barcelona in Spain | Cosmotourist

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Hotel Arts Barcelona: luxury on the waterfront

Jun 30, 2009

Like myself, I have met many travellers on cosmotourist that travel on a budget, sometimes because they have to, and other times because it is preferred that way. So please forgive me if I make the...

Summerleaf @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> Hotel Arts Barcelona

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Parc Güell - fresh, funky and exciting - if not a little exhausting

Jun 30, 2009

One of the main attractions in Barcelona is the Parc Güell, second only to the Ciutadella as the most visited park in Barcelona. Of course, the attraction to this park owes itself to the fact that...

Summerleaf @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> Park Güell

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Las Ramblas - cool, calm and cosmopolitan

Jun 30, 2009

Originally just a path beside a stream that was running through the centre of the city, the name 'Las Ramblas' comes from the Arabic 'Riverbed'. Today Las Ramblas is a famous street wehere plenty...

Summerleaf @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> Las Ramblas

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Barcelona

May 30, 2009

I would recommend using the open-top sightseeing bus to get an overview of the city. You can hop on and off and you should be able to get 2 day passes at a good value. Definitely see some of the...

Shell @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> AC Barcelona

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The Hard Rock Cafe's Hardest Rocker

May 5, 2009

The Hard Rock Cafe Barcelona has to be one of my favourite, if not my *most favourite* restaurant of all the Hard Rock Cafes that I have visited. Located in Plaça de Catalunya where Las Ramblas...

Summerleaf @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> Hard Rock Cafe Barcelona

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Gaudi's Masterpiece

Apr 29, 2009

Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia is one of Spain's most visited attractions and on my first visit to the church I could really see why. The grandeur-scale of the towers and facades alone...

Summerleaf @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> La Sagrada Familia

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A surreal artistic experience

Apr 28, 2009

Joan Miro is my all-time favourite surrealist artist and so I obliged myself to visit the Fundacio Joan Miro whilst in Barcelona.

The museum is located outside the centre of the...

Summerleaf @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> Joan Miró Foundation

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Stone Mammoth in the park

Jun 13, 2008

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Walking through the Parc de la Ciutadella, we came upon a seemingly incredibly random statue - a statue of a giant stone mammoth. It is between La Cascada and the larger lake right off the...

kristin5683 @ Spain >> Catalonia >> Barcelona >> Parc de la Ciutadella