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What To Explore In Barcelona Spain
By Robert Carlton, Thu Dec 8th
/p> As any European can brag about, Barcelona inSpain is no exception with its endless history, much of itstill remaining, but much more of it has been added on in the20th century. In many people´s opinion, you fullyappreciate what Catalunya ( four regions including Barcelona )is all about if you concentrate on the newly added culture.Barcelona has been a busy city and with all the new activitiesthat it is willing to take on, tourism has become a big part ofits daily
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life. So, for a full-scale visit to squeeze every dropof pleasure out of it, be well prepared with your map which hasa details on hotels, entertainment, and the best celebrationsand latest exhibitions. Pick one’s way inBarcelona The place to set out from to find your first glimpse ofModernism would be to go straight to Guell Park. This naturalspace should really have been called Antonio Gaudi Park becauseit is entirely filled with this architecture´sspellbinding works. He has converted benches, balconies, wallsand entire buildings into paintings. Once you have filled yourcamera with these delights, recharge it again for Gaudi´shighlight; the Sagrada Familia Church. Even though at firstsight the Sagrada Familia has an antiquated look, it was startedin 1883 and has been growing all during this century, gettingspecial modern touch-ups and new addition. (Article continued below)
In 1892 the Barcelona Zoo was founded. A private collection wasdonated to the city and as the centre of the city was in theport area called La Ciutat Vella ( beautiful city), the zoo isfound in the Ciutadella Park. This fascinating place, housesmore than 7,500 different types of animals. The tiny hippo pygmyor odd looking anteater is a big attraction for the wee folksand adults alike. The Barcelona Zoo takes much pride of itsprimates collection which at one time included and albino one.Dark grey coloured shell tortoises, pelicans and Americanbuffalos and even a red kangaroo can be photographed up closewithout having to travel to distant lands. The weather inCataluyna and especially in Barcelona is not extreme, so acasual visit to see your animal friends can be done all yearround. If your travel happens to take you to this city in thewarmer months, Aquarama Barcelona, the aquatic park within thezoo will add to your zoo visit. Everyone is awed by thebottlenose dolphins seen at the daily shows together with othermarvellous aquatic animals. The Barcelona Zoo excellent researchprogramme is worldly known for breeding in captivity and forpreserving species in danger. Las Ramblas promenade is the heart of theCiutat Vella and of Barcelona Everyone who visits this city has recognized it as one of themost lively and colourful street shows, It is a living streetgarden with its decorative floral patterns with one of the bestfood markets in the city nearby called the Boqueria . With theOlympic games in 1992, the old run-down port area wassurprisingly made into the Coastal Park where the Olympicvillage was stationed. At the Arts Hotel, Mapfre Towers and NovaIcaria Square you can find the twin towers which easily markedthe whole area where this magnificent event was held and canstill be visited. Once again in 2004, this Oylmpic stadium andits ´Cobi´ mascot saw the Olympic torch before itwas sent on to the 2004 host, Greece. Also in 2004, Barcelonaonce again out did itself, by setting up the Barcelona Forum,welcoming traveller from all over the world. You may be thinking that all this tourism needs a lot of specialattention, especially in making travel to and from this greatcity a breeze. Well, they have achieved this and much more. TheBarcelona Airport called The Prat is found on theoutskirts but has many good public and private transport to getinto the hub of the city. And if you are thinking about headingabout 40 kilometres south to maybe the town of Sitges, a nicebeach area on the costa, then there are local trains too. Youhave many buses right outside the terminals, the underground,taxis and many hotels offer comfortable mini-buses directly toyour accomodations and to the open doors of Barcelona. About the author:Robert Carlten writes for http://www.barcelona-information.com an online source with city information andspanish travel tips. | Sign In |
