Time Out Barcelona - 8th Edition ("Time Out" Guides)

by TimeOutGuidesLtd (Author)

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  2005

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  Unparalleled in its enthusiasm for a good time, Barcelona barely has time to take down the bunting between its rollicking festivals. When there isn't an all-night fiesta happening on the street, there's more than likely a party on the beach and never any shortage of action in its clubs and bars. All of this takes place in a perfect climate and against a backdrop of mind-blowing Modernista architecture and a cityscape as varied as any. Gentler pursuits are also myriad; the city's museums have got it all covered from Picasso to perfume, its galleries are among the most avantgarde in Europe and its history is writ large in the churches and perfectly preserved medieval alleyways of the Barri Gotic.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $4.47

  As the dust settles after Barcelona's multi-million euro extravaganza, the Universal Forum of Cultures, the city deliberates on what to do with its expensive and controversial legacy: portside leisure areas, new exhibition spaces and thousands of hotel beds. This is all good news for the tourist, of course, who benefits from more choice than ever, not only in a vastly improved accommodation sector, but in a revived arts and cultural agenda. The restaurant scene, too, has been given a boost after the city's Year of Gastronomy and thanks to the overwhelming success of Ferran Adria's restaurant El Bulli.