"Barcelona" Barcelona by grayfo

Barcelona Travel Guide: 9,434 reviews and 21,455 photos

Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, and hence there are two official languages: Catalan and Spanish. The city is located on the Costa Brava in the North-east of Spain; it is a cultural city with a huge array of restaurants, from the finest haute cuisine to humble Tapas bars, excellent shopping, and a range of clubs for the young at heart. Barcelona’s architecture is also a big attraction for first-time visitors and is a city that people return to time and again. This is a perfect destination whatever the time of year.

Must see sights include: the Gothic Quarter, the Sagrada Família, the Plaça Reial, Barcelona Cathedral and Las Ramblas to name but a few.

Barcelona is known as the “City of Counts”

People who live in or who come from Barcelona are called Barcelonans or Barcelonians

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Barcelona - Coat of Arms

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Pros and Cons

Pros:Las Ramblas
Cons:Pickpockets - Just use common sense
In a nutshell:UNESCO World Heritage site

Last visit to Barcelona: Sep 2005
Intro Updated Jan 9, 2013
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Tramvia Blau - Blue Tram Transportation (4)

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Torre Agbar - Agbar Tower Things to Do (24)

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Sagrada Familia Things to Do (24)

The Sagrada Familia is the most popular tourist attraction in Barcelona with over 2,000,000 visitors in 2003. Started... more travel advice

Port Olimpic Things to Do (24)

Port Olimpic was built for the 1992 Olympics and is a stylish Marina area in between Icaria and Barceloneta Beaches, the... more travel advice

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hunterV Oct 26, 2010 at 8:51 AM

Hello, Graham! Thanks for your story...
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Misha_abq Jul 24, 2007 at 9:35 AM

Hey. Noticed you were close to gold--visited your Barcelona pages to see if I could give a little push there. Went to Barcelona this year and loved it. Stop by and visit mine. Ciao!
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Terrestre Aug 9, 2006 at 9:01 PM

very enjoyable page
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jakiline Jun 2, 2006 at 9:34 AM

I'm still learning about building travel/home page: have you visited MY Barcelona page? Kind regards
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magor65 May 6, 2006 at 2:08 PM

There's so much to do and see in Barcelona. Very good page. Thanks for your birthday wishes.
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Chatte40 Oct 4, 2005 at 5:41 AM

Hi there! New picture of you with Cerveza :)) Very informatic pages of Barcelona. Someday be there too, now enjoying just virtual tapas etc. -Tarja-