Hello fellow Rikniks.
My wife (47) and I (51) are in the early stages of planning a trip to Barcelona and Madrid (and assorted day trips), covering maybe 10-14 days in January of next year. It’s a down season for her work, and it’s a good time to use, rather than lose my vacation time.
We do art, scenery, food, cathedrals, history, and a slower pace than Rick. We are kind of crowd adverse, when possible.
When we were last in Italy, we managed to swing a tour that I called San Marco After Darko, where a guide got a small group of us in to the basilica in the early evening. Our group of 6-8 had the whole place to ourselves, and it was magical.
Is there anything similar for the Sagrada Familia, or any other major site.
Is there anything else we need to know about going in January. We’re in Chicago, so looking at the temps for January looks like shorts weather ;-)