Barcelona

Directions

BY AIR

Barcelona Airport- El Prat

Nearby airports:

• Girona Airport– Costa Brava
• Reus Airport– Tarragona
• Lleida Airport- Alguaire

BY SEA

• The Port of Barcelona is connected by ferry to Mallorca, Mahón, Ibiza and Genoa: http://www.portdebarcelona.es

BY LAND

• Connection by train with  Valencia, Madrid (AVE) and Port Bou (France)
• Suburban Trains : www.fgc.cat/ http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/cercanias/barcelona/index.html

Currency

euro

Where to sleep

• http://www.alberguesjuveniles.es/
• http://www.reaj.com/albergues-espana.asp 
• www.hotelius.com/  
• www.booking.com/Hoteles

Tourist office

Plaça de Catalunya, 17-S
info@barcelonaturisme.com

To visit

Sights

Gothic Quarter:

• Cathedral
• Palau Reial (Royal Palace) and Plaza del Rei (King’s Square)
• Santa Maria del Mar Church

Museums

• Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) (National Museum of Art); important collections of Romanesque and Gothic art: http://art.mnac.cat/
• Museu Picasso; occupying a set of five gothic palaces: http://www.museupicasso.bcn.cat/
• Museu d’Història de Catalunya (History Museum): www.mhcat.net/
• Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Contemporary Art Museum): http://www.macba.cat/

Also…

• Barcelona breathes modernism: The Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló or La Pedrera, by Antoni Gaudí and the “Palau de la Música”, by Josep Puig i Cadafalch
• It is essential to stroll down the Ramblas, the Boqueria market and the Liceu
• Visit Montjuïc, with the Magic Fountain, the MNAC, the trade fair and the Botanical Garden
• Tibidabo is an amusement park situated in the Natural Park of Collserola, with breathtaking views over the city
• The Olympic Village and Barceloneta, located by the sea, have many restaurants and lively nightlife.