Spain
About Barcelona
Barcelona has everything and flaunts it-Gaudí's melting cathedral, a Gothic maze, a beach at the end of the metro line.
The Eixample marches off in perfect octagonal blocks while the old town tangles into shaded squares and tapas bars. This is Catalonia, fiercely its own, with a language and a politics that bristle against Madrid.
The energy runs from late lunches straight into late nights, fuelled by sun and an unembarrassed love of pleasure.
Eat small plates with a glass of vermut, then seafood paella with sand still on your feet.
Get to Barcelona
Round trip from Prague, any dates in November 2026.
Buses from Barcelona
Day trips from Barcelona
- Half day
Girona
~40 min
€17 one wayA walled medieval city on the Onyar river: pastel houses hanging over the water, an intact Jewish quarter, cathedral steps familiar from Game of Thrones, and one of Catalonia's best food scenes.
- Day trip
Montserrat
~1 hA serrated rock massif rising straight from the plain, with a Benedictine monastery wedged onto its ledge — Catalonia's spiritual heart. Cable car or rack railway up; funiculars and trails lead higher into the rock fingers.
- Day trip
Costa Brava & Tossa de Mar
~1 h 20 min
The 'wild coast' of pine-backed coves and turquoise water. Tossa's old town sits inside medieval sea walls right on the beach — the last fortified town still standing on the Catalan coast.
About Spain
Old-town streets and late dinners
A green Atlantic north, a half-desert middle and a Moorish south — plus the small hours treated as a perfectly normal time to eat.
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