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I don't know how well this generalizes, but I've seen this as well. Venice even during the day when loaded with tourists is a maze of places unencumbered by to
by heymijo 7y ago
I don't know how well this generalizes, but I've seen this as well.
Venice even during the day when loaded with tourists is a maze of places unencumbered by tourists. I had loads of fun wandering around there, getting lost, discovering random small plazas, etc.
Is Barcelona like this at all or has the whole city been inundated with tourists?
- dougmwne 7y agoOh my there's so much cool stuff to see in Barcelona that no one sees. For example, we saw a cool looking church at the top of one of the mountains that serve as a backdrop for the city and started going towards it. Found ourselves on a funicular climbing above the city for the price of a transit ticket. There's an awesome village at the top with sweeping views of the city in every direction. We go higher and find hiking trails winding up to the peak of Tibidabo. We keep seeing views of that white church floating over us like something out of LOTR. Once we get near the peak we find an... amusement park!? And then just a bit further up finally the church, which is best from a distance, but had really great 360 views of everything else. All stoke, 0 tourists.
- desas 7y agoLa Rambla, Sagrada Familia and Park Guell are inundated, step a few blocks away and it's generally much quieter, plenty of small plazas etc. Last time I went, I visited those places, but I stayed in a tiny hotel in the gothic quarter and walked from there to Park Guell instead of using the tube, stopping to get ice cream or coffee, letting my four year old play on the park and so on. Step away, slow down and enjoy it.