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Sightseeing in Barcelona Barcelona is obviously not the city to spend the relax holidays: the city abounds of museums, historical buildings, beaches, trade, but also a very intensive nightlife. Barcelona is a city which never sleeps, and which will surprise you! Here are some of the places not to miss during your stay in the capital of Catalonia :
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La Sagrada Familia:
work of Gaudi who began in 1882 and who is still not completed. The city expects to finish the cathedral in 2020 or 2023: it construction will have last one century and a half, as long as Notre Dame de Paris. During its last years, Gaudi was almost only devoted to the temple of the sagrada. The church is located in the district of Eixample. If you are looking for a lodging next to Sagrada Familia, do not hesitate to look at the site of hiring for apartments in Barcelona: |
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The cathedral: Located in the center of the city, the cathedral has a Catalan Gothic style, its architecture is rather sober outside but very beautiful in the interior .Adress: Plaza de la Seu3 08002 Barcelona |
The Picasso museum: Inaugurated in 1963, the Picasso Museum has the most important collection and the most complete of the early works of Pablo Picasso. This city counted a lot for the artist because it is there that he his studied, but also where he knew his discovered his artistical talent.Adress:Calle Montcada, 15-23 08003 BarcelonaTel. +34 933196310.
The Guell Park: This park, works of Gaudi is a garden of the XXth, of a modern style and which is regarded as one of the most important modernistic works in the world. It was built on Montaņa Pelada, which has an amazing view of the town of Barcelona.
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Rambla: the most known avenue of Barcelona which extends from Plazza catalunya to the Placa portal del Pau. They are many are attractions in this avenue, for instance, you can admire men and women who customize themselves in alive statues for the happiness of the tourists, go shopping to the market of the boqueria which is opened every day, the plazza Real which is at the bottom of Rambla on your left, and of course all the bars, restaurants, shops that you can find while you are walking down in the avenue. It is sure, you will be not lost! |
The Miro foundation: most works of Miro are exposed in a building designed in 1975 per the architect Josep Lluís Sertt and account some 11.000 works, 240 paintings, 175 sculptures, 9 textile parts, 4 ceramics parts. It is Miro himself who offered most of the funds to the construction of the museum. Parque of Montjuīc, s/n 08038 Barcelona (Barcelona) Tel. +34 934439470/Fax +34 933298609.
Many are the other monuments and museums to visit. Do not lose the house of Gaudi, the maritime museum, the poble espanyol, Plaza real and much more !
shopping in Barcelona : most of the shops for clothes and shoes are located between passeig de Grācia and the rambla of Catalunya. The Rosa boulevard is the place for the fashion addicts, Barri Xino, the district of the secondhand clothes shops and the vinyl collectors.
nightlife in Barcelona: If you need some fun and parties you won't be disappointed in Barcelona! indeed they are nightclubs everywhere in Barcelona: from the beach until in the hills of the city. Better be prepared , because Spanish dont have diner before 10.00pm and use to go out in the clubs around 2am...
