I'll be flying to Barcelona in April with 3 friends and have 7 days. We'd like to see some of the region/coast. We're not sure whether to say in Barcelona the entire time and take a couple of day trips, or rent a car for a couple of days and stay over in Girona or another town for 2-3 nights. We're all first time visitors in our 60s. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Barcelona 3-4 days, the rest of the time go outside of Barcelona to Costa Brava.
Thank you!
Maybe you could give more details on preferences, and expectations otherwise your question is far too vague. There are tons of things to do/see in Catalonia, I wouldn't know where to start...
For starters... have a look
http://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/
http://www.timeout.com/barcelona
http://lameva.barcelona.cat/en
http://www.barcelonaesmoltmes.cat/en/inici
http://patrimoni.gencat.cat/en/discover/search
http://www.catalunya.com/