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12  VISITING EUROPE

spend the whole morning promenade that reveals the
discovering the basilica’s many swagger of 19th-century Prussia
delights. This district has through monuments like the
countless excellent restaurants Neue Wache and the Baroque
and tapas bars to choose from Zeughaus (p502). There are
for both lunch and dinner. plenty of places here to pause
for lunch, from charming cafés
Afternoon Wander along to jovial beer gardens.
the Passeig de Gràcia (p301),
Barcelona’s most fashionable Afternoon The handsome
street and the heart of the Schlossbrücke bridge hints at
city’s Quadrat d’Or (“golden the cultural feast to be found
square”), perhaps doing a bit of on Museum Island (p500). With
shopping at one of the chic its remarkable collection of
Chimneys on the roof of the Gaudí- boutiques here. This street is antiquities, the Pergamon­
designed La Pedrera, Barcelona home to two of Gaudí’s most museum (p504) certainly
spectacular domestic buildings: deserves a visit. Afterward, stop
La Pedrera and Casa Batlló in at the Berliner Dom (pp506–
Two Days in (p301). Both are open to visitors, 7), then take a quiet stroll into
Barcelona
but if short of time, you can just picturesque Nikolai viertel
admire their stunning facades. (p505) to get a sense of Berlin’s
• Admire Antoni Gaudí’s medieval roots.
unfinished masterpiece,
the Sagrada Família Two Days in Berlin Day 2
• Get lost in the medieval Morning After exploring
• Stroll down beautiful
warren of the Barri Gòtic Berlin’s historic core, the focus
(Gothic Quarter) Unter den Linden, shifts to more recent history.
pausing for a spot of Checkpoint Charlie (p508), the
• Tuck into authentic paella café culture on the way East–West border immortalized
by the beach
• Reflect on Berlin’s by many Cold War thrillers, is
tumultuous recent past an essential stop. The darkest
Day 1 at Checkpoint Charlie period in German history is
Morning Explore one of the and the Kaiser­Wilhelm­ chillingly laid bare in the
largest and best-preserved Gedächtniskirche Jüdisches Museum (p508),
medieval neighborhoods • Explore the Kulturforum while the wave-like Holocaust
in Europe, the Barri Gòtic or Museum Island for Denkmal (p503) represents the
(pp298–9). Admire the stunning breathtaking art and scale of the Jewish tragedy in
Cathedral (p299), particularly other treasures stark sculptural form.
the enchanting cloister, and
visit the remnants of the Afternoon After lunch in one
ancient Roman settlement Day 1 of the several cafés in the
in the Museu d’Història de Morning Start at the icons of Tiergarten (p503), enjoy a
Barcelona (p299). Have lunch a reunified Germany: climb up bucolic stroll there. Afterward,
in one of the area’s many inside the glass dome of the pore over the Old Masters in the
restaurants and cafés. Reichstag (p502), then circuit Gemäldegalerie or the crafts in
the mighty Brandenburg the Kunstgewerbemuseum,
Afternoon Stroll down La Gate (p502). Beyond it is Unter both part of the Kulturforum
Rambla (p300), then make den Linden (p502), the leafy (p503). For more astonishing
your way along the harbor
to fascinating Montjuïc
(p304) for spectacular city
views and for the vibrant
surrealist art on show at the
Fundació Joan Miró (p304).
Finish the day with paella on
the seafront.
Day 2
Morning Head to the Eixample
district, home to Antoni Gaudí’s
extraordinary Sagrada Família
(pp302–3), its towers visible
across the city, yet still awaiting
completion. You’ll want to The majestic cupola of the Berliner Dom, Berlin

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