Barcelona

One of the most important cities of Spain, the largest city of the autonomous region of Catalonia and its capital, Barcelona (Barcelona), is a coastal city that leaves you with very good feelings as you visit it. In fact, if you can spare time not only for this city, but also if you have the opportunity, the traces of a 12-15 day trip to Spain where you can see Andalusian artifacts will be much more enjoyable. The extremely large and convenient international airport of this city is approximately 20-25 minutes away from the city center. In addition to the rail system, taxi, bus and rental car facilities are always available. Since some of the places to visit are quite far from the city center, the rental car option is recommended in terms of both comfort and economy.

Traffic has a right-hand flow, and on the main road, which is a bit opposite to us, there are severely sharp departure roads and secondary roads. Therefore, if you are using navigation for directions, it will be appropriate for safety to approach the left or right side beforehand, paying attention to the warnings. In general, right-hand traffic exits from the main road, although exits from the main road are on the right, but in this city, it is possible to exit from the main road by exiting from the left. In this context, paying attention to the traffic signs and taking place in the relevant lane enough time ago will facilitate your process.

Depending on the number of days you will stay, you can divide your trip planning into two parts. Most of the places you will visit in the city are within walking distance, and if you choose your hotel here, you will not need a car. Otherwise, it will be very difficult and costly to find a place for your car in the city center. If you add heavy traffic to this, it may not be very wise to drive in the city center. For the places you will visit outside the city, a car will become mandatory, and for this section, it will be more appropriate to choose a hotel outside the city.

You can start your tour with the statue of Christopher Columbus in the city center, very close to the port area. This statue, which has a very magnificent and majestic appearance, is always preferred by tourists with its fine processes. You can have the opportunity to see the city from the top of the column via the elevator for a fee of 2 Euros.

After the sculpture area, which has been turned into an island around which vehicles pass, you can come across all kinds of needs and activities you are looking for while walking up the Las Ramblas street, which is closed to traffic and only open to pedestrians, in the heart of Barcelona. All kinds of cafes, restaurants, entertainment venues, Flamenco dance centers, nightclubs, shopping malls, shops, etc. This street, which contains the elements, is one of the few famous streets in the world and is a preferred place day and night. You can spend a long time on this wide and long street, so you can be sure that you will not regret if you give the widest time here in your travel planning.
If you come back here without tasting tapas and paelas, it is possible that you will regret it later.

Tapas are actually small snacks that we can define as appetizers. The most suitable method for tapas, which is served in a wide range from seafood to meat products, from cheese to various vegetables, is as follows. Tapas menus in restaurants are generally narrow, and some of them may not suit your taste. For this reason, if you ask the local people and find the meze bazaars on the famous street and its side streets, you have reached the oasis. In this wide covered bazaar, many tapas sellers display all their varieties on small aisles, and after you buy the tapas you choose according to your taste, you can consume them in a cocktail environment with wine or appropriate drinks standing around the long-legged tables in the middle section. In this way, you can buy the products you like again or you can see and try other types. After discovering these places, I am sure that you will come again during your trip. It would be more appropriate for you to try the product called paela, which we can describe as rice with seafood or chicken / meat, instead of restaurants, in places preferred by local people and only making paela. You will see that such places will be extremely crowded in front of them. Trying paela here will ensure that you are not adversely affected (financially and physically). It is better to choose a single person for your first try. In some places, extremely heavy oily paelas are made and may not be suitable for some of us. For paela, which is actually a type of rice, served with intense spices and saffron, the seafood one is recommended.

If you want to see the places to visit in the city center beforehand, you can use the red open-top buses called hop-in-hop. If you use it, you can get off wherever you want by using the map and stop lists that will be given to you. After taking a photo and resting, you can continue the tour by the other bus that comes again. In this way, you can find beautiful places from the appropriate angle and without searching, and you can create the necessary memories there. The famous Casa Mila is one of the most important of them. The appearance of this building, which has a very different appearance, is very pleasant and different from the outside. The Olympic Stadium and the sports complex, where the Summer Olympics are held within the same tour, have an extremely beautiful view. Of course, the most important sports venue, the temple of the famous Barcelona football team, "Camp Nou", if you return before you see it, you may be stuck in the corner. Joking aside, it is a delightful visiting area where everything is ready so that even those who are not interested in football will feel like a football player when they visit inside. When you enter here, every detail, from the museum where the club has achieved so far and the trophies, to the dressing rooms used by the football players, from the sports writers section that sees the stadium from a very beautiful angle, to the booth right next to the field where the substitute players and coach are located, is presented to the visitors in an order, voice and program, and it is incredible. impacts people. You can experience this for about 4 Euros.

You will need to spare one full day for the "Sagrada Familia", which is described as an unfinished church in the city center. Since you will not be the only one who wants to see this exquisite work, you will be faced with a busy waiting line. It will be extremely crowded inside, and when you want to see every detail, you will have a 4-5 hour tour after waiting in the queue for about 2 hours. It will be appropriate if you make your plans accordingly. This work, which is an intense tourist choice from all over the world, has a really interesting feature and there are various speculations as to why it has not been completed yet. After leaving here, you can complete your day with Park Güel, another work of the author (Gaudi) in the open air.

The coastline, which is another feature of the city, is a region that is heavily preferred by locals and tourists, especially during summer days. The coastline, which is kilometers long, allows for very beautiful views. You can swim and sunbathe on the beach, which is used by everyone free of charge. At night, you can find yourself in these entertainments as the preferred place for all kinds of entertainment.

The most important of the museums in the city center is the famous Picasso Museum, which can be visited by checking the opening and closing times on the internet for those who are interested. The house and museum of Salvador Dali, one of his other important and crazy artists, is about 1-1.5 hours outside the city and is on the border of Andorra, a tax-free shopping paradise. If you go here, you will have the opportunity to satisfy both your artistic taste and your shopping pleasure. I wish you a pleasant time to visit this city, which has extremely pleasant places, as soon as possible.