Day Trips
Edit ThisThere are some interesting cities in the vicinity of Barcelona that lend themselves perfectly to an interesting daytrip.
The Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres, reached easily by train, is definitely worth a day of your trip to Barcelona.
Please find a listing below.
You might also find interesting information in the Barcelona and Catalonia regional section > Festivals pages.
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Catalunya Bus Turistic - Montserrat, Winery and Sitges
Edit ThisLearn about Spanish wine, travel to the top of the famous mountain of Montserrat and explore cosmopolitan Sitges. The Catalunya Turistic Bus will allow you to experience the best of Catalunya on a semi-independent day trip from Barcelona.
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Day trips in Catalunya
Edit ThisRabbie’s Adventures organizes day trips in Catalunya. We offer tours to the Pyrenees , to Montserrat and Cava cellars, to Tarragona and Sitges, Girona and Costa Brava and we also have special tours. We travel in small groups to give our clients a more personal service and they will have plenty of time to explore. Check our website for more information: www.rabbies.eu.com
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Sitges
Edit ThisSitges Beach
photo by: Don Spencer
Sitges is the prettiest and most popular resort in Barcelona's immediate environs and has an excellent beach.
Gay world´s capital. Sitges was time ago a typical peaceful fishing town. Now it
is one of the most expensives towns to live in Spain, it has a lively atmosphere
(specially in summer) and great nightlife. Anyway Sitges still preserves its
charm. In Sitges takes place one of the best carnivals in Spain. In summer
you´ll find a beach full of males, no girls within, let´s swim?. 40 km
south from Barcelona more..
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Figueres
Edit ThisThe Salvador Dali Museum can be found in the town of
Figueres about 75 mi/125 km north of Barcelona. The museum is a must-see because Dali designed the museum himself: It echoes his bizarre personality—look for the photo of the artist going to a bullfight with a loaf of bread for a hat.
For people looking for peace and quiet, a small camping in the middle of a forest and 850m from the beach Cala Montgó: www.campingneus.cat
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Girona
Edit ThisThe small Barcelona with a Firenzian touch. Colorful houses over Onyar river, impressive gothic churches rising over the urban landscape. The best preserved arab baths in Spain (Banys arabs). Unforgetable walk over the history through the narrow streets of the old medieval jewish ward (el Call Jueu). 100 km north from Barcelona (one hour by train).
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Salou
Edit ThisIf you are an amusement park fan stop by Port Aventura a mega theme park at Salou (60 mi/100 km south of Barcelona). Owned in part by the Anheuser-Busch Co. the park is designed with Catalonian Chinese Mexican Polynesian and Wild West motifs (the Catalans love amusement parks). 315 mi/500 km northeast of Madrid.
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Montserrat
Edit ThisMontserrat Monastery Garden
photo by: Don Spencer
Montserrat is a breathtaking 9th-century monastery in a mountain setting with surrealistic rock formations. A monastery located at the
top offers unforgetable views and contain the sacred image of la "Verge de
Montserrat" (Montserrat Virgin, who is black). Great trekking possibilities.
Mythic place for catalans. 40 km west from Barcelona.
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Tarragona
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Tarragona you can see Roman ruins and is about an hour’s drive south along the coast.
The ancient Tarraco, Hispania Roman capital. It preserve some impressive roman
works like the amphitheatre, the 10 m high walls, some circus segments, and the
aqueduct (2nd largest and well preserved in Spain). It also have a nice gothic
cathedral, and a medieval center. Their Roman past did of Tarraco one of the
World Heritage cities. 100 km south of Barcelona (1 h,20m by train).
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