Barcelona, a perfect summer destination, is the second largest city located in north eastern part of Spain.
We landed at around 01:00 PM in the last country for this trip: Spain! My exact destination was Barcelona, and I have a couple of friends who live here. Barcelona is the second largest city of Spain located in north eastern part of the country. One of its top attractions is its beaches, perfect if you’re there during summer!
Hola Barcelona!
Barcelona–El Prat Airport
Going to city center from Airport
No train station is directly connected to Barcelona–El Prat airport. You have to ride an aerobus to go to the city center that is approximately 30 minutes away. Then from there, you can go around using trains or buses.
Aerobus ticket costs €5,90
30-minute ride to city center with this clean and comfortable bus
T10 Metro Ticket
Since I knew I would be going around quite a lot, I decided to buy a T10 Metro ticket (10 journeys), instead of getting individual ones for each journey. It is time effective, and probably gonna save you some coins. The T10 Zone 1 ticket costs €9,95, and it covers the city center area where most of the tourist attractions are. But note that there are 6 Zones in total and each zone card has a different price.
Zone 1: €9.95 (covers all city center)
Zone 2: €19.60
Zone 3: €26.75
Zone 4: €34.45
Zone 5: €39.55
Zone 6: €42.05
T10 Metro Ticket
Clot Metro Station
Port de Barcelona
I went to my Airbnb to drop my luggage and freshen up before meeting my friends. I met up with Joanne first since our other friend, Anna, was only available at a later time. She told me she would take me for a boat ride! How exciting!
There are different boats to choose from, and we ultimately went with Las Golondrinas. A 1 hour and 30 minute-boat ride costs €15.
€15 for a 1 hour and 30 minute-boat ride
Boarding Las Golondrinas
Snapchatting
Que guapa! ?
Moments
Beautiful summer in Barcelona indeed!
The boat making a U-turn
Going back to the port
Miraestels
We explored the vicinity a little more while still waiting for Anna. Floating near the port is this Miraestels sculpture by Robert Llimós, a joint tribute for another artist, the late Joan Brossa. Swaying in the water, Miraestels is a magical emblem of beautiful Barcelona.
Miraestels
Magical Mountain of Montserrat
Food Trip
With Anna finally joining us, they took me to El Rey de La Gamba 1 for dinner. Of course they let me try the best that Barcelona has to offer. Scrumptious!
Yummy Oyster
Spain trip not complete without Paella
After our dinner, we strolled along La Barceloneta as we continued our catch up. The night was still young so they took me to another place called La Taverna de Barcelona where there was live music! Really thankful for these ladies for showing me around and making my first day so much fun!
Night cap with these ladies
Cruzcampo Cruzial beer
Gracias amigas!
Discussion
15 bucks for an hour boat ride, not to bad at all! Barcelona really does look charming and can’t wait to go! I’d eat Paella all day long too!
Barcelona looks charming, Everything from the city, its waterways and the ood has an old world charm. I love the heritage architecture which is exquisite.
Agreed! I loved Barcelona, and Spain as a whole so much.
Although the seafood Paella is most famous, did you know traditionally it was made using chicken and/or rabbit?
Barcelona is a beautiful city, although these days not as loved by the locals due to the volume of tourists…
Interesting, I never knew that!
The paella looked delicious.
Couldn’t not eat that one! 🙂