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The most thrilling ride in the city centre is across the inner harbour on the cable car, which sweeps from the Torre de Sant Sebastia, at the foot of Barceloneta, to Montjuïc with a stop in the middle at Torre de Jaume I. The views are stunning, aproaching either Montjuïc or Barceloneta, and you can pick out with ease the towers of the cathedral and Sagrada Familia, while the trees lining the Ramblas look like the forked tongue of a serpent.
Departures are every fifteen minutes, though in summer and at week ends you may have to wait for a while at the top of the towers for a ride, as the cars only carry about 20 people at a time. Tickets cost 7.50 euros one way or 9 euros return for the whole journey, or 7.50 one way return if you join at the middle station, Jaume I.

Jaume I is the old center of Barcelona, the old part of the city where you can admire people dancing the catalan folk dance (sardana). The area is perfect if you intend spend some days in Barcelona. During the summer you are really close to the beach, la Rambla are 5 minutes walking from la Plaça Jaume I and the metro is direct to Plaza Catalunya, Passeig de Gracia, Sagrada Familia.
Many online booking agencies offer Barcelona holiday apartments for short stays, and Barcelona hotels. They is a wide choice of accommodation in Barcelona, from economical apartments to group apartments in Barcelona.

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Catalunya's folk dance, the sardana, can be seen for free at several places in the city including in front of the cathedral and in Plaça Sant Jaume. Mocked in the rest of Spain, the catalans claim theirs is a very democratic dance. Participants all hold in a circle, each puts something in the middle as a sign of community and sharing and since it is not overly energetic, old and young can join in equally.
The main event in a traditional Catalan festival see is usually a parade either promenading a revered holy image or a more celebratory customed affair that's the contrepiece of a neighbourhood festival. It's at the latter you'll come across the gegants, grotesque giants figures with papier-mâché heads, which run down the streets terrorizing children. Also typically Catalan is the correfoc, where brigades of drummers, dragons and devils with spark-shooting flares fitted to pitchforks cavort in the streets.
Barcelona never sleeps, the city is always alive, and there are always good reasons to come to visit Barcelona!

If you intend to spend some days in the city, be aware with the accommodation which are quite expensive. Online booking agencies offer Barcelona holiday apartments , Barcelona hotels. The payment is quick and secure, you have the possibility to book online your Barcelona accommodation and prices are very attractive!

So don't hesitate anymore, and come to discover Barcelona!

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In 1869 when general Prim announced that the area taken up by the loathed Bourbon citadel could be reclaimed for public use, the city's joy was boundless. Soon the park become the site of the 1888 Exhibition; Domènech i Montaner's Castell de Tres Dragons at the entrance served as the cafeteria, while the Arc de Triomf to the north formed the main entrance. Prim is honoured with a large equestrian statue at the south end.
Surprinsingly extensive, the park also contains a host of attractions: the zoo, the Natural History Museum, a boating lake and an array of imaginative statuary. Beside the lake is the cascade, an ornamental fountain on which young Gaudi worked as assistant to Josep fontseré's Umbracle. Not to be missed are Fontseré's Umbracle and the elegant Hivernacle (winter garden).
The parc de la Ciutadella is located in a very nice and centric area of Barcelona, in Passeig Picasso (metro Arc de Triomf or Barceloneta). If you intend to stay some days in Barcelona, many rental agencies offer Barcelona apartments, Barcelona accommodation and also in this district. On-line booking agencies propose many Barcelona apartments and Barcelona hotels from different catégories.

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As a child, Salvador Segui sold sugared sweets in the bars and cafés of the Barrio chino, which gave him the nickname of "noi de sucre". Self educated, the young Segui was a constant presence in debates on philosophy, culture and politics held regularly in the bars of the Raval, famed as much for his oratory skills as for his flamboyant fashion sense. He quickly rose the prominence in the anarchist trade union, the Confederacion Nacional del Trabaj (CNT)
Segui was a moederate anarchist who opposed the terrorism favoured by extremist and revolutionary sections of the CNT that hoped to use the strikes as a prelude to revolution.
He argued that anarchism was "not only an arm to overthrow the sate, but a means to build a new, better society". However, his moderate views were his undoing. On sunday 10 march1923, Segui was shot dead, the most eminent of the 464 victims killed in the gun warfare waged between employers and unions from 1918 to 1923.
Placa Segui is located in the district of Raval, which is an old district of Barcelona.
If you want to stay few days in Barcelona, you have a lot of Barcelona Hotels and Barcelona apartments near this area.
The district is very central, and you won't have problems to find Barcelona accommodation.

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The magic fountains are one of the major touristical attractions of Barcelona:
Still using its original art deco waterworks, the "magic fountain" works its wonders with the help of 3.600 pieces of tubing and over 4.500 light bulbs.
Summer evenings after nightfall see the multiple founts swelland dance to various hits ranging from Sting to the 1812 ouverture, showing off its kaleidoscope of pastel colours, while searchliglights play in a giant fan pattern over the palace dome. Montjuïc is located plaça d'Espanya.
From May to September, you can admire the fountains from thursday to sunday and from October to April, on friday, and saturday during the evening;
Montjuïc is the city's Xanadu, a pleasure ground of gardens, museums and galleries, perfect for a leafy stroll with majestic views over the city of Barcelona.
If you wish to spend some days in the city, Montjuïc is a perfect place to find Barcelona accommodation, there are a lot of Barcelona Apartments to rent, or Barcelona hotels.

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