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Getting Around Barcelona

By admin • Feb 23rd, 2010 • Category: - Getting Around

Getting around Barcelona and discovering all its charms is easy because its metro and bus network serves nearly the whole city. You will easily get your bearings, as Barcelona is bounded by the sea and the mountains. The city’s Eixample district is also easy to find your way around.
The ring-roads, known as the Rondes, make [...]



Romantic getaway

By admin • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: News

Still not booked that special trip! Don’t panic. Go to Barcelona!
 Barcelona St Valentine’s Day Tour
Take the metro to Selva de Mar and walk along the quiet seafront in the direction of the Olympic Port to the main beach in Barceloneta. From there, dive into a cava bar, before heading to either the hip Born or [...]



Cable Car Ride

By admin • Feb 21st, 2010 • Category: Attractions

The Montjuïc cable car is an unusual form of transport designed in 1968 to link the funicular and the castle. At the top of the hill is an intermediate stop where you can get off and make your way to the Alcalde vantage point. The cable car takes you up an incline of 99 metres [...]



Barcelona and Modern Art

By admin • Feb 20th, 2010 • Category: Uncategorized

A critical review of the art of the second half of the 20th century through pieces chosen from a perspective that takes into account the cultural and political reality of Barcelona. In addition to the works, the MACBA puts on courses, seminars, workshops, films and videos, performance and music so that visitors can enjoy modern [...]



Barcelona Bus Turístic

By admin • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: - Getting Around, Attractions, Transportation

It is the most original and independent way of getting to know the city. A single ticket allows you to get on and off the bus as many times and as often as you like, along two routes which take in the city’s most interesting areas.
A complete guide to the journey, in six languages, is [...]



Tibidabo

By admin • Aug 8th, 2009 • Category: Sightseeing

This is the highest mountain in the backdrop of the city where a beautiful church towers over the rest of the city. You can see the church from almost anywhere in town (just look away from the ocean). To get there, take the bus or metro (FCG Line) to Tibidabo, then take the Tramvia Blau, [...]



Barcelona Zoo

By admin • Aug 8th, 2009 • Category: Attractions

Barcelona Zoo is set in magnificent gardens over a hundred years old and contains a collection of some 7,500 animals from over 400 different species from around the world. Amongst the animals here are Snowflake, the star of the primates, big cats, dolphins and a varied array of amphibians and reptiles, that live in the [...]



Catalan Maritime Heritage

By admin • Jan 8th, 2009 • Category: - Museums

The collections of the Museu Marítim are a faithful display of the wealth of Catalan maritime heritage. The exhibition includes material evidence of a long cultural tradition linked to the sea and which has survived over the course of our history. Particularly noteworthy are the collections of model ships, nautical instruments, ex-votos, maritime paintings, figureheads, [...]



Barcelona Apartments Rentals

By admin • Nov 8th, 2008 • Category: Accommodation

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Website: BCN-Rentals
BCN-Rentals. Apartments for rent in Barcelona. Cheap Barcelona apartment rentals & tourist vacation apartments.
BCN-Rentals is an apartment rental company based in Barcelona, offering great deals on apartments for rent in Barcelona city centre. With over 7 years of experience, we aim to offer an unbeatable service for long or short term holiday [...]



Montjuïc

By admin • Sep 27th, 2008 • Category: - Parks & Gardens, Sightseeing

In the morning we will be visiting the mountain of Montjuïc – a landmark visible from almost everywhere in Barcelona. From there, we have extensive views over the whole city, including the port which is one of the biggest on the Mediterranean. Montjuïc is also one of the city’s main leisure areas with facilities such [...]



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