My girlfriend, Candy and I took a trip to Spain and Portugal in early June. Instead of booking a tour, we decided to travel independently. Since I've been there before, it was not difficult. With the help of EuropeanDestinations.com, I was able to book the whole trip in one transaction. I did not book any local tour with the company, instead relying on my own knowledge and tour books. I booked in advance the popular tourist places: Sagrada Familia and The Alhambra. Looking back, it may have cost us a little more to book through EuropeanDestinations but I saved a lot of work vetting out the many hotels and making the airline reservations.
We visited Barcelona, Granada, Sevilla, Madrid, Toledo, Porto and Lisbon. I visited Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon in 2011. You can read more about them in this blog in the 2011 posts. I will update them with some new pictures in the latest posts.
When I went to Barcelona in 2011, I visited the
Sagrada Familia. At that time I was not prepared and did not buy tickets in advance. The line was about 2 hours long and I didn't have time to wait. So I just took pictures of the outside of the Basilica. This time I made sure that we get inside the church on a guided tour. So, on the afternoon that we arrived in Barcelona we took a a 15-mnute bus ride there from the hotel. Below are pictures of the Sagrada Familia and other parts of Barcelona.
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| Sagrada Familia |
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| Inside the Basilica |
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| A close-up view of Statue of Jesus |
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| Intricate carvings around the church - 3 Wisemen |
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| More Carvings outside |
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| Park Guell |
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| National Museum of Fine Arts |
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