{"id":56045,"date":"2015-06-23T08:40:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T06:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=56045"},"modified":"2016-06-14T10:48:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T08:48:52","slug":"the-anticipation-of-travel-getting-the-most-out-of-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/the-anticipation-of-travel-getting-the-most-out-of-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"The anticipation of travel: getting the most out of Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you haven\u2019t been to Barcelona, you\u2019ve probably heard from friends or colleagues who have about how great it is. They\u2019ve probably urged you to go there. Or if you\u2019ve mentioned you\u2019re planning on going there, they\u2019ve no doubt told you that you have to visit Sagrada Familia<\/a>, La Rambla<\/a>, Tibidabo<\/a>, Parc Guell<\/a>, and of course the beach<\/a>!
\nThese are the things most of the guide books<\/strong>, travel blogs<\/strong>, twitter, friends, family and colleagues recommend. And I also certainly do recommend visiting them. But they are far from the exhaustive or defining list of what is great about Barcelona.<\/p>\n

This TED talk<\/strong><\/a> speaker makes a very valid point when she talks about the fact that our elevated expectations of a place, based on what hear, can result in a sense of being underwhelmed when we finally come face to face with it.<\/p>\n