Barcelona Trip Overview
Is art what is in the museum? Or any self-expression can be considered as an art? In Barcelona these questions arise as nowhere else, and we will find the answers to them in our bicycle tour through the small galleries, famous museums and central streets, where graffiti adjoins the works of famous masters who have already become classics.
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* Duration: 3 hours
* Starts: Barcelona, Spain
* Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Bike & Mountain Bike Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Is art what is in the museum? Or any self-expression can be considered as an art? In Barcelona these questions arise as nowhere else, and we will find the answers to them in our bicycle tour through the small galleries, famous museums and central streets, where graffiti adjoins the works of famous masters who have already become classics.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Yes Rent, Carrer del Judici, 3, 08003 Barcelona Spain
Bikes and Scooters rental Shop, calle Judici 3
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Cara de Barcelona, Passeig Colom s/n, 08002 Barcelona Spain
Face of Barcelona, as local people call it – the contemporary art monument which represents union of styles of the greatest artists of this city
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gothic Quarter (Barri Gotic), Mediterranean Seafront to Ronda de Sant Pere, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona Spain
If the period of the modern art starts in the beginning of the XX century, then Barcelona´s Gothic Quarter is the part of it. A lot of buildings of this area were renovated or have new elements what were made especially for the Worlds Fair in 1929. Did you know?
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Centre Cívic Pati Llimona, Carrer del Regomir, 3, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Centre Cívic Pati Llimona hosts exhibitions of contemporary art related to social themes, and human beings in situations of conflict. The Pati Llimona also includes a set of Roman ruins that can be visited. It offers high-level workshops, collaborates with cinema festivals and also counts with a laboratory and a photographic set.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Rambla de Raval Plaça dels Àngels, Barcelona Spain
Raval – one of the most creative areas in Barcelona (possibly because the government here fights less with street artists than in other places). The graffiti of this quarter could be sold auction if anyone could figure out how to remove them without damaging them from the walls.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 1 Placa dels Angels, 08001 Barcelona Spain
MACBA – the most famous museum of contemporary art in Barcelona. It opened its doors in 1995 and since then it is a cultural center of reference in this city.
The idea to open this center become from Associació d’Artistes Actuals, formed by artists, critics and art lovers in 1956. They visited a lot of museums in the world and was trying to do the best mix of their experience.
Government of Catalonia started to believe in this project just in 1985.
In 1987, the Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation was constituted, of a private nature, which joined the consortium formed by the two public administrations.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: ADN Galeria, Carrer de Mallorca, 205, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
This place specialize in to find the new names in the art world and try to help them to become to be famous. It have free entry, and where you can compare the quality of the artistic works found in the galleries.
Duration: 30 minutes
