Average Costs
On average, if you're prepared to buy your own picnic lunch, stay in inexpensive pensions and share bathrooms, and stick to local restaurants and bars, you could get by on GBP20-25/US$32-40 a day. If you intend to upgrade your accommodation, see all the museums, experience the Barcelona nightlife and eat fancier meals, then you'll need more like GBP50/$80 a day. On GBP75-90/$120-140 a day and upwards you'll only be limited by your energy reserves - though of course if you're planning to stay in a top-rank Ramblas hotel, this figure won't even cover your room. Elsewhere in Catalunya, costs, inevitably, are affected by where you are and when. Barcelona, Girona and Tarragona are invariably more expensive than small towns, while in July and August you can expect room prices to be at their highest in Sitges and the main coastal tourist resorts. As always, if you're travelling alone you'll spend much more than you would in a group of two or more - sharing rooms and food saves greatly. Various official and quasi-official youth/student ID cards soon pay for themselves in savings. Full-time students, for example, are eligible for the International Student ID Card (ISIC), which entitles the bearer to special air, rail and bus fares and discounts at museums and other attractions. A university photo ID might open some doors, too.
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