As the weather has finally warmed up here (yayyyy!), here’s one of my favorite springtime photos of the city – Barcelona’s Parc Güell showing off its gorgeous greens.
As you go higher and higher up in the Gaudí-designed park, you get better views of the city. It’s easy to get lost staring towards the sea, picking out all of Barcelona’s top landmarks (the Sagrada Familia! Montjuïc! The Ramblas!). But my favorite view in the spring is looking at the hills surrounding the other side of Barcelona. They’d all turned brilliantly green after the weeks (and weeks) of rainy weather.
After taking in the view, my next suggestion is to enjoy a laid-back picnic with some friends on one of the benches underneath all those leafy trees in the foreground. A loaf of crusty Spanish bread are a packet of jamón serrano or queso manchego with some fruit and vino make a rather nice way to spend a warm sunny afternoon.
Now, I’m keeping my fingers crossed about the weather, as we had a two-minute burst of rain this afternoon. But it warmed up again quickly, so I have my fingers crossed that beach season is here to stay!
Also, if you’re in Barcelona this week, there’s a cool event going on – Terrace Week! 40-ish hotels have opened up their terraces and put on cool events like tapas cooking demonstrations, gin and tonic tasting, and live music. Here’s the website for a list of everything going on!
Note: starting from October 2013, Parc Güell is no longer free. Find out more information at this link.
Besos!
-Jess
This park is beautiful!
It really is! It’s famous for its Gaudí buildings, but there’s plenty of natural beauty too.
Parc Guell was definitely one of my favourite places to visit in Barcelona!
It’s one of my favorites too!
Ugh, I remember being in Nice, France and eating baguette sandwiches at Castel Plage! Drinking wine, being with friends, going to the beach…sigh. I’d imagine Barcelona is just as breathtaking.
I’ve never been to Nice, but I can vouch for the fact that Barcelona is pretty! 🙂 Baguette sandwiches and wine are the best.
The Hotel Terrace event sounds very cool. As travelers, we usually have to sneak in to posh hotels for a look around. Hope you have fun. ~James
Sneaking into posh hotels is the best! Next time you’re in Barcelona, there are loads of fabulous terraces to sneak into. 🙂
Exactly what is on my mind today 🙂
It’s a great place to be when it’s sunny out like today was. 🙂
When I was there it rained the whole time and I still loved it. I would live to see it in the sunshine 🙂
It’s gorgeous when it’s sunny! But one upside of rainy days is that they do occasionally drive a lot of tourist traffic away, so they can make the park nicer in that sense.
It is definitely one of my favourite places in Barcelona 🙂
But I’ve heard somewhere that from now you will have to pay to enter… 🙁 is that true?
I heard that too! The last I heard, people protested it and they’ve delayed a decision. But I think if you’re from Barcelona you don’t have to pay, even if they do start charging people. 🙂
Great to know!