We definitely recommend visiting Barcelona. The Travelocity choices for our apartment (Aramunt Apartment, a Derby Hotel) in combination with our flights was a terrific price. We spent 12 days wandering and seeing the sights in Barcelona with side-trips to Montserrat and Marseille, France. (Note - museums are typically closed on Mondays!) Not being huge art lovers we didn't visit many of the art museums in Barcelona, though the Sagrada Familia should not be missed. Being history lovers we did visit the Roman-era ruins under the Barrio Gothic via the Barcelona City museum, the maritime and Egyptian museums, and the old port. We loved simply walking the streets, stopping at cafes to people watch, eating a variety of ethic cuisines (Taiwanese, Indian, Japanese/Peruvian in addition to Catalanyan and Spanish) and seeing the amazing variety of building designs, styles and architecture. The blend of old and new worked together seamlessly. For a very urban city the amount of greenery on balconies, roof tops, tree lined streets and in corner dog parks was amazing. We even saw flocks of bright green parrots! The city teemed with life of all shapes and sizes.