What to see in Barcelona in 1 Day (while learning Spanish)

Today you'll have a perfect day in Barcelona while learning Spanish with me I'll take you to all the must-see spots in Barcelona and explain them to you in Spanish with subtitles in Spanish and English which you can enable below We're going to visit 11 wonderful places and the last two are the most iconic But the entry times are fixed and if we arrive late we won't be able to get in So put on your most comfortable shoes—we need to move quickly to get there on time It kind of scares me because as they say Barcelona has become quite dangerous in recent years You're very likely to get robbed especially in tourist areas so I have to be extremely careful So we have two goals: arrive on time and make sure they don’t steal from me Let’s go Well first of all important to note Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia which is an autonomous community in the northeast of Spain In Catalonia Catalan and Spanish are spoken and both are official languages And here you'll generally see things written in both Catalan and Castilian Catalans generally speak Catalan but they all also know Spanish And we're off on the tour Here you can see we're on the beach Which beach is it This is Barceloneta Beach the most famous beach in Barcelona This view is very famous with that building over there—the Hotel W I don't know what it's called here but anyway it has a W It's called W I think If you keep walking further in that direction you'll find more beaches—not just Barceloneta It's really great here because people love playing volleyball You also have some interesting monuments What's the coolest monument What's the coolest sculpture And from here you can see the beautiful sunrise Today for instance it dawned at 8 o'clock so it's not a bad idea at all is it The sky looks beautiful Now we'll walk for about 20 minutes to the next place you need to visit Today I'm dressing like a thief so people think I'm the one who steals and that way they won't steal from me Look at these clothes how tacky The shoes well they're also really comfortable right I look like a complete thief Well look at this plus it seems I'm about to ask for money Let's continue This is the Citadel Park It was the first park built as a public park since before that parks were royal gardens right The wealthy or royalty This was a park built specifically for the public intended for public use This park was built at the end of the 19th century for the 1888 Universal Exposition held in Barcelona Mirad that over there is an extremely beautiful monument but it's a fountain with a waterfall But since it's under construction they'renovating it so there's no water Yet this is beautiful with water cascading down from there—very stunning This park also features many ancient trees—massive giants with extensive root systems There's a really cool lake but since they'renovating it there's no water there either It's great that you can rent small boats and take a paddle around the lake Well I can't show you this place at its absolute best today but just know that this park is absolutely beautiful The seagull is sad because it has no water This is the flag of Catalonia Well it doesn't look very good because there's not much wind lately so it's not waving But this is the flag of Catalonia the one with yellow and red stripes It has many stripes There are several museums in this park It's cool And there are lots of people walking their dogs as well as many people jogging Many people run through this park In fact all the signs are in Catalan I haven't seen any in Spanish yet I’ve swung back and forth before blurting out that the signs were all in Catalan and Spanish I'm only seeing them in Catalan That's normal—Catalan is spoken here Just so you know This park is absolutely beautiful I hope it isn't under construction when you come Now we're leaving the park via Lluís Companys Avenue to see our next monument So this is the Arc de Triomf in Spanish the Arc del Triomf in Catalan This was the entrance gate to the 1888 Exposition built specifically for the event The Arc de Triomphe typically features military themes but this one is civilian in nature Barcelona's Arc de Triomf is frequently used as the finish line for races held throughout the city I'm walking beneath the Arc de Triomphe Passing underneath Hey check out how bright the background is—it looks absolutely stunning Taking a photo here against the backlight is incredible truly the essence of Barcelona Now we're going to take a stroll through Barcelona's oldest neighborhood We've arrived at Barcelona's Gothic Quarter formerly known as the Cathedral Quarter This cathedral is Gothic and gives its name to this neighborhood the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona Look these are Roman remains This was part of the aqueduct These are Roman defensive towers And here ran the city wall of Barcelona This is highly emblematic of this neighborhood the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona It's the Pont del Bisbe also in Gothic style but much more recent than the neighborhood itself This was built less than 100 years ago by a disciple of Gaudí It's a small bridge connecting two buildings If you walk underneath you'll see a skull Some people claim that skull is genuine Look here a skull And they also say that if you walk beneath it while looking at the skull you can make a wish and it will come true So let's go beneath look into the skull and make a wish Look at the skull and make a wish Think of a wish think of a wish and gaze at the skull I made my wish Have you made your wish yet or not I've made a wish—let's see if it comes true But I'm going to go around again to make another one Another wish another wish Let's see if it comes true This neighborhood is beautiful for a stroll for getting lost among its streets I love it After a pleasant stroll through the Gothic Quarter we arrived at today’s next stop This is a monument to Christopher Columbus Here stands the statue of Christopher Columbus It is a giant column It was also built for the 1988 expo Whenever a city hosts an expo or a major event numerous improvements are made And that's why so many things were built for that exhibition They made Barcelona very beautiful so well done You can enter the interior which houses a tourism office There's an elevator that can take you up to this area So it's like a viewing platform And it's right across from Barcelona's old port There are plenty of boats there Here is the statue And here you can enter the interior And now we're moving on to the next place we'll visit This is the area where tourists are most likely to be robbed So be very careful I'm going to go looking like a thief—just so they don't rob me To no one's surprise everything is under construction Well well dear me We're on the Rambla It's a 1.2-kilometer-long pedestrian promenade It connects the port to Plaza de Cataluña It's a very touristy area It has countless shops and bars Be careful with phones and wallets There are many little stalls many kiosks Many street performers too Here we are at the Gran Teatro del Liceo It is a highly significant theater It has hosted numerous famous productions This is a mosaic by Joan Miró So we're at the Boquería Market It's a market selling all kinds of food Its official name is the San José Market El Mercat de San Josep And La Boquería is its popular name In Catalan "Boquería" refers to a goat meat butcher shop Because boc means goat And that's where the market's name comes from Because goat meat used to be sold here Seems so Originally this was an open-air market The market was held on the Rambla And the spot where the market is now was formerly the Convent of San José There came a time when butchers' shops began moving into the convent There was a fire at the convent The convent was demolished and a plaza was built in its place The market was temporarily relocated to this square Yet in the end it was covered in sealed off becoming the official site of the market San Josep Market or La Boquería It's lovely There's a lot going on It's a bit pricey But you're welcome to come have a drink Honestly I'm suddenly really hungry I'd like a juice Hey look the juices are 2.50 They'really good value I'm going to grab one since I'm hungry Well I'm not sure whether the mango-pineapple one or the conut-pineapple one Hi hello Can you give me a conut and pineapple juice Can I pay with a card Great How Yes yes Thank you By card please Wow fantastic Hey this is really great Look at the olives Each one with a different dressing Well then let's head out to keep walking along the promenade So we'll keep walking a little further surrounded by construction and reach our next destination soon This street Carrera de Estallers It is also very popular Well this is also a very beautiful street located at the end of the rambla—whether you call it the end or the beginning it's up to you We're now approaching the end of the rambla and right here we find ourselves at Catalonia Square This square was inaugurated in 1927 It is nearly 100 years old and is the heart of Barcelona linking the old neighborhood with the new ones This square is full of life Public transportation is abundant here It's very well connected There are plenty of things to do There's a large number of shopping centers around here And the two streets let's say the most important ones in Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia or Paseo de Gràcia And the Rambla which converges here at this point in this square forms the city 's two main thoroughfares It's full of Christmas decorations because I'm filming this video in December but it looks really beautiful Now we're going to head over to Passeig de Gràcia the Passeo de Gràcia to discover two of Barcelona's most incredible landmarks And we arrived at Casa Batlló Now we begin to see Gaudí' s Barcelona The Casa Batlló was designed by Gaudí It was originally built in 1877 Emili Sala Cortés who was one of Gaudí's architecture professors was built when Barcelona still was There was neither electricity nor anything else In 1903 Josep Batlló bought it Josep Batlló hired Antonio Gaudí so that he could build a new structure since electricity and such would now be needed But with his usual cunning Gaudí He didn’t just manage to prevent the house from collapsing—he adapted it rebuilt it transformed it entirely Thus Gaudí carried out a comprehensive renovationfrom 1904 to 1906 It is known as Casa Batlló because it belonged to the Batlló family But in the 1950s they sold it and it changed hands several times through various companies until the 1990s when the Bernat family acquired it The Bernat family restored the house and it is now a UNESCO World Heritage site a great icon of Barcelona A charming house too huh This is the Amatller House They're right next to each other you know Casa Batlló Amatller House It is also a remarkable example of Catalan modernism from the early 20th century And now we'll continue walking north along Passeig de Gràcia where we'll see another iconic building Goodbye Casa Batlló Well the Paseo de Gracia the Paseo de Gracia in Monopoly was one of the most expensive streets There were two streets that were extremely expensive the most costly in the entire game and the Passeig de Gràcia It was one of those two streets I imagine in reality it's also an extremely expensive neighborhood because besides that they're all luxury boutiques By the way at MyDailySpanish we have a free step-by-step guide to learning Spanish that you can download from the link in the video description It's free So we arrive at La Pedrera also known as Casa Milá another wonderful building by Gaudí The name is actually Casa Milá but it is known as La Pedrera which in Catalan means quarry because both "cantera" and "pedrera" refer to the place where stone is extracted And the facade of this building resembles a stone quarry This was Gaudí's final civil project Built between 1906 and 1910 it was highly innovative Since its opening to the public in 1987 Receive about a million visits per year A lot of people You can go inside to see this one and the Banjo both can be viewed from the inside Yes it's very famous for its sculptural chimneys We'll cross the street here through the zebra crossing to see it from a distance Let's see if we can see the chimneys better From here the chimneys are clearly visible And look at the people over there—how cool Hey we've pretty much seen it all Just two icons in Barcelona left I can't wait It's two o'clock so we're cutting it a bit fine on time because I have to eat before going otherwise I'm going to pass out right there at the lovely place we're about to visit So I'm going to run off to find a place to grab something vegetarian for me and then we'll hurry over to the Sagrada Família Well I'm all done eating I'm almost at the Sagrada Família Look Look my God it's enormous We're at the Sagrada Família What a wonder God this is worth coming to see Oh darn it it's such a shame that it's always Well of course it's not finished yet so it's always under construction They said it would be finished by 2026 but no Now they're saying 2036 So we'll see it completed It's a Roman Catholic basilica designed by architect Antonio Gaudí in Barcelona The style blends Catalan modernism late Gothic and Art Nouveau making the design exceptionally unique Construction began in 1882 It has been under construction for over 140 years and since Antonio Gaudí died in 1926 the centenary of his death will be in 2026 It has been 100 years since he passed away so they wanted to finish it by 2026 But with COVID with the pandemic It has slowed down significantly and they say it will be completed by 2036 It is the largest unfinished Catholic temple in the world Well I'm now looking for the entrance I've put on the headphones to listen to the audio guide that comes with the app And we're going in Wow I'd never seen the basilica from behind before Wow It's amazing super beautiful I love it it's so baroque Cool awesome There are about three triangular entries right A portico here another portico here and another portico over there Look this way it's clearer Three He is dedicated to Saint Joseph That one over there is Mary and this one is Jesus In fact the names on the columns are Joseph Mary and Jesus There is the birth of the child Jesus María José and the child Here come the shepherds to worship Him and here come the Magi with their gifts The Three Kings in fact are the ones who bring gifts to Spanish children on January 6th Here we don't celebrate Santa Claus so much here we celebrate the Three Kings as always come on Gaudí did see this part completed and this also left it as a reference knowing he would die before it was completed to serve as an example for those who would continue building afterward This grandeur I love the tips of the towers You know there will be a total of 18 towers and 13 are already completed Five left but of course once all are done it's going to be much more vertical much taller I'm going in For the first time at the Sagrada Família Wow Hostia it's extremely high It looks like you're entering heaven having behaved well in your life having passed away and it's a truly beautiful place It's the feeling it gives you God The light right now two hours before sunset is perfect— just right because the sun is shining through the windows rough the stained glass over there creating a divine effect So when you enter you notice there aren't as many images because the exterior façade is filled with sculptures brimming with history you could say And here it is much more restrained much more open but that was precisely what Gaudí wanted This is like a forest This represents nature Gaudí greatly enjoyed drawing inspiration from nature He considered nature to be his teacher And these are like trees See they are the trunks that split into branches and those branches are the columns This is where the entire weight of the vaults is supported and as you can see these four in the middle right at the center are a different color They are made from a different stone than the others— a very durable stone— and they are the ones that will support the tallest tower of all What is the Tower of Jesus It is 76.5 meters tall and slightly shorter than the Montjuic mountain Why Because Gaudí said that the work of ma It cannot surpass the work of nature and Montjuic Hill is a very famous very important mountain here So he didn’t want the cathedral to be taller than the mountain And these stained glass windows if you look closely They are warm tones because they symbolize morning the sun rises there and sets there and that's where the tones are warm en if you come in the morning this will have very cool tones bluish hues because they're positioned on the facade of the nativity scene where the light enters it will be much cooler and if you come in the afternoon as the sun will be setting And if you enter in the morning there's a cooler light and if you enter in the afternoon there's a warmer light I absolutely love it I absolutely love Gaudí's idea Once the construction is complete that will be the main entrance not over there but right here since it faces the sea And that was what Gaudí wanted and what's written there is the Lord's Prayer in Catalan all languages it's in Korean Our Father in Spanish in all languages down below is the crypt That's where Gaudí is buried if you want to climb the tower you'll need to pay an extra 10 euros I'm leaving the heavens I have returned to the land of sinners The other façade depicts the birth of Jesus and this façade portrays the death of Jesus It recounts a part of Jesus's life during the later stage of his maturity and death if you're coming you must download the audioguide what comes up in the app and look how cool this building is right here to the right of the basilica I think that's e schools of the Sacred Family and I believe they should be available for workers ' children to study there For the kids in the neighborhood the optical effect is totally awesome — it really gets under your skin Yes it's incredibly interesting —the contrast between the highly decorated façade of the nativity and the stark façade of death It's super minimal very empty almost skeletal— everything is thought out meticulously I love it And there's also a museum over there but I have to go It's very hard because I have to hurry I need to go quickly since I'm afraid it's getting dark especially in winter It gets super early dark and it's getting dark very quickly we've arrived yes I'm following the tourists but over here A melody plays I'll follow the music God I can't go down the stairs my legs hurt ugh I love the strange shapes What a prodigious and creative mind Yes we're at Park Güell and it's not quite dark yet—yes it's true it's getting a bit darker but hey it's beautiful It's always worth it and when the sun shines brighter even better a schedule that allows you to fully appreciate everything at its peak brilliance under the sunlight well Park Güell is a public park in Barcelona public in a way—actually you have to pay to enter Back then I remember ten years ago it was eight euros And now there are eighteen And who is the architect Antoni Gaudí Yes I say Antonio but it's actually Antoni because he's Catala It's a park full of countless mosaics—these wavy shapes the wild forms of Gaudí—look here— Well it's a crazy park by Gaudí—absolutely mind-blowing a great deal of pottery inspired by nature to create their works of art small each one unique stunning and if you look closely it's as though He's taken painted ceramic tiles broken them and reassembled them in a different way right How fascinating —look here they're set in deep The famous salamander whenever I think of Park Güell I think of that salamander I love it at statue my favorite monument in the park—the salamander Originally intended as a housing development it ultimately opened as a public park in 1926 It is a UNESCO World Heritage site because this project was commissioned by Eusebi Güell to Gaudí in the year 1900 but it was abandoned in 1914 then the city of Barcelona purchased the land a public park really cool I have to say I'd love if it were free and you can come here whenever you want to stroll to study whether composing songs or writing anything at all the truth is that the views from here are spectacular—out to the sea that's the Mediterranean Sea Hey can you go in there Let me check what it is I want to go in too The door on the left is the gatekeeper 's house which you can enter for free but requires waiting in line I'll go first to check out the other option It's the shop you can go up there Hey now that I look at it they look like hands reaching for the sky don't they And look how cool the Christmas tree decoration is—little figurines and everything inspired by Gaudí from Park Güell How beautiful huh There's the little fella a Christmas tradition here in Catalonia that we don't do anywhere else—the kids at Christmas Watch that log carefully with its face throughout December feed it mandarins and then when Christmas comes hit it with a stick and he's dropping off gifts it's already getting dark The battery is low so let's wrap up our tour of Barcelona—you've seen 11 incredible spots you absolutely must visit and I also recommend you go a Montjuic the mountain of Montjuic where there are also many beautiful things and a friend told me to go to the Búnker del Carmel You can catch a bus from here and head up the mountain to see stunning views of Barcelona with me if you enjoyed this you can also visit Seville and Madrid with me to learn Spanish while taking a stroll Two stunning cities you simply must visit if you're coming to Spain so see you in these videos—until next time