Bill and Teri on Rick Steves'
Best of Spain Tour, 2014
Best of Spain Tour, 2014
Barcelona
We arrived at mid-day on a Saturday, the second day of the 2014 La Merce--Festa Major de Barcelona. This festival celebrates the Roman Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Mercy. It has been an official Barcelona Festival since 1871. Since we were scheduled to meet the tour late on the following Monday, we had roughly two and a half days to explore the city on our own. It was quite an experience. Some of the streets were awash with people--rivers of humanity. Despite the crowds, we navigated our way throughout the area, and had a marvelous time exploring this vibrant and exciting city.