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Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona

Since 1901, passengers clanking up Mount Tibidabo on Barcelona's “blue tram” have been rewarded with an unfolding panorama of this proud Catalonian city and its Mediterranean coastline. The medieval Barri Gotic district is crammed against the sea, all cobbled passages and busy church squares. To the west, linked by a precarious-looking cable car, rises the hill and former Olympic park at Montjuic. Barcelona holidays aren't complete until you see the eight spires that rise above Gaudi's Sagrada Familia cathedral like gnarled fingers in l'Eixample. The area's Paris-inspired boulevards are twenty minutes' walk north of the Cuitat Vella, the city's old town.
Things to do

Things to do

Echoing passages lined with tiny, plant-filled balconies lie behind Barcelona's raucous central artery, La Rambla. Packed with tourists and living statues who give it a carnivalesque feel, the tree-lined pedestrian street links central Plaça de Catalunya and the entertainment district around the harbour. Visitors to the medieval townhouses in La Ribera that house the Picasso Museum can follow the painter's progress towards his signature abstract style. On match days 100,000 fanatics fill FC Barcelona's famous Nou Camp stadium, a pilgrimage site for fans of the beautiful game on Barcelona holidays.
Eating and drinking

Eating and drinking

At lunchtime diners shelter under brightly covered sun awnings in the seaside Barceloneta district to enjoy vinegary boquerones - marinated white anchovies with garlic and parsley. Tourists flock to paella restaurants dishing up Spain's famous seafood and rice dish on La Rambla. If you want to sample new Catalan cuisine on your Barcelona trip, molecular gastronomy restaurants in the l'Eixample district serve up bizarre combinations like pickled oysters and pork cheek in sleek dining rooms. Sweet-toothed visitors should seek out Churros - doughnut sticks with melted chocolate - in the Barri Gotic.
Shopping

Shopping

Pass through the stained glass arch of La Boqueria Food Market on your Barcelona trip to discover traders clamouring for custom in a colourful world of stalls piled high with fruit, crabs and squid. At the top of La Rambla is the start of the 5km Shopping Line, a big draw for shopaholics on Barcelona holidays. Stroll past chorizo-hawking butchers with hanging pigs in their windows and trendy fashion outlets with designs by an ever-changing roll call of Barcelona's bright young talent.
When to go

When to go

The Gràcia Festa Major enlivens Barcelona trips in August when floral displays fill the streets and locals party late into the warm nights. Visit during the La Mercè Festival in September to see fire breathing dragons. In January temperatures rarely dip below zero, a good time to run the Barcelona half marathon.