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Is It Possible To Visit Barcelona Museums Free?

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This post can take your attention more! Traveling all around the world may require some good budget. At least most travellers may think so. In Barcelona , seeing many museums means that you should arrange your budget well if you want to visit many of them unless you visit on these days. So if you arrange your visit days to these museums also then you are really lucky as you can enter free. We are really pleased to present some good travel tips for Barcelona city in this post. So what are these days to visit Barcelona museums free ? Let's read below tips for Barcelona city tour . We had mentioned about The National Museum of Catalonia in our previous post. It's a really good museum to see in Barcelona city . So if you visit the museum any first Sunday morning of every month or 11th September and 24th and also May 18th then you will charge nothing for your visit. It's free to visit The National Museum of Catalonia . The MNAC is located at Montjuic hill. Another travel tips...

How to Shop Tax Free?

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What about tax free shopping in Barcelona? How can I shop tax free? Do I have to fill form for each shopping? What is Global Blue Card? Where I can shop tax free? There are a few options to claim back your tax. Please note that visitors from outside European Union can have their Value Added Tax (VAT) returned for more than €90.15 .  Don't forget to ask the sales person before you pay your tax free cheque in Barcelona city . You can claim back your VAT at the center of the city and also at airports. Where you can get your VAT at the center of city is;  1) Tourist information centre in Plaça de Catalunya, 17-S: Time: Daily, from 8.30am to 8.30pm Important: Only Global Refund Tax Free cheques are valid. ·            2) Main Office of tourism de Barcelona:          Passage de La Concepci ó, 7-9          Time: Monday to Saturday, 3pm to 8pm.         Important: Global Blue, Pr...

Little Known Facts About Camp Nou

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Camp Nou is the largest stadium in Europe yet there are some facts which are known little. We have information about the seat capacity, matches played, the history of Nou Camp and similar things. If you call yourself a real traveler then Camp Nou is a must see place in Catalan region as the stadium has had many idol players such as Ronaldinho, Messi, Kubala and Rivaldo, etc. Here in this article we try to let you know about interesting facts of Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona city. Let's have a look at the interesting facts below.  1) Camp Nou means New Stadium in Catalan.  2) Due to roof of the stadium which prevents growth of the grass needs to be regularly changed. 3) Barcelona Camp Nou Stadium with 98.000 seats now was once one of the largest stadium in the world with 120.000 seats such as Brazil and Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. 4) Fans of FC Barcelona are called ''cules'' which derives the word from Bum as the only thing we can see is their backsides when...

Tips for Food & Drink in Barcelona City

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While visiting a city that you will be for the first time, it's good to know the tips about food and drinks there. In Barcelona city there are different local food and drinks which are traditional in Spain and if you know the tips you can make the best of it. So in our last article we tried to introduce you one of the finest restaurants of Barcelona city but we didn't give the tips of food & drink in Barcelona . In your country, food terminology may differ and when you travel to different city from your hometown then you may need some ideas before you plan your Barcelona travel . We will go on being your Barcelona city travel guide . Here below some useful tips for Catalan cuisine.  1) In Barcelona , breakfast is generally to go but there are some places you can have breakfast. ( In food & drink article we will give the restaurants' names). 2) Restaurants are generally open until 11.30 pm. 3) Lunch time is basically from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm. 4) Dinner time usually b...

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...