When planning a holiday in Barcelona, we will consider several aspects of a good vacation by the sea, find out prices for food, air tickets, find the best hotels on the first line for families with children, economical options for tours closer to the most popular beaches of the city.
A trip to any resort town is fraught with certain risks and problems. However, accurate knowledge about them, about the nuances of a particular place and residence in it helps to bypass these difficulties on the side. For example, the answer to the question of when is the best time to go on vacation to Barcelona depends on how you see your trip.
When is the best time to stay in Barcelona?
One of the best moments, according to the tourist canons, is the time from the beginning of June to the end of August. However, it is then that the largest flow of tourists rushes to the waves, and local residents go on vacation. A visit in May, despite the spring coolness and the still not quite warm sea, can be attractive. There will be almost no one, the beach season in Barcelona will be better.
With the beginning of September, the flow of tourists wilts, but there is a lot of sun - it is more than justified to go to Barcelona at this time. A beach holiday in Barcelona in September will be no worse than the summer months. We cannot advise October unambiguously, because you can find good weather, or you can come when you no longer swim in the sea, and you won’t be able to sunbathe, and a walk around the city can be cut short by falling rain. In winter, travel is advisable only for a specific celebration, for example, on Christmas Eve.
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We have figured out when is the best time to go to the sea, now let's look at the prices and find the best options for hotels, flights from your city and other financial aspects of the trip.
Airfare
We recommend looking for plane tickets on Aviasales, it searches among all airlines for this direction and finds the cheapest offers.
Air travel here is relatively inexpensive. So, even the fastest option will cost less than seven thousand rubles. The cheapest plane ticket to Barcelona from Moscow will cost 6.58 thousand rubles, this is a Ural Airlines flight from Domodedovo (direct), in the air you will need to 4 hours 45 minutes.
Almost 7 thousand rubles. there is a seat on board "S7"departing at 10:35 and seating at 14:05. Another straight aeroflot the liner from Sheremetyevo flies 4:35, the cost of the chair for this time is 11.9 thousand rubles. Flying AirEurope, "Iberia" and British Airways not recommended - as they only rent seats from other airlines.
Interchange routes are expensive, long and tiring. So, a flight to AirBaltic with Riga transit will remove at least 8000 from your balance, and you will have to spend at least 20 hours on the way. Portugal Airlines flying through its capital carries passengers in about 10 hours and 9.5 thousand rubles, respectively. Traveling through Paris spends over 10 tr., You will need to sit for as much as 15 hours! So they do not help to save transit flights, but at the same time, you can fly through almost any European airport at an affordable price.
- Flight ticket to Barcelona with a transfer:
Air tickets to Barcelona from Moscow and back without a transfer, of course, are more expensive than one-way. "S7" is ready to drive a tourist for about 14,000, the round trip takes 4 hours and 30 minutes. Ural Airlines' fifteen-minute markup translates into an additional payment of 1000 - 1500 rubles. On the way back Aeroflot leaves 25 minutes less than to Spain, and requires over 16,000 rubles. Note that the selection of carriers in this direction is limited.
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The best hotels in Barcelona by the sea
We recommend booking a hotel on the first line or in the city center closer to the sights through RoomGuru, the search engine shows the cost of a room in the hotel you like on all hotel bases at once. If you decide to relax in Barcelona on your own, then it is better to choose a private apartment or villa through Booking.com, here is the largest base housing from the owners.
- Hotel Vincci Maritimo allows guests to get to the water in just 8 - 10 minutes at a leisurely pace.
The rooms are technically sensibly equipped, and the designers have worked on them thoroughly. Those who happened to live there were pleased with the round-the-clock work of the registration desks - so that whenever you return or arrive, you can always get back without difficulty. A room for one night (air-conditioned, which is important in the heat) costs a little more than eight thousand rubles.
- Cuatro naciones choose because this is an inexpensive hotel.
Located in the old city, and not in its modern part, clogged with new buildings and other attributes of modernity. At the same time, the good infrastructure of the surroundings will be very useful to you - whatever was needed, everything was at once and not far away.
- When it comes to 4-star hotels in Barcelona by the sea, one cannot fail to mention Vincci Bit.
The sandy shores are only a little over 10 minutes from it, and for the opportunity to quickly get to them, guests pay 11-12 thousand per day. The class of accommodation is higher here, advanced artists worked on the design. What the guests especially like is that the menu varies flexibly - right away and without unnecessary conversations, for example, your meals can be replaced with gluten-free dishes. And after breakfast you can take a tram and in a quarter of an hour be in the old quarters.
All inclusive hotels in Barcelona by the sea demand consistently higher fees and are always in short supply. So it makes sense for any tourist going to this city to book them in advance.
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Prices for food and meals
The journey taken to admire the view from the hotel windows is wasted. But visiting remarkable places, excursions and just moving around the city make you take care of food. Obviously, the cost of a trip to Spain for two must certainly include these costs. And they are about (per serving):
- scrambled eggs, French fries and branded Catalan sausages - 9 euros;
- a plate of pasta - 8 euros;
- a plate with mussels - similarly;
- shrimp paella - 9 - 12 euros, depending on the chosen institution;
- spaghetti sold in shopping centers - from 7 euros;
- sandwiches and sandwiches in sandwich restaurants - 4-6 euros;
- sweets in pastry shops are sold for 1-2 euros (depending on what and where).
Little trick: if you want to save money, go to non-tourist cafes and restaurants. The interiors and decoration there are worse, but the price tags are always acceptable.
If we talk about stores, then you should focus on supermarkets "Carrefour»(Due to their convenient location and market-weighted average prices - that is, everything is of high quality and, moreover, not prohibitively expensive). Ordinary tomatoes cost a couple of euros here, cherry tomatoes - all 4. For a kilogram of cucumbers you will have to pay about a euro, potatoes are a little cheaper.
Baguettes, depending on the length, sell for 50 - 80 euro cents. Chocolate lovers will shell out 1 - 3 euros per bar. If you suddenly want carbonated water on the road, a 0.33 plastic bottle will cost you half a euro. The notorious jamon they cost from 15 to 50 euros per kilogram, but it is definitely not worth taking vacuum-packed.
High quality milk will give back to 1.20. Well, for a mixture of different seafood they will require 8 euros, but the portion will be quite large. Fruit (depending on the variety) will free the wallet from the tourist from 1 - 5 euros.
Where to eat deliciously on vacation?
Finding out where is the best place to relax in Barcelona, you cannot ignore the individual cafes and restaurants. The pub "The Box" it stands out among other establishments of inexpensive cuisine already in that 4 out of 5 visitors rate it very highly. The average check ranges from 117 to 700 rubles, which is acceptable even by Russian standards.
Pay attention to the place with an intuitive name "Pizza Circus", almost all former clients praise for the extraordinary taste of the dishes being prepared. Even if you are a vegetarian or vegan, you will not stay hungry here. A few slices of juicy pizza here will cost you from 4 euros, depending on the filling.
Those who decide to look into "Tucco Real Food"... With a relatively modest payment, the quality and quantity of dishes are quite decent. The average check ranges from 642 to 1341 rubles.
Prices for tours to Barcelona
To find out the all-inclusive prices assigned for a vacation in Barcelona is most correct, I think, on Travelata.
One of the most affordable options is Catalonia park guell (in the region of 66 thousand per person for 7 - 8 days). The operator "Iks Travel Groupe" is ready to provide flight and accommodation in an economy room without meals for such a price. It is quite far to the city center and to the bathing areas, but with such a contribution, it is ridiculous to count on the best.
If you are interested in tours to Barcelona from Moscow from all tour operators, then you can choose, for example, accommodation in Atiram meson castilla (from 83,000 rubles, breakfast is included, waves are already splashing 2.5 km away). The main seller is Tez Tour.
Not financially constrained people can choose Gran Hotel Torre Catalunya... The cost of vouchers to Barcelona with accommodation in this hotel complex starts from 102 thousand rubles, even for rooms without meals. The good news is that the range of cost is small - by paying only about 2000, a person can easily get an improved representative service category. It is convenient to check in - the station is nearby, and the metro too. An impressive view of the surrounding buildings opens directly from the top floor of the building.
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The best beaches in Barcelona and surroundings
And now we come to the main thing - rest in warm water or on the beach line. Which of the beaches to choose? La Barceloneta recommended for walking and cycling, and most vacationers will undoubtedly be delighted with trips to the surrounding shops and cafes when they get tired of lying in the sun. There are a lot of similar institutions nearby!
Those who are interested in the best white sand beaches of Barcelona simply cannot ignore Bogatell Beach... Connoisseurs praise the object for its width, comparative emptiness even in season and, of course, clear water. Some directly recommend it for family entertainment.
Platja de la Nova Icaria manages, however, to bypass his rival - visitors are much more likely to give him positive marks. Moreover, the same children have something to do on the sports and playground.
As you can see, one of the key leisure regions in Spain offers vacationers the most diverse leisure activities. And now you are guaranteed to be able to use them to your advantage!
You may be interested to know:
- Where else to rest on the sea,
- Holidays in Spain in winter,
- About the best hotels in Spain.
