Catalonia

Catalonia, March 2010

Flight

• Sun, Mar 14, 2010

• Mon, Mar 22, 2010

Itinerary

• Mon Mar 15 - Arrive at Barcelona; Las Ramblas
• Tue Mar 16 - Walking day
• Wed Mar 17 - Museum day
• Thu Mar 18 - Sitges and Tarragona; overnight at Tarragona
• Fri Mar 19 - Girona; overnight at Girona
• Sat Mar 20 - Back to Barcelona; museum day
• Sun Mar 21 - Walking day or Montserrat
• Mon Mar 22 - Whatever we want to see before leaving

Madrid Alternate

• Mon Mar 15 - Arrive at Barcelona; Las Ramblas
• Tue Mar 16 - Walking day
• Wed Mar 17 - Museum day
• Thu Mar 18 - Montserrat
• Fri Mar 19 - Sitges and Tarragona; overnight train to Madrid (Euro 40)
• Sat Mar 20 - Walking day
• Sun Mar 21 - Museum day
• Mon Mar 22 - Morning high speed train back to Barceloa (Euro 114) or overnight trail (Euro 43)

Lodging

• Mon Mar 15 -- Wed Mar 17
  • Reservation #4604 and #4605 at Hostal Que Tal (google map) - in L'Eixample (Euro 135 for two)
  Calle Mallorca 290, Entresuelo - Barcelona (08037)
  Telephone: 34 934 592 366
  EMail: info@quetalbarcelona.com
  • Alternate 1: Pension Mariluz (google map) - in Lower Barri Gotic
  • Alternate 2: Hostal Oliva (google map) - in L'Eixample on the edge of Barri Gotic
• Thu Mar 18
  • winging it-none of the hostals has a website; many cash only.
• Fri Mar 19
  • winging it-none of the hostals has a website; many cash only.
• Sat Mar 20 -- Sun Mar 21
  • same as above (Euro 95 for two)
• Mon Mar 22
  • City Backpackers (google map) - very close to Central Station. Has Ikea furniture.

Ground Transportation

• Barcelona
  • From airport to city: Commuter rail (Esp: Cercanías Barcelona; Cat: Rodalies Barcelona) Line 2 Nord, which is a temporary substitute for Line 10. Get off at Passeig de Gracia and walk 1.1 km to hostel. Every half hour, takes about 20 minutes, Euro 2.20.
  • Around Barcelona:
    • Option 1: Barcelona Card. Buy a certain # of days; gives unlimited metro and suburban rail travel, some free or discounted admissions. Euro 27 (2 days) to Euro 44 (5 days).
    • Option 2: T10 ticket. 10 rides on any Zone 1 mode of transportation for Euro 7.85.
    • Option 3: 1-5 day passes (pricing).
• Stockholm
  • Arlanda Express. High speed rail from ARN to Central Station in 20 min. Round trip 460SEK, about $63.