A perfect weekend in Barcelona: culture, Gaudí and football

If you like culture, these are some of the museums not to be missed:National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC)It’s located in the Montjuic National Palace, built for the 1929 International Exhibition. Its collection of Romanesque mural paintings is among the most important in the world. You can also see works of Romanesque art, Gothic art, Renaissance-Baroque art and modern art. Picasso MuseumIt houses almost 4,000 works from Picasso’s formative years, presented in chronological order to help you understand the evolution of his work. 

One can not talk about Barcelona without talking about Gaudí. His works are the most visited in the city thanks to his unique and fascinating style. Here are some of the places not to miss on your visit:La Sagrada FamiliaPossibly one of the most famous monuments in Barcelona. It is the greatest exponent of Gaudí’s architecture. Admiring its still unfinished silhouette is an amazing experience, and one that carries on inside the building and will leave you lost for words.Park GüellIt is another one of the city’s icons, a park conceived as a complex of high-standing homes, it was built between 1900 and 1914. It could be considered an outdoor museum, a creation inspired by nature that will fascinate you.  

Barcelona Football Club is world famous, which is why the stadium is one of the most visited places in the city. If you want to discover the most sporty side of Barcelona, you can visit the Camp Nou stadium through one of the tours, from €26. They also include admission to the Barça Museum.Another of the options on offer is the Barça Virtual Experience, for enjoying a virtual reality experience of the ground. What’s more, if your visit to the city coincides with a match, you can buy tickets and enjoy a great game of football in one of the most famous stadiums in the world.