BARCELONA, SPAIN

Spain Fun Facts

1. There are 47 UNESCO World Heritage Sites throughout Spain.
2. The world's oldest restaurant (300 years), Restaurante Botin, is located in Madrid.
3. Dinner usually happens around 9 pm and there is a siesta (nap) hour from 2-5pm.
4. Spain hosts the largest fresh produce market in Europe, Mercat Central.
5. There is a tomato fight festival, La Tomatina, where over 150,000 tomatoes are thrown between the festival-goers.

PROTIP: GeoGuessr is a fun activity for those who like guessing games and travel! GeoGuessr is an online game that "drops" you on a random street somewhere in the world, and using the surroundings through Google Earth street view, you guess where you are! The closer you are to the correct area, the more points you earn! 

Futbol Club Barcelona (also known as Barca) is a professional football club that was founded in 1899 to symbolize Catalan culture. It is currently the third-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $5.51 billion! Barcelona has won 77 trophies domestically and 22 European and worldwide titles. FC Barcelona has a rivalry with Real Madrid and matches between the two are known as El Clasico, meaning "The Classic".

Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Familia is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world! It was constructed on March 19th, 1882. It was anticipated that the building would be completed by 2026 but may now be finished by 2040 due to delays from the pandemic. Since 2013, high-speed trains have passed near the Sagrada Familia through a tunnel beneath the center of Barcelona. An international mass is celebrated every Sunday at nine in the morning!