Is It Possible To Visit Barcelona Museums Free?

This post can take your attention more! Traveling all around the world may require some good budget. At least most travellers may think so. In Barcelona, seeing many museums means that you should arrange your budget well if you want to visit many of them unless you visit on these days. So if you arrange your visit days to these museums also then you are really lucky as you can enter free. We are really pleased to present some good travel tips for Barcelona city in this post. So what are these days to visit Barcelona museums free? Let's read below tips for Barcelona city tour.

We had mentioned about The National Museum of Catalonia in our previous post. It's a really good museum to see in Barcelona city. So if you visit the museum any first Sunday morning of every month or 11th September and 24th and also May 18th then you will charge nothing for your visit. It's free to visit The National Museum of Catalonia. The MNAC is located at Montjuic hill.

Another travel tips for free entrance to Barcelona museums is History Museum of Barcelona. It's free on Sundays from 3pm and during all day on every first Sunday of the month. If you would like to travel through history of Barcelona, then History Museum is a must see place in Barcelona city.

Do you like museums and this post is getting more enjoyable then hold thight cause free entrance to this museum will make you happier we guess. Museu Picasso! Yes you heard right:). Museum Picasso will provide free access any first Sunday morning of every month or 11th September and 24th and also May 18th. So you shouldn't miss this chance out if you are art and history lovers.

Finally free entrance to The Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona ( CCCB) will contribute much to your budget if you choose to visit the museum on the first Sunday of the month as well from 5pm to 8pm.

I hope you will enjoy this post while reading as travel tips for Barcelona city is really important issue for your travel to be perfect. I hope you can make the best of your holiday in Barcelona city. For more travel tips for Barcelona city guide please keep on reading our posts.

How to Shop Tax Free?

What about tax free shopping in Barcelona? How can I shop tax free? Do I have to fill form for each shopping? What is Global Blue Card? Where I can shop tax free? There are a few options to claim back your tax. Please note that visitors from outside European Union can have their Value Added Tax (VAT) returned for more than €90.15.  Don't forget to ask the sales person before you pay your tax free cheque in Barcelona city. You can claim back your VAT at the center of the city and also at airports. Where you can get your VAT at the center of city is; 

1) Tourist information centre in Plaça de Catalunya, 17-S:

Time: Daily, from 8.30am to 8.30pm

Important: Only Global Refund Tax Free cheques are valid.

·           2) Main Office of tourism de Barcelona:

         Passage de La Concepció, 7-9

         Time: Monday to Saturday, 3pm to 8pm.

        Important: Global Blue, Premier Tax Free and Travel Tax Free cheques are valid.

      You don't have to fill form for each shopping you do abroad. You can use Global Blue Card and each shopping will be added automatically to your card so you can claim back your VAT at the end of your last shopping. That means it saves time and money at the same time. So how can you use Global blue Card? In Barcelona city, during shopping you won't worry about getting your tax back all the time so you can shop easily. When you plan your  Barcelona city travel these little details will help you much. You have to apply for Global Blue Card beforehand so that it will ready when you travel. You can check the official site of Global Blue Card if you like. In Barcelona city, many stores and shops at shopping malls work with tax free concept. So if you see tax free on the store window then you can claim back your VAT. In Barcelona tax free shopping is important if you really like shopping. So don't forget to check all details about shopping at our site before you make your decisions! 

      Here there is a video about Barcelona Duty free stores at the airport and there are some funny 
       scenes at the video so enjoy watching!       

Little Known Facts About Camp Nou

Camp Nou is the largest stadium in Europe yet there are some facts which are known little. We have information about the seat capacity, matches played, the history of Nou Camp and similar things. If you call yourself a real traveler then Camp Nou is a must see place in Catalan region as the stadium has had many idol players such as Ronaldinho, Messi, Kubala and Rivaldo, etc. Here in this article we try to let you know about interesting facts of Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona city. Let's have a look at the interesting facts below. 

1) Camp Nou means New Stadium in Catalan. 

2) Due to roof of the stadium which prevents growth of the grass needs to be regularly changed.

3) Barcelona Camp Nou Stadium with 98.000 seats now was once one of the largest stadium in the world with 120.000 seats such as Brazil and Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

4) Fans of FC Barcelona are called ''cules'' which derives the word from Bum as the only thing we can see is their backsides when the spectators stand.

5) A new version of Camp Nou which will be designed by Norman Foster will cost approximately €300 million.

6) The stadium hosted Olympic Games in 1992 and at this match Spain beat Poland with 3 goals to 2.

7) The Original name was Estadi del FC Barcelona.

8) The construction took 3 years with 336% over budget more than estimated!

Please check the other articles about Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona city at our site so that you can have complete idea about the stadium. If you have any interesting fact about the stadium. please share with us. On the road being your Barcelona city travel guide, we are pleased to share everything about Barcelona city.

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Tips for Food & Drink in Barcelona City

While visiting a city that you will be for the first time, it's good to know the tips about food and drinks there. In Barcelona city there are different local food and drinks which are traditional in Spain and if you know the tips you can make the best of it. So in our last article we tried to introduce you one of the finest restaurants of Barcelona city but we didn't give the tips of food & drink in Barcelona. In your country, food terminology may differ and when you travel to different city from your hometown then you may need some ideas before you plan your Barcelona travel. We will go on being your Barcelona city travel guide. Here below some useful tips for Catalan cuisine. 

1) In Barcelona, breakfast is generally to go but there are some places you can have breakfast. ( In food & drink article we will give the restaurants' names).

2) Restaurants are generally open until 11.30 pm.

3) Lunch time is basically from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm.

4) Dinner time usually begins at 9.00 pm until 11.30 pm but of course there are some restaurants you can have your lunch before 9.00 pm. You can pop up fast food restaurants or bar snacks before 9.00 pm.

5) Try to search some good restaurant both at quality and price as it will be the first time in Barcelona city you had better try the best traditional food so that you won't feel bad about Barcelona city's food. For instance, there are so many tapas restaurants but of course not all of them offer food at good quality!

6) Try to check the “Menú del día” menu of the day as this will let you pay less like 12€ for three separate courses at the same time with bread and a drink such as bear, water of soft drink but please note that coffee is not included in this fix menu.

7)In Barcelona city, doggy bag I mean taking with you what you haven't eaten is not common. You may want to pay attention to this issue.

8)Leaving tip is not expected highly at restaurant but if you would like to %5 of the bill is pretty more than expected.

9) On Thursdays generally  Paella is only served at restaurants.

10) Sometimes it may get difficult to find a place to have something after 4 am but there are a few snack bars open till morning if you can come across.

11) Lastly, if you can't decide on what you eat at lunch or supper, act like local people and have what they order from menu of the day.

If you have any other ideas about food and drink tips in Barcelona city, please share with us. We would appreciate your suggestions. 

La Sagrada Familia Travel Tips

If you visit a city or country, it's better to know the travel tips beforehand. This will make you save time  and money. Every  place has its own travel tips. In this article we will give tips about visiting La Sagrada Familia. These are our suggestions but we think that you will like when you read the tips. Barcelona city is beautiful in every season but if you plan Barcelona travel especially in summer then this tip is really suits you.

La Sagrada Familia Tips:

1) Especially in tourist season like summer times , there is a long queue in front of the basilica. It's likely to wait for long hours ( sometimes 2 hours) to enter into La Sagrada Familia so you had better buy the entrance tickets online and you won't wait in the queue. 

2) If you don't have chance to buy the tickets online then don't forget to take water and umbrella with you and also put on some suntan cream so you won't get sunburnt.

3) If you stay in the centre of Barcelona city, La Sagrada Familia is not far away from the city centre so you can access there on foot if you like walking in 20 minutes. So don't get cheated if you are told it is too far. Of course you can get there by metro or taxi. This is just a suggestion:) 

If you would like to add any Barcelona city travel tips please do not hesitate to  make your comments. We would really appreciate your ideas.