Tag: Basilica de la Sagrada Familia

Spain – Barcelona – Part 4

When you are in Barcelona, you have to visit the Basílica de la Sagrada Família, it’s stunning and also the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world.

We took a tour of this with a local company, some things are better with a tour. They are able to get you in places that may be booked up or may takes a long time in a lineup. We were probably at the Basilica about 3 hours maybe longer. The basilica was designed by Antoni Gaudí and construction began in 1882 and is still unfinished. There is 1 tower dedicated to the Virgin Mary over the apse; 12 Bell Towers representing the 12 apostles (4 on each facade); 4 domed buildings on the corners and 2 sacristies (Baptistery and Chapel of Penitence and Sacrement).

  • the carvings are beautiful
  • There was a lot of people
  • Inside
  • A photo of it at the entrance.

    Some other places we went to – the oldest store in the city, the Basilica of Sants Martirs Sant Just i Pastor, Arc de Triomf, Olympic Village, the building where the Palau de la Música Catalana . We also stopped at a palace where Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand and we saw the place where the King and Queen met Christopher Columbus. So much to see !

    • Basilica of Sants Màrtirs Sant Just i Pastor
    • Sign for the candle shop, the oldest store in Barcelona
    • Candle Shop
    • Arc de Triomf
    • Cable Car
    • View from the cable car
    • Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona
    • Staircase inside Palau de la Música Catalana
    • It was a beautiful building
    • Coffee shop inside Palau de la Música Catalana
    • An amazing statue
    • Street view
    • Patisserie shop built in 1849

    I have so many photos and there is so much to see and do in Barcelona. An incredible city. So that is that………..our next trip was February 2024 for five weeks and we traveled Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, another fantastic trip.

    I will work on that next !