NHdisneylover
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- Feb 26, 2007
My "kids" are 19 and 21. Everything I will recomend is something we'Ve done with them in the past 6-7 years which they've really enjoyed. Barcelona is one of our all time favourite cities so I am mostly focusing on that and will try to give some slightly off the beaten path advice.
In Barcelona something which I think would be great for your group is to do the Lock Clock escape room themed on Guadi's apartment. It is one of the best done escape rooms we'Ve ever done (and we've been doing them all over Europe for about 5 years now) and it is modeled closely on his actual apartment with many detials that you can then see when visting Sagrada Familia (makes visiting that so much more interesting---and it is already pretty cool and different).
The other big favourite in Barcelona is to go up to the Tbidabo Amusement park---especially for the late afternoon and into the vening, past dark. It is far more locals than tourists and kind of a "date spot" for teens and twenty somethings. Not a big park or full of coasters, etx---but fun, with a local feel and the views of the city up there are fabulous. There is a church right by the enterance which is more modern--my family loves to tour it and climb up to the top after dark. Again, great views, and the lights on the church give it a really unique ambiance.
Also highly recomended is to get a bit off the beaten path and follow locals into a tapas bar---ask to have soemthign brought out every 15-20 mintes until you ssay to stop and try whatever comes your way.
In London, the Harry Potter Studio Tour North of the city is a must do for fans. London is so full of amazing things it is hard to suggest any one in particualr. Thw West End shows were our favourite thing. DS19 reminds me that if you go to Tower of London, go at opening, seek out the crown jewels and see them FIRST. We were allowed to get off the conveyor belt and looks as long as we liked as almost no one was there yet. An hour later the line just to get into the room was over 45 minutes and it was ride by on the belt only.
The kids really liked picking up a picnic lunch at Tesco and taking a break in one of the lovely parks in nicer weather.
We agree with the above PPs who suggest the smaller musuems in Paris.
In Barcelona something which I think would be great for your group is to do the Lock Clock escape room themed on Guadi's apartment. It is one of the best done escape rooms we'Ve ever done (and we've been doing them all over Europe for about 5 years now) and it is modeled closely on his actual apartment with many detials that you can then see when visting Sagrada Familia (makes visiting that so much more interesting---and it is already pretty cool and different).
The other big favourite in Barcelona is to go up to the Tbidabo Amusement park---especially for the late afternoon and into the vening, past dark. It is far more locals than tourists and kind of a "date spot" for teens and twenty somethings. Not a big park or full of coasters, etx---but fun, with a local feel and the views of the city up there are fabulous. There is a church right by the enterance which is more modern--my family loves to tour it and climb up to the top after dark. Again, great views, and the lights on the church give it a really unique ambiance.
Also highly recomended is to get a bit off the beaten path and follow locals into a tapas bar---ask to have soemthign brought out every 15-20 mintes until you ssay to stop and try whatever comes your way.
In London, the Harry Potter Studio Tour North of the city is a must do for fans. London is so full of amazing things it is hard to suggest any one in particualr. Thw West End shows were our favourite thing. DS19 reminds me that if you go to Tower of London, go at opening, seek out the crown jewels and see them FIRST. We were allowed to get off the conveyor belt and looks as long as we liked as almost no one was there yet. An hour later the line just to get into the room was over 45 minutes and it was ride by on the belt only.
The kids really liked picking up a picnic lunch at Tesco and taking a break in one of the lovely parks in nicer weather.
We agree with the above PPs who suggest the smaller musuems in Paris.