Best Places for Your Vacation in Barcelona, Spain!
Barcelona is not strange to the tourism world out there. This second largest city of Spain is full of rich traditions and arts that anyone in this planet will enjoy. Through the recent years, Barcelona has become one of the most famous tourist destinations in Europe. There is nothing to wonder about the reason behind the huge popularity of Barcelona.
Climate
Barcelona is close to the sea and its climate is highly influenced by this imminence. The influence of the warm and cool breezes from the sea has sobered down the extremity of winter or summer in Barcelona. So Barcelona never experiences scorching summer or chilling winter.
The sea has made the climate of Barcelona, Spain temperate. Barcelona has moderately warm summers, which shines under the glittering Mediterranean sun and a cool winter.
Places Of Tourist Importance
In general all the places in Barcelona are good for sightseeing. As soon as you enter the city, each and every building you see will be like some kind of great art form. Next comes an array of places of tourist interest in Barcelona. The Barcelona Cathedral, Sagrada Família, Santa Maria del Mar Church, Santa Maria del Pi Church, Portal de l'Àngel, Casa Batlló, Casa Milà (La Pedrera).
The Palau Nacional which houses the MNAC, Palau de la Música Catalana, The Arc de Triomf, Casa Vicens, Castell dels tres Dracs, Rambla de Mar in Port Vell (Old Harbour) and the Statue of Christopher Columbus are the places you should never miss out in the Barcelona tours. There is a place called The Torre de Collserola in the Tibidabo Hill is the highest structure in Barcelona (288m). This is one of the structures that will reveal the capability of human construction in Barcelona.
Barri Gotic - also known as Gothic Quarter, it is the old part of the city. Picasso lived and worked in Barri Gotic from 1895 to 1904 and Joan Miro was born and lived here during his youth. Gothic Quarter is situated on the right hand side of the La Rambla, it contains a concentration of medieval tall Gothic buildings (14-15th century) on narrow cobbled streets and now is home to much of the city's nightlife.
La Pedrera - Casa Mila (Mila House) is an apartment building, the last example of Gaudi's civil architecture.It is one of his finest and most ambitious creations, extraordinarily innovative in its functional, constructive, and ornamental aspects. Visitors can tour the building and go up to the roof, where they can see spectacular views of Barcelona. One floor below the roof is a modest museum dedicated to Gaudi's work.
Montjuic - the largest open space in the city, its main attractions are the Olympic installations, the Spanish Village and the hilltop fortress. Montjuic, the hill overlooking the city centre from the southwest, is home to some fine art galleries, leisure attractions, soothing parks and the main group of 1992 Olympic sites. Montjuic is covered in ornamental gardens with water features and is the most popular destination in Barcelona on Sundays.
Oni is a Travel Journalist whose major area of focus is travel where she shares lots of travel information. In this article she is now sharing her experience about Barcelona the famous destination for break. If you want to Enjoy Short Break in Barcelona. Please visit http://www.mybarcelona.net.
