Advice for visit to Barcelona?

**papermodelfan** · #1 09-28-2014, 06:40 AM

Hello to Iberian frinds past and future. In planning a visit to Barcelona, can you tell me if there are stores or shops tha sell paper models there? I know there are wonderful paper models of Catalonian architecture, and even paper dioramas of historical scenes. But where to find them in the "real world"? Many thanks in advance.

**lfuente** · #2 09-28-2014, 08:50 AM

If you're staying more than a day I suggest you go to the mountaintop monastery of Montserrat, just be sure to take the cable car up (pilgrims climb up the hard way). It's a short commuter train ride from Barcelona, and was cheap when I went 10 years ago.

Can't help you with paper model shops although they do have the other kind - have lunch at La Vaca Paca if you're downtown. This is a good time to go, I went in summer and nearly got heatstroke!

**papermodelfan** · #3 09-30-2014, 05:41 PM

Thanks for the advice. So far have seen lots of splendid architecture, and found one paper model - Editions Merino model of Casa Mila, aka La Perdrera, and that was in the gift shop of the house. I know there are many more, but no bookseller seems to know of them. Wrong type of store? A wonderful beautiful city, by the way. Cheers,

**Tapcho** · #4 09-30-2014, 11:45 PM

Hi Rob,
Here is a multipage listing of toy and hobby related stores in Barcelona area. I suggest you visit one of them and try to get new instructions from there. My search words were: ''tienda de maquetas de papel en barcelonal''.

Hope you find what you're looking for. Have a nice trip.

Tappi

**BobRo** · #5 10-01-2014, 04:45 AM

I stayed at an hotel in Catalunya Square in 2009, at the top of the Ramblas. Opposite was a large department store called Cortes Ingles. If I remember they had a large toy and hobby dept upstairs. At the time I was after a memory card for my camera and my wife was waiting at the hotel, so I never had time to have a wander round it and see what goodies were on sale.