ROUTES FROM HORTA TO COLON: some help for all tourist in BCN

HELPS TO BE HOSTED IN BCN

TO EAT;

To eat and drink in BCN I have one preference to tell to all tourist and new persons arrived from all over, but to recommend, in first place my preference is to taste the route around the typical"tapas, it´s a tradition imported from "Andalucia", that allows you to eat different food delicatessen for less price.

BCN neighbourhoods

Nou Barris;----------------------------------------------

"All i Oli" / typical restaurant in "Sant Andres" neighbourhood
especiallized in cooking barbacue meat and "grilled snakes"!!
funny decoration, it´s like a cavern
gentle service.
C. Alella, 3

"La Esquinica" / typical from "Aragon"
choricicos, bravicas, chistorrica, all finish en "-ico-a"!!!!!
beer and cool drinks in half litre mesure its call "guay"!!.
one beer guay and "bravicas" to lunch is one option to order.
gentle service
you must queue!!
C. Fabra i Puig, 296

Horta-Guinardó;-----------------------------------------

"Tasca i Vins" / bread and cold cured meat and celebrations
a typical catalonian country house in "Nou Barris"
wonderful typical decoration
good meat and "grilled snakes"
reserve required
C. Cardenal Tedeschini, 32
http://www.tascaivins.es/

"Glòria" / traditional and family restaurant
set meal all days and weekend
variety and good kitchen
ask for Diego!!
reserve required
Passatge Vila i Rosell, 4
93 429 30 39

Eixample;------------------------------------------------------

"Flash Flash" / tortilla and evening pica-pica
60´s decoration and pre-minimal dessign
C. la Granada del Penedés, 25
http://www.flashflashbarcelona.com/

"El Glop de la Rambla" / charter and set meal
just at 10 minuts to the "Plaça Catalunya".
good catalonian kitchen and quiet atmosphere
reserve required
Rambla Catalunya, 65
fono 93 487 00 97

"La Piazzenza" / pizzeria and pasta
the best italian restaurant near "Sagrada Familia"
fast pizzes at the entrance bar
Avda. Gaudí, 27-29

city enter;---------------------------------------------------

"El Drapaire" / "sangria" with bread and cold cured meat
tavern in the "Casc Antic", "wines route"!!
decoration from pass, growing tools, dishes,
funny and gentle service
C. Sitges, 11

"La Perla Nera" / pizzeria cook in wood-oven
near the Cathedral!!
reserve required
Via Laietana, 32
fono 93 310 56 46

"El Pi Antic" / set meal & pizzes
restaurant decorated in the XVI century
near "Plaça del Pi"!!!
Pl. Sant Josep Oriol, 4
93 301 71 91

Poble Sec;----------------------------------------------

"Taverna Can Margarit" / typical tavern to dinner
bread and cold cured meat
all the decoration is like a book from Bram Stoker!!!
you can go if you can´t reserve
neighbourhood to visit
C. Concòrdia, 21

Sants;-------------------------------------------------

"Pizzeria Condal" / good pizza
a pressent for all the girls a red rose!!
reserve required or rest i queue
C. Galileo, 1
fono 93 411 04 13

"La Tartana" / bread an cold cured meat!!
gentle service
in front the entrance there was a famous industry,
the Joan Güell textile manufacture ("Vapor Vell")
with tables in the street for the summer
C. Joan Güell, 23

Gràcia;------------------------------------------------------

"Creps Barcelona" / creps bretons
delicious!!!
bohemian local
C. Verdi, 17

"El Giardinetto di Gràcia "/ catalonian menu
interior garden
goog cooking
reserve required
C. Sant Lluís, 37
93 210 29 53

"Lalola" / fast service!!!
hamburguers, grillet dishes, pizza, tapas, etc.
gentle service
C. Escorial amb C. Sant Lluís

Sant Andreu;-------------------------------------------------

"A Garrotxa" / "gallego" restaurant
albarinyo wine
gentle service
set meal and charter
Avda. Rio de Janeiro. 135
93 276 25 23

"Pic Nic" / pizza in bread!!!!
sandwich cook in the oven!!
good service and modern decoration
ice & coke bigger!!
without reserve
Pº Fabra i Puig, 57

"wines rout"

If you want make this rout, put a pair of jeans and comfortable shoes and go up "Ramblas", to the "Catalunya" Square, with some friends, then go down the line to "Tallers" and "Sitges" street, and take your first cup of beer in "La Oveja Negra", the first stop in the rout, one music tavern very crowded in weekend, then go along "Ramblas" "Ferran" and "Avinyón" street, taking cups all over the trip, el "Aguelo", the taverns near "la Mercé", and the Harbour, cheap and fun rout for all the drinkers.

TO GO AROUND EASILY;

"bus tourístic" (metropolitan service) // "City Tour" (privated)

A bus made to take all the visitors in Barcelona around the most interesting touristc places; Ramblas, Colon, Maremagnum, Ciutadella park, la Pedrera, park Güell, Camp Nou, Montjuic, etc.

Take a bus in the nearest stop around your hostel, stop in the next place in the rout, sightseing, and take the next bus to the next place in the tour.

28 € day or 39 € two days (for adult), 16 € & 20 € (children), museums discount ticket included, and three lines than can be combinated depending your tour planning day in BCN.

two platforms buses and distintive publicity for each other, private and metropolitan, guide tour and service all days, rainning or sunny days.

bicycles rent.-

Bike Rental Barcelona / Pº Picasso
"boulevard type" for 3 or 6 hours.
(to reserve in place)
http://www.bikerentalbarcelona.com/spanish/index.htm

Terra Diversions / C. Sta. Tecla
"boulevard type" for 1 day.
(to reserve in place)
http://terrabiketours.com/

BCN bike (eléctric bicycle) / C. Roger de Flor
for 3 hours.
http://www.bcnbike.es/rentabike/es

subway and bus.-

One travel ticket (T-10) give you the chance to take a bus in the hotel, and if your travel goes during less than 1 hour and 15 minuts, you can take the subway in the next station, only checking your transport ticket, without paying (T-10 includes 10 individual tickets por 10 travels around the city).

You can buy your transport ticket in the metro stations and in the newspapers stands, for only 9.15 €

Description how to reach the city center depending where you are hosted............

Sants // linia 9 // (pl. Espanya--pl. Catalunya)

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi// V13// (pl. John F. Kennedy--pl. Catalunya)

Horta // linia 45 // (c. Tajo--pl. Urquinaona)

Nou Barris// linia 50 // (pl. Virrey Amat--pl. Urquinaona)

Zona Franca// linia 9 // (`pº Zona Franca--Pl. Catalunya)

MUSEUMS AND THE MOST INTERESTING PLACES IN BCN;

-"Fundació Tàpies" /c. Aragò
more visited because de recent died from the artist
price 7 € senior ticket
http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/spip.php?rubrique65

http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ocio-y-cultura/muere-genio-del-informalismo-antoni-tapies-1393283

-"Cosmocaixa" / C.Isaac Newton, 26 (Tibidabo),
science museum in Barcelona,
planetarium and flooded forest
price 3€ senior ticket
http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/cosmocaixabarcelona/cosmocaixabarcelona_es.html

museums from the city center

-"Museu Marítim" / Av. Drassanes, s/n
models ships in real scale and maritime history
price 2.50 € senior ticket.
http://www.mmb.cat/

-"Museu Picasso" / c. Montcada, 15 (Borne)
Picasso paints in one beatiful medieval palace
price 11 € senior ticket
http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/

-"CCCB" / C. Montalegre, 5
Culture Center
temporary exhibitions
site of the "Festival Sónar" every year
ancient BCN Charity House
http://www.cccb.org/ca/

-"MACBA" / Pl. dels Àngels
Museum of Modern Art
building from Richard Meier
price 8 € senior ticket
http://www.macba.cat/es/inicio

-"MHCAT" / Pl. Pau Vila, 3
Catalonian History Museum
price 4 € senior ticket
http://www.es.mhcat.net/

-"MUHBA" / Pl. del Rei
Barcelona History Museum
Ancient Major House form the medieval city
also directed by this museum
-Gaudi museum at park Güell
-Water museum from Sant Andreu district
-August temple from the roman period
price 7€ senior price
http://www.bcn.cat/museuhistoriaciutat/ca/muhba_placa_del_rei.html

museum all over Montjuic

-"Fundació Miró" / AV. de l´Estadi
building from catalan arquitect Josep Lluís Sert
paints and esculptures from Joan Mirò
another great esculpture, "Dona Ocell", behind Arenas bull ring
price 10 € senior ticket
http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/fundaciojoanmiro.php?idioma=4

-"MNAC" / Av. Maria Cristina
National Palace
catalonian romanesque art
price 10 € senior ticket
http://www.mnac.cat/index.jsp?lan=001

-"Caixafòrum" / Av. Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6
temporary and permanents exhibitions
building made betwen Roberto Luna and Arata Isozaki
in the past it was a cotton manufacture from Puig i Cadafalch
free entrance expositions http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/caixaforumbarcelona/caixaforumbarcelona_es.html

MORE INFORMATION.-

Collserola mountain;-----------------------------------------------

would you like to have a walk??

The mountain in the north of the city has some trips all around to make by foot from north to south, and east to west, it´s poblated with holm oaks and wild boards, and it conserve the natural sense and magical place.

Tibidabo Amusement Park is at the top of the mountain and there´s one special bus, from "Vall d´Hebron" subway sation, that takes the rout from the free parking in the same place, you must buy the park ticket and they will give your the free target to the car sation.

All the information is in the link bellow, and the views are spectacular to the city center in a clear day, by night it´s more impressive!!, all the atractions are exciting and will give you a great day.

http://www.tibidabo.cat/en/info/benvinguts

"Rutas from Horta to Colon" (facebook) give routs all over Collserola to you,

guided routes;-----------------------------------------------------

-by bicycle

"Barcelona CicloTour" /Tallers Street (near Rambles)
-tour over BCN with 17 stops
-tour by night

http://www.barcelonaciclotour.com/es/

-personal guidance

this page recommend:

Marta gives you personal tours in private transport, from the airport or the mall, or the hostel, if you want!!, all that you want to see in BCN, she will take to visit with his guidance company.

http://foreverbarcelona.com/

For the people sleeping in the north of the city, we have some guide experience to take you all over Gaudi´s rout, park Güell and Carmelo mountain, also parks in the north, labirynth and "Tres Turons". We wait not disappoint our hosted customer from all over the world, Horta is a welcoming district

https://www.facebook.com/#!/RutasFromHortaToColon

"travelbar.com"
C. Boqueria, 27
"Casc Antic" behind "Iglésia del Pi"
meeting point for tourist in BCN
(take a cup of beer or a refresh in the bar, and then you can start a guide route around the city history).

own routes;-----------------------------------------------------

-One guide for all the people looking for the buildings made in the begining nineteen century, Puig i Cadafalch, Doménech i Montaner, Gaudi, etc.

TO GO IN ROUTE FOR YOUR OWN TO THE BEST PLACES IN BCN!!!

-Other interesting route to see most modernism buildings and museums in the center, there´s a map to see making a trip:

-Palace Güell--Liceo--CCCB---MACBA---Batllo house---La Pedrera---Sagrada Familia.

You will pass the Raval, University Square, Gran Via and Eixample center.

You must pay to see; Güell Palace (10 €), MACBA(8 €), Batllo House(25 €), La Pedrera(25 €), Sagrada Familia(25 €) // prices not exacts.

-The last map to see all the gardens & Olimpic centers interesting places in our Magic Mountain, like Spanish town or Magic Fountain.

To reach the begining of the route you can take bus number 50 in Plaza Espanya.

IMPORTANT ADDRESS TO KNOW;

1.- TO REACH PARK GUELL.-

If you are near Lesseps subway station and you want to go to the Park Güell, there´s some map to go easily making a trip, the only problem is to climb to the park entrance, a mechanical stair will help you in "Sant Josep de la Montanya" street.

how it will be for all users!!!

2. TO REACH LABIRYNTH PARK IN THE NORTH.-

Other possibility is to go first to the labirynth in Horta (there´s a mapa to reach the park down), it will be open between 10.00 hours to 18.00, you must pay in the entrance 3 €, except wednesday and sunday, it´s beautiful and amuse, and then catch the subway in "Mundet" station, go along three or

four station to "Vallcarca" or "Lesseps" station (universitary zone), and reach Park Güell like the first map shows.