Skip the town. Go straight to the crypt. An incomplete, yet amazing church. The arches,…read morebuttresses, just the overall design and beauty of the building are worth the trip and will leave you wondering how one man could be so different than his and my contemporaries and so inspiring. A masterpiece.

We heard it was cool fountain with lights and music similar to Balagio fountain in Las Vegas. We…read morewalked a longggggg way to see only to find its not every night and we had passed through some areas we thought questionable sketchy. So the next night we took taxi to and from. Lots of people but we could still see and enjoy. Later several left and we crossed the street to be close and found spots right upfront. I loved it. Beautiful. Fun watching children play there and enjoying the music.

Easy to walk to, check the website for dates and showtimes. Great sight to see when in Madrid!read more

If you seen Plaça d'Espanya, then you seen the towers. They are both apart of a busy roundabout…read more The towers are a beauty to see day or night. Venetian Towers - they are 47 m (154 ft) tall and lead the way to the MNAC via Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, an avenue commonly used to host trade fairs. Fira de Barcelona They were originally envisaged in Léon Jaussely's city expansion plan of 1907,[2] and designed by architect Ramon Reventós [ca] and built in the period 1927 to 1929, as part of the redevelopment of the area for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. Reventós was also involved in a number of other projects featured in the exhibition, such as the Greek Theatre (Teatre Grec),[3] the Spanish Village (Poble Espanyol),[3] and the buildings of the Montjuïc Funicular[4] on the nearby hill of Montjuïc. They serve an ornamental function, to mark the entrance to the exhibition district, now known as Fira de Barcelona, and the start of the grand avenue leading up to the Palau Nacional on Montjuïc, which houses the National Art Museum of Catalonia. Originally, the towers were open to the public, who could climb the internal stairs to the viewing galleries, but they are now normally closed. In later years, the western tower housed equipment for controlling the illumination of the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc, 350m away at the far end of Avinguda Maria Cristina, and the gallery of the eastern tower housed sirens for signalling possible emergencies; the disused equipment was removed during the 2013/14 restoration work. The towers are registered as protected structures by Barcelona city council, with a protection level of B:B, a structure of local interest. Following restoration work, the towers opened to the public for the first time since 1929, for a two-day period during October 2014. All in all, another must stop to see if you are into landmarks.

They seem out of place…read more These two towers of red brick were modelled after the campanile of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. Designed by architect Ramon Reventós and built in 1927 to 1929, for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. Reventós had other projects in the exhibition, - the Greek Theatre, the Spanish Village (Poble Espanyol), and the Montjuïc Funicular building. They are an ornamental pieces at the bottom of the hill leading up to the Palau Nacional, marking the entrance to the exhibition area that is now called Fira de Barcelona. The towers are no longer open to the public as viewing galleries. At one time a tower housed the equipment for operating the lights of the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc. The other one once held sirens for signaling emergencies. From the tourist's point of view, they are ok to check out if you are in the area for other sites. I wouldn't go out of my way just for these. They kinda seem out of place a bit for the surrounding architecture.

This is super unique…read more When a city pays for an artist to drain a telecommunications tower you know they support the arts and desire to have a more then utilitarian view of their surroundings. It's truly a piece of artist performance and you just want to look at it continuously. As part of Parc Montjuïc, it's even more fascinating. Calatrava is present in this work.

Montjuïc Communications Tower! This thing was built by…read moreSantiago Calatravas to serve as a cellphone and television tower for the Olympics in '92. It also doubles as a sundial on Europa Square down below. They could have just built a big ol ugly tower, but instead, Santiago Calatravas came up with this elegant, curving, swan-like telecommunications tower that is double functional and looks like it's almost a living thing taking off or a bird on a single foot. It is said that it represents an athlete holding the Olympic flame. It is up on the Montjuïc Mountain, so it overlooks the whole city. The base of the tower is covered in broken tile, like what Gaudi does. Calatravas was trying to tie everything together with that move.

Walk of the sea! This is sort of a wooden boardwalk that…read moreextends across the harbor over to the peninsula that is the Maremagnum shopping mall, the Aquarium, the World Trade Center and this big, long plaza. The boardwalk lifts so that boats can enter. When I went, they had a tow boat towing a bunch of sailboats into the harbor with a long rope. We had just made it across when they started to escort the sailboats into the harbor. Along the walkway is a bunch of different pieces of public art that just make the place interesting. The wooden walkway feels a bit shoddy at times, and since all the planks are parallel, you gotta worry somewhat over a wheel from a bike or wheelchair falling in between the cracks. However, those wheels make a satisfying cr-r-r-r-r--r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r noise as they run over the planks. It's a great place to watch the boats go by or the tide come in. There's places to hang out and just be. Don't feed the birds!

The first Mediterranean in my life. It's kind of fun even…read morewith just such keywords. The location is right there from the Columbus Monument. I took a walk from here to the beach. I'm sure there is a rental cycle somewhere. The cycle movement seemed comfortable.

A high up yet simple castle. We came for the free admission every Sunday at 3pm. Get the free…read moretickets in advance online so you can bypass the long line that forms for the walk-ins. It's also free every first Sunday of the month. There's some great views, videos, and history displayed. You could get up here via cable car, cab, or walking, which we did, and it was exhausting.

My family spent a pretty fun day here we walked both in and out, which is definitely a hike. Bring…read moreyour stroller if you have a baby thank goodness we had ours, but it's really a pretty walk-in and there's places in the park to look at the flowers and the ponds and little play areas for the kids so honestly, I wouldn't do it any other way. The castle itself is pretty cool. We had a nice time exploring. We did not get on one of the guided tours just because of when we visited and stuff like that but those can be a little tough with young kids anyway we ended up eating in the restaurant on site and I walked away with terrible terrible food poisoning from the croquettes. It happens but definitely made the rest of our trip not quite as fun.

Plaça d'Espanya, which means Plaza of Spain, is a public square that was built for the Barcelona…read moreInternational Exposition in 1929. A tour guide briefly took my husband and me to this plaza, and he told us a little about its history. The plaza is located at a roundabout junction of major roads, and during our visit, some construction was occurring on the roadside, but the former bullring that is now a shopping center looked quite impressive. We also enjoyed seeing the two tall towers and a fountain.

Other reviews have mentioned the history of this roundabout, the monumental fountain and the…read morebuildings adjoining the square. Aside from the aforementioned joining of roads, I'll just add that it's a an impressive joining of public transit routes for both bus lines, the metro, and around a 13-15 minute walk, a short bus ride or two stops on the metro over to Sants station (Pl. Espana stop to Sants Estació stop), which is the main train station in Barcelona. Additionally, airport shuttle buses (Aerobus) stop at Plaça d'Espanya about once every 20 minutes or so. You can buy a ticket on the bus (used to be cash only but I believe they take card now). The neighborhood directly around the square is a mix of residential and commercial, there is a good mix of casual mom and pop restaurants and mostly smaller establishments though that's just from some very cursory strolling in the area.