Flying to Barcelona

CATALONIA’S three main airports – El Prat, Girona and Reus – receive international flights from all over the globe. While Barcelona’s El Prat handles mainly scheduled services, Girona and Reus deal with package holidayflights. Rail networks and toll highways radiate from Barcelona to serve the region’s major towns. Barcelona has a well-developed ringroad (ronda) system, and a tunnel [...]

Entertainment in Barcelona

FEW CITIES CAN MATCH the vitality of Barcelona, and nowhere is this more evident than in its live arts scene. The stunning Palau de la Música Catalana and the new Auditori de Barcelona have keen and critical audi- ences. They host some of the world’s greatest classical mu- sicians, including Montserrat Caballé and Josep (José) [...]

Where to stay in Barcelona and Catalonia

CATALONIA HAS AN unrivalled variety of accommodation to offer visitors. The Barcelona and Catalonia tourist authorities have complete listings of hotels, country houses and camp sites as well as information on a range of other options. We tried to list most of them for you.  In Barcelona you can stay in the modern luxury of [...]

Costa Daurada

THE LONG. SANDY beaches of the Costa Daurada (Golden Coast) run along the shores of Tarragona provine. El Vendrell is one of the area’s active ports. The Museu Pau Casals in Sant Salvador (El Vendrell) is dedi- cated to the famous cellist. Port Aventura, south of Tarragona, is one of Europe’s largest theme parks and [...]

Sitges

THERE ARE NO less than nine beaches to choose from at this seaside town. It has a reputation as a gay resort but is just as popular with Barceloneses. Lively bars and restaurants line its main boule- vard, the Passeig Marítim, and there are many examples of modernista architecture scattered amongst the ‘70s apartment blocks. [...]

Girona

THIS HANDSOME TOWN puts on its best face beside the Riu Onyar, where tall, pastel- coloured buildings rise above the water. Behind them, in the old town, the Rambla de la Llibertat is lined with busy shops and street cafés. The houses were built in the 19th century to replace sec- tions of the city [...]

Andorra

ANDORRA occupies 464 sq km (179 sq miles) of the Pyrenees between France and Spain. In 1993, it became fully independent and held its first ever democratic elections. Since 1278, it had been an autonomous feudal state under the jurisdiction of the Spanish bishop of La Seu d’Urgell and the French Count of Foix (a [...]

Catalonia

THERE IS A wealth of natural beauty in Catalonia’s four provinces, plus the small Catalan-speaking country of Andorra. They offer rocky coasts and mountains, fertile plains and sandy shores. Many who visit don’t stray far from the coast, but the rewards for venturing further afield are immense. Beyond the constant bustle of Barcelona, Catalonia is [...]

Barceloneta

BARCELONA’S fishing “village”, which lies on a triangular tongue of land jutting into the sea just below the city centre, is renowned for its little restaurants and cafés. The area was de- signed in 1753 by the architect and military engineer Juan Martín de Cermeño to rehouse people made homeless by the construction, just inland, [...]

Pablo Picasso in Barcelona

Picasso (1881–1973) was 13 when he arrived in Barcelona, where his father, José Ruiz y Blasco, had found work teaching in the city art school situated above the Llotja. The city was rich, but it also possessed a large, poor working class which was becoming organized and starting to rebel. Shortly after the family’s arrival, [...]

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