Barcelona Bus Turístic – Discover the city at your leisure on double-decker buses which run on three sightseeing routes. Passengers can get on and off the bus as many times and for as long as they like with the same ticket. One- and two-day tickets are available and a voucher booklet is provided featuring discounts at the city’s main attractions. Couriers travel on board to provide passengers with any information they may require.
Catalunya Bus Turístic – Discover the cities of Figueres/Girona and the Montserrat, Winery & Sitges route, on buses departing from Barcelona. This new service operates on two routes with the same philosophy as the Barcelona Bus Turístic, and features discounts and free offers at most of the cultural attractions in the cities visited, as well as at shops and restaurants.
Barcelona Card – City card offering free travel on city transport and discounts and free offers at museums, leisure attractions, nightclubs, shops, restaurants, on entertainments, other services and
unusual means of transport.
Barcelona Walking Tours – Four guided tours of Barcelona during which you will discover the Gothic Quarter, on an itinerary through the historic and political heart of the city, and the bohemian Barcelona experienced by Picasso at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
A walking tour recreating the anecdotes and events that influenced the artist’s life and career. With the Modernisme route, take a leisure stroll through this neighbourhood and admire the Catalan art nouveau buildings by architects such as Antoni Gaudí. Domènech I Montaner and Puig I Cadafalch.
Finally, the Gourmet route enjoy us a flavour-filled journey through the
old town and discover Barcelona’s gastronomic culture. During this walk you will find out about its flagship restaurants and food outlets, and sample some their produce. Both walking tours are led by professional guides.
Mirador de Colom – A major monument, commemorating the discovery of America, built in 1888 on the occasion of the city’s Universal Exhibition. A lift inside the monument’s iron column takes you to the viewing gallery at the top, which boasts breathtaking views of the city, 60 metres above the ground. From the mountains to the sea, you can spot the city’s historic buildings, see the new seafront, new road networks and new skyline.
Barcelona Bici– Barcelona Bici is a sustainable public transport system providing an alternative way of visiting Barcelona, at a more human pace. Designed for locals and tourists alike, the service allows you to rent bikes by the hour, for half a day, a full day or an entire weekend. The main added value is that users can design their own tailor-made routes throughthe city, and return their bicycles to any of the hire points.
Barcelona and the sea
A trip by sailing boat along the capital’s seafront, combining sightseeing with an introduction to the sport of sailing. The activity takes place on “Raquero” sailing boats, five metres in length. An instructor who gives explanations on how to sail the boats accompanies each group of five people. After an introductory session at the port, the boat sails out to sea for a practical sailing class, supervised at all times by the instructor.
Barcelona golf
Barcelona Golf gives you the opportunity to play a round of golf with a professional player, on one of the courses around Barcelona. Barcelona Golf includes a four-ball game with one, two or three players accompanied by a professional golfer, on a 9- or 18-hole golf course. And if you haven’t brought your golfing equipment with you, you can hire it at any of the clubs. In addition to this, Barcelona Golf awards the Àmfora Mediterrània trophy to the player who has obtained the best overall result every month.
Barcelona Original – Gift shop selling items inspired by Barcelona: textiles, ceramics, jewellery, stationery, travel goods, gift items with the Made in Barcelona hallmark of quality and design. The shops are located inside the Turisme de Barcelona information offices in Plaça de Catalunya and Carrer Ciutat (City Hall).
1,000 years of art at the MNAC
The new National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) takes visitors on an uninterrupted journey through a thousand years of Catalan art. This major museum showcases an extensive collection of medieval art (Romanesque and Gothic). Its holdings of Romanesque frescoes, taken from the apses of churches and reassembled in situ, are unique, both in terms of quantity and quality. The
MNAC’s holdings of Renaissance and baroque art include part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, formerly housed in Pedralbes Monastery. Highlights of the modern art collection, formerly on show at the Museum of Modern Art, include works from Catalonia’s home-grown art nouveau movement, modernisme, and the sculptural avant-garde; the museum also includes, for the first time, photography, from its origins to the present day. It also has a new section displaying part of the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza collection of 19th and 20th century art.
www.mnac.es
CosmoCaixa
A 100 million euro refit has transformed La Caixa Foundation’s Science Museum into CosmoCaixa, a completely new museum concept which seeks to make science a more accessible and intelligible discipline. Located above the Ronda de Dalt ring road, CosmoCaixa is an extremely interesting museum: educational, interactive and pleasant on the eye. It isn’t a museum where you go to look at exhibits; it encourages hands-on participation. Kids love it!
The Planetarium is an unforgettable experience with its 3D simulations of the night sky, while the Planetarium of Bubbles has been specially designed to awaken children’s interest in astronomy.
www.cosmocaixa.com
El Born
Visitors to Barcelona now have a unique opportunity to get a glimpse of the 18th-century city. Archaeologists have uncovered remains of incalculable worth, dating from 1714, beneath the Born Market, a stunning wrought-iron structure and a prime example of 19th-century Catalan architecture. Formerly the city’s main retail food market, the Born Market is being converted into a cultural centre, but while the architects continue to work on the subsoil (until mid-2005), visitors can view the excavations and discover what Barcelona must have been like at the time.
Viewing platforms have been built to allow people to see the transformation of the market as it takes place.
www.museuhistoria.bcn.es
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