Location: Calle Arístides Mallol 12, 08028 BarcelonaCoordinate: N41°22.7327′ E2°07.2459′
Contact: 902 1899 00 or +34 93 496 36 00
Website: http://www.fcbarcelona.com/
Operation: 10:00am to 8:00pm Monday to Saturday (from 2th April to 7th October)
The rest of the year opening hours are from 10:00am to 6:30pm.
10:00am to 2:30pm Sundays and public holidays.
Barcelona card holder will get additional discount while purchasing to visit the stadium. Ticket could be easily purchased, example at the La Rambla street, but I'm not sure whether Barcelona card holder could enjoy the discount or not. Also, the match day ticket could be purchased from La Rambla as well from the stall along the street. I've missed the match as during the weekend I'm in Barcelona, the football club was having away match.
To reach the stadium, we came here by Metro. One needs to walk a distance to reach the stadium, but worry not, as the people here is friendly enough to give you the direction to the stadium.
By the time we reached here, and queue for the ticket, there wasn't many people around. So we could easily get the ticket. We paid about €20.90 for the ticket after the discount. The ticket includes the Museum tour, visiting Camp Nou, Multimedia area as well as audioguide system. However, one need to pay for deposit in order to get the audioguide device. We didn't get the device and went to visit around.
The tour started with the history of FC Barcelona. Besides the history, some materials worn by the players also on display such as boots. We were able to see all trophies won by Barcelona on previous season. There are 2 trophies attracted my attention, of course it is Champions League's trophy. Besides that, the FIFA Club World Cup also one of the top honours. These trophies was placed besides each other, to commemorate the achievement they achieved the previous season.
The notable honours as the time updating the blog, FC Barcelona won 4 UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, 4 UEFA Super Cup and 2 FIFA Club World Cup. FC Barcelona is the only European club to have played continental football every season since 1955, and one of the only three clubs to have never been relegated from La Liga, along with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. In 2009, they won 6 competitions they competed in, making them the first football club to achieve in a single year (La Liga, Copa Del Rey, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup).
Camp Nou was built between 1954 and 1957. The stadium was initially called Estadi del FC Barcelona, but was soon called Camp Nou (New Stadium) by its fans in 2001 after a referendum. The first match was played between FC Barcelona and a selection of players from the city of Warsaw. Camp Nou was built to replace Barcelona's previous ground, Campo de Les Corts, which could only hold 48,000 supporters. Today, Camp Nou could accomodate approximately 99,354 spectators, making it the largest stadium in Europe.
The tour was really an enjoyable tour. There is no guided tour like what I've experience in Emirates Stadium. I found this was more relaxing to take your time looking around. One could get an experience to pitch and the bench (of course coming out from the dugout with special sound effects), visitor changing room etc. Besides that, we could also see the behind-the-scenes area such as press area. Over here, my friend and I were lucky enough to took picture by the staff holding the Champions League trophy. Of course we could opt to buy the photo on the way out from the stadium.
On top of that, we could also goes to press boxes where the commentators sit. The view was awesome. We were there to take some photos, to feels like one of the commentators.
One the way out, we also took some photos, posing with Barcelona players. Again, one could opt to purchase it while on the way out. The more one purchase, the cheaper of the photo would be. We bought few pieces (by the time reached home, Serene said we were crazy... hahaha...) One could also purchase the souvenir from the store located at the exit. Pretty nice stuff available.
More information could be found in:http://www.stadiumguide.com/noucamp/
http://www.barcelona-tourist-information.info/fc-barcelona-stadium-tour.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nou
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