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Barcelona and the Mediterranean - welcoming, dynamic, innovative, pioneering, modernist, gothic, recreational, Olympic, spectacular... with as many places to discover as stories to tell. Barcelona is known throughout the world as a cultural city with an important heritage and an exciting range of activities to offer. It is a city of renowned architectural interest, from its Roman walls to the new urban planning schemes of the eighties.
Gaudí and Picasso, two of the greatest innovators of their time, have left behind numerous treasures to discover in Barcelona. This is home to Gaudi's fantastic Guell Park which has been declared world heritage site by UNESCO, The Picasso Museum which exhibits works from the artist’s blue and pink periods and the Gothic cathedral and many more places of artistic interest.
Barcelona boasts a 5-km Shopping Line, which stretches from the sea to the uptown Diagonal district. Here the most unique and fashionable shops in the city are strung together in what is without a doubt one of the biggest open-air shopping centers in Europe.
Barcelona nightlife includes theatre companies of international standing, spectacular local festivals pulsating with life and colour, a wide variety of its musical events from classical music, opera and ballet through jazz, flamenco and pop and rock.
As if that were not enough there are numerous recreational spaces, cinemas, Europe's biggest aquarium, bullfights... the possibilities are endless in Barcelona. It is truly one of Europe's most glamorous and romantic cities.
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