“What are the Barcelona top attractions?”
Before visiting Barcelona, almost everybody asked me this question. If you read some books related to Barcelona tourist guides, there are loads of tourist attractions in Barcelona. No wonder people get confused with what to do in Barcelona on the first day.
Here, SuiteLife Barcelona would like to introduce you to the
Barcelona top attractions with our exclusive photos!
Barcelona Top Attractions - One: Park Guell by Antonio Gaudi
This is my favourite place in
Barcleona, where you can always take amazing pictures and see the nice views.
How to get there: take the metro Line 3 and get off at Lesseps station. Then walk for a few minutes, the Park is indicated!
Barcelona Top Attractions - Two: Sagrada Familia
La Sagrada Familia ('The Holy Family' in Spanish) is a masterpiece of architecture you have to see before your die (or at least before you leave Barcelona)
Read more:
Visit Sagrada Familia for Free and
Gaudi's church: La Sagrada Familia
How to get there: Take blue line metro, L5, and purple line, L2, get off at station Sagrada Familia
Barcelona Top Attractions - Three: Barceloneta City Beach
It is considered as the most popular
Barcelona beach. "As it’s one of the closet beaches to the city centre and one of the most easily accessible, it attracts hordes of both locals and tourists in search of a good time in the sun."
Read more:
Barcelona beach profile 1: Barceloneta.
How to get there: Take the Yellow Line 4 to either the “Barceloneta” or “Ciutadela/Villa Olympica” stop, walk for a few minutes, and you’re there!
Barcelona Top Attractions - Four: Las Ramblas
A study in 2007, reported that around 80 million
Barcelona tourists walk up and down the Ramblas every year. This long tree lined street has grown and expanded over the years, meandering for 1.2 kilometres down towards the sea. Read more:
La Ramblas Barcelona -SuiteLife Take a stroll down the most famous street in Barcelona.
How to get there: it is just next to Plaza Catalunya, take L3 to Liceu to pop up in the heart of the action.
Barcelona Top Attractions - Five: La Boqueria
La Boqueria market is said to be the biggest market in Europe and is synonymous with the historical culture of
Las Ramblas and
Barcelona as a whole. Read more:
Las Ramblas Barcelona Part 3: La Boqueria Market Barcelona AKA Sant Josep Market.
How to get there: you can easily find it when you are walking along Las Ramblas as it is indicated everywhere!
Barcelona Top Attractions - Six: Camp Nou Barcelona
Camp Nou (also called “
the New Camp” in English) is the home of
FC Barcelona. This famous
Barcelona stadium is located in the west of the city.
Camp Nou Barcelona is the largest stadium in Europe and 10
th largest in the whole world with 99,354 seats. For more information about
Camp Nou Barcelona:
Barcelona FC and Nou Camp info
How to get there: Metro: Line 3 (
Get off at Maria Cristina or Les Corts) and Line 5 (
Get off at Collblanc or Badal).
Barcelona Top Attractions - Seven: Arc de Triomf Barcelona
How to get there: Line 1 to
Arc de Triomf station
Barcelona Top Attractions - Eight: Tibidabo Barcelona
The
Tibidabo amusement park is definitely on of the most famous
tourist attractions in Barcelona. The
Tibidabo amusement park is located at the top of
Collserola mountain, and it is probably one of the
top 10 things to do in Barcelona. We recommend you to read our previous blog about
Tibidabo:
Tibidabo Barcelona- Home to Tibidabo amusement park. The Temple de Sagrat Cor and some of the finest views of Barcelona!
How to get there: To get to
Tibidabo Barcelona and the
Temple de Sagra Cor church, jump on the
Ferrocarril train on L7 at Plaza Catalunya and head to station Av Tibidado. Remember, this is
NOT THE METRO SYSTEM.
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By Charlotte Jiaqian Chen
SuiteLife blog writer and photographer