Thursday, 3 November 2011

Spain in Fall - Autumn Tours

Most travelers consider Barcelona, Spain to be one of the most beautiful & pictorial places on the earth and also best places to live. It was voted by National Geographic Community as being the best beach city in the world. It is a mix of modern and historic architectural wonders coupled with modern culture, sandy beaches, and soccer ball loving people. There are lots of historical places to visit; like Casa de Les Altures, National Museum of Art, Barri Gotic, La Pedrera, Santa Caterina mall, La Boqueria food mart. So we decided Barcelona be our next destination. My friends suggested us fall season (September-October) is the wonderful time to vacation in Spain. Autumn in Barcelona is sunny and colorful. Red, yellow, orange and other vibrant colored flowers, leaves are seen every where in Barcelona, that makes a fairy tale town. Hotel rooms were easily available; getting a good room wasn’t difficult compare to in July or August month. City travel guide and Charter bus rental were also within our means. So we fixed early October date to begin our tour.
 
After reaching the city airport, we haired a charter bus from a local bus charter hiring agency for the entire tour. It was a Deluxe Motor coach. It had high back and comfortable reclining seats for 30 people with TV/DVD and PA systems. This private bus charter service made our tour more comfortable and easier. We got more time to spend at the popular city attraction. No hassle, no public transport, wasting time for parking place, we enjoyed the tour with the charter bus. Also it is essential if you are not staying in the city center.
We enjoyed the first day at the stunning golden sandy beach at Barcelona; Barceloneta. It was one of the nearby beach to our hotel; Las Ramblas hotel. We parked the charter bus on the road nearby to the beach and walked for 10 minutes to reach. We did lots of things besides swim. The crystal clear blue water was great to go for a dip. We did kite surfing which is popular sport here. We enjoyed a refreshing drink from a beach huts.

Next day we went for the city tour. Our next stop was Barcelona Museums. There are more than fifty five museums in Barcelona covering lots of subjects including art, history, and science. La Sagrada Familia was one of them. The architecture of La Sagrada Familia was influenced by the great Antoni Gaudi. The giant temple of La Sagrada Familia was built in 1882.
Our next stop was Nou Camp; the charter bus driver told us the Nou Camp is the base camp for FC Barcelona football club. It had two parts for sport lover traveler. One was museum and other part was football ground, VIP lounge, player’s change room.
We had completed our day trip visiting other attractive places including the Museu Maritim museum, the DalĂ­ museum, Montjuic park, and Santa Caterina market.

It was the most enjoyable tour I ever had in my life.

No comments:

Post a Comment