Showing posts with label Barcelona e-guide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barcelona e-guide. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 June 2008

Expo Zaragoza 2008


A new water festival
The International Exposition site is located within the Ranillas Meander, to the west of the city of Zaragoza, surrounded by the banks of the River Ebro....
You can read more at the e-zine... a trip from Barcelona
or visit the web, you can clic on the logo or from HERE

Thursday, 17 April 2008

Trip to Valencia


Last week I went on holidays with my husband to see the Museum of the Arts and the Sciences in Valencia. We wanted to see the building of the famous Valencian architector Santiago Calatrava. I was impressed by the building. We also visited the Oceanographic from the same architector and the dolphinarium which was wonderful.
We went to Valencia by bus from Peniscola. Our hotel was in Peniscola . It is 135 kilometres form Valencia . Peniscola is near Benicarlo . The beach boulevard is 9 kilometres long.
We went to Peniscola on the 4th it was 3 hours by bus. The hotel was wonderful, a 5 star hotel. There were 3 dancing rooms, an Italian restaurant, a garden restaurant, 3 swimming pools, one is a heated one, a spa centre, with hamman and sauna, a mini golf, piano bar…..

Thursday, 27 March 2008

Tramvia Blau


BLUE TRAM

1901 ITS ORIGIN , URBANIZATION COMBINED PROJECT OF THE SLOPE OF TIBIDABO.

Course: John F. Kennedy square to Doctor Andreu square, the Tibidabo avenue ( line 194 ).

Current status : Running tourist. Only

Hours: Monday Friday 7:45h pm to 21:00h every 20 minutes.
Saturdays and holidays: 10:00h pm to 18:20h every 30 minutes.

Cristian

Montjuic cable car

You’ll be able to enjoy one of the city’s most impressive green areas on this unique means of transport which travels up to the castle on the top of the hill.

A halfway stop provides access to the viewing area know as the” Mirador de l’Alcalde”, and an attractive landscape terrace. Last year the cable car has been improve with more box.

The price isn’t cheep . Into de box is possible to see landscape from Barcelona and the sea .
Leonor

Tibidabo train


RAILWAY TO TIBIDABO
This is a tourist transport in Barcelona.It is a little train , railway cable and goes to the Tibidabo park.
The cable card is being renovated now. It is going to double the number of passengers .
The first stop is at doctor Andreu square and finishes at the top of Tibidabo hill.
There there are Tibidabo park, a Chapel and houses .
Price list To go up and go down 3 € To go 2 €Go down 2 €
Antonia D

Golondrinas


GOLONDRINAS The swallows (“golondrina”) are the little ships that are doing tourist routes around Barcelona port. The trip lasts 35 minutes from “Moll de la Fusta” to the out side dock and you can disembark and take a walk. The price is 4€ for adults and 2 € for children . It is possible another route to Olympic Village where you can sail along the city’s coast. This trip lasts 1h.30m. and its price is 9 € for adults and 4,10€ for children. The oldest ship was built for the international EXPO in 1888.Now the new boats can take around 150 to 196 people.

Gema

Sunday, 23 March 2008

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It is a ski resort where everyone can ski , specially for beginners or those who start to ski for the first time , this station is located in Northern Catalonia in France about 40 kilometres from the border, it's about 3 hours from Barcelona by car. It's quite beautiful , as station and the views that has and the contact with nature, you can practice cross-country ski and alpine style, there are restaurants and rest areas to eat .... it is a very recommended place to go with the family.

Cristian

Friday, 14 March 2008

Special transport


The Cable Car in Barcelona The cable car goes above the harbour of Barcelona, from the suburb La Barceloneta to the hill Montjuïc. Inside the cable car it is possible to see beautiful views : the seaside, Barcelona's Harbour (called Port Vell), the monument of Colon, part of centre of the town, the Ramblas, the castle that is in on the top of Montjuic, and panoramic views of the city. This route lasts five minutes and inside the cabin nineteen people can stand. One-way ticket cost 7,50 euros and the return ticket cost 9 euros.
Maria

Unusual mean of transport


Funicular is a little train. It goes from Paral.lel, next to the underground stop, to Montjuic. Once at the top there if you want you can catch Teleféric and go to the top pf Montjuic, where there is a Castle.

It’s a slowly train and one part of the way is underground. You cannot see beautiful views but is the most ecological and cheapest transport to go to the top of mountain Montjuic, better than with you car.

Ana Romera

Thursday, 6 March 2008

Montserrat



Last Sunday I went to Montserrat .It is a mountain in the centre of Catalonia ,It is a very tipical touristic place . There are always many people.

There is also a church with a black vergin , is name is Montserrat.

Montserrat have a tipical scainlane with stones extended.

Another people use the mountain to walk or to scale.

From Barcelona to Monistrol I went by train and then I take a cablecar train , the landscape is very nice.

The weather was sunny and we coud eat in the gardens.

I recomend this visit

Leonor

Friday, 29 February 2008

Parc Güell

Parc Güell it's a garden located on the "el Carmel" hill and it's one of the most important sites in Barcelona. It was designed by Antonio Gaudí, a famous architect, and built between 1900 and 1914.

The reason why Parc Güell isn't just an usual garden is because of its design. It has lots of wavy forms and many other geomethrical forms, coloured glasses, ceramical scraps and it also has an sculpture of a dragon.


The fact that it's located on top of a hill and far away from the city makes this park a peaceful place to stay.
If you ever visit Barcelona, don't forget to check out this garden.
Dani.

Sunday, 17 February 2008

Palau de la Música Catalana



A hundred years ago was the first choral concert in this theatre. It's name means Catalonia's music palace. It was built with a public subscription and the architecture was a famous Modernist one. There are many ornaments with references to many composers and music goodness. There's a lovely stain glass work. At the beginning there were only choral concerts, made by volunteers but now choral singers are professional and many other singers use the place to give concerts.

Friday, 1 February 2008

trip to Girona


Official name - GIRONA

Location - North of Barcelona, and 30 km. from Costa Brava

Population - Approximately 95.000

Kinds of transports- Barcelona to Girona there 100 km. of distance Train and motorway AP-7

History This city has a interesting Jewish suburb, of the middle ages. It's on the river

Ter and the house beside it are very beautiful.

In May there is a flower exhibition.

In the summer there are many tourist because it is near the beach.

Carmen

Trip to Gava


Official name: Gavà

Location: South of Barcelona

Population: Aproximately 45000

Acces: Freeway C-32 or C-31, and other road C-245 (Castelldefels).

There is a train station RENFE and there are many lines of bus direction Barcelona

History: The people who lived in this territory were invadied by the Romans

The city : In Gavà there is a important site, The Pre historical Mines. The Mines were a very important in the age of neolithic, there were many minerals used to make different accessories for people, and also to make tools for work. In south of Gava there is a beach, that suburb is called Gava Mar. There are four kilometres of coast and 3500 hours of sun in a year, is the main attractive in summer.

Maria

TRIP TO TARRAGONA


TARRAGONA Official name Tarragona
Location South of Barcelona

Population Approximately 135.000

History Antique Roman city
Visited by many tourist from everywhere in the world Tarragona has got Roman ruins , beaches, seashore. I
t is an interesting place to visit
Tarragona has a beautiful countryside Means of transport / Train , buses and road A P 7. About 45 minutes by car.
Tarragona has got s famous monument the name is Roman Circus
Margarita

TRIP TO BESALU


Official name: Besalu.
Location : North-east Barcelona.On the River Fluvia and Capellades.
131,7 km from Barcelona.
Population: 2500 people approximately.

History: Middle ages town and very important in Roman time. Besalu is interesting for the Romanic bridge, streets with historical buildings the bigS quare and the Jewish suburb .The other buildings is the church of (Sant Vicenç , Sant Pere). And the Mikvah the Jewish bath and Synagogue.
Mª Angeles

Thursday, 31 January 2008

A trip to SITGES

Official name. : Sitges

Location: It ‘s a small city 40 km south west of Barcelona .

Population: Approximately 25.0000 Inhabitants.

History: It became famous when a Catalan painter, Santiago Ruisiñol, took up residence there during the summer , it is also a “gay” touring town. ”One of the most popular gay holiday spots in Europe”. The beaches are very important it is like “Ibiza” in miniature . The festival and carnival every year, they are very popular .

Going there: In Sitges there are trains from Barcelona every 10-15 minutes, you can arrive from Barcelona in twenty minutes. You can also go by car by C32 ( a toll highway) or C31 which is called Costes del Garraf, a small road by the cliffs. There are also buses. There are many hotels. It’s a small coast city. It belongs to Garraf.

Sunday, 27 January 2008

SAGRADA FAMLIA

These are some photos from Sagrada Familia

It's a Modernist building designed by Antoni Gaudi

Thursday, 24 January 2008

Roads in Barcelona

Barcelona has a ring road .Next to the coast is Ronda Litoral and the mountain side Ronda de Dalt.If you want to visit the south coastline you can go by C-32 or Autovia Castelldefels (this one is free).This year all the roads around Barcelone is forbidden to exceed 80km.This one does not avoid the traffic jam that everyday you can found.If you want to go to the north coast you must take B-20 this one goes next the sea but it finishes in the Maresme coast before the most beautiful area the Brava coast. Then, you must take the national road and across all the little ,nice towns that you will found .The other possibility would be to visit mountain area on the northwest . You have several roads, the highway A7 ,A2 and the other main roads: NII, N340 .You must chose your route until you arrive to the Pirineos the most beautiful natural area from Catalonia.
Toñi-Gema.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT OF SANT BOI


There are different kind of public transport. We have bus and train. There are buses to travel into the town. And there are buses to go to other towns or Barcelona city. The train goes to Barcelona city and other towns of Barcelona. The problem of the buses is the time that you stay in the bus-stop if you lost it. The train is quicker if you go to Barcelona city.
Ana Romera

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Lines of buses in Sant Boi of Llobregat (Barcelona). SB1SB2L70L72L74L75L77L78L96 TRAIN (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat).

SB1

The urban bus off the town of Sant Boi . ( The main stop is the station and the hospital ( comarcal).

SB2

The urban bus of the town of Sant Boi. ( outside suburbs ).

L 70 –72

Two buses that go by comercial areas the finish is in the city of Barcelona.
L 77-78
Two buses , the 77 goes to the city of Prat de Llobregat. And the 78 goes to the Airport.
L 74-75
Two buses ,they connect with the underground line 5 and the tram.
L 96
One bus goes to Viladecans,Gava abd finishes in Casteldefels in the beach area).
TRAIN
Goes to Barcelona and Monserrat , Igualada.

Mª Angeles and Marga