Barcelona is much more than what you can see

It is a cosmopolitan, cultural, modern, touristic, and attractive city that surprises and seduces.

It perfectly combines culture, magnificent beaches, history, excellent gastronomy, new trends, and much more. You would love it.

Barcelona is a Spanish city, capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia.

It is located next to the Mediterranean Sea, about 120 km south of the Pyrenees mountain range and the French border.

One of the legends about the origin of Barcelona alludes to a hypothetical foundation by the Carthaginian general Amílcar Barca after conquering Iberia, to whom it owed its name.

Temperatures are mild in winter and very hot in summer.

Its name is Barcelona or Barcelona.

The name of Catalonia is Catalan or Catalan

The languages ​​spoken in Barcelona are Spanish and Catalan.

The fact that Barcelona is a maritime city makes the sea and the beaches places of leisure and sports activities, allowing different sports to be played on sand.

The Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (in Catalan, Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família ), known simply as the Sagrada Família, is a Catholic basilica in Barcelona (Spain), designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí.

Started in 1882, it is still under construction. Its completion is estimated for the year 2026.

It is Gaudí’s masterpiece and the greatest exponent of Catalan modernist architecture.

It is one of the most visited monuments in Spain, along with the Prado Museum and the Alhambra in Granada, and it is the most visited church in Europe after St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.​

When completed it will be the tallest Christian church in the world.

Magic square of the Sagrada Familia

On the Passion façade of the Sagrada Família, next to the sculpture of the Kiss of Judas, there is a mysterious magical painting.

It is made up of 16 boxes with various figures and, when added, the result is always 33.

The Torre Glòries , formerly Torre Agbar, is a skyscraper in Barcelona on Avinguda Diagonal.

It has 34 floors on the surface, in addition to four underground floors.

With a total height of 145 meters, it is the third tallest building in the Catalan capital, only surpassed by the Hotel Arts Barcelona and the Mapfre Tower (both 154 meters high).

It was officially inaugurated by the kings of Spain on September 16, 2005.

One of the most characteristic elements of the building is its night lighting.

Casa Milà, popularly called “La Pedrera” (“quarry” in Catalan), is a modernist building, the work of the architect Antoni Gaudí.

It was built, between 1906 and 1912, at number 92 Paseo de Gracia. The house was built at the request of the Pedro Milá y Camps and Roser Segimon couple.

Since it opened to the public in 1987, it has received more than 20 million visits (approximately one million each year), making it one of the ten most visited places in Barcelona.

Casa Milà is a reflection of Gaudí’s artistic fullness.

La Rambla, also called Las Ramblas (Catalan Les Rambles ), is an emblematic promenade in the city of Barcelona that runs between Plaza de Catalunya (in Catalan, Plaça de Catalunya ), the city center, and the old port.

The promenade is full of people during the day and until late at night.

Newspaper kiosks, flower stands, and street actors, painters, and cartoonists are typical.

Cafes, restaurants, and shops abound.

Walking along La Rambla, you can see several buildings of interest, such as the Palacio de la Virreina, the La Boquería market, and the famous El Liceo theater (in Catalan, El Liceu ), where operas and ballets are performed.

The Paseo de La Rambla ends at the old port, where the famous statue of Christopher Columbus is located. And from there, a wide walkway called Rambla de Mar leads to the dock of Spain, where the Maremagnum shopping center is located.

In the immediate vicinity is the Maritime Museum ( Museu Maritim ), dedicated especially to the naval history in the Mediterranean, and in which a full-scale reproduction of an old combat galley is exhibited.

The old port offers other attractions, such as a leisure and shopping center, restaurants, an IMAX cinema, and the largest aquarium of Mediterranean marine fauna.

Park Güell (Parc Güell in Catalan and Park Güell in its original name) is a public park with gardens and architectural elements in the city of Barcelona (Spain).

Conceived as an urbanization, it was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí, the greatest exponent of Catalan modernism, and commissioned by the businessman Eusebi Güell.

It was built between 1900 and 1914, it was inaugurated as a public park in 1926.

It is part of the World Heritage Site, declared by UNESCO as ” Works of Antoni Gaudí “, where it was registered in 1984 together with the Güell Palace and the Milà House.

Video to feel and hear Barcelona

But Barcelona is much more.

The W Barcelona Hotel, known as Hotel Vela because of its shape, is a building that reaches a height of 98.8 m.

It was designed by the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill and was inaugurated on October 1, 2009.

Video of the interior of Hotel W in Barcelona

A castell (from Catalan; ‘castle’) is a human tower several stories high that has been traditionally built in Valls, a city located in Campo de Tarragona, for more than two hundred years (references are found from the 18th century). ,and that later spread to the Penedés and, during the 20th century, throughout Catalonia, Roussillon , especially from the eighties, which means that it is closely linked to popular festivals.

It is an evolution of the Valencian muixeranga , traditional from Algemesí.

A casteller is a person who is part of a castellera group to organize castells .

On November 16, 2010, the castles were declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco.

A large group of men and women of all ages and physical complexions participate in a castell who train throughout the year for contests and performances.

And yes, Barcelona is much more.

Barcelona is a city with a range of top-level sporting events, especially football, as it has two teams that play in the first division of the LFP : Fútbol Club Barcelona and Real Club Deportivo Español.

Fútbol Club Barcelona (in Catalan, Futbol Club Barcelona ), popularly known as Barça , is a multi-sports entity in Barcelona, ​​Spain. It was founded as a football club on November 29, 1899.

Barcelona is much more than what you can see