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Places to visit in Barcelona
Guide to Barcelona - attractions and tourist hotspots in and around Barcelona. Get some inspiration for planning your trip to barcelona browsing our selection of articles
Barceloneta Beach
Friday, 03 September 2010 09:01
Barceloneta beach is not just the longest beach in the city of Barcelona but also the most central and popular one with the best infrastructure and the most services available. It has a length of 1.1 km and it is so well connected to the rest of the city due to its own metro stop (yellow line) and a variety of buses that it is also the easiest to reach and most visitors go there by public transport. You can also reach it by walking down the famous Las Ramblas and all these factors make Barceloneta especially popular amongst tourists. Unfortunately, this leads to a usually overcrowded beach in the summer time and you will hardly find any locals there as they generally leave the city if they want to take a sunbath or dip into the sea.
Costa Brava
Monday, 30 August 2010 09:40
The famous Costa Brava is a coastal region that belongs to Catalonia in the north of Spain. It stretches out 214km from the river La Tordera close to the city of Barcelona until the city of Portbou at the border to France. It was first called Costa Brava in the year 1907 by the journalist Ferran Agullo that tried to describe the beautiful landscape and coastal line with its sandy beaches and mild temperatures that appeared to be wild and yet undiscovered. Therefore, he chose the name Costa Brava (Wild Coast). Ever since then the area has quickly become a destination for millions of tourists that come every year during the summer time to enjoy the sandy beaches and to relax on the Costa Brava. The most touristy and popular places are Blanes, Tossa de Mar and Lloret de Mar that attract particularly young people (especially from England, France and Germany) that want to party and relax in the sun.
So if you are seeking a quiet and tranquil holiday experience those places are probably not the best option for you.
Parc de Cervantes
Friday, 27 August 2010 06:00
The Les Corts area has a lot of beautiful parts to offer. You can visit the Palau Reial
de Pedralbes, the former Spanish royal castle and the parks and gardens of it called
Jardins del Palau Reial de Pedralbes. If you continue further up on Avenida Diagonal you
can visit the Camp Nou football stadium.
Another feature of this area is the Parc de Cervantes. It is located on an area where
the Estela stream used to collect water that came from the Sant Pere Martir hill. It is
a beautiful green space with incredible vegetation, and what it is most known for, its
rose garden. This park is very popular among the athletic people where especially
runners and cyclists use the paths in the park for their work out. It further includes
table tennis tables, a play area for children and a picnic area.
Jardins del Palau Pedralbes
Thursday, 26 August 2010 06:00
Jardins del Palau de Pedralbes is located in the Les Corts district of Barcelona. It is
a big garden with 7.28 hectar area of beautiful vegetation and landscape. This gardens
is the gardens of the Pedralbes Royal Palace where the Spanish royal family once used to live.
Read more: Jardins del Palau Pedralbes
Casa Vicens
Sunday, 25 July 2010 14:27
Casa Vicens is one of the early works of the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí who built it between 1883-1888. The construction works were commissioned by Manuel Vicens Montaner who was a prominent brick and tile manufacturer in Barcelona. Therefore it is not surprising that the house is decorated all over with colourful tiles and bricks.
The facades contains Spanish and Arabic elements which you can especially see on the small tower and the facades of the upper floors.
The wrought-iron gate reminds of Gaudí's origin as the son of a blacksmith. This gate contains many palm leave motifs in order to remind of all the palm trees which had been felled for the construction of Casa Vinces. In addition, most of the garden with fountains and pavilions were destroyed due to road widening and extension work during 1925 and 1926
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