Reply to Spain spring break- can’t decide

Forum Index » Travel Discussion

Reply to "Spain spring break- can’t decide "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Valencia is my least favorite city in Spain, it smells like swamp and is ugly. Many people will disagree with me, but i said what I said.

Girl, go to Barcelona. Yes. The whole week. Just book a flight on iberia's hourly "puente aereo" (air shuttle) from barajas to el prat, and book an airbnb or nice hotel in BCN, and go live life. Enjoy the architecture, your kids can dig in the sand on the beach, bask in the sunshine and palm trees, eat pan amb tomat, etc.

When you have only 6 days and two kids solo traveling, do not bother with second rate coastal cities like Malaga (overrun with tourists now), Valencia, marbella, etc.

Have a solid back up plan in terms of credit cards and phone etc in case you get pick-pocketed. With juggling two little kids as a solo traveler mom who will probably be taking the subway etc, I highly recommend a money belt or something similar under your clothes.

As others have said, you can also stay in Madrid. There are a lot of pros to Madrid--no extra travel, super efficient and clean metro, lots of parks and plazas and playgrounds. But Madrid is kind of a perpetually dreary city, and if it rains, it makes it a lot harder to entertain little kids because there are very few indoor kid-friendly activities in the city. [/quote]

Thanks! Of course Barcelona is popular and it seems to be split between people who love it and hate it.   I think there is more pickpocketing in Barcelona from what I've heard and that makes me feel pretty anxious.  I always take precautions, but being solo as a small woman with 2 young kids, puts me at greater risk and I'm sure we'll be spotted as tourists immediately so I don't know if I'm up for that kind of risk.  I'd like to keep it less stressful and my husband wants to come to Barcelona so I think I'll save it for when he can come.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics