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Tips For Senior Travelers To Take Advantage Of In Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is a vibrant and diverse city that is known for its lively character, its gorgeous coastal location and a whole host of tourist attractions. It attracts around 32 million visitors each and every year thanks to its impressive line-up of attractions. In fact, it’s so popular that the city is being overwhelmed by tourists and is instigating measures to reduce tourism. Here’s a guide to some of the best things the city has to offer for senior travelers.

Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tours – the senior vacation tours

Barcelona Bus Turístic is one of several companies offering hop-on-hop-off tours of the city. Though these open-top bus tours appeal to people of all ages, they’re especially convenient for seniors who want to go sightseeing but might not be physically capable of doing so much walking. A great thing about these bus tours is that you’re free to plan your own itinerary; whenever you see something you want to get a good look at, simply hop off the bus at the nearest station, then hop back on once you’re done. Barcelona is an ideal vacation option for seniors, and doing a hop-on-hop-off tour is a great way to see the city at their own pace.

Food Tours – eat your way around like a local

Anyone visiting Barcelona, despite their age, wants to taste the best tapas of the city world-renowned Mediterranean gastronomy, a healthy lifestyle, and going on food tours is the perfect option for seniors traveling alone or in a group. These tours include some light walking and interesting stories about the neighborhoods of the city while allowing to taste Barcelona one bite at a time.

Get rid of your luggage – take a leisure stroll in Barcelona

We’ve all been there – trying to enjoy the last day of your holiday but weighed down by your luggage. Travel start-up, Stasher, often nicknamed the “Airbnb of luggage”, connects travelers with hotels and local businesses where they can safely store their bags, allowing them to freely explore the city.

The service is ideal for those who find themselves early for an Airbnb check-in and have a few hours to wait until their flight. Priced at 5€ per bag, insurance included, Stasher has dozens of locations around Barcelona. From the Sagrada Familia to the Barcelona Sants train station, all major areas of interest have a Stash-Point nearby.

After all, you need both hands free to hold a glass of sangria and eat tapas!

Barcelona Card – the perfect senior travel package

The Barcelona Card is a must-have for seniors visiting the city as it makes things a lot more convenient and hassle-free. With the card, you get unlimited free public transport, as well as free entry to some of the city’s top museums and over €320 worth of discounts at over 70 places. As well as this, the card comes with a detailed city guide and it even allows you to skip the queue at some of the city’s most popular attractions. The card can be purchased online or at most of the city’s tourism offices. It’s easy to use and is bound to save you a lot of money. In a way is a senior travel package.

Sagrada Familia Barcelona

Reduced Entry Rates – get the most out of an amazing city

While the Barcelona Card offers free entry at lots of top attractions, you’ll find that many of these attractions and others offer reduced entry for seniors. The retirement age in Spain is 65 and so to be classed as a senior and be eligible for reduced entry rates, you have to be 65 or over. Some of the more popular attractions offering discounts for those 65 and over include Park Güell, a large open park renowned as one of the most visually impressive in the world, and the Sagrada Família, a Roman Catholic church designed by the famous artist Antoni Gaudí – amazingly enough, construction started in 1883 and is still ongoing.

The things mentioned above make visiting Barcelona a lot easier and more convenient for seniors, so they’re definitely worth taking advantage of. Who wouldn’t love saving a bit of money while getting to see and bite one of the most fascinating cities in Europe?