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TOP HOTELS in
BARCELONA, SPAIN
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Hotel
Majestic Barcelona
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superior deluxe Hotel Majestic
is an exclusive hotel in
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Barcelo
Hotel Atenea Mar
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Barcelo Hotel Atenea Mar stands
right on the sea front. |
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Hotel
Booking in Barcelona,Spain
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Barcelona,
located at the Mediterranean sea in the
very north of the Spanish coast, is certainly
the most cosmopolitan and economically most
active city in this country. It has always
proved its will to be modern, to follow
the latest international tendencies or be
ahead of them.
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To
the tourist this is evident specially in its architecture,
which so well reflects the general approach to life
in this always pulsating city. Of course, Barcelona
has an old history, and there are monuments of Romanesque,
Gothic and Renaissance periods or still before,
but most characteristic is what has been built during
the last, say, 100 years. Barcelona has been a center
of Modernist architecture and is distinguished specially
by the works of genial Antoní Gaudí, who together
with his great contemporaries gave new and exciting
looks to it, but has remained since then at the
top of modernity.Culinary is also a forte in Barcelona.
Among the best-known recipes of Barcelona there
are stews, as La escudella, Cocido con judias blancas,
Butifarra (a typical regional sausage), Pilota (a
preparation of beef), Faves a la catalana, and Arroz
a la cazuela, a dish similar to the famous "Paella
Valenciana". Fish specialities are "Zarzuela", and
its more luxurious version, "La Opera", additionally
with lobster. Specially remarkable among the wines
of Catalunya are the red wines from Peralda, Alella,
Priorat and Tarragona, white wines from Penedés
and of course the famous Cava (sparkling wine).
At EL ENSANCHE. a modernist part of the city exist,
side to side, three completely different ambiences
without ever mixing up. There is a place for the
lovers of design, for the traditionalists and the
young and informal ones. At Plaza de Catalunya there
are some charming terraces, specially visited by
young people ...and tourists. At GRACIA, locals
concentrated at its squares, like Plaza del Sol
and Plaza Rius y Taulet.
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Everyone finds the right thing there, unimportantly
if you are looking for a fashionable local
of latest design, or just a charming summer-terrace.
LA BARCELONETA . originally a district of
fishermen, during the last years it has grown
an infrastructure of modern gastronomy. You'll
find equally elegant and extravagant fish-restaurants
as this fashionable harbour-tavern, visited
specially by the young ones ... SANTALO -
SAN GERVASI .- Where the streets of Santaló
and Mariano Cubi cross each other, you will
find the highest concentration of fashionable
locals in all the city. Public is young and
beautiful, and likes to have a good romp inside
the bars and out in the street. ...good music,
good drinks and lots of fun ... At Plaza Francesco
Maciá you'll meet the cream of the crop of
Barcelona's night life.
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