Barcelona - Day Trips from Barcelona
Want to escape the city? This chapter includes the very best excursions from Barcelona and they can each be completed in a day. Must-sees include Girona and Figueres.
- Girona – a splendid cathedral, a maze of narrow cobbled streets and Catalonia’s finest medieval Jewish quarter are part of this riverside town’s charms
- Figures – the Teatre-Museu Dalí is Spain’s most surreal sight, a place of pilgrimage for any fan of Salvador Dalí, and the artist’s final resting place
- Montserrat – Catalonia’s most important shrine, is in this spectacularly sited mountain monastery, complete with Europe’s oldest choir and superb scenic walks
- Sitges – a classy old town and eating scene, superb beaches, great nightlife and a hedonistic carnival await visitors at the south coast’s premier seaside town
- Tarragona – this sunny port city has a beautiful medieval core, boasting some of Spain’s most extensive Roman ruins and studded with tempting eating options
Coverage includes: Girona, Figueres, Montserrat, Sitges, Tarragona, Teatre-Museu Dalí.
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