Barcelona -- rainy days

[Samet822]

What are the best activities for rainy days in Barcelona? We leave this week and unfortunately it looks like a lot of rain. My husband is an architect and a photographer and we really want to see it all. What should we save for sunny days and what can we see in the rain?

Diane

[camelia]

The Miro museum is a nice place to spend a rainy day. So is the covered market off Las Ramblas (main street). The (still under construction) cathedral and beautiful Guel park are definitely worth a visit on a sunny day.

[Gardyloo]

Both the Casa Matllo and La Perdrera offer tours that are excellent on rainy days (I went through the Casa Matllo on a rainy day a couple of weeks ago.)

The Palau de la Musica Catalana is another outstanding rainy-day visit for those interested in Modernisme/Art Nouveu architecture in Barcelona. It's our favorite building in the city, despite its not having been designed by Gaudi.

Buy a cheap umbrella or two and hit the shops along the Pg. de Gracia, in order to see how the other half lives.

[cberge]

Don't go by what weathersays it will be there here..it usually is never what you find there.I have done Barcelona in the rain,the sun,and never met a sight I didn't like in either.Some of my best pictures are ones taken on a cloudy somewhat rainy day.The other posters have given some great advice,but I would just see how it all comes together when you arrive.Enjoy the city!!!

Karen
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[Chick's pal]

I think "your architect" will really find the Sagrada Familia interesting. Much of it is indoors, including an exhibit regarding Gaudi's method in one of the lower levels. I am associated with architecture and found the whole "construction site," models, drawings and building itself fascinating.