Guide to Barcelona

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Bienvenido a Barcelona! Welkom in Barcalona! Bienvenue a Barcelona! Benvenuit a Barcellona!

With a history that ranges from Wilfred the Hairy, a Roman walled city, Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia, to the modern city that retains its charm and appeal with beautiful beaches, cafes, restaurants, shopping and sightseeing possibilities, and modern architecture to compliment the old. All this magically lit in beautiful sunshine. Barcelona is the ideal place for a holiday, short break, city break, as a base for exploring Catalunya and Costa Brava and even for a family holiday. And our flats and apartments in Barcelona are the perfect base for your vacation. In fact, people come here from all over the world, both as tourists and to live, helping to build the unique atmosphere (and explaining why there is so much designer shopping in Barcelona).

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People choose to come to Barcelona for various reasons, whether it is a trades show such as the GSMA Mobile World Congress, La Merce festival, to see a procession take place on the popular Las Ramblas, stag/hen dos or a simple getaway for a few days holiday. After all, the region has a city beach that you can get to easily and more than enough beaches all within an hour's travelling. The weather is brilliant, the cava is ridiculously cheap and the Spanish people are more than friendly. It is a vibrant and beautiful city.

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BARCELONA BEACHES

Barcelona's beaches have taken a u-turn, with the classic city beach now being cleaned regularly and monitored by the city council. They are often the place for not just sun lounging but surfing, volleyball, having drinks and meeting people from all over the world. Barcelona beaches are superb. Another very nice place to enjoy beaches in Sitges, less than 1h away from barcelona.

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BARCELONA TRADITIONS

If you walk around the old city, you will be likely to cross some traditional activities like Castellers (see the photo beside) or Correfoc and giants parades. It is what make Barcelona such an exciting touristic destination.

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You have an overview of Barcelona experience in the video below

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FESTIVALS

Barcelona is famous for hosting some of the biggest annual music and cultural festivals, from Primevera Sound and Sonar to La Merce. If you are fortunate enough to attend when any of these events are taking place, Barcelona is in triumphant spirit, people are friendly and the atmosphere is electric.

 

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BARCELONA RESTAURANTS

Barcelona is very well known for phenomenal cuisine, including Catalan traditional dishes like butifarra with beans and paella. Other dishes from around the world are also easy to find, whether you decide to go to the centre or not. One of the best times to go out to eat is lunchtime as most restaurants will have the "menu del dia", where one can have a 3 course meal, including wine, for prices ranging from 7-15€.

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WATCHING OVER BARCELONA - TIBIDABO

Behind Barcelona is a hill Tibidabo, topped by the Temple de Sagrat Cor and very incongurously alongside the temple an amusement park.  Well worth a visit for the view of Barcelona.  However, if you stand below the Temple and look up you will see the statue of Christ and you will get the very strange sensation that the statue is falling on you.a

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Now you are on the good path to enjoy and experience all the treasures of Barcelona, our Blog will provide you more tips and actuality and we will be happy to help you organize your stay and answer to your questions!

Very soon we will published a new eBook: Barcelona Insight, the first guide from real people experience. You will be able to upload it from this summer. But, untill then we would be happy to have you share your own experiences, tips and good adresses and officially become a Co-writer!