Catalonia Attractions

The Nou Camp (or, Camp Nou) is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The stadium, located in the W of the city, has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957. It has hosted numerous international matches at senior level, and two UEFA Champions League finals, the most recent being in 1999. It has a capacity of 98,787, making it the largest stadium in Europe, and the twelfth largest in the world. Its official name was Estadi del FC Barcelona (FC Barcelona Stadium) until 2000, when the club membership voted to change the official name to the popular nickname, Camp Nou. It held UEFA five-star stadium status which was superseded by a new system of classification. Across from Camp Nou is the Palau Blaugrana, the stadium for indoor sports and adjacent is the Ice Rink, the stadium for ice-based sports. Just behind the complex is the Mini Estadi, the stadium wh...

The Sagrada Família Temple, is a huge, privately-funded Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1882 and is not expected to be complete until at least 2026. A portion of the building's interior is scheduled to open for public worship and tours by September 2010. Considered the master-work of renowned Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), the project's vast scale and idiosyncratic design have made it one of Barcelona's (and Spain's) top tourist attractions for many years. The church is to be consecrated and proclaimed a Basilica by Pope Benedict XVI on November 7, 2010, during his visit to Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona.

The Guell Park (or, Park Guell) is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of el Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí". Park Güell is skillfully designed and composed to bring the peace and calm that one would expect from a park. The buildings flanking the entrance, though very original and remarkable with fantastically shaped roofs with unusual pinnacles, fit in well with the use of the park as pleasure gardens and seem relatively inconspicuous in the landscape when one considers the flamboyance of other buildings designed by Gaudí. The focal point of the park is the main terrace, surrounded by a long bench in the form of a...

Universal Mediterranea is a 300 acre theme park that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year aimed at all age groups and families. The park is sectioned into 5 areas (Mediterránia, Far West, Mexico, Polynesia and China) with many rides and attractions throughout the different themed areas. Aside from the daytime attractions and rides, there are nightly shows, including Fiestaventura in the Mediterranean world, as well as numerous other attractions, including the Sea Odyssey underwater adventure, the Stampida roller coaster ride, and the Grand Canyon Rapids and Tutuki Splash water rides. Those wishing to spend a few days in the park can stay in one of the numerous hotels on site or nearby holiday resorts.

The 1450 metre long harbour aerial tramway with red cars connects Montjuic and Barceloneta. It starts in Barceloneta on the top of the 78 metre tall Torre San Sebastian tower, which has also a restaurant qt its top accessible by an elevator. It has an intermediate stop at Torre Jaume I tower (close to Columbus monument), which can be reached by elevator from ground--107 metre tall tower, the second tallest aerial tramway support tower in the world. The final point of the tramway is Montjuic. Overall, the tramway is quite old (built in 1929), and the car is packed with tourists during the daytime--particularly sensitive for a stroller or a wheelchair.