Barcelona and Nou Camp Stadium

We went to Barcelona for the day on 19th November 2003. It was a birthday present for my husband and sister to go and see the wonderful Nou Camp Stadium as we are all football fans!!!!


We booked the early morning flight on Easyjet from Liverpool and Easyjet were actually very good, I was surprised at how organised they actually were considering they are a cheap and cheerful low cost airline.


We arrived at Barcelona at 1030 and took a taxi to the Camp Nou Stadium which took about 20 minutes and is approx EUR20. The stadium is huge and looks fantastic. The cost for the museum tour only is EUR7.50 and the Museum and Stadium Tour is EUR11.50. If visiting the Nou Camp, I would strongly advise doing both as you really need to see inside the stadium to appreciate how great and huge it is. The tour is fantastic and to see how steep it is inside (not for those scared of heights!!!!). You do not really appreciate when you see it on television how big the stadium is. It holds 98,772 at full capacity.

You are shown the home and away dressing rooms as well as the tunnel and into the stands. It has a chapel going off from the tunnel for those players who want to have a few moments before a game!! The museum is well worth seeing as well, they have won an extra European Cup since we were there. They have an enormous amount of trophies and souvenirs from different teams across the world. I would allow about 3 hrs to do the stadium and museum and a little bit longer if you want to browse the Barcelona shop which is also huge. It is open most days except on match days.

After the Nou Camp Tour we took a taxi to Las Ramblas which is the main street in Barcelona with lots of different sidewalk cafes, shops, stalls and street entertainers. The weather was actually warm (T shirt weather anyway!!!), so we were pleasantly surprised after leaving cold, wet and windy Liverpool!!!! It is very nice, relaxing and a good place to people watch on Las Ramblas sitting outside in a sidewalk cafe watching the world go by!!!! A life I could get used to!!!!

If there is one thing you have to see on a visit to Barcelona its the Cathedral. Its nuts!!!!! It is still not finished even though it was originally started in 1893 by Gaudi. He died in 1926 so it has been left to others to finish what they think he would have wanted. It is one of the most fascinating buildings I have ever seen, it reminds me of the icing you used to have as a child to squirt on ice cream then it goes hard.

It is a really nice city to visit and was recently voted Sky 3's number 1 city in the world to visit. It has lots of shops, museums. bars and restaurants and is close to the beach if you fancy a chill out. It is also easy to get around, a lot of the attractions are within walking distance. There is also a metro transport system which is very good and easy to understand.

We got a taxi back to the airport for the 2115 flight so we had a good 8 hours in Barcelona, and I will definitely go back for longer to do some more exploring and would like to go and watch aa game at the Nou Camp.