One day three ways: Barcelona
Tourists take in the view in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: Corbis PENNY PINCH Stroll through the stalls at the vibrant La Boqueria market, picking up a fruit salad and fruit juice (boqueria.info $4) from...
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It was Saturday night, and some friends and I were enjoying a quiet drink at El Nus, a tiny cocktail bar in my Barcelona neighbourhood, when in walked a trio of European hipsters: two women, one armed...
View ArticleTop 10 budget hotels, hostels and B&Bs in Barcelona
With its art and architecture, great food and beaches, Catalonia’s ever-popular capital can be a pricey choice. We have picked 10 affordable places to stay in the city’s characterful barrios ...
View ArticleOn the tapas trail in Barcelona
As co-owners of our own tapas restaurant in Dublin, Cafe de Lola, and with Anna from Barcelona (and Vanessa an avid lover of the city having lived there in the early 1990s), we receive a lot of...
View ArticleTop 10 restaurants in Barcelona for great value set lunches
Pick the menú del día and lunch in Barcelona will become a tasty adventure in the best of Catalan cooking in the city’s most interesting quarters – and a more affordable experience too ...
View ArticleTop 10 free things to do in Barcelona
From Gaudi and Picasso to street parties and outdoor movies, we pick the best attractions and local haunts to help you enjoy Barcelona for free ...
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By Marisa Costa Special to amNewYork July 3, 2007 Thanksgiving in Barcelona, from $639 Escape to this modern Mediterranean city and enjoy its wealth of innovative restaurants, exciting culture, and...
View ArticleReaders' travel tips: Catalonia
From Catalonia's most secluded beaches to the buzz of Barcelona, as well as a couple of tips over the border in France, Been there readers share the best places to visit in this fascinating region...
View ArticleRebirth of the cool
Barcelona is one of those unique cities that manages eternally to reinvent itself and always remain at the cutting edge of trends. Right now, a small neighbourhood known simply as El Born, off all the...
View ArticleMake a break for Barcelona
It is the neighbourhoods of Barcelona, with their shifting characteristics, that make the city so alive. That and the zany architecture of Gaudi, which gives permission to all other creative minds in...
View ArticleJourneys in Spain Barcelona lights up Spain's famous port balances its...
BARCELONA, Spain -- Sure, it's the hot city to visit, but I was able to explore Barcelona through the smoke -- literally. Smoking doesn't seem to be considered as much of a threat on the coast of...
View ArticleIf you go: Barcelona, Spain
Where to stay Wherever you take a room, ask for one on the courtyard or one that is quiet; the streets of Barcelona can get loud. Hotel La Florida Vallvidrera a Tibidabo 83-89 011-34-93-259-3000...
View ArticleEssential guide to Barcelona
STAY Budget Recently refurbished, the Hotel California offers a complimentary buffet breakfast and is a bargain at €55 ($NZ96) for a single and €75 ($NZ131) for a double (Rauric 14, 317 7766,...
View ArticleMiracles on every corner
The longer you leave it before going to Barcelona, the more likely you are to have to ponder the question: 'Was Gaudí a saint?' when you get there. Earlier this year, after pressure from devotees, the...
View Article36 Hours in Barcelona, Spain
BARCELONA is always gravitating toward what's next, what's new. Sure, the Catalan capital in northeastern Spain is rich with historic sites and classic tourist activities -- browsing the centuries-old...
View Article10 of the best barrio bars in Barcelona
Barcelona resident and Spotted by Locals contributor Bill Sinclair guides you to the bars most tourists will never stumble across, from basement dives to modernista masterpieces...
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Why stop at booking flights and hotels online? These days, you can find travel companions too...
View ArticleMuch more than just the Tickets
1234567Albert Adrià prepares a tapa in TicketsGaudí's Parc Güell.BarcelonetaPerformer on La Rambla.Gaudí's Casa Batlló. Photograph: Travelpix Ltd/ Photographer's ChoiceInside Gaudí's La Sagrada...
View ArticleFollow in the stars' footsteps in Barcelona
Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall star in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. In the movie, the city is as beautiful as its stars. Photograph by: Victor Bello, Handout photo In Woody Allen's movie...
View ArticleFollow in the stars' footsteps in BarcelonaBreathtaking, bohemian city is a...
In Woody Allen's movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the director created an onscreen love triangle between beautiful actors bathed in the golden light of Barcelona, Spain's Catalan capital. But just as...
View Article48 hours in Barcelona
The Hearts of Europe • Introduction • Amsterdam • Barcelona • Brussels • Dublin • Lisbon • Madrid • Nice • Paris • Prague • Rome • Venice • Vienna Sponsored by • Ad promotion Plaza Real Provincia Click...
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The weather is already hotting up in the vibrant Catalan capital, which is crammed full of amazing architecture and the finest tapas, says Mary Novakovich WHY GO NOW? Spring comes early to this part of...
View ArticleBarcelona's secret bars
Hidden in squats behind unmarked doors and ordinary shop fronts are some of the city's best late-night drinking dens. Graham Keeley goes on a clandestine bar crawl...
View Article10 of the best films set in Barcelona
Barcelona Review editor Jill Adams selects her favourite films showcasing the vibrantly colourful, and gritty, Catalan capital...
View ArticleCatching on to Catalonia
When Brits needed their fix of black coffee and a stroll around sunny city streets in the past, they tended to head for the more obvious destinations of Paris and Rome, ignoring the atmosphere and...
View ArticleVisiting Spain: Vicky, Cristina �ro" and you!
By Elaine O'Connor, Canwest News ServiceMarch 31, 2009 You aren't likely to run into Woody Allen or end up in a heated love triangle in Barcelona, but the architecture that surrounded Scarlett...
View Article48 Hours In: Barcelona
Travel essentials Why go now? The Catalan capital's beach-side location makes it perfect for soaking up the last of summer's rays. In September, temperatures reach 26C and in October the weather is...
View ArticleVisit the film location: Barcelona
Chatting to past visitors before you jet off to Barcelona will result in a list of things to do that's as long as your arm, as this evocative city has something to see around every corner. You'll be...
View ArticleIn Barcelona, puppetry on the rise
It was Saturday night, and some friends and I were enjoying a quiet drink at El Nus, a tiny cocktail bar in my Barcelona neighborhood, when in walked a trio of European hipsters: two women, one armed...
View ArticleWhat to Do in the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona
If you find youreself in Barcelona, one of the starting points of any exploration must be Barrio Gòtico. From human-castling building in Plaça Jaume to the history-steeped backstreets around the La Seu...
View ArticleBarcelona Leisure Activities
From gawking at street performers on Las Ramblas, walking tours of the Gothic Quarter, the illuminated fountains of Montjuic and nude sunbathing in Barceloneta, here's our twelve top leisure activities...
View ArticleRambla del Raval
Rambla del Raval is the centrepiece of Barcelona's increasingly hip, multicultrual Raval neighbourhood. In recent years it has been transformed into the buzzing hub of an exciting district, with plenty...
View ArticleTop 100 Things to Do in Barcelona Spain
We could make it a thousand things to do in Barcelona, but for the moment a hundred will do. From Pedralbes Monastery to the Picasso Museum, Gaudi to the Grácia Festival, here's our heavyweight list of...
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