"Barcelona: Mediterranean Essence" Barcelona by gasca

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Welcome to my Barcelona page!!!

Here I want to give my little contribution to unknown Barcelona, some corners that are often missed or some places I find charming.

<br>If you would go to one city in Spain you would probably choose Barcelona.

Barcelona is a modern southern-Europe city with multicultural athmosphere and good night life.

Here there's a brief outline of Barcelona's quarters and what you can find there.

[Sants-Montjuic] For me this is the best quarter to live in. Here you have the Montjuic mountain and the olympic ring. Here you can also find Sants street, Europe's largest commercial street.

[Ciutat-Vella] The most visited quarted. The city hall and city center is here. Here you can find all the shops and city activity.

[Eixample] The enlargment of the city was designed in the style of cities like Chicago. Many things can be said about the history of this quarter and the architect who designed: Ildefons Cerdà.

[Gracia] Nice district with litlle squares and good night life. Good bars, restaurants...

[Les Corts] Nothing interesting here but nice quarter.

[Sarria-Sant Gervasi] This is the high standing quarter of the city. Nothing interesting apart from the single-family houses with garden and all the rest of it.

[Horta, Nou Barris, Sant Andreu, Sant Marti] Nothing interesting till 2004 in Sant Marti, where Forum De Les Cultures will be held.

Forum De Les Cultures it's just a way of keep running the engine that was started for 1992 Olympic Games.

Themes: cultural diversity, sustainable development and conditions for peace.

Forum 2004

Some people come to Barcelona to watch Bull fights.There's a bulls fight square, called Plaza Monumental, but "best" toreros and corridas are seen in places where tradition is more deep-rooted like Pais Vasco (Basc Country), Andalucia and in general every other region.

Sorry for some of the pictures...people from VT have resized them and maps are blurry.

If you want to see more pictures of Barcelona, visit my travelogue.

Last visit to Barcelona: Aug 2002
Intro Updated Oct 3, 2005
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Skip Les quinze nits restaurant! Restaurants (4)

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Comments (42)

andrea.d Feb 17, 2006 at 4:45 PM Report Abuse

Beautiful page! I hope to visit Barcelona again. Greetings from Serbia.. Andrea :)
kenyneo Jul 23, 2005 at 5:20 AM Report Abuse

very beautiful page. thanks for the tips ...off to Barcelona tonight ... ' ...everyone is a star ..and deserves to shine '
gio19 Mar 7, 2005 at 11:06 PM Report Abuse

Very nice site! I am working as an au pair this summer in Terrassa about 40 minutes by train from Barcelona, your page made me even more excited!
Perugia Mar 7, 2005 at 5:11 AM Report Abuse

Useful information! Going to visit your city in June!
portgrl Dec 5, 2004 at 10:17 AM Report Abuse

Barcelona was on my travel list, but now that i saw your page it´s for sure!! Thanks for sharing:) Cheers from Portugal
marimar_72 Oct 28, 2004 at 6:52 PM Report Abuse

i`m sure one day i`ll make it to Barcelona,thanx for sharing ur tips:-) great page!
Constanza Sep 29, 2004 at 11:37 AM Report Abuse

Hola Salva! Impresionante esta página, hermosas fotos. Aparentemente voy a poder visitar esta ciudad antes de lo esperado... Saludos desde Argentina!
MeZuGa Sep 9, 2004 at 5:56 PM Report Abuse

Que lugar, quiero volver ahi... Muy buenas fotos.
snow_y Jul 26, 2004 at 12:37 PM Report Abuse

Barcelona es la ciudad fantastica!! Muy buena. Saludos de Finlandia!
almogaver Jun 29, 2004 at 3:21 PM Report Abuse

Ep!..fantàstiques les teves fotos, especialment les de blanc i negre!. Genial la pàgina !. Salutacions.