Barcelona is just one of the most visited cities in Europe, both by tourists who travel for fun and for business tourists that travel for seminars, meetings or all kinds of exhibitions. Barcelona is an excellent city that has all of it. Below 8 reasons why you need to visit this beautiful city:
Architecture
Barcelona is as the capital of Innovation and you can find many monuments constructed and also designed by the famous Antoni Gaudi. The most impressive works of Gaudi are: the Sagrada Familia, La Pedrera, Casa Batllo and Park Guell. On top of that, you van also find in Barcelona the incredible gothic Cathedral or the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar.
Climate
Barcelona has a terrific location and it has mild climate throughout the year. The coldest time of the year is normally from December till February, where the temperature is between 10 and also 12 ° C. The hottest month is August, with a temperature around 29 ° C, so it’s the good climate to go to the beach and enjoy in the sun!
Beach
There a miles of beaches along coast of spain, Barcelona is located on the coast. The main beach of Barcelona is divided into 5 or even more smaller beaches and each beach offers a great relax.
Gastronomy
The Catalan food is based on the Mediterranean diet with a lot of bread, vegetables, cereals and olive oil. You can find everything what you want here, from seafood to fresh fruit, also many grocery stores and excellent restaurants with typical Catalan food. The famous dishes are called ‘tapas’, small portions of different type of food, which you can’t miss when you visit Barcelona!
Cultural Life Festivals
Barcelona has become a cosmopolitan city, so you can constantly find imaginative and cultural exhibitions throughout the whole city. There are many museums and art galleries in Barcelona like MACBA (Gallery of Contemporary Fine art of Barcelona), the Picasso Gallery, the Miró Structure and the MNAC (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya). In the music scene, Barcelona has some lovely festivals such as Primavera Sound or Sonar.
Nightlife
Barcelona is the city that never sleeps, the nightlife is very impressive It’s impossible to find a closed club or bar in the night. The most popular areas are the old town, El Born and Port Olimpico, very close to the beach.
Activities
Barcelona has the perfect places for riding a bicycle or walking. Some parts of the city are you can only visit walking. Do you like adventure sports? there are a lot of possibilities in Barcelona, like kitesurfing, sailing, kayak and many more!
FC Barcelona
It’s definitely worth it to visit the stadium of FC Barcelona, even if you are not a fan of football! There ar games almost during the whole year, so if you like, you can go to the match. The tickets are not very expensive. But when you sit close to the field, they are expensive.
These are the top reasons why you need to visit Barcelona, But for sure you will find more reasons to come to Barcelona. Let us know what your reason is for visiting Barcelona!