Route: Barcelona
Area: Northern Spain
Date of walk: 26th June 2016
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 3.0 miles
Weather: Sunny and very hot
Following our walking holiday in the Pyrenees we were travelling home from Barcelona airport and as luck would have it the flight would not leave until early evening. Allowing for the journey from the Pyrenees to Barcelona this would give us 3 hours or so to enjoy a short stroll around the city
Such a time frame would only allow us to scrape the surface – we’ve been here before and are well aware that it’s a huge city with many attractions and we couldn’t possibly do it justice today
After leaving our bags at the airport we caught the bus to the Plaça de Catalunya and then walked down bustling La Rambla to the port area. We then visited the nearby Gothic Quarter, the centre of the old city of Barcelona, and wandered around the labyrinthine streets for a while. There was just enough time left to admire the outside of the amazing Casa Batllo before catching the bus back to the airport
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La Rambla
The old and the new
We make our way to the port area
The old and the new again…
Rambla de Mar, a natural continuation of the Ramblas, designed in 1994
We head for the nearby Gothic Quarter
The area is the centre of the old city of Barcelona
The Palau de la Generalitat
Gargoyles on the wall of Barcelona Cathedral
The Cathedral
It’s a hot day, 27.5C
We have just enough time to visit Casa Batlló, Antoni Gaudi’s architectural masterpiece
The final photo of a wonderful walking holiday in Spain
