Barcelona
BARCELONA INTRODUCTION
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This sudden, rapid population growth has completely altered the size and appearance of Barcelona. As you stroll along the broad streets lined with shops, you can still admire a number of medieval...
THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE
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A must-have snack or starter is jamon, or ham. The finest quality variety is jamon serrano, from pigs fed with a particular kind of acorns.
Barcelona has a Mediterranean cuisine, featuring many...
SAGRADA FAMILIA
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You are in front of the unfinished masterpiece by the man who is perhaps the greatest architect of the 20th century, Antoni Gaudí. This temple dedicated to the Holy Family was supposed to be...
RAMBLA
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La Rambla is one of the world's most crowded and festive streets!
Celebrated in many novels, works of art, and big and small screen movies, the Rambla fully sums up the spirit of this lively town,...
CASA BATLLÓ
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With its portico that looks like it's being held up by elephant feet, the façade that looks like stretched skin, the central window that looks like a whale's mouth, and a flamboyant roof that...
CATHEDRAL
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The Cathedral is dedicated to the city's patron saint, Saint Eulalia, and to the Holy Cross, but is also known as La Seu, or the "seat", as it was once the home of the diocese. If you come...
PEDRERA
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Casa Milà, also known as Pedrera, is one of the most admired masterpieces of the ingenious Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, who also designed the "Sagrada Familia".
Among other...
GÜELL PARK
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The park is a brain-child born from the inexhaustible imagination of Anton Gaudí, and it offers you the chance to take a break from the city's frenetic pace while enjoying stunning...
GOTHIC QUARTER
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You are in the middle of a labyrinth of narrow streets and innumerable squares full of cafes and art bars, where you can time travel through the pulsating heart of the Catalan capital.
In the...
BARCELONETA
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Barceloneta, or "little Barcelona", was built in the 1700s to accommodate the homeless people living in the nearby La Ribera district. In fact, many houses were demolished to build the...
MONTJUÏC
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173 metres in altitude, this hill overlooking the harbor and old town is the preferred retreat of locals in search of tranquility, and tourists who like you come to see its many attractions. The term...
JOAN MIRÓ FOUNDATION
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La Fundació Joan Miró is one of the most characteristic and visited museums in Barcelona!
The building standing before you is a great gift that Barcelona's most important 20th century...
PICASSO MUSEUM
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This gallery will show you many things about the life and artistic events of the great Catalan painter, and you'll go on a journey through Picasso's earlier works when he was friends with the...
CAMP NOU
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You stand before an important symbol of Catalan identity. You are in the district of Les Corts, where other sports facilities are also present.
The stadium was built in the 1950s and expanded for the...
PASSEIG DE GRÀCIA
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It is the city's most elegant avenue and one of the places that is most well-known for its modernist architecture. But what is this "modernism"? In short, modernism is the style that...
SANTA MARIA DEL MAR
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Santa Maria del Mar is one of the most loved churches of the inhabitants of Barcelona!
This 14th century church, which is also one of the most beautiful Catalan Gothic style churches, contends for...
PLAÇA DEL REI
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This rectangular square is a perfect example of Catalan Gothic style and was formerly the home of the Palace of Barcelona's counts and the sovereigns of Aragon.
The buildings that face it belong to...
PEDRALBES
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You're in the residential district Sarrià, a name that will be familiar to soccer fans because a historic stadium once stood here that has since been demolished. Although it was once an...
PLAÇA SANT JAUME
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The square is also one of the few parts of the Gothic Quarter that can be reached by car. Its name is reminiscent of a church dedicated to St. James that was destroyed by fire at the beginning of the...
SANTA MARIA DEL PI
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The church's construction began in the early 1300s. All parties agree that its name comes from the presence of a pine tree (pi in Catalan) in the square, which is a symbol of purity and ascent to...
AQUARIUM
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The Aquarium is one of the most amazing places in Barcelona, with 11,000 fish and about 450 species.
Before going inside, I recommend strolling along the Rambla del Mar, which is sometimes raised to...
PALACE OF CATALAN MUSIC
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As I have already mentioned, the urban appearance of Barcelona changed profoundly in the early 1900s when Via Laietana was created to connect the "old" medieval town with the modern...
MUSEO MARITIM
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This beautiful nautical exhibition has been set up in ancient arsenals that were founded at the end of the 1200s on ships called "galere", which were at the service of the crown.
In the...
MUSEO MARES
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You're now in the museum dedicated to sculptor and collector Frederic Marès Deulovol, who was born in 1893. He donated the extraordinary collection he had put together in his 98 years of life...
BARCINO
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Are you ready for a journey through time, all the way to the first century BC? Historians still don't agree, but according to most of them Barcelona was founded by the ancient Romans, and precisely...
