One of my favourite places I’ve been to on holiday, Barcelona is such a great city to visit.
Whether you’re just going for a couple of days and nights like I did, or going for a bit longer, you’ll want to know what clothing to pack.
Here’s what clothes I packed, and the outfits which I wore when I was in Barcelona for a couple of days.
Barcelona is a cool city, with lots to see and do, whether it be on a night or through the day.
But what about the myths?
There’s things which you hear and read online, of course I read a bit before I went, so I will give my little overview and FAQ on my time in Barcelona.
Thirsty much? haha 😉
Since I am from Newcastle I am used to going out and having a huge choice of bars, all more or less next door to each other.
It’s a good thing, and I am lucky to live in a city that has this luxury, but I know places like London, Barcelona and probably most other cities are not like this.
We went to a couple of places on or around La Rambla, and they were alright but nothing spectacular. An Irish bar called Cheers which had a Spanish doorman who looked like a traditional bouncer from the 80s was on the door.
Even when the sun goes down in Barcelona there is lots to see, and it’s all lit up and looks really nice. From the many fountains to buildings designed by Gaudi, it’s all pretty cool.
Sorry for the poor quality of pictures, this is what happens when you mix an iPhone with night photography! 😉
This is a selection of the 3 nights photos from when I was in Barcelona (if you’re wondering how I am wearing different clothes!), the nightlife/bars section is next 😛
We seemed to walk for miles and miles to this place, and it kept looking too far to walk. I got my phone out and tried the GPS, it said it was only a mile away so we continued and I am glad we did!
This is the Torre Agbar in Barcelona, and it looks similar to the London gherkin building. It’s 144m in height, and I got dizzy looking up at it 😀 There were also a couple of buildings next to it, although I can’t tell you what they are 😛
It has a light show on a night which looks amazing, it’s a little out of the way to get to but there is the Barcelona City Tour bus which goes there, just get the East route on a night.
After taking forever to get here we then had a hell of a long walk back.
Outfit: Grey and blue dip dye t shirt, shorts, Converse trainers. Check out what I wore in Barcelona here.
After walking around the harbour in Barcelona we went on to head towards the zoo and walked for miles! We saw lots of things like the Arc del triomf, Palau de Justicia, and walked through the Parc Zoologica. It was a pretty cool area, but quite a walk from the centre of things.
We went on to check out the Torre Agbar, which I will write about next… Check out more pics below
On the last day we started off at a really cool café/restaurant called Farga. It was fairly posh, and a nice chilled place. We walked around the many narrow streets Barcelona has, and passed the usual places, Plaça de Catalunya and La Rambla which were both on the way down to the harbour. On La Rambla they had a few street performers, by far the best was the cowboy who was really entertaining.
We headed down the harbour, and found a nice restaurant just near the Maremagmun. We were going to go to L’Aquarium until we saw the queue! It was so long it was unreal!
On the 2nd day we went shopping on La Rambla and Plaça De Catalunya. There are so many shops, and I got to check out Desigual, a brand which I like the look of but never bought anything from. They have stores all over Barcelona, as do Zara, they are everywhere!
We went to El Triangle too, and had a proper look around. It houses a few different shops like Havaianna, it’s pretty good but I was expecting it to be bigger.
We saw one of the most famous food markets in Barcelona, Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria aka La Boqueria, and I got a photo I wanted. If you like food or want to try something local, it’s the place to go.
There were some crazy Boca Juniors fans who were singing and banging their drums, and had a huge flag so I had to get a photo of them. It was a good atmosphere and they drew a little crowd.
A trip to Barcelona would not be complete if you didn’t incorporate football into it, so going to see the stadium, Camp Nou is something really good to do. You can get the city tour bus which stops there, get the West Route and it’s stop 13.
If you aren’t a football fan don’t worry, it’s a big complex and includes a really nice place to eat, and they do a good selection of food and drinks.
We started off the morning at a place called Level for a drink. Since we walked for miles on the first day and wanted to get a good look around the city, we went on an open top bus tour. Barcelona It was €26, and you could hop on and off at loads of different points. There are 2 routes, and we took the best one I think, which went around loads of the sights including: Plaça d’Espanya, The Spanish Village, World Trade Center, Font mà gica de Montjuïc, The Olympic Stadium and of course the Barcelona stadium, Camp Nou. It goes up to the cable cars and there is an amazing view of the entire city, however we stayed on the bus.
The whole city tour bus is a great idea, if you’re in Barcelona you should definitely try it.
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