Barcelona; Sunday, 16 March, 2014

Having checked out I headed back into town, avoiding the Barcelona Marathon that had closed a large part of the city centre, and over to Montjuïc, taking the cable car up to the castle at the very top of the hill.

The fortification offers, as any good fortification should do, stunning views over the city and the port.

After having a long look round I caught the cable car and funicular back down to ground level and had a wander through the lower parts of the park, which was also the finishing point for the Marathon which was starting to draw to a close.

I wandered up through the park, taking advantage of the handily placed escalators to avoid having to do any climbing, ending up at the Olympic stadium, which I had a look round, before heading back down into town for a quick look around the Barcelona History museum.

I’d held off doing this to quite late in the day, as it was free from 3pm onwards, but this did mean that I only really had time to do part of the museum justice, the spectacular Roman remains located in it’s basement.

Having whipped round the last part of the museum I headed back over to the hotel, picked up my luggage and made my way back to the airport.