Things you should know about
Barcelona
Here are some useful things to know about planning a visit to Barcelona.
Here are some useful things to know about planning a visit to Barcelona.
Barcelona Weather & Seasons
Barcelona has a Mediterranean climate
which is not hot all year. A Mediterranean climate is a dry summer subtropical
climate, which usually means very little rainfall (except for an occasional
thunderstorm) during the months of spring and summer, with most of the rain
falling during winter months. So the weather that you can expect in Barcelona
will be long hot and dry summers and mild winters with some rainfall. Wear
light summer clothes from May to end October and warmer clothes the rest of the
year and winter clothes from January to March. There is really no best time to
visit Barcelona because it is nice all year round, but if you want to swim and
sunbathes then visit from May to September. For ski day tours from Barcelona
visit from December to April and for general sightseeing all year is fine, but
spring and autumn are cooler and marginally less crowded. But expect many
tourists at the weekend all year round
Barcelona shops closed on Sundays
The shops are closed on Sundays so if
you are on a weekend trip to Barcelona then plan to do shopping on the Saturday
and sightseeing on Sunday. On Sundays only souvenir shops, restaurants, cafes,
bars and tourist attractions are open. Shopping centres and regular shops are
closed on Sunday. Barcelona has all the top brands. The most exclusive designer
brands are on the elegant boulevard Passeig de Gracia and Avenida Diagonal and
there are several big shopping malls in Barcelona. The most central department
store is El Corte Ingles on Plaza Catalunya. Small shops close for a couple of
hours for lunch. Big stores and malls are open all day and close around 8pm
except malls and departments stores which close at 10pm.
Safety in Barcelona
Barcelona is very safe. It is safe to
walk the streets both during the day and night until 2 am. After that it is
still safe in 99% of Barcelona but there is a tiny area in the Raval part of
Barcelona´s old city that should avoided in the early hours of the morning if
you are alone. But in general Barcelona is very safe and violent crime is very
rare. There are however many pickpockets and bag thieves in popular tourist
areas.
Getting around in Barcelona.
For sightseeing tours in the city you
can´t beat the hop-on-hop-off buses. Or take the Barcelona metro which is safe
and cheap and air-conditioned (just the metro trains, not the stations) and
open from 5am to midnight and from 5 am to 2am on Friday and all night on
Saturday night and eves of some public holidays. You can also take public
transport buses which are good value and air-conditioned.
How to get around Barcelona
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