Only a quick tour to discover Barcelona's most iconic landmarks spending most time seeing the neo-Gothic Barcelona Cathedral built in the 14th-century and adorned with a wide range of animal and mythical gargoyles. We passed by La Sagrada Familia : Gaudi's unachieved cathedral which is still under construction after more than 130 years. I visited here 8 years ago and it does not look any different to today!!! Maybe the message is that I will need to visit again.....

Wandered down Las Ramblas which offers a window into Catalan culture and their intriguing architecture. A stroll here is pure sensory overload, with souvenir hawkers, buskers, pavement artists, mimes and living statues all part of the ever-changing street scene. It takes its name from a seasonal stream (raml in Arabic) that once ran here. From the early Middle Ages on, it was better known as the Cagalell (Stream of s***) and lay outside the city walls until the 14th century!!!.

Got to see Gaudi's famous houses - Casa Mila and Casa Batllo. Casa Batllo is probably the most iconic building photographed in Barceloan. It's facade is the epitome of imagination and fantasy and cannot but help put a smile on your face. This unique work is made of stone and glass, with an undulating shape covered with a mosaic of fragments of coloured glass and ceramic discs. The facade is crowned with a roof in the shape of an animal's back and large iridescent scales. Casa Milà is popularly known as 'La Pedrera' (the stone quarry), due to the resemblance of its façade to an open quarry, was constructed between 1906 and 1912 by Antoni Gaudí and the last residential building he did. For its uniqueness, artistic and heritage value have received major recognition and in 1984 was inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List, for its exceptional universal value.