Apartment Rental Barcelona

Tibidabo

Pl. Tibidabo 3 – 4

Openingtimes: Saturdays and Sundays, 12pm till 7 pm.

Prices: €25,- . Under 120 cm €9,-. Under 90 cm free admission.

Tibidabo amusement park has reopened for the 2009 season with a host of new rides and attractions. What is attracting most attention is undoubtedly the new roller coaster that has a 178 metre long track, reaching a height of 522 metres and speeds of up to 80 kilometres per hour. The park is also offering some new shows such as ´The Robot Laboratory´, ´The great dancers´and ´Animals of the Magic Mountain and the Chamberlin´.

Enjoy the fun in Barcelona!

Plaza de La Seu
Gothic district  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC6wO8vlzvk 

The cathedral is officially named Cathedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulalia, after Barcelona’s patron saint Eulalia.
Already in 343 A.D. during the Roman Empire a basilica was built at the site of the current cathedral. In 985 the basilica was destroyed by the Moors, led by Al-Mansur. It was replaced by a Roman cathedral, built between 1046 and 1058. A Roman chapel, the Capella de Santa Llucia, was added between 1257 and 1268. It was later incorporated in the cloister next to the cathedral.

VERY AMAZING – GEESE IN THE CATHEDRAL 

Adjacent to the cathedral is a 14th century cloister. There are always 13 geese in its central courtyard. Each goose represents one year in the life of the martyr Santa Eulalia, a young girl tortured to death in the 4th century by the Romans for her religion. The cloister also contains a small museum with liturgist artifacts.

You can hire an apartment in the gothic centre for your stay in Barcelona.

Nice square on the Ramblas with Gaudi lightenings, palmtrees, fountain, benches.

Restaurants and cafes around the place.

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You can rent a beautiful luxury apartment in Barcelona on the roof of Plaza real with 2 big terraces by the Ramblas.

 Address: carrer Sant Francesc de Paula 2  
Ph 93 295 72 00    in the Born area

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 The Catalan music Palace has been built in 1905 (till 1908) by the architect Luis Domenech i Montaner. It is the modernist style. Very beautiful outside but also inside !

In 1997 it has been declared a World heritage site by UNESCO.

It is very interesting to follow a guided tour. In English, Spanish and Catalan. 55 people at the same time can follow the guided tour. You can buy your ticket a week before.

Massive park with great views of Barcelona. The green lung of the city is an unknown treasure. A great place to escape the summer humidity and avoid Ramblas hordes. You can walk in hills, through pines, trees, vegetables …8000 hectares in the Collserola park . It is 22 times larger than Central Park in New York city .

Take the train (go in the middle of the train to be able to stop at the Peu de Funicular !) from plaza Catalunya to Peu Funicular and then the cable car to Vallvidrera (only one ticket for the train and the cable car). Get a map at the tourist info on the Plaza Catalunya.

The park of Tibidabo is a family amusement park located at the highest point of Barcelona. From there you have a unique view over the sea and the city Barcelona. The attraction park offers key atractions like a plane flying turns from where you can enjoy the fantastic view, Automata museum, Pony rodeo and Free fall attraction.

The park is opened from 12:00 to 18:00 h. The general entry price is 24 € with further discounts for students, pupils and majors.

On their website www.tibidabo.es you can have more informations concerning opening hours and prices.

How to get there ?

Train from Plaza Catalunya Line 7 (brown Line) + The Tramvia Blau, the Blue Train (avenidad del Tibidabo con plaza John Kenndey)
Timetable from the blue train

Train from the plaza Catalunya (S1 or S2) to the “Peu del Funicular” + Funicular de Vallvidrera + Bus 111

TIBIBUS from the plaza Catalunya ( in front of the Corte Ingles) everyday when the park is opened

For a stay in Barcelona with children, it is easier to hire an apartment in the centre, you can cook easily for them.

Address on the beach near the Arts Hotel, Olympic port

For many years, Frank Gehry has been concerned with fish imagery. In Barcelona, his fish fixation is a 35 metre x 54 metre fish made of steel lattice. The fish marks the start of the Olympic Port area and is placed at the base of two landmark towers, one of them is the famous Arts Hotel. This artwork grabs the eye for its scale and as its copper colour shines in the bright sunlight.

On the Barceloneta area in front of the beach.

The plaza Catalunya is the heart of Barcelona. The famous Rambla starts from there and gets to the sea and the Passeig de Gracia goes on the other side.

The main tourist info centre is located under this place.

The blue airport bus arrives from the airport and starts from the Plaza Catalunya.

The famous spanish store “Cortes Ingles” is also on this plaza Catalunya.