After visiting Camp Nou, we continue our trip to another famous tourist point in Barcelona, Sagrada Familia. Sagrada Familia is a Roman Catholic church designed by the famous Anthony Gaudi. The word "Sagrada Familia" means the holy family. The construction of the building was commenced in 1882 and still continue until now, which made Sagrada Familia as a never ending project.
We use metro to get to Sagrada Familia MRT station. When walked out from the station, we arrived at the back of Sagrada Familia, so we had to circling the church to get to the entrance of it. Once we entered we could see how complex the architecture of the church. My favorite part of the building was the colorful glass, the shine going through it and make the color inside the church look so beautiful.
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| the amazing architecture |
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| the light looks so beautiful if you see with bare eyes |
At the other side of the church, we could see the miniature of the church. Before leaving, I bought some magnet at the official souvenir shop, so I can have something to remember. Actually if we had more time in there, we can take the lift to the upper level of the church and explore the beautiful architecture of the building.
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| Sagrada Familia miniature |
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| just one of the ornaments at the wall of Sagrada Familia |
Before we heading to our next stop, we had some lunch at KFC across the church. Actually there are plenty restaurants around the church, so don't worry if you feel hungry when you visit the church.
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| Sagrada Familia view from the front of KFC |
Our next stop was anothe Gaudi's masterpiece, Parc Guell. We went there using the metro and stoped at Lesseps MRT station and walk from there to the Park. From Lesseps station, we walked to Parc Guell which was about 1,6 km. During our walk, we noticed that many people put Catalan flags on their apartments' balconies.
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| The walk from Lesseps station to Parc Guell |
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| Catalan flags in balconies |
The walk to Parc Guell is ascending, so when arrived at the gate we almost lost our breath. The ticket to enter Parc Guell is strict to certain time only, and if you late to enter the gate, the officer won't let you in. So, please ensure you can arrived on time at the designated time when you purchased the ticket.
We entered Parc Guell from the west entrance and then we just follow the walking way to the main area, where the porter's lodge pavilions located. From the pavilion, we took the Dragon Stairway to get to the Nature Square (Placa de la Natura). I used to put the picture of this Pavilions and Barcelona city view from Nature Square at my office desktop wallpaper, so it's really nice to be able to see the real view with my own eyes.
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| One of the pavilion |
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| the Dragon Stairway |
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| the famous lizard "El Drac" |
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| The view of Pavilions from Nature Square. If the sky is clearer, we actually could see the sea from here. |
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| typical tourist photo at Parc Guell :p |
We also took a chance to walk to the Laundry Room Portico. The view of this Portico is usually appear in instagram whenever I saw people posting about Parc Guell, so I was a bit curious about it though there's not much to see in there.
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| The Laundry Room Portico |
When it almost twilight, we decided to go home through the south entrance. From outside the gate, I could see one of the pavilion (which became the souvenir shop) looks so beautiful from outside.
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| Souvenir shop pavilion from outside the gate |
XOXO,
The Tourist
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