towers&period; If you want to go up to see the spectacular view&comma; you need to buy a different ticket&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi;"><b> <&sol;b><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi;"><b>How to get there&colon; <&sol;b>Metro L2&comma; L5 Sagrada Familia<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><b>Admission price&colon;<&sol;b> 18€&comma; &lpar;16 € &&num;8211&semi; if you are under 30 years old&rpar; There are special days when the price is 50&percnt; lower than normal &&num;8211&semi; check the websites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<h3>&plus;1 Magic Fountain of Montjuïc<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>I decided to mention also the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc because I was recommended to see its sound and light show&period; This is the only place from the list that I could not visit&period; When I was checking the times of the shows &lpar;you can check it <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;lameva&period;barcelona&period;cat&sol;en&sol;what-to-do-in-bcn&sol;magic-fountain&sol;magic-fountains-show-times" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">here<&sol;a>&rpar;&comma; I found out that I have just one opportunity to see it&period; Unfortunately&comma; that evening was raining heavily so it just wasn&&num;8217&semi;t possible to go there&period; Anyway&comma; I do hope to come back to Barcelona one day to see the places I missed and one of the places is definitely the Magic Fountain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi;"><b>How to get there&colon; <&sol;b>Metro L1&comma; L3 Espanya<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"separator" style&equals;"clear&colon; both&semi;"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><b>Admission price&colon; <&sol;b>FREE<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Barcelona there are plenty of wonderful places and sights&period; I chose these five because I visited them&comma; I liked them and I&&num;8217&semi;m sure that every person would enjoy seeing it&period; Maybe you like other places in Barcelona&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ll be glad if you share it in the comments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

Lucie

My name is Lucie. I come from Czech republic. I was studying Mediterranean studies and Comparative literature. Since 2013 I have been working as a hotel entertainer during the summer seasons. I have worked in Greece and Spain. I love that job and I want to share with you my excitement for it, my personal experience and also my travels.

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