Hi guys welcome to another episode of ultimate bucket list and on today's show
I'm here Barcelona the comp no incorrectly
pronounced in English as the Nou Camp this is home to FC Barcelona one of the
world's powerhouses in football and the stadium here at Camp know is the largest
football ground in Europe but what's it like to actually go around this place
given that anyhow so much history well let's find out this is one of the most
famous football grounds in all the free world so what's it like to actually do
the tour well let's find out
from the metro station it's just a few streets away now according to the phone
sat-nav it should be right in front of me and the signs say that is here but
there's no indication as to where it actually is until you walk to water it
and probe in 2060 diem is not particularly very tall you'll need to
buy a ticket from the ticket office and the entrance to the museum and stadium
tour is literally across the way here once you paid your money it's time to go
up these stairs and it's a self-guided tour which means that there is no to
indictment you actually just show yourself around by looking at the sands
and following the arrows it's pretty simple to understand there's various
sections of this tour whereby they take pictures of you and try and sell it to
you afterwards at the gift shop which is quite common with football tools in
today's you get to see the Barcelona Museum which houses some ancient relics
and lots of trophies and it's all very educational if you're a fan of Spanish
football particularly when it comes to Barcelona you'll get to see all their
European Cups and one thing's for sure Lidl Messi is an absolute God here the
several exhibits dedicated solely to him and they house their bow on door awards
their house all of his Golden Boot Awards and they tell you pretty much
about the life story of the Messi so that's cool to know if you're interested
in that sort of thing boy he really is a God around here once
you get bored of the museum it's time to actually look at the stadium itself walk
through the steps and taking your first view of the stadium with its famous
catchphrase mascara look which means more than a club and it actually starts
to look like what it does in the photos and videos now but the middle here can
get quite busy so I highly recommend em climb the stairs and taking the view
from the top level alternatively walk to the corner where
you'll get an even better view and it's a lot less busy here in the corner and
you can certainly spend some time taking in the sights be patient guys because
there's a lot of tourists here if you get bored of that go downstairs where
you walk past all the corporate hospitality pits that they don't let you
anywhere near and this pseudo bustling art gallery which they also don't let
you move but one thing's for sure they also give you access to the player
interview area which you can take photos off and the press conference room which
surprise surprise they don't let them near that either which is a shape you
that gets a visit via waiting is dressing group and I gotta admit this is
probably one of the nicest awaiting dressing rooms by sin it's big its
spacious it's got a lot of stuff and it's actually quite comfortable for the
away team they actually get a lot of things massage tables fridges tactical
boards hot tubs and it's actually quite nice but if you do want to visit the
home team's dressy group surprise surprise
that costs a little extra you then get to walk down the players tunnel and
before you walk out onto the field check out the chapel on the right-hand
side here obviously Spain is a very religious country and most plays are
Catholic so you could say a quick prayer in here before you step out onto the
field take lots of pictures here guys because once you walk up those famous
stairs you'll get to see the field in all of its glory well in theory anyway
because it's really really packed out here once you make it past all the
crowds of people you get a nice or obstructed view of the
field except for these security guards - just getting you any photos but other
than that you get some fantastic views of the field at ground level if you're
finding the crowds a bit softer to navigate take a seat in one of the
dugouts and it's actually a pretty nice place to sit although you'll get lots of
people try to barge you after the way to take photos of it which can get quite
annoying overall guys if you get bored of the field view I highly recommend
buying some barsa grass actually no I don't they actually sell bits of grass
here are you guys kidding me God you guys will make money out of anything now
that I found a quiet part of the stage to actually talk to you guys let me just
tell you a little bit about the stadium well it used to hold over 100,000
spectators but they've reduced the capacity for various reasons but it's
still a massive Stadium and one thing they definitely don't tell you about um
it's hella busy you know it's 4:00 in the afternoon on a Tuesday and this
place is inundated with groups school groups etc and sometimes that's fine
sometimes gets a little annoying with you know rambunctious kids just getting
in your way so bear in mind if you do come here
expect it to be busy Barcelona is one of the most popular clubs in the world and
a lot of people want to come here and see this so if you do want to come here
you're gonna have to take your time be really patient because you know
everyone's lining up in the same spots for the same photo so be prepared to
wait don't lose your temper and you know hopefully you'll have a decent time here
so what you taking a last move from the field it's now time to climb the stairs
oh this looks interesting lots of virtual experience and looks
like fun wait another six euros are you guys serious it does look like fun and
this lady right here has absolutely no idea that I'm standing right in front of
her so huh it must have been a good experience but teams like Liverpool
actually give you this for free so yeah it's a bit of a garage what else is a
bit of a gouge is that they try and sell you pointless shit like bits of gold net
seriously they try to sell you bits of gold net and obviously more bits of
grass and if you want a photo taken with a cup that costs extra
as well these guys really know how to take the piss and try to take money off
you but if you're not buying any that stuff take the elevator all the way over
to the press box now the press box is high up on top of the field
and I gotta admit it's quite Spartan the facilities are pretty basic and
considering TV studios operate from up here it's actually quite surprising of
how basic this place actually is and is the award for the most pointless seats
in the stadium you can only see three quarters of the pitch wrinkled here
feces of believe it or not located directly under the press box and it's a
pain in the ass to get out of there oh is selling more crap now well at least
it's a coin it's somewhat of collectible you could also buy this fake euro note
for 5 euros yay I guess but once you get bored of the view on top of the press
box go downstairs where they'll show you a
boss exhibits it's an interactive video display and it shows you that history of
Barcelona Football Club if you didn't know what it was
you then gets walked down this cool tunnel and then surprise surprise this
all ends this is the gift shop don't get me wrong it's a very lovely
gift shop but if you are going to buy anything here bear in mind that the
prices are horribly inflated and definitely definitely don't buy this kit
this is bloody awful I quite like the yellow one so overall
guys the talk it was actually okay I I'm not gonna say it was a brilliant tour
and I'm not gonna say that it was a really bad tour it was somewhere kind of
in the middle one thing that ruins the tour however is pretty much the price
gouging now I did the basic tour whereby but you can't really call it a tour
because I showed myself around you know you could walk around the stadium
yourself and they just charge you money's like an entrance fee but the
problem with that is that if you want to do any of the cooler things like the
virtual reality experience or go into different parts of the stadium that
costs a little bit extra and it quickly adds up if you do want to do those
things I've currently there's an option to do absolutely everything including
misting little teams dressing room and having a guided tour and having an audio
garden whatever well apparently that cost an arm and a leg literally about a
150 euros if my memory serves me correctly so yeah the stadium tour can
be quite pricey here in Barcelona but if none of that faces you if you're okay
paying for extra little bits or even if you're okay with the basic tour one
Hydra showing you around it's actually not bad if you do like football and you
do like Barcelona I highly recommend you come here however if you are in
Barcelona and you're not a big fan of football
don't bother ok I'm so what do I do well you need to come here to cough no
now it's served by about three different metro stations so I'll put them on the
screen that that by far is the easiest way to get in and in terms of comp know
the cost to do the talk well I did the basic tour tour where I showed myself
around and that cost about 23 euros obviously if you want to get it at all
that cost extra if you want an audio guide that cost extra if you want the
virtual reality thing that costs extra etc etc etc be prepared spend extra
money to see the better bits of stadium is there anything else I need to know
yes even though they do allow you to take photos and videos more often than
not you won't be able to and the reason why is because it's so busy this is one
of the most famous football clubs in the world and they just let people in kind
of you know willy-nilly and it gets crowded especially with school groups so
you'll be hard-pressed to actually get a decent shot or a decent video take but
if you are patient and if you get people to take the photos for you it is
actually not too bad be prepared to wait however the stadium as you can imagine
is quite big so you'll be doing a lot of walking around so if you're not good
with your legs some parts of it bit sketchy where does this rank in the
hierarchy of my stadiums that I fit soon well kind of like that I've actually
been here before but I did the tour against a video it for you guys
and do you know what I'm actually going to drop it at a couple of levels mainly
because of the price gouging something that didn't happen the last time I was
here but overall guys the tool was pretty
good if you are find a Spanish football or Barcelona I highly recommend it if
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