Barcelona - How do I spend my precious 3 days ?!

[crystaltips]

Off to Barcelona for Valentines weekend ....
What do you suggest me do whilst we are there ( steady )

Gaudi, Gaudi, and more Gaudi, oh and an open top bus, lots of tapas, a walk on the beach........ and wonderful knackered sex
Sob

find an internet chat room and make the rest of us jealous

I'm going on Monday

I mean internet cafe don't I?

buy the two day ticket for the tourist bus. It stops all over the city, you can hop on and off as you wish, and if the weather is good you can even sunbathe on the top deck while you rest your aching feet.

Have lunch at the restaurant by the beach just infront of the Hotel Art, the pealla is good, not too expensive, and you can walk along the beach afterwards.

Don't forget to have a look round the food market (can't remember it's name). It's half way up on the left hand side of Las Ramblas, as you walk away from colombus

Second Easy's lunch and walk along the sea front if the weather is good. If you like art & museums, the Picasso museum is worth a look. Las Ramblas is great in the evening - but don't go out before 10pm or it'll just be you and American tourists.

I recommend a restaurant called Tragaluz up down a small alley off Passeig de Gracia - always reliably nice,stylish, easy, yummy food.

There are lots of small tapas bars in the streets running parallel to the seafront (turn left when you get to statue of Columbus at the bottom of the Ramblas). The food will be good but the service is often surly. If you are up in the Eixample, try Cervercia Catalana off Rambla Catalunya - maybe on C/ Provence or Mallorca - fabulous tapas and very popular with well-heeled locals (but it's not expensive). Or try Sunday lunch - seafood & cava - in Barceloneta - old fisherman's quarter on the beachfront before you get to the Hotel Arts.

The market half way down the Ramblas on the right hand side is the Boqueria - worth visiting - amazing.

Shopping - Zara & Mango cheaper than here s worth a look. For more expensive stuff try Purification Garcia - v. nice.

I'd recommend going up to the Miro museum. You can go on the funicular and the views from the roof terrace are amazing.

Gaudi stuff - can't remember the building on Passeig de Gracia but it has a good museum and again, lovely views from the roof. It's on the right hand side quite far up (away from Placa di Catalunya).

My dh's brother lives there and we used to go over 3/4 times a year till the arrival of dd1 - it's a fabulous city so have a great time. One word of warning - there is quite a lot of street crime and I'd avoid the Ramblas and small streets around that area at night.

The boqueria market is wonderful and there is a fab fish restaurant right at the very back of it which we loved (on the Ramblas)
Parc Guell is great for a romantic walk and the Gaudi benches are something else!
The museums are all shut on Monday, so don't wait until then ...... we'll just have to go back.

Have a great time, I'm madly jealous!

Sex, Picasso Museum, bars, shops, beach, bars, shops, vina sol, sex, cafes, tapas, bars, vina sol...oh, I think your three days are up