3-day Barcelona PromptGuide 3 days 3-day Barcelona PromptGuide A preplanned, step-by-step time line and city guide for Barcelona. Follow it and get the best of the city. © PromptGuides.com 1 3-day Barcelona PromptGuide DOWNLOAD the latest version of this PDF at Click here to download > (This is version 1.1) 2 © PromptGuides.com 3-day Barcelona PromptGuide It’s like having a local friend SAVE days of planning with PromptGuides Preplanned city guides, city tips and insights, tested hotels and more... Click here> © PromptGuides.com 3 3-day Barcelona PromptGuide Day 1 (of 3) The first day explores the center of Barcelona. You get a peek into the city’s architectural heritage, enjoy the works of Picasso and sense the lively atmosphere by walking the La Rambla. Don’t have a hotel yet? REVIEW a list of hotels that we tested and recommend to you. Click here> LEAVE HOTEL Tested and recommended hotels in Barcelona > Take Metro Line 2 or Line 5 to station Sagrada Família 09:00-10:00 Sagrada Família Barcelona’s main Page 6 tourist attraction Take metro Line 5 from station Sagrada Família to station Diagonal (Direction: Cornellà) (15 min) 10:15-11:15 Casa Milà (La Pedrera) One of Gaudí’s most Page 6 fascinating buildings Walk to Casa Batlló (5 min) 11:20-12:20 Casa Batlló UNESCO World Page 7 Heritage Site 12:20-12:30 Casa Amatller Fine example of Page 7 modernist architecture 12:30-12:40 Casa Lleó Morera Part of the magnificent Page 7 building block, Apple of Walk to University of Barcelona (10 min) Discord 12:50-13:05 University of Barcelona Imposing building with Page 8 shady interior gardens Lunch for hot summer days Walk to La Rambla 14:10-14:40 La Rambla Favorite walking street Page 8 of Barcelona Walk to Columbus Monument (5 min) 14:45-15:00 Columbus Monument Monument Page 8 commemorating the Walk to Picasso Museum (30 min) great explorer 15:30-16:30 Picasso Museum One of the most Page 9 extensive Picasso Take metro Line 4 from station Jaume I to station collections Joanic (Direction Trinitat Nova) Take Bus #24 from bus stop Escorial-Sant Lluís to Larrard-Olot (30 min) 17:00-18:00 Güell Park The most fascinating Page 9 urban park in the world END OF DAY 1 4 © PromptGuides.com 8. Güell Park 1. Sagrada Família © PromptGuides.com 2. Casa Milà 3. Casa Batlló, Casa Amattler, Casa Lleó Morera 4. University of Barcelona 5 La Rambla 7. Picasso Museum D a y 1 ( 6. Columbus Monument o f 3 ) 5 PromptGuide Barcelona 3-day 3-day Barcelona PromptGuide attractions Details (Day 1) 09:00-10:00 La Sagrada Família (Carrer Mallorca, 401) Opening hours: Oct-Mar: 9 am-6 pm, Apr-Sep: 9 am-8 pm • Admission: 12€ THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Use the elevator to go up to one of the towers The full name of the church is Expiatory Church for splendid view of the city. of the Holy Family. Descend to the semi-basement of the Passion The construction of the Catholic church was façade to visit the museum exhibiting the build- started in 1882 and it is still unfinished. ing work of the church. It is expected to be completed some time in the first third of the 21st century. T I P S & I N S I G H T S Considered the master-work of renowned Cata- Buy your ticket in advance to avoid the long lan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). waiting-in-line. Gaudí devoted the last 40 years of his life to In high season you should expect a very long this vast project: by the end he even lived on queue at the ticket office. (Ticket collection and the premises. preferential access at the Information Point). Elevators’ charge is not included in the entrance THINGS TO DO THERE fee. It is, however, the only way of getting to Start your visit at the Natavity Façade that looks the towers. The stairs can only be used for de- on a small artificial lake. scending. Walk along Carrer de Provença to get to the op- posite side; the Passion Façade. Visit the interior construction site. MORE Info and Photos > Don’t have a hotel yet? REVIEW Hotels that we tested and recommend to you Click here> 10:15-11:15 Casa Milà (La Pedrera) (Carrer Provença, 261) Opening hours: Nov-Feb: 9 am-6:30 pm, Mar-Oct: 9 am-8 pm • Admission: 10€ THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Casa Milà is a unique looking modernista apart- bourgeois flat of late 19th-century Barcelona. ment building designed by Gaudí that resem- THINGS TO DO THERE bles no other building in the world. There are Take a look at the building from outside. no straight walls or right angles inside the prem- Visit Espai Gaudí, a museum dedicated to ises. Gaudí’s works. It was built for a wealthy and socially active cou- Visit the furnished modernista flat (El Pis de La ple (Rosario Segimon and Pere Milà) as a show Pedrera). of wealth and extravagance. Today many of its Climb to the roof and enjoy the rooftop statue apartments are private homes. park. The building was ridiculed in its time and earned a nickname, La Pedrera (The Quarry). The nick- T I P S & I N S I G H T S name stems from its stony, fortress-like appear- You can save money by purchasing the Articket ance. that serves as a pass to several Barcelona at- The building gives home to a museum dedicat- tractions. ed to Gaudí’s works (Espai Gaudí). It houses a furnished Modernista flat (El Pis de MORE Info and Photos > La Pedrera) that exemplifies a typical 6 © PromptGuides.com 3-day Barcelona PromptGuide a t t r a c t i o n s D e t a i l s ( D a y 1 ) 11:20-12:20 Casa Batlló (Passeig de Gràcia, 43) Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 9 am-8 pm • Admission: 17€ THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS TO DO THERE Case Batlló (1906) is an imposing modernist Enjoy the building’s imposing appearance from building in central Barcelona planned by Gaudí. the outside. The locals call it the House of Bones (Casa dels Visit the first floor apartment. ossos) because of its skeletal organic look. Climb to the roof and enjoy the abstract shaped The façade is decorated with colorful mosaic, chimneys and the roof that looks like the back running from shades of golden orange at the of a dragon. bottom into greenish blues at the top. Enjoy the view of the neighborhood. The building has a unique arched roof that is often likened to the back of a dinosaur or T I P S & I N S I G H T S dragon. Save time and money by purchasing your ticket Casa Batlló is part of a block of modernist online. buildings called the Apple of Discord (Illa de la Informative audio guide included in the price. Discòrdia). MORE Info and Photos > 12:20-12:30 Casa Amatller (Passeig de Gràcia, 41) Guided tours: Mon-Fri mornings THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS TO DO THERE Casa Amatller is a beautiful building between View it from outside and take photos of the Casa Batlló and Casa Lleó Morena, the three building’s imposing appearance. forming together the Apple of Discord (Illa de la Enjoy the guided tour including a tasting Discòrdia). of Amatller chocolate (advance booking is The building is the work of the architect Josep required). Puig i Cadafalch. It was a wealthy chocolate maker, Antoni T I P S & I N S I G H T S Amatller who commissioned the building. Only guided tours are available. The designer followed the principles of Urban Tickets need to be booked in advance Gothic palaces with a flat façade, a central via email ([email protected]) or courtyard and a staircase leading up to the main phone (+34 934 877 217). rooms. No ticket is available at location. MORE Info and Photos > 12:30-12:40 Casa Lleó Morera (Passeig de Gràcia, 35) Opening hours: Closed to the public THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Casa Lleó Morera (1902) is a remarkable palace taking their names after their owners. situated next to Casa Battló and Casa Amatller, The building is privately owned and closed to and is part of the Apple of Discord. the public. Lluís Domènech i Montaner planned the building THINGS TO DO THERE as a renovation project of an existing house. View from outside and take photos of the Domènech cooperated with the biggest names building’s imposing appearance from the in the building industry to create this magnificent outside. palace. The building earned its name after its decorations of lions (lleó) and mulberry trees (morera), MORE Info and Photos > unlike the traditions of the time buildings © PromptGuides.com 7 3-day Barcelona PromptGuide a t t r a c t i o n s D e t a i l s ( D a y 1 ) 12:50-13:05 University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) (Pl de la Universitat) Opening hours: N/A • Admission: Free THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS TO DO THERE University of Barcelona’s graceful buildings Take a walk along the main façade. were constructed between 1861 – 1889. Enjoy its cool and shady interior gardens on hot Until 1958, it was the only university in the city. afternoons. Now it is one of six.