Tips and 'good to know' information

In most of the hotels in Barcelona you can leave your luggage at the reception on arrival before getting into your room, or if you want to go into the city on your last day and have to leave your room. In case your hotel doesn’t allow this, or for any other reason won’t store your luggage, you can always go to: the airport, metro and train station Sants, bus station Nord and Locker Barcelona, near plaça Catalunya. Just so you know; ‘Luggage depot’ means ‘consigna’ as well in Catalan as in Spanish.

Culture

On top of the hill Montjuïc, at 173 meters above sea level, you’ll find a castle worth visiting. Originally it was a fortress, built in 1640 during the Catalan rebellion against the presence of the Castilian troops in Catalonia. It had to serve as a protection for Barcelona against the army of King Felipe IV. This simple construction was said to be built in barely 30 days.