Parc Güell Reviews

During my recent visit to Barcelona I visited Parc Guell, another place on my 'must visit' list, and a place I did not get to visit when last in Barcelona a year ago. We visited Parc Guell as part of a city tour by coach and spent an hour there, walking around in the hot sunshine, although I must point out that in order to see the entire ...  Read the complete review

Parc Guell is on the hill of el Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona on the outskirts of Barcelona. Travel on the train to Lesseps and walk along Travessera de Dalt and then up Av del Santhuari de Sant Josep de la Muntanya (bit of a mouthful) Only go by train if you are very physically fit, if not, drive or get a taxi.. When you get off the ...  Read the complete review

The various works of celebrated Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi is one of the highlights of Barcelona but I find that it is quite difficult to enjoy and appreciate some of the buildings partly because of the area in which they are situated and partly for reasons such as the huge amount of scaffolding that permanently shrouds the exterior of the ...  Read the complete review

This park is a must see and was the second place on my 'to do' list on our holiday in Barcelona this August. We got to the park on the local bus which we caught right outside our hotel (Tryp Apolo), we didnt use the 'sightseeing' buses. We had looked at the metro and bus but i had read the walk from the nearest metro is quite ...  Read the complete review

The Parc Guell is deep in the heart of Barcelona, and for those who do not speak Spanish, the best route is to take a taxi from any central point of the city, which will cost around ten euros, and the for peace of mind, and for parking it is well worth the fare, although parking can be found at the less commercial entrances to this park. For those ...  Read the complete review

Barcelona may not have a Disneyland, but it certainly has a magical park to call its own - Gaudí's Parc Güell. Antoni Gaudí was born in Reus, Spain in 1852. He studied at Barcelona's School of Architecture and went on to become the world's most famous exponent of Catalan modernist architecture, a branch of the Art Nouveau ...  Read the complete review