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The Parc Güell, constructed between 1900 and 1914, projected initially like a city garden by order of the gentleman Güell (the protector of Gaudí), but the project was not successful and finally it was left. Nowadays it comprises of world-wide patrimony of Humanity of UNESCO.

The main seat of the park it is an ideal site to take something enjoying fabulous views on Barcelona. The entrance to the park she is gratuitous and the entrance to house - museum leaves by 3 €. Source: voyagerguide

 

Gaudí is the architect of Barcelona par excellence. Their works, created at the beginning of century XX are nowadays referring world-wide. Barcelona, would not be what is without him, and a guide of Barcelona would not be complete without a section dedicated entirely to Gaudí.

Architect and untiring artist, born in Reus in 1852. Misunderstood at its time, considered nowadays the maximum exponent of modernist architecture and one of the best architects for all time. It devised original, revolutionary, practical and novel and at the same time economic solutions, often inspired by the own nature. It died run over by a car crossing a street near the Sagrada Family, thought that he was a vagabond, in fact was a GENIUS.

The four main works of Gaudí in Barcelona are: The stone quarry, Park Güell, the Batlló House and the Sagrada family. All the works of are forced visit. We recommended to you that you dedicate to almenos a day to visit them. Source: voyagerguide

 

The Seat of Spain of Barcelona, along with Montjuïc, offers one series of activities cultural and playful very special for traveller.

The Seat of Spain, in the heart of city of Barcelona, it gives doors us a the mountain of Montjuïc, to which it accedes taking a walk by Avenue of Reina Maria Cristina. mountain of Montjuïc is a promontory that in 1929 were chosen stops to give rise to Universal exhibition, reason by which they constructed different pavilions and buildings that him they surround. It is a zone of Incredible Barcelona, given its magnificencia and beauty. The Avenue of Reina Maria Cristina is very pretty route in order to do on foot, specially by night, when his sources are illuminated and working. Source: voyagerguide

 

The Magical Source is source more impressive of city of Barcelona. It was constructed in year 1929, also with reason for Universal exhibition, by Carles Bohigas. Several days of week they are offered music spectacles and color in these sources, totally gratuitous.

In the year 2006 calculate that more than 2 million of people they visited. The truth it is that they are of visit forced, although only be for revivir by moments atmosphere and the light of that 1929! Source: voyagerguide

Like general norm in cities a little great always it is recommendable to take tourist bus thus vees all the sites more important without cansarte. But in case of Barcelona it can say that it is obligatory!Tickets you can them to buy in nobody site, you can choose between one and two days (consecutive) and it costs between 20 and 24 € respectively. With tickets gives you checkbook with bonds of discounts stop practically all the monuments and spectacles more important of city (entered free in the Casino of Barcelona, discount in monuments of Gaudí, etc.). We we saved about 40 € by person, in certain way us they paid to go with bus. In any case it is necessary to recognize that they have it very well mounted, surely without the discounts there would be sites that no we had visited, but that really they were worth the trouble!

The tourist bus has three routes according to that you prefer to visit: The high part of Barcelona, the zone center and the zone fórum. The two first 2 hours last and the third one and average. You are going to dedicate a whole day to go with the bus and, if you go stopping, even day and means. By the way a shutdown obligatory they are gardens of Miramar, since they have been recovered recently, and it is one of the best ones viewpoints of Barcelona. In addition, all the visit it is very well commented (in several languages, among them the Castilian) with as the routes they are very entertainments. Source:voyagerguide