hi guys welcome to another episode of
ultimate bucket list and on today's show
I'm here in Barcelona the Catalonian
capital Barcelona whilst technically not
the capital city of Spain for all
intents and purposes it kind of acts
like it from the amazing street life to
the amazing buildings the history the
sights and the experiences of this grand
city and there's a lot of things to see
and do here in Barcelona but I suppose a
better start with this the Sagrada
família arguably Barcelona's most
recognizable landmark this is the
unfinished masterpiece of Antoni Gaudi
one of the most brilliant architects of
the world has ever known this is
possibly the most beautiful church that
you'll ever see in your entire life and
by almost guarantee it
I'm not going to go into too much detail
about this because I actually made a
separate video about it right here that
you can see on my channel but suffice to
say that this is possibly the most
amazing church that you will visit in
your life it's not without his problems
however firstly it's so popular that you
can't actually buy a ticket on the day
you have to book in advance and even if
you do you'll be stuck in a mile long
queue to try and get in next stop is the
Palais Royale
this is the royal residence of the
Spanish royal family when they're here
in Barcelona and I must admit it's a
cool looking building from a distance
but up close and personal yeah it's
really nothing special it's still worth
a look though when you're walking around
Barcelona
you'll notice some very interesting
architecture most of the time it was
designed by Antoni gaudí as mentioned
previously probably the most famous
barcelona residence and it's even more
obvious right here
parc güell
this is a public park that used to be
one of the residences of Antoni gaudí
when you walk around it it kind of looks
like a Jurassic Park slash Disneyland
put really ancient the three parts of
the park you get some lovely views
around Barcelona but to see the more
interesting bits you're going to have to
pay a bit of money won't you pay your
entrance fee for the restricted area of
the park you get to see some interesting
things like this very kooky looking
salamander some weird statues and
believe it or not these are actually
really famous and don't be surprised if
you're in a queue or a crowd of people
try to get your picture taken with it it
really is that popular and to be honest
sometimes it could be a pain in the
backside but all the queuing is Wow
it's really not too bad hello there the
architecture is absolutely stunning and
you can't believe that this stuff is
actually real but it is so take lots of
pictures here guys
as you can tell guys it's really busy
here and your struggle to get a clean
shot I'm not kidding but if you hang
around long enough you probably will get
some decent shots out of it but boy
you're gonna have to be a little patient
so once you're done with Park güell and
exploring all the kookiness of this
place and I had enough of waiting around
for people it's time to move on to the
next gaudi building casa milà this
rather strange looking kidney shaped
building is in this middle of Barcelona
it doesn't look like anything from the
outside but once you get in it becomes
immediately obvious that this is a cool
place especially when you climb up onto
the roof take a look at these sculptures
because they're all meant to resemble
nature you get some lovely views from
the top of the roof and if you have a
look at the sculptures very carefully
they're meant to be based on the
elements apparently you'll quickly
notice that they look familiar
do these sculptures look familiar the
reason if they do is because George
Lucas actually took these as inspiration
for the stormtrooper helmets so there
you go fun fact haven't won around the
inside because everything is meant to
resemble nature so for example this bit
is meant to resemble the ribs of a whale
and actually kind of does gaudi's
furniture was all economically designed
and very very pretty and there's a lot
of other interesting things to see such
as the doors not being straight in this
place I have no idea what this guy is
doing but yeah this is kind of cool in a
colonial kind of way but take your time
to explore guys and I highly recommend
that you get the audio guide to go with
it whilst walking around the streets I
noticed a lot of TV and camera crews
around and no there's nothing
interesting about this particular part
of the road that warrants to lots of TV
presenters here but the reason why
they're here is because of this the
riots there's a lot of people here in
Barcelona who are still reeling from the
referendum two years ago they're still
annoyed that Barcelona is still part of
Spain and not part of a new country
called Catalonia so everyone's done in
Catalonia flags and they're all marching
and protesting
this so if you come across this that's
probably the reason why this is Casa
bacio and surprise surprise it's another
gaudi building now I must admit I just
come straight from casa milà so I didn't
feel like going in I just decided to
take some shots of these blonde girls
actually no I didn't actually took
pictures from the outside but that's
about it
okay yeah I actually took pictures of
these girls this is the plastic
Catalunya they argue that this is the
center of Barcelona and if you are
looking for a place to stay I highly
recommend staying around here because
the several metro stations within a
stone's throw away from each other and
you can get to pretty much anywhere in
the city and yes there really is that
many pigeons around here boy that's a
lot of pigeons
this is Olympic Stadium yes that's
Olympic Stadium the one that hosted the
1992 Barcelona Olympics it's free to go
around so you might as well but what are
the cool things to see is the actual
torch itself the one that the archers
shot the arrow into which is kind of
cool it's actually kind of cool to walk
around Olympic Park but I have no idea
what these weird sculptures are for
still kind of cool to look at though
this is the National Art Museum of
Catalonia now I must admit I didn't go
in didn't feel like it but the reason
why I'm here is for two reasons number
one this rather cool lookout points
which you get an amazing view over the
city of Barcelona which it's actually
kind of pretty from up here and number
two is because of these no not the
columns but this the magic fountains
what's so special or magic about the
magic fountains I'm not entirely sure
but they're very pretty to look at
particularly at night and I'll get to
that later in the video walk past these
two obelisks and you'll come across this
weird arena looking building now I
honestly thought that this was kind of
like a bullfighting arena but it turns
out it's actually just a shopping mall
yeah not as exciting as that
once you've bought giant legs of ham
actually go right to the top and onto
the observation deck where you get a
360-degree view of barcelona so it's
definitely worth the trip or these
flights of stairs to get to the top and
you get some lovely views from up here
however so one of the annoying things
that you'll find if you're here in Spain
if you've got a big camera and you've
got a tripod is the security guards were
pretty quick to stop you because they
think that you're some kind of
commercial photographer tried to make
money out of snaps which I am but the
point is they asked for a permit and
obviously you don't have one they
politely tell you to pack up your stuff
and leave so yeah that's happened to me
two or three times so bear that in mind
if you are on some cool observation
points like this and you want to take
some great photos you might not be able
to so what you've had enough of security
guards telling you off it's time to go
somewhere else and I highly recommend
that you visit manju castle and this
castle / Citadel houses some really cool
cannons that overlook the entire city
you can see the harbor from up here and
it's really pretty to look at you can
also see various parts of the city of
Barcelona the Citadel itself and it's
actually kind of a cool castle to walk
around this believe in not was actually
one of the cheaper activities that I did
here in Barcelona it only cost about 5
euros to go in but to be honest if you
just want to walk around the castle
outside it's absolutely free of charge
there's lots of other cool buildings to
look at washa here in Barcelona so I
highly recommend that you walk the
streets and check the bounce one of
which is las ramblas this is a system of
narrow streets that are pretty ancient
and they've got some pretty cool shots
and whatnot so check out I'm not much of
a shopping guy so I didn't really spend
much time here one of the things that
Barcelona is famous for is their rather
successful football team and if you like
sports or if you like football I highly
recommend doing the stadium tour here at
the comp No
now once again I actually made a
separate video about this which you
could find on my channel but suffice to
say if you like football this is
definitely worth the go if you don't
like football don't bother at night it's
time to explore the city and the best
part of the nightlife here in Barcelona
is actually back here at the Magic
Fountains at night they put on the magic
fountains light show and it's extremely
popular literally every tourist and some
of the locals are actually here watching
though fountains lights up like a
Christmas tree okay it's not exactly the
fountains of bellagio but it's a cool
place to whittle away the Knights have
something to watch while you're drinking
some wine on alcohol and it's a pretty
cool way to spend and late summer's
evening the best views are actually from
these pillars so if you get up high and
go to the pillars they actually gives
you the best view of the fountains butts
overall guys Barcelona itself is a
lovely city to go to it's not the
cheapest place you'll ever visits but I
highly recommend that you visit this
place once in your life okay I'm so what
do I need to do well you need to come
here to the city of Barcelona it's
served by three major international
airports but highly recommends paying
the extra and flying into Barcelona
directly from there you can actually
take the train or the metro to the city
centre to use the metro system it's
fairly straightforward very similar to
other metro systems in Europe you look
for the big giant M in the white diamond
and you'll need a ticket
I highly recommend getting one of the
several day passes
so you basically go to one of these
machines select your language pick your
ticket I was here for three days so I
picked a three day ticket and basically
pay for it when you come to use it all
you need to do is get your ticket slot
it in one of the turnstiles wait for it
to spit it back out and walk through the
turnstile to the Train of your choice
and it's fairly easy to navigate
don't bother with taxis and don't bother
with single tickets because that adds up
pretty quickly I also forgot to mention
that this pass also counts for the
street trams and the buses so it's a
fairly cost effective way to get around
the city if you're looking for a place
to stay as earlier mentioned I highly
recommend that you book a place near the
plasterer Catalunya which is virtually
the center of the city of Barcelona from
that you can get to pretty much anywhere
in the city within a few minutes the
cost through the attractions as I
previously mentioned not the cheapest
city in the world
no the attractions are actually fairly
expensive itself food and alcohol is
okay in places booked a ripoff in some
other places is there anything else I
need to know yes
Barcelona has a massive problem with
pickpockets I was only here for two and
a half days and two people tried to Nick
things out of my bag and my pockets so
bear in mind be on your guard and make
sure that you're not showing any
valuables especially in the touristy
places like the Sagrada família or the
Magic mountain's overall guys this place
is definitely worth a visit once in your
life and I highly recommend that you do
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what girl he's got damn pigeons found
seriously these public pigeons come from
listen so many pigeons in my life