The “Crazy” city that is located in the northeast part of Spain and one of the most attractive in Europe. It can often be confused as the capital of Spain because of the popularity that has. Boredom is almost unheard to visitors of the city due to variety of activities and attractions that happened in the town.
Barcelona is separated into many different districts and neighborhoods; each offering a unique flavor of the city!
The most popular communities worth visiting are:
1.Ciutat Valle: Also known as the Gothic Quarter, this is the oldest part of the city incorporating the popular street of Las Rambles. Visit the museum exploring the first Roman foundations and enjoy the superb seafront with its boardwalk and beach
2.L’Eixample: Outside the original city walls, this area of the city is where many of the best modernist architecture is to be found. It is also home to many of the best bars and clubs in the city.
3.Gracia: Having once been a Catalan town on the outskirts of the city, the growth of Barcelona has seen the area become a suburb, with a significant student population and the beautiful architecture of Gaudi’s Park Guell.
4.Sants-Montjuic: A nice open area with several lovely parks, this is where many of the Olympic facilities are located and it is also home to the high speed train station with links to the rest of the country. The area of terminal station for bus and trains is called: Barcelona Sants – Av.de Roma
Barcelona is considered the “best beach city” in the world by National Geographic, but their beaches weren’t used for leisure until 1992
Today there are seven beaches with a total of 4.5 km of coastline, but before 1992, Barcelona’s seaside was completely run over by industries, and there existed no beach for the use of the city’s populace and tourism.
It wasn’t until the city’s redevelopment for the 1992 Olympic Games that the city moved their industries and converted the seaside area into an exemplary leisure area for locals and tourist alike; including the improvement of two beaches and the creation of five new beaches.
According to Discovery Channel, Barceloneta beach is the best urban beach in the world and the third best beach in the world
- Bali is a paradise of lush green rice paddies, beaches, volcanoes, temples, and friendly people
- The island is a pocket of Hinduism in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
- Balinese Hinduism is different from in India. It’s more animistic—the Balinese worship Hindu gods, but also the gods of the earth, mountains, and sea. There’s no untouchable caste and arranged marriages are very rare.
- Temples are everywhere—in homes, offices, rice fields, beaches, and by lakes. There are even more small shrines—like the one in our garden where our landlord’s wife or daughter would come every few days with offerings.
- Temple ceremonies are frequent—the Balinese take part in dozens a year at their family, village, and district temples.
- You’ll often see processions of locals in traditional dress, the women with towering pyramids of fruit balanced on their heads as offerings.
- Bali has an ancient dance tradition, with most dances connected to Hindu rituals.
Two Things to Remember At Bali Airport
- Visa is US$25 per person. This gives you 30 days.
- To get out of Bali is 200,000RP approx. AUD$18 per person
Kid-Free Adult Things to Do In Bali
- Bali Quad & Canyon Tubing – ADVENTURE No 1, highly recommend
- Cooking class – watch, prepare and then you eat in a traditional Bali home
- Shop – better without tired kids
- Massage – much more relaxing when not entertaining tired kids
- Nightlife – eat, drink & be merry
