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Catalonia is known for its excellent Mediterranean and culinary food. In Catalonia you can find various restaurants in that you can experience the exceptional Catalan food. Their chefs are known for giving their meals a handful of essential ingredients like olive oil, garlic and tomato which gives Catalan cooking the special Mediterranean flair. The creativity of the Catalan cuisine is known in the whole country. Specialties are for example to cook meat with fruits, to mix nuts and raisins into vegetables or to combine rabbit with snails. It is a great experience to visit Barcelona and try the amazing cuisine during your stay you can live on on of the various Barcelona hotels.

The Catalan food is an important ingredient of the Mediterranean tradition. You will notice neighboring influences from France and Valencia when enjoying the extraordinary Catalan cuisine. The closeness to the sea also influences the cuisine by adding a lot of seafood. In general you can find 3 kind of Catalan cuisine. There is the cuisine from the Mountains, with its meat, cheese, sausages, and vegetables. Then you have the cuisine of the coast which includes fish with rice, pasta or potatoes. Finally there is the cuisine from the cities with its diversity of traditional and international meals.

A visit in Catalonia is not just advised because of the great cuisine, the nature and culture of Catalonia is also very interesting. The region satisfies every kind of traveler. You can travel to the big city Barcelona, you can do a party holiday in Lloret de Mar or Blanes or you can just spend a relaxing holiday on the nice Catalan coast with its long beaches. During your stay you can stay in one of the various Costa Brava hotels or Costa Dorada hotels.

The FC Barcelona is one of the biggest and most impressive football clubs in the world. If you visit the city of Barcelona you should definitely watch a game of the FC Barcelona or at least visit their museum including the stadium. During your stay in Barcelona you can live in one of the numerous Barcelona hotels or you can rent a comfortable Barcelona apartment.

The Camp Nou, which is the great stadium of the FC Barcelona, is situated in the middle of the neighborhood Les Corts. It is the biggest stadium in Europe, with a capacity of 98.600 seats. You can easily reach it with the Metro lines 3 and 5. Tickets for the FC Barcelona are really easy to get. The FC Barcelona has signed several world famous players. One of them is Lionel Messi, who is seen as the best football player in the world of many football experts. In summer 2009 the club won the Champions League which underlines the extraordinary strength of the team.

The Motto of the FC Barcelona is "més que un club", which means more then a club. The motto totally fits for most of their supporters. For most of them the FC Barcelona is part of the family. The club is the way of life and is a symbol for freedom and home. Especially for the proud Catalans, it is a pleasure to win against their unpopular enemy Real Madrid which represents the central Spanish force Madrid. This game decides every year again about the mood of most Catalans.

If you experienced the atmosphere in this stadium once, then you will realize that the FC Barcelona is more than just a football club. If you feel like visiting this stadium now, then come to Barcelona and spend a few days in a comfortable Barcelona accommodation. The city also offers more cultural and artistic highlights, so that you can also discover a lot of other attractions besides the stadium.

All over the city of Barcelona Wi-Fi Access Points are modernized and introduced.

If you are on a holiday in Barcelona this might be very interesting for you. No matter if your Barcelona hotel or your apartment in Barcelona has internet or not, now you can log into the internet where ever you are in the city.

It will be the biggest network of Spain with over 200 hotspots till the end of this summer, at the moment already 170 are active, and over 500 hotspots till the end of 2010.
Different places in Barcelona will be equipped with Wi-Fi, like for example, the library, cafes, the park, sports halls, the museum and other public places. All you need to use it is a laptop, iPhone, Blackberry or mobile phone with Wi-Fi.

To realize this project the city had to agree to certain limitations demanded by the Commission for the Telecommunications Market (CMT). To prevent from the use of the Wi-Fi for gambling, pornography, programme downloads and VoIP telephony, the maximum connection time per day is 60 minutes at a maximum speed of 200kbps. Because of this it won't be possible to connect to messenger chatlines but social networking sites, such as Facebook, can be accessed.

Thus, the Wi-Fi Access Points are mainly there to allow simple browsing through an internet browser like Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc. This might be really helpful for tourists as it allows more interactive sightseeing as you can get information about the sight directly on the internet or you can search for the best rated restaurants for the district you are currently standing in.

So come to Barcelona and enjoy the Wi-Fi hotspots. Oh and don't forget to leave your tourist guide at home!

The Park Güell is one of the biggest tourist magnets in Barcelona. It is a unique park, situated in the North of Barcelona which was created by the famous artist Antonio Gaudí. He worked on that park from 1900 until 1914. The park includes unique pieces of art. If you want to visit this exceptional park, you can live in a nice Barcelona apartment or Barcelona hotel.

When you enter the park, the first that you see are two house that look like they are taken from a fairy tale world. The houses are colored and have round and natural forms. After theses two houses, you walk up some stairs which are decorated nicely with some mosaic and a fountain. Then you are at the big terrace square. This one can be seen as a big piece of art. But you can also find a lot of small pieces of art in it. This square is main place for tourists and artists to come. There are also several cultural events taking place from time to time. In the whole park you can find impressive stone constructions, ceramic works and unique buildings.

In the park you can also find Gaudi's house where he used to live in during he created this park. This house is used as a museum now and includes paintings and furniture that he designed. In front of that house you can find his former garden. It is a really interesting created big garden which is free for visitors. You can combine the visit of this park with a great Barcelona holiday.

How to reach the park:
The easiest way to reach the park is via Metro. You just enter the green line 3 and get out at the station "Lesseps". From this station you walk approximately 15 minutes to entrance of the park. The way to the entrance is provided with road signs, so that it is really easy to find the park. You can also reach the park easily by bus or taxi.
The entrance to the park is free. It is opened every day from 10.00-19.00.

If you want to go back in time to see how Barcelona may have looked during medieval times and before, visit Barcelona's neighborhood El Born. Aside from the trendy shops, restaurants and modern transportation, very little has changed over the years. From the small winding streets to the large squares where people go for lunch or dinner, El Born is a great place to spend your holidays in Barcelona, e.g. in one of the comfortable holiday homes Barcelona in El Borne.

Nearby Museums in El Borne

Beside the various shops, restaurants and cafes, there are several museums in El Born that you may find interesting. Spend a day or an afternoon in one or more of the following museums to learn more about Barcelona and its rich artistic history.The museums include:

• Picasso Museum - The Barcelona Picasso Museum is located on Moncada Street, this museum hosts over 3,500 works by Pablo Picasso. Completed with a café and a bookshop, you can spend all day at this museum viewing Picasso's work and many other of his personal items.

• Barcelona Textile and Costume Museum - Since El Born was once the headquarters of the Barcelona textile guilds, it's fitting that a museum dedicated to textiles would be located here. You will find a variety of exhibits that feature embroidery, costumes from different time periods and clothing from the 20th century.

• Maeght Gallery - The Maeght gallery in Barcelona, which is open to the public features artwork by Kandinsky, Miró, Giacometti and art of many further famous and well-known artists.

El Borne is not a large neighborhood, but there are beautiful Barcelona hotels and other types of accommodation in Barcelona to choose from. There are two metro stations dedicated to El Borne and therefore you can easily get around anywhere within Barcelona. Your Barcelona holiday should include visits to different neighborhoods so you can try out different kind of food as well as other cultural delights this city has to offer.
For those traveling with families, El Born is centrally located and is a ten minute walk away to the beaches and the city center of Barcelona.

Are you a passionate fan of spending your summer vacation beside the beach and under the mediterranean sun?
Well then the city is the ideal location to spend some unfortgettable holidays in Barcelona. Beside the various oportunities the city can offer you, you'll also find kilometre long beaches which are well appreciated when temperatures are rising up. The coastline of Barcelona is down to 4.5 km and the city offers some different beaches to enjoy during the whole year. The most famous beaches of Barcelona are Barceloneta, Bogatel, Llevant, Mar Bella, Nova Icària and Sant Sebastià.

The webpage "Ajuntamente de Barcelona" enables you to learn about all necessary informations regarding the beaches of Barcelona. Each beach has its own conditions regarding the presence of jellyfishes, the weather, the public transports and more.
So, what are you waiting for? Book a flight and a comfortable Hotel in Barcelona, pull on your swimwear, apply enough sun protection on your skin and get ready for ... the beach!

The Barceloneta beach is the closest one to the historical city center of Barcelona. Therefore it is a great oportunity to rent an Barcelona beach apartment in Barceloneta from where you can access the city easily and at the same time benefit from the immediate proximity to the sea and it's beach. From the Barceloneta beach you can access the city center within a 10-minutes-walk only. There is also a metro station (yellow line) which brings you directly to different sights within Barcelona. Another advantage of the Barceloneta beach is that there are plenty of restaurants and bars where one can satisfy its' hunger and thirst or enjoy a romantic dinner just in front of the sea.

The Nova Icaria beach is situated beside the Port Olimpic and is also filled with beach bars and restaurants. Another Barcelona beach is the Mar Bella beach which is dedicated to the sport fans among you. Here bathers can go for windsurfing, kajaking, sailing or play volleyball. In contrast, the Nova Icaria Beach is a paradies for rollerbladers, cyclists and joggers.

All beaches in Barcelona are equipped so that handicapped people can access them without any problems.

The calendar of the seasons in Barcelona:

The high season in Barcelona with all the infrastructure and service installations takes place from 31st of May until the 28th of September. The rest of the year beaches are less equipped and visited. Enjoy your beach vacation in Barcelona!

Are you going to spend some time during summer in Barcelona? If not, why don't you come and spend some exciting holidays in Barcelona in either a Barcelona hotel or an apartment in Barcelona?

Beside the typical sights that Barcelona can offer you, you could get to know the city from another point of view: Namely, as the scene of plenty of internationally known movies. The latest well-known movie which was shot in the metropolis was Woody Allen's successful movie "Vicky Cristina Barcelona". Yet, there are many other movies which were actually shot in Barcelona but didn't play in the city, for instance "The perfume".

The medieval Gothic quarter "Barrio Gotico", where one can also find many comfortable Barcelona apartments and the dry Mediterranean climate ensure ideal conditions for many movies.

When spending some Barcelona holidays, you should definitely participate in a Barcelona Movie walk and explore the original settings. Beside the tours "The Barcelona of Woody Allen" and "The Barcelona of Perfume" one can also take the tours "The Barcelona of "Salvador"" and "The Barcelona of Pedro Almodavar". Of course there are also tours which bring you to the French movie settings of "L'Auberge Espagnole - Barcelona for a year" as well as to the movie settings of the Italian movie "Manuale d'amore 2".
In case you don't want to participate in a guided tour, you can just follow the movie tracks by yourself. On the webpage WITUR you can find the certain movie walks.

For the first time the famous Brazilian Carnival will be celebrated in Europe and which other city should host it than Barcelona?!

If you want to dance to Brazilian rhythms and Techno, House and Electro beats you should come to Barcelona on the 3rd and 4th of July and visit the Carnacelona. You can expect more than 20 hours of music and a crowd typical for Barcelona.

So why don't you come for your holidays to Barcelona and enjoy some Barcelonan hospitality mixed with Brazilian rhythms?
Just book an apartment in Barcelona or stay in a nice Barcelona beach hotel and you are ready to party to the vivid rhythms of Brazil.

The Catalonian capital was chosen because "Barcelona is the Salvador de Bahía of Europe in relation to its hospitality, beaches and great atmosphere" says André Pedroso, one of the directors of the festival. The festival takes place the first time and is supposed to be an equivalent to the Carnival of Salvador de Bahía which was declared as "the biggest party on the planet" by the Guinness Book of Records. These are big footsteps to follow for Barcelona but with this line up the festival, for sure, will be a success.

The biggest stars in Brazilian and electronic music will come together at the Forum to put the heat on the party-crowd. On Friday 3rd of July Groove Armada will stand behind the turntables and they will be joined by Guru Josh Project with their massive hit Infinity 2008. Of course there will be as well a lot of Brazilian artists performing, like for example Brazilian group Banda Eva and Ketubara from Salvador. Spanish DJ Wally Lopez will be on stage for an epic set on Saturday, 4th of July. Other artists performing on Saturday are DJ Funk D'Void, Miss Cady, harmony group Asa de Águia and the Brazilian group Negro Joya.

See you at Carnacelona!!!

Dates: 3rd & 4th of July
Price:€ 27 per day or € 70 for VIP + 2 drinks
Location: Forum, Barcelona
Web: www.carnacelona.com