Barcelona Travel Guide

A travel to Barcelona will create unique experiences for a traveler. Without a doubt one of the best places in the Mediterranean is Barcelona, one of the largest cities in Spain. The capital of Catalonia is in a privileged position on the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Its location next to the Mediterranean Sea, northeast of the Spanish coast, makes the city more cosmopolitan and active in the country.

The great majority of the tourists travelling to Spain choose Barcelona as first destination for easy access, (whether by train, plane, car, boat, bus...) or location along the Mediterranean and for its wide range of cultural offering or simply renowned nightlife of the city. We speak of a city with more than 2,000 years of history that embraces the design, young and dynamic, and that has managed to combine the pride of a personal identity with the opening to the outside.

Barcelona is 160km south of the Pyrenees, and located between the mouths of rivers Llobregat and Bes and the Mediterranean coast. It rises to 4m sea level and is located 98km from Tarragona, 100km from Girona, Lleida 156km, 274km from Huesca, 284km from Castellon, 296km from Zaragoza and 621 from Madrid.

The uniqueness of Barcelona is defined by its history, for its facet of people united by centuries of relations with other cultures of the Mediterranean. In short, it is a cosmopolitan city. Among more than a half million (and another four million and a half of the peripheral area), peoples of all the races live together and students from around the world, despite the fact that Catalan is the official language of the region. And that the language barrier should not frighten visitors: the vast majority of the inhabitants of the city will not stick if they speak in Spanish.

Mention Barcelona and, for millions of people, the image it conjures up is the wild and whimsical architecture that is the legacy of Antonio Gaudi, especially his masterpiece – the unmistakable Cathedral of Sagrada Familia which remains unfinished today, nearly 80 years after his death.

The beautiful and prestigious Penedés region, to the south west of Barcelona, is home to some of Spain’s classic wineries. Wine buffs will want to take a luxury wine tasting excursion that includes visits to the vineyards and cellars of famed Cava producers, where you can sip the local naturally sparkling white wine in the stunning Catalan countryside.

From the traditional Catalan cuisine, to the kitchen design, from a good seafood tapas (a form of eating widespread throughout the country) in addition, the hangover of the Olympic Games of 92 still persists and Barcelona is still fashionable destination.
For more information on transportation, accommodations, maps of the city, etc., you can consult any of the tourist offices in the city, serving more than 20 languages.