Yes,Barcelona is impressive, and architecturally uplifting, but you tend to miss a lot unless you walk. This is definately the way to get around the old town, in the area of the Ramblas, and near the Plaza Catalunya s Avoid the rainy seasons, February, March, October. If you get wet in Barcelona you get really wet!!
Be careful, though, about taking a walk by the Olympic Village and along that part of the esplanade. It is a much greater area and distance than it might at first appear. Similarly, if you are climing up to the Olympic stadium from the centre, be aware that you need a whole afternoon. It is a bit of a trek.
I frankly prefer Madrid. There you can walk relatively short distances and soak up loads of athmosphere in the centre. Barcelona´s huge avenues, on the other hand, mean that when you look in your guide and see that you are in a street nearby to where you want to go, you can be fooled into walking. Half an hour later, after traversing lanes upon lanes of traffic and collecting some whopping blisters on the way from the somehow harder-than-anywhere-else pavements, you realise that you are still miles away from where you want to be. So beware.
So walk Barcelona, but take something to rub into your tootsies afterwards
Look carefully at your map and you can tell by the amount of tube stops along the way just how far you have to go.
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Agree with your comments. I particularly liked the walking aspect. We sorted out where we were going and then just rambled around. LOVED the La Rambla - the market half way up it - superb. Writing321
Squidget 21.03.2001 11:58
Sounds nice, what is there to do and see? Squidget :o)
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