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Barcelona Spain Travel Guide

editor — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:46:34 +0000

MONTSERRAT Make your way to the Catalonian countryside with Lifestyle Barcelona. At the top of the multipeaked Monserrat Mountain (above, top left), the site of a Benedictine monastery, your guide will pep talk you into stepping over the edge the rugged 4,055- foot cliff . Once you’ve conquered that, scramble up a sheer rock face (above, bottom left). EIXAMPLE ESQUERRA For immediate Instagram hearts, snap shots of the spellbinding surrealist exterior of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia (above, bottom right), under construction for 130 years. Spy stained glass, stonework and epic arches. EIXAMPLE ESQUERRA Don your dancing shoes and head to Mojito

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Barcelona Guide for Tourist

editor — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 01:58:00 +0000

Barcelona Guide for Tourist SIGHTS Barcelona is defined by its unique Modemisme architecture. The tourist areas are Las Ramblas, a bustling avenue smack in the city center, and the Barri Gotic, Barcelona’s old city. But don’t neglect vibrant La Ribera and El Raval, the upscale Modernist avenues of l’Eixample, the panoramic city views from Montjuic and Tibidabo, Gaudi’s Park Gttell, and the harborside Port Ollmpic. The Ruta del Mod-ernisme pass is the cheapest and most flexible option for those with a few days and an interest in seeing all the biggest sights. Passes (‚3.60; students, over-65, and groups of 11

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Travel to Barcelona

editor — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 12:33:00 +0000

Travel to Barcelona ACCOMMODATIONS While accommodations in Barcelona are easy to spot, finding a room can be more difficult. During the busier travel months (June-September or December), just wandering up and down Las Ramblas looking for a place to stay can quickly turn into a frustrating experience. If you want to stay in the touristy areas Barri Gotic or Las Ramblas make reservations weeks, or even months, in advance. Consider staying outside the tourist hub of the Ciutat Vella; there are plenty of great hostels in I’Eixample and Gracia that will have more vacancies. Hostels in Spain are generally not

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BARCELONA

editor — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 04:53:00 +0000

BARCELONA Barcelona loves to indulge in the fantastic. From the urban carnival that is Las Ramblas to buildings with no straight lines, from wild festivals to even wilder nightlife, the city pushes the limits of style and good taste in everything it does and with amazing results. The center of the whimsical and daring Mod-emisme architectural movement, and once home to the most well-known Surrealist painters Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miro even Barcelona’s art is grounded in an alternate reality. In the quarter-century since Spain was freed from Franco’s oppressive regime, Barcelona has led the autonomous region of

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Barcelona Travel

editor — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 05:53:00 +0000

Barcelona Travel PALAU GUELL. Gaudf’s Palau Gttell (1886) the Modernist residence built for patron Eusebi Gttell (of Park Gttell fame) has one of Barcelona’s most spectacular interiors. Gttell spared no expense on this house, considered to be the first where Gaudfs unique style truly showed. (C. Nou de La Rambla 3-5. M: Liceu. Open Mar.-Oct. Su 10am-2pm, M-Sa 10am-8pm, last tour at 6:15pm; Nov.-Dee. M-Sa 10am-6pm. ‚3, students ‚1.50. Mandatory tour every 15min.) MUSEU D’ART CONTEMPORANI (MACBA). This monstrosity of a building was constructed with the idea that sparse decor would allow the art to speak for itself. The MACBA

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