Barcelona - The Capital of Catalunya

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Barcelona, the Capital of Catalonia, is a lively City for people of all ages. From Museums and wonderful Architecture to the Bustling Rambla and the Coastline. For an enjoyable night out in the town, the problem may be selecting what would be most to your liking from among all the choices that Barcelona has to offer. Take your pick from bars, shows, discotheques & concerts, in the Mediterranean evening. By night Barcelona provides options for exciting entertainment, cultural activities and other leisure activities.. Perhaps, after an appetizer in one of the many tasteful bars, visit a fine restaurant, selecting from everything from authentic Catalan and Mediterranean food to authentic dishes from around the world. For dancers, everywhere around the city are found discotheques, clubs and dance halls. For those who prefer to enjoy their music without having to move their bodies, the best thing to do is head off to one of the city's many live music clubs, offering almost daily shows in every style, from jazz and blues to African music, classical and flamenco. Visitors who feel the need to express their own musical talents can try out a karaoke club. Nor should we forget about other attractions of Barcelona by night: the theatre, the cinema, the popular fiestas that dot the calendar and the outdoor clubs with music for all tastes Museums: an heritage to treasure and enjoy The museums of Barcelona house a very valuable heritage, and the conservation and popularizing of that heritage, encouraging different sections of the public to get to know it by means of exhibitions and hands-on activities, is their primary function. This is the context that underpins exhibition ventures such as the cycle Mediterranean at the Museu d'Història de la Ciutat, which presents the Mediterranean as a space of cultural interchange, and the exhibition París-Barcelona, produced in collaboration with the Musée Picasso in Paris. In addition to displaying their own collections and hosting a wide range of temporary exhibitions, the museums also run a huge variety of activities: itineraries and evening visits, workshops for schools, courses and cycles of lectures and live music are coming more and more to configure the idea of the museum as a driving force of the city's cultural dynamic. The museums work to define differentiated types of provision oriented at specific audiences, and organize programmes such as Summer in the Museums and Christmas in the Museums. The level of public response is one of the keys to success in the ongoing task of improving the city's museums. The number of people who visit Barcelona's fifty or so public and private museums each year is currently running at 7 million. Of particular note in terms of number of visits are the Museo Picasso (with its important collection of the painter's work, in addition to temporary exhibitions), and the Fundación Joan Miró. With the opening of the city to the sea, a project first undertaken in the 1980's, the redeveloped seafront, from the Moll de la Fusta and the area around the Palau de Mar to the Rambla de Mar and the Olympic Port area, has become one of Barcelona's most popular spaces for recreation and leisure. In addition, the beaches of Sant Sebastià, La Barceloneta, Nova Icària, Bogatell, Mar Bella and Nova Mar Bella, stretching more than four kilometres overall, receive annually nearly seven million visitors, and have all the facilities and services necessary for these people to enjoy a pleasant and safe day at the beach. Moreover, with the development of the shoreline around the river Besòs, Barcelona will gain new areas for leisure located on sites taken from the sea. These include a new marine wildlife park, two green areas with a variety of uses and a new bathing area, the latter different from usual beaches in its being designed to create an area of calm waters. Barcelona Links: Barcelona Tourist Office: barcelonaturisme.com Barcelona Tourist Information: barcelona.angloinfo.com Basilica de la Sagrada Familia: sagradafamilia.cat Read what other travelers have to say about hotels in Barcelona at TripAdvisor

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