On Wednesday, we took a flight from Malaga to Barcelona. It is only about an hour and 10 minute flight, but it was much faster than trying to take the train as there was not a direct route. When we arrived in Barcelona, we checked into our little boutique hotel, which was called Praktik Essens. The Praktik hotel chain had a number of different hotels throughout Barcelona each with a different theme. The Essens hotel was all about aromatherapy and different sense. They made their own soap and different fragrances that were on display throughout the hotel. It was located very conveniently just off Passeig de Gracia, the main street in Barcelona.
After checking in, we went for lunch at Tapa Tapa, the same restaurant that we went for dinner in Madrid our first night. It was very tasty and we had some great tapas. Then we decided to go for a walk and we went down to Plaza Catalunya but just walked by it as the protest we ran into in Madrid was also here in Barcelona, on a smaller scale. We then went down La Rambla, but it was a loud walk as the centre section had work being done on the walkway. We made it to the Harbour where we walked around a bit and saw all the amazing boots that were down there.
On Thursday, we started our day fairly early and went to a little café for coffee and croissant. Then we decided to walk to sagrada Familia from our location, which was about 30 minutes. We walked all the way around the outside of the church before going in. I had visited the church when I was here four years ago and still say it’s my favourite church of all time. Gaudi’s masterpiece was amazing with all of its different towers and the stained glass is always impressive.
You only get to choose to go up one of the towers so we decided to go up the Nativity Tower. Spectacular and you also got close-ups of some of the smaller towers around the area. I especially love how some of the includes fruits and nature. The cross at the top which wasn’t on when I came four years ago is pretty spectacular.
After spending our morning inside of Sagrada Familia, we walked down to Sant Pau which was designed around the same time and originally a hospital. It is a museum where you can learn more about the construction of the Sagrada Familia and Gaudí. Next, we found a little café for lunch, which was very tasty. Then we walked back to Passeig de Gracia we passed by Casa Mia also Gaudi’s work. Then we had to stop for some ice cream and we got way too much, but it was very good and finally we went back to our hotel for a little rest before the rest of the day. Our hotel has a great balcony where we can sit and relax while we’re here in Barcelona.
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