BARCELONA – THE BEAUTIFUL.

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Carthaginian Hamilcar Barca, the father of Hannibal in the third century B.C, founded this Mediterranean city in Catalonia.

By 15 B.C. Romans decided to establish a military camp on Mount Taber and introduced the grid city concept.

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, the second largest city of Spain after Madrid with a population of 1.6 million plus. It is an important finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts and international trade centre.

The port represents one of the largest in Spain with considerable cargo traffic.

This green city with mild and humid winters and hot and dry summers has many parks including Montjuic (203 hectares), Park Guell (designed by A. Gaudi), and many others.

Antoni Gaudi and Lluis Demenech i Montaner are two of Barcelona’s famous architects who designed many of the churches and other sites, many of which are declared world heritage sites by the United nations.

La Sagrada Cathedral is a Gaudi design, the construction of which started in 1882 and city architects are hoping to finish construction in 2026. One may be inclined to claim La Sagrada to be difficult and ornate project, but it looks simple with clean lines.

The Rambla, a wide avenue with innumerable restaurants and shops is worth walking through, but tourists must be very careful with their belongings (cameras, other electronic gadgets and purses) as there are many who prey on unsuspecting individuals.

While in Barcelona, you must try at least a few tapa bars, and specialties of Catalonia, especially seafood. Tapas are small ‘mouthful delicacies” that groups can share. Tapa-hopping among Barcelona’s young people is a popular pastime accompanied by a glass or two of dry sherry, or sparkling wine.

Just outside of Barcelona, the town of San Sadurni di Noya is Spain’s sparkling wine production centre with world famous wineries of Codorniu and Freixenet. There are many others. You can visit the two mentioned in one day.

Barcelona has an excellent subway and bus system that tourists can use with ease.

When it comes to museums, the following are well worth visiting – National museum of Catalan Art, Barcelona Museum of Art, Museum of History of Catalonia, Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, and the Maritime Museum.

For those who like to explore local food, La Bouqueria, the food markets, is an absolute must where you can find all the fruits grown in Spain and many from the tropics i.e pineapples, breadfruit, guavas, mangoes, and lychees, just to name a few.

Spanish growers are now starting to establish mango plantations. The goal is to grow and produce enough to satisfy internal demand, and export to northern European countries.

The Palau Nacional, the seat of the regional government, is ronate and impressive, as is the Cathedral of Barcelona.

If you enjoy swimming, all you have to do is go to one of the several beaches, rent a chaise longue, and relax. Swimming in the sea is a completely different experience to swimming in a pool.

Barcelona’s harbour also offers an opportunity to visit a fll size replica of one of Columbus’s ships (the Santa Maria) of his first voyage.

Many airlines fly to Barcelona from London, Paris, Frankfurt am Main, and Zurich. North American have a varied choice, but must transfer in one of the major European hubs.

Barcelona offers a wide range of hotels and other types of accommodation at, different levels of luxury. Reservations are highly recommended.

Once in Barcelona, you can rent a car and drive along the cast all the way to Jerez de la Fronetera int eh west, or go east to visit vineyards in

Languedoc or Marseille.

When it comes to shopping, head to the market in front of the Placa Nova in Barr; Gothic district and look at antiques, manila shawls, posters, sturdy jewellery and whatever else you can imagine. In order to get the best deal, you must haggle!

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tina
February 17th, 2011 at 16:10

Barcelona is such a beautiful city…it has great athmosphere, architecture..I hope that I´ll come back soon. Tina from flower delivery

Connie
February 18th, 2011 at 03:08

I love that you include so much background history. Makes for a very interesting and informative post! I was expecting to read only about wine but this is much better! It’s like a little vacation! Thank you

Giannis Dimitriou
February 18th, 2011 at 16:25

Antoni Gaudi is the half of Barcelona’s fame in my opinion.

Lybeck
February 19th, 2011 at 15:04

This city i have always wanted to se, maybe one day i will get there

Paul
February 20th, 2011 at 12:30

Barcelona is a wonderful city, I love to visit for the food alone. You should also try to take in the wonderful Camp Nou, a guided tour of one the most celebrated stadiums in world sport is a must.

prateek
February 20th, 2011 at 17:16

I’ve always wanted to go Spain. It’s a really sophisticated country with an air of elegance in it’s cities.

Joeshico
February 21st, 2011 at 07:40

The only city in Spain I have ever visited, courtesy of the United States Navy in 1967 and one I have always wanted to re-visit as a civilian tourist. I was there in May and at that time believed it was one of the most beautiful cities on earth. Enjoyed reading this post.

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