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CosmoCaxia - Science Museum of Barcelona

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Museums in Barcelona are one of the attractions that take people to the different planet in the world. Known as a thing to do for kids in Barcelona, CosmaCaxia is a place where both children and adults learn and have fun at the same time. CosmaCaxia Museum was opened in 1981 as Science Musuem of Barcelona for the first time then it closed in 1979 for renovation. When it was renovated, the museum was reopened as CosmoCaxia Museum in 2004.  Attractions in Barcelona are numerous and for travellers who are going to visit Barcelona city , a good city plan can be better if you don't want to waste time and miss out the best places to visit. So here Barcelona city guide is trying to present places to visit in Barcelona city day by day.  So what can you do in CosmaCaixa Museum? There are forests similar to Amazons, planetarium, aquarium, a science museum where kids and adults can do some small experiments. You can experience how wind and rain occur and watch the ants' ordinary da...

Gothic Quarter - A District With Historical Landscape

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Discovering a new country or city means that you are going to meet the historical look and life of the city. Barcelona city is one of these places with lots of historical buildings or places. So we highly recommend you to wander around in Gothic Quarter on your holiday. What you see and face will make you feel you reveal the history, the background and the city life slowly. While you are walking in the district you will come across many narrow lanes which include many small shops and cafes serving tapas and sangria. When you get tired you should have a rest at these pretty small cafes and may be drink coffee. All the lanes are somehow connected to a square which hold small cafes. If you really understand what is going on in a city that you don't know, then you should wander around narrow alleys. You can bargain at shops, have a rest and observe the local people about their eating and drinking habits or how they become together at cafes and how they socialize. To know better about...

Palace of Catalan Music

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Are you in love with art? Or maybe you are passionate for music? Then Palace of Catalan Music is a must see place in Barcelona city during your trip. Palace of Catalan Music is one of these places in 10 top list places in Barcelona city . While listening a relaxing classical music you can have your meal or you can attend a fantastic classical music concert by Orfeo Catala which is a choral society in Barcelona and founded in 1891 by Lluis Millet and Amadeu Vives. The Palace of Catalan Music is a building that embodies art and music at the same time. This art nouveau building attracts the visitors at the very first time.  Being the only concert hall in this style, the Palace of Catalan Music building was listed as the World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 4th December 1997. This relaxing and full of life place makes you feel the social and cultural life of Catalan people also. So what is the aim of this musical place? Of course from the name we can understand that Palace of Catalan ...

Parc Guell in Barcelona - An Antoni Gaudi Work

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In Barcelona city , you may come across many tourist attractions and may be sometimes your agenda will be full during your stay in Barcelona. In this article we tried to give information about an engineering marvel located in Barcelona. Park Guell in Barcelona city is one of these most fantastic places to see when you are on holiday. As we told before Antoni Gaudi is the greatest architecture of Catalan world and Park Guell is an artisanal project again belongs to Antoni Gaudi. Park Guell is located on the hill of El Carmel in the Gracia district of Barcelona. Earlier, the park wasn't intended to be a park. When we have a look at the history of Parc Guell we see that actually this area was thought to include many residential garden village similar to English model including sixty-single houses. Eusebi Guell one of Antoni Gaudi's friend asked him to carry out this project. Gaudi started building the houses in this area until 1914 when they understood that this project was t...

La Sagrada Familia Travel Tips

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If you visit a city or country, it's better to know the travel tips beforehand. This will make you save time  and money. Every  place has its own travel tips. In this article we will give tips about visiting La Sagrada Familia. These are our suggestions but we think that you will like when you read the tips. Barcelona city is beautiful in every season but if you plan Barcelona travel especially in summer then this tip is really suits you. La Sagrada Familia Tips: 1) Especially in tourist season like summer times , there is a long queue in front of the basilica. It's likely to wait for long hours ( sometimes 2 hours) to enter into La Sagrada Familia so you had better buy the entrance tickets online and you won't wait in the queue.   2) If you don't have chance to buy the tickets online then don't forget to take water and umbrella with you and also put on some suntan cream so you won't get sunburnt. 3) If you stay in the centre of Barcelona city, La Sagrada F...

The Montserrat ( Mountain) Monastery

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Spain is a country one should discover when h/she has a chance. Especially Barcelona city is famous for its magnificent mountains to walk and climb. One of this mountain that we recommend you to see is Montserrat Mountain. Here we will try to tell Montserrat Monastery which stands facing Barcelona city. Montserrat is a magical place and many Catholic pilgrims come to see Black Madonna in the monastery. Montserrat mountain is at 1236 meters above the valley floor. It has got inexpressible scenery during the sun rise and most people in Barcelona city appreciate this view and do lots of overnight hikes. Montserrat is nearly 30 miles away from the centre of Barcelona city and it's easy to get there by train or private car. The History of Montserrat Monastery So what makes Montserrat Monastery so important? Why do many Catholic pilgrims come to see Black Madonna? What is the history of Montserrat Monastery? When you discover the magic of the mountain you will be more enthusiastic a...

La Sagrada Familia Basilica

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Even one hasn't been to Barcelona yet, h/she may hear about this unbelievable fantastic basilica in   Barcelona city . La Sagrada Familia cathedral welcomes you standing in the middle of the city with its unique towers.  The words are not enough to describe this sacred place and we hope many Barcelona lovers have the chance to see La Sagrada Familia. I hope we will be able to describe this unfinished basilica of Antoni Gaudi. La Sagrada Familia is an unfinished basilica in Barcelona city. It's known that La Sagrada Familia is a work of art of one of the greatest architecture in the world Antoni Gaudi. That's truly right but the first building of this cathedral was started to build by diocesan architect Francisco de Paula del Villar on 19 March 1882. At the end of 1883, the building of this wonder of art was assigned to Gaudi. He carried his work until his death which happened in 1926. This unique symbol of Barcelona city has still been tried to be finished with the donation...