Saturday, September 25, 2010

Girona & Figueres

We decide to take a local bus tour to Girona and Figueres on our 2nd last day of stay in Barcelona.
We have been walking alot for the past few days in Barcelona and Dubrovnik so use the day tour as an excuse to rest our feet.

First stop - Girona.

Girona is a small town 1.5hrs drive up north from Barcelona. The quaint little town can be covered within half a day.






Next stop - Figueres.

Figueres is about an hour from Girona. The small town is well known for the Dali museum, said to be the 2nd most popular musuem in Spain, the first being Prado in Madrid, and Picasso the 3rd. We have visited all and I like Dali the most followed by Picasso, Prado too cheem for me :)

Dali is famous for his modern and surreal works, best known for that melting clock.









There is small toy musuem in that town, if you have time and are keen on vintage and toys of the past, you might want to visit. The musuem can easily be covered within an hour, 5 euros per entry. I have a small collection of wooden toys but alas the items at their shop are quite limited and the price rather ex compared to what I've seen in Prague and some other places.





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