| Page Views: 9,233 Last Visit to Barcelona: December, 2003 | Barcelona - The city Madrid should have been by easyoar - last update: Nov 27, 2004 |
| The Sagrada Familia - an unfinished cathedral |
I guess if you are Spanish and not from Catalunya, you will probably find that heading controversial. But from a tourist viewpoint, who wants to see 'must-see' sites and isn't interested too much in art galleries or fountains in the middle of roundabouts, I feel Madrid doesn't have a lot to offer tourists other than a lot of nightlife.
Barcelona on the other hand has much more to offer and has much more ambience (especially in the centre around the Ramblas) than Madrid has. Barcelona also had a resident architect for many years, who is internationally famous - Gaudi. He has been responsible for the building of many many things in and around Barcelona, and most of them are spectacular!
The reason non-Catalan Spanish will find some of my views controversial is that there is huge rivalry between the Spanish and the Catalans, and I am not trying to explain this or to take sides. I just find Barcelona to be much nicer to visit. |
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| Pros: | "Lovely city with lots to see" | | Cons: | "Awful traffic congestion and terrible to navigate a car through" | | In A Nutshell: | "If you aren't in a car, it is great!" |
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leecouk12324 Wed Jan 9, 2008 21:58 UTC
Nice Parc Guell pic | GROBINS Thu Jun 28, 2007 13:09 UTC
THE END OF THE RAMBLAS WHEN TWO TEENAGERS APPROACHED ME AND STARTED BUMPING INTO US PRETENDING THERE WAS A BALL ETC THEN SUDDENLY WALKED OFF IT TOOK ME AWILE TO REALISE MY WALLET HAD GONE | goga4444 Sat Mar 25, 2006 17:49 UTC
Monk parakeet, I have thatkind of parrot :)) (I have his pic on my homepage T log) I hope I ll meet some wild cousin of his. Thanks for great tips. | cescrojo Fri Jan 13, 2006 22:27 UTC
"Camp Nou" or "Nou Camp" is a Catalan name, not Spanish. Its translation into Spanish is "Campo Nuevo", and into English "New Stadium" |
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