Spain

Barcelona – quick travel guide

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Spain’s most popular tourist city…beaches, parks, nightlife, interesting Moorish architecture & Gaudi buildings, vibrant city life.

Barcelona seems like a really big small city. Everything is walkable and charmy. Shops, bars, restaurants, on every corner. Every neighborhood can be cool if you know where to look. Having Spanish as the main language is super easy as well for the many people who already speak or have familiarity with Spanish. With its Catalan culture, language, architecture, lifestyle and identity…Barcelona is identified by the locals as being in Catalonia.

While it has great public transportation, the true lifestyle here walks past everything. You’ll naturally cross every aspect of the city by walking. Full of visual stimulation as you pass interesting buildings, parks, sights and sounds. All without being overwhelmed. Many things and many people, but also adequate space for it all.

3-5 days is the solid minimum. But you’ll easily fill a week without boredom.

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Spain – quick travel guide

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Origin of one of the most common languages, rich culture, architecture, known for nightlife and latin beach vibes.

In pop culture, we think of Spain for beaches, nightlife, tapas, and siesta. Most people don’t know it also has many big squares (like Italy’s piazzas), rich unique architecture (castles & moorish & Gaudi), and many inland destinations (not only beach stuff).

You could see Barcelona and Madrid in a week. Put 2 weeks and you can add in some popular spots in the picturesque southern Andalusia region. Or spend a month and you can comprehensively jump around all the main spots of north, center, and south…exploring both beachside and inland destinations, perhaps even one of the islands. Spain is rich in tourist destinations.

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Madrid – quick travel guide

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Madrid is Spain’s main big inland city…full of fun neighborhoods, night life, and walkable streets.

What Madrid lacks in Barcelona’s beaches and unique architecture, it makes up for with its chiller less-touristy vibe and bigger party scene. Madrid is comfortable to live, party, work, or base-jump from. Great neighborhoods to choose from, big parks and squares everywhere…easy to walk and metro around. It’s unfortunate that many people won’t ever discover this as backpackers are usually told to skip Madrid and not venture past Barcelona.

There’s a saying that some people are Barcelona people, and others are Madrid people. I felt myself to be a Madrid person easily the first time I visited both. Madrid can be a 3-5 day stay to feel like you saw everything.

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