Wednesday, August 31
After 2 cloudy days the sun reappeared for our last day in Barcelona.The Astoria Hotel where we are staying is very nice and in a great location, and is part of a chain owned by the Clos family. This family own huge collections by various artists and display it in the different hotels they own - the Astoria has a permanent exhibition of works by Ricard Opisso as well as other art works dotted around the dining room and lift lobbies. We really like the style on display here.
Mr. Clos also owns the Egyptian Museum's collection that's on display there, so we went to see it today. This is a hidden gem in Barcelona and is one of the best set out museums we have been to - in terms of quality it wasn't far behind the British Museum's Egyptian collection! After all this culture we strolled back to the Astoria in the sunshine along the lovely streets that abound in this area.
The Astoria puts on a delicious 3 course meal every day so we decided to dine there, then we had a lie in the sun by the rooftop pool while the meal settled down. Our next task was to pack in preparation for our flight to Malaga tomorrow. We are sorry to be leaving Barcelona as we have had a great time, seen some amazing things and still not covered all there is to do here. It is definitely our favorite city so we will be back for another stay in the future.
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