Barcelona | 3 days itinerary
Day 1 - Arrival
Barcelona has a lot to offer, and to cover it all, 3 days will be a bit less. However, if you've 3 days in the city, we will try to cover all the important landmarks and enjoy this wonderful city.
Our first place of visit will be the magnificent, La Sagrada Familia.
La sagrafa Familia is single handedly the best work of architecture I've seen till data. The cathedral is under construction for over 140 years now, and will hopefully be completed in next 2 years. Antoni Gaudí, who has done tremendous work across Barcelona, has given this world a masterpiece.
We will recommend you to take the English tour for La Sagrada familia. It will be worth it. The ticket contains two options, one includes the towers, and one doesn't. In our opinion, you should opt for the one with tower visit included.
From the tower top, you will see beautiful views of the city, the colourful houses, and the hotel towers in the distance.
Once done from La Sagrada, you should visit the two small parks nearby. Once in front, to get a gorgeous view of the building, and the other behind the building to get some snacks and ice creams.
From La Sagrada, we will continue to Arc De Triomf.
Arc De Triomf is a beautiful archway, that forms the entry to the Ciutedella park. Behind this gate, you will walk amidst palm trees and some lovely gardens and continue to the park.
Ciutadella park is a great place to sit back and enjoy the sun. They've dedicated sitting areas, as well as a few ponds. If you want to enjoy boating or go duck watching, then you should check out these ponds.
The park also has a fountain followed by stairs and a church. The view from top of the church is great, and you'd definitely check it out.
After checking out the Park, we will make our way to the Cathedral. Now for this, you can either walk from the Gothic quarters, or take public transport. If you walk from the gothic quarters, feel free to try out some street food from the area. We tried churros in the area and loved them.
Right in front of the cathedral, is a wide plaza, You will see a lot of people sitting here. Normally a few street performers do performances right in front of the Cathedral. Sit here and enjoy the view.
After the cathedral, we will take a bus and head towards the beach area. Once you get down from the bus, you can either head to the beach, or visit Rambla de mar. Rambla De mar provides a great area to sit near the sea and enjoy the view. The place also has a lot of restaurants to munch on some tapas.
This restaurant is right at the edge of the water, and has high glass windows. We got ourselves a table at the corner, has some tapas and enjoyed the view.
After having tapas, you can explore a bit of the beach area, and then head to your hotel.
Day 2
We started day two by visiting one of the most beautiful gardens, Park Guell. Park Guell is where Gaudi did most of his experiments. And once the experiments were successful, he would incorporate them in La Sagrada familia.
Park Guell was pretty big and had a lot of different places to visit. There was a rock bridge that we climbed and took in the views from. A tunnel structure which was 100s of years old, and an open area to view the wonderful architecture from. All of this was amazing.
The view to see the architecture is pretty crowded, and we would advise you to start from there, to avoid the crowd.
After finishing the Park Guell, we will head back to the main city, and check out two more buildings worked on by Gaudi. First is Casa Batllo, and second is Cana Mila. You can decide to go inside both of these, or opt for one, depending on how much architecture you want to explore.
After checking the La Sagrada Familia and Park Guell, we decided to skip going inside both these places.
Once you have checked Casa Mila, you'd walk towards Placa De Catalunya. This walk will be pretty great, and you will see all the famous designer boutiques on either side of the road.
Placa De Catalunya is a great place to sit and enjoy. It has a lot of sitting area, and is surrounded by some amazing buildings. Usually people sit here, and sip on their Sangrias.
From the Placa De Catalunya, we will head to the Museum of National art. This building is absolutely gorgeous and also gives you great view of the Barcelona city. There are street performers playing museum in front and you can sit on the stairs and enjoy the view and their performances.
Right in front of the museum, is a shop, from where you can grab Coffee or some snacks.
After taking in the views, we will start making our way towards the magic fountain.
While coming down, you will come across another level, where you should see a lot of crowd. There is this open area where a few snack stalls are installed, and a lot of sitting tables are arranged. If you are hungry, you should grab some snacks and spirits here. We had Patatas bravas and Sangria here, and both were fantastic!!
We will end the day by visiting the Magic fountain of the Montjuic. Unfortunately during our visit, the fountain was not working, However, the area still looked great. Also, once you are near the fountain, you'd turn around and see the museum. The museum looks absolutely fantastic from here.
Day 3 - Departure
A visit to Barcelona cannot be complete without exploring the Gothic quarters. You can spend hours walking the quarters and exploring various shops, eateries and art installations.
After exploring the quarters, we suggest visiting La Rambla. La Rambla is a market area and you will see a lot of souvenir shops and can do people watching here.
Right next to the La Rambla is La Boqueria. This is the famous food market of Barcelona. If you want to try any Spanish delicacy, now is your time. Enter the place and relish the delicious food that this beautiful country has to offer.
In this market you will find a lot of Vegetarian plus non vegetarian options. A few places are cash only, so do consider keeping some cash on you.
We loved seeing the dry fruits, and normal fruits here. Everything was arranged in very colourful way. Other things that we loved trying was enchiladas and quesadillas, along with some fresh juice.
We will end our day at the beautiful Barceloneta beach. If you want to lie down, take a mat with you, put on your sunglasses or hat, and go to sleep at this peaceful beach.
Where to stay
This hotel is very close to La Sagrada familia, and will be a great place to stay. From here reaching to the other places will also be very easy.
A chic hotel with great interior and also close proximity to Gothic quarters, and Park De Cituadella.
Happy traveling
We hope that you will enjoy this beautiful city and take home a lot of good memories with you. Happy traveling!!
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