The Temple Of The Sacred Family

Sagrada Família towers above you like a character from a Frank Miller Comic. Stunning and breathtaking, you can do nothing but cower in its shadow.

Situated twenty minutes walk from La Rambla with a green either side, this Barcelona Temple is one of Gaudi’s crowning achievements. The tragedy being he died before seeing it completed. Indeed, works are ongoing and when you step inside, you know you are part of history.

But it truly is astonishing. You feel like you have transported back to the middle ages. To the days when those towering cathedrals across Europe were being born.

Of course, in those days, you couldn’t pay €2 and take an elevator up to view the city of Barcelona from on high. Shortsighted I know, but the builders of this place have that facility there.

Now, I don’t like heights. Can’t stand them, but to view a city of Barcelona’s complete beauty from the height of 100 metres of so is breathtaking.

You see the city doesn’t have any buildings that reach that high, so you can see everything.  From the Twin Tower on the beachfront, to the Olympic Monument created to mark the 1992 Olympic games.

And as the wind brushes the warm sunshine against your face, you do get this sense of wonderment. A strange ‘home from home’ feeling.